Sophie Lee Kawai (Piano, Theory, Violin) Registration Request
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Teaching Day(s): Monday, Wednesday, Friday
B.A. M.A.
Sophie is a happy teacher and performer, studied violin as major, piano, voice, solfege, composition in an “intense” music academy in Japan since 3, acquired absolute pitch by 8. Mom was the master Japanese harpist, and her first violin teacher was the best student of renowned violinist (Hisako Tsuji). While fully aware of the joy of having music in human life, she knows the responsibility and importance of self-discipline, how to balance/enhance life with musical learning experience. She loves connecting people together and connecting herself with people, through teaching, creating music together. Always music projects on hand. Never stop learning.
Sophie's rate is $30/half hour.
Stewart Evans (Violin, Viola, Fiddle) Registration Request
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Teaching Day(s): Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday
Stewart has played Viva!, with the Ambrose University Orchestra, the Regina University Orchestra and the Harmony West Band. Stewart learned on the Suzuki method and has completed RCM Grade 8. He has over five years teaching experience. Stewart offers lessons at the Calgary Chinook store and his rate is $32 per half hour.
Susan Sharpe (Violin, Fiddle) Registration Request
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Teaching Day(s): Thursday, Saturday
Susan Sharpe (violin) began playing through the Halifax schools’ strings program. She has played in the Nova Scotia Youth Orchestra and Mount Allison String Ensemble, and continues to play orchestral music with the Halifax Music Co-op. Susan enjoys playing a wide range of music, from classical to fiddle to music from movies and video games. Always on the lookout for more opportunities to play in a group, her favorite musical experience is playing in big orchestras. With experience teaching in musical and academic settings, Susan has taught all ages from young children to adults. She enjoys introducing students to the violin, helping them reach the next level in their playing and seeing them succeed. Susan’s rate for a half hour lesson will be $28.
Suzie Luton (Violin, Viola) Registration Request
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Teaching Day(s): Monday, Thursday, Sunday
Suzy is a violin and viola teacher. She started her music education as a cellist at four years old, though she soon switched to the violin and spent her childhood years training with the Suzuki method and the RCM graded syllabuses. As a teenager she attended an arts High School where she got the chance to participate in Orchestra, Chamber music groups, and much more. At 16 she decided to switch to viola but continued playing violin on the side. She graduated from the University of Ottawa with an Honours Bachelor of Arts with specialization in music. This program not only allowed her do some performance classes but also gave her the ability to take classes on music education, psychology, and many more interesting subjects relating to both music and education. Additionally, it allowed her to participate in practicums where she was able to work with teachers and students at the Ottawa organization "Orkidstra". In addition to this, she is a registered teacher with the Royal Academy of Dance, having completed her program in Ballet teaching studies in 2021. The skills she learnt in this program helped her as a music teacher tremendously as she learned about child psychology, cognitive development, and teaching techniques that can be applied in any type of educational setting. She began teaching as a skating instructor in 2012, and then began teaching ballet in 2016, and began teaching music in 2020 and was able to take the skills she learned from her years teaching other activities into her career as a music teacher. She continues to teach ballet in addition to teaching violin and viola and she recently attained her Masters of Music performance at the University of Ottawa.
Suzie’s rate per half hour private lesson at Long & McQuade Orleans is $27. (English)
Takafumi Tan (Violin, Viola) Registration Request
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Teaching Day(s): Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Takafumi Tan got his Bachelor of Arts and Science degree (Major in Music, minor in Mathematics) from the University of Lethbridge. He has more than 20 years of violin and piano training with performance from The Royal Conservatory of Music (RCM) and received the Provincial medals for Level 4 (2003) and Level 6 (2005) in violin RCM examination. He has played in symphonies in both Japan and Lethbridge Canada. He has also taught violin and piano in various music schools and privately in Lethbridge and Calgary. Takafumi has been offering lessons in Calgary at L&M since 2023. His rate is $33 per half hour.
Tanya Karamanos (Violin, Viola, Piano) Registration Request
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Teaching Day(s): Tuesday
STARTING LESSONS MARCH 31
Tanya Karamanos holds a masters of music in violin performance from the University of Akron, Ohio, a graduate degree in viola performance from Université de Sherbrooke, Québec and a Masters in musicology from York University, Toronto where she specialized on Sofia Gubaidulina’s violin concerti. Her current doctoral studies focus on traditional Romanian violin music. She also has also completed a series of doctoral classes in music education from Liberty University, Virginia.
Tanya performed her solo debut at Carnegie Hall in 2016 and performs regularly locally and abroad. She has experience as a soloist, a chamber musician and as an orchestral musician. A published writer and an active public speaker in the field of musical academia, Miss Karamanos has an extensive background in music education, musicology and ethnomusicology. She has been published in academic research journals such as The Canadian Music Educator and Series Musicologica Balcanica and has lectured abroad at various conferences and Universities such as the National University of Music in Bucharest. Beyond the realm of classical music, she also has extensive experience playing and teaching Eastern European and klezmer music in Canada and overseas.
Tanya teaches both in English and in French and has twenty years of teaching experience both in person and online. She has completed numerous levels of the Suzuki training program and has experience with children as young as 3 years old. She also has had much success teaching students in more competitive programs such as in high schools with music concentrations, pre-college music programs, masterclasses, audition preparation and she has been invited on violin juries. She is passionate about teaching and sharing her love for the violin and viola with students of all ages, levels, abilities, interests and with students with disabilities. She also teaches piano now for two decades and has numerous years of rigorous piano training and successful piano competitions in her background. Her goal is to enrich the musical lives of her students by fostering creativity, understanding, respect and independence.
Tanya's rate per half hour private lesson at Long & McQuade Ottawa is $30 (English, French).
Tase Stojanoski (Piano, Strings, Viola, Violin) Registration Request
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Teaching Day(s): Thursday
B.A. Mus.
Tase earned his degree from the University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and is registered with the RCM. For more than 15 years Tase was a Concert Master for the Macedonian National Opera Orchestra and collaborated with a number of Ontario orchestras and bands. His repertoire includes: classical, pop, jazz and folk. He inspires his students and personalizes lessons to the student's needs.
Tase's rate is $31/half hour.
Zachary Cusson (Violin, Guitar) Registration Request
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Teaching Day(s): Saturday
As early as 3 years old, Zachary began to learn music by taking piano and choir lessons. By the age of 7, he entered an intensive violin program where he gained experience playing solo, in quartets and in orchestras. While continuing to improve on all of these instruments, he also introduced himself to the guitar at the age of 12 and quickly developed a desire to master the instrument, seeking inspiration from classic rock, jazz, blues and experimental genres. As a passionate musician and still in his early teens, he introduced himself to composition, studio production and music theory. Zachary is involved in several musical projects on the local scene, in the creation of film music and collaborates in several artistic projects. In addition, he frequently produces music-related videos for his YouTube audience. Zachary has been teaching since 2015 and advocates the importance of learning while having fun. He stands out but its structured and interactive teaching.
Rate: $28/half-hour
Speaks English and French
