Skip Holmes (Guitar, Banjo, Fiddle, Mandolin, Ukulele) Registration Request

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Skip played in rock and blues bands before getting into traditional music. He was a member of the house band on the iconic Up Home Tonight show on ATV. He's performed with The Ladies Choice Bluegrass Band, The Gordon Stobbe Trio, and The Richard Wood Band, and has toured and recorded with a wide range of musicians such as Graham and Eleanor Townsend, Calvin Vollrath, and Peter Dawson. Skip has transcribed a number of books of fiddle tunes for Mel Bay and has been teaching for over 35 years. His rate per 30-minute private lesson is $29.

Skylar Sabasch (Voice, Piano, Pre-School) Registration Request

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Teaching Day(s): Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

Skylar is a Canadian soprano and music educator dedicated to sharing the joy of music with her students. She holds a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance and a Bachelor of Education with a specialization in Secondary Music, both from the University of British Columbia. In recognition of her excellence in music education, she was awarded the Don Wright Scholarship in Vocal and Choral Music Education. As a performer, Skylar has appeared in opera, choral, and musical theatre productions across Canada and abroad. She has sung with the UBC Opera Ensemble, the UBC University Singers, and the Vancouver Youth Choir. Alongside her performance career, Skylar is a passionate teacher of voice, choral music, musical theatre, early music, and piano. She has taught musicians aged 3 months to 25 years in a variety of contexts, including early childhood programs that combine music, movement, and storytelling. Skylar is also trained in Orff, Kodály, Colour Strings, and Dalcroze methods, which she applies in her teaching for various age groups ranging from infants to kindergarten and primary-aged students. She fosters musical growth through both technical foundations and artistic expression, helping students build confidence, creativity, and a lifelong love of music. She is currently offering Voice and Beginner Piano lessons on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Her rate is $28 per half hour lesson.

Sophie Lee Kawai (Piano, Theory, Violin) Registration Request

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Teaching Day(s): Monday, Wednesday, Friday

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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.

Spencer Barriage (Piano, Theory, Ear Training) Registration Request

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Teaching Day(s): Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

Spencer began studying piano at age 11 through the Royal Conservatory method. His musical journey quickly progressed before pursuing formal music studies at Western University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Music and Philosophy.

After completing his degree, Spencer worked overseas with the Daegu Theatre Group in South Korea as a piano accompanist and musical director. Upon returning to Canada, he continued to teach privately, perform with local bands, and collaborate with theatre groups across the region.

Spencer's lessons are tailored to each student’s goals—whether that’s preparing for RCM certification, building strong technique, improving ear training, or simply enjoying the process of learning music. His well-rounded, goal-oriented approach ensures that students build both skill and confidence as they grow.

Lesson Rate: $30 per half-hour session.

Spencer offers private music lessons in piano, Royal Conservatory of Music (RCM) exam preparation, theory, and ear training to students aged 7 and up at Long & McQuade Belleville.

Stephanie Fischer (Piano) Registration Request

Teaching Style: classical,

Teaching Day(s): Wednesday, Thursday

Stephanie was born in Montreal Qc and arrived in North Bay in 2015. She achieved Grade 8 RCM in piano performance and theory and has completed a Bachelor of Arts in Music degree at Carleton University. She has performed in music festivals such as "The Kiwanis Music Festival" and "Quand ça nous chante". With 8 years of experience, she teaches students of all ages and abilities and is dedicated to create a plan with goals while acknowledging their needs. Her rate is 28$ per ½ hour lesson.

Steve McRae (Piano, Theory) Registration Request

Teaching Style: classical, ,

Teaching Day(s): Tuesday

Steve McRae has been an active member of the Hamilton Music Scene since 2004. He was musical director for several productions in the city including Sunset Boulevard, Gypsy, Side Show, Nine, The Little Mermaid and The Addams Family. Since graduating with Honours from Mohawk College, McMaster University and the Royal Conservatory of Music, Steve has been in demand as a teacher, performer, accompanist, church musician and adjudicator in the Hamilton area.

Steve's rate for a half-hour private lesson is $28.

Steve Sutton (Guitar, Bass Guitar, Ukulele, Upright Bass, Trombone, Banjo) Registration Request

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Teaching Day(s): Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

STEVE SUTTON, (B.A., Dip. Mus.) is a Vancouver Island based, Professional Bassist and Guitar Teacher who has performed locally, in Vancouver and in California. Steve was born and raised in Nanaimo and began his musical journey in the School District 68 music program playing the trombone and the classical guitar. Later, Steve attended Malaspina University College's Music Program, (now Vancouver Island University), focusing on bass guitar and double bass. He graduated in 2002.

During the summer of 2003 he attended the Victoria Conservatory summer jazz workshop where he studied with jazz greats Neil Swainson, Misha Piatogorsky and Don Thompson. In September 2010 he attended a Ukulele workshop in Sonoma California, training with Hawaiian Ukulele Master Kimo Hussey.

Steve teaches guitar, bass guitar, double bass, ukulele, trombone and beginner banjo at our Langford location.
Steve's rate is $32 per lesson.

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.

Stuart Steinhart (, Guitar, Piano) Registration Request

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Teaching Day(s): Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

Stuart Steinhart has been a professional musician for over 40 years, and has been studying and performing for 50 years. He has taught countless students from beginner to advanced academics as well as professionals and teachers.

Starting with studies at the age of 7 he has won many awards, studied at prestigious schools in the USA and recorded with many of Canada's and the world's top musicians. His work has gained numerous awards and praise, much of his work can be viewed and listened to on the World Wide Web.

His teaching style has garnered acclaim for his integration and understanding of music from its beginning to its spiritual side through his many years of study of Musicology/History/Philosophy.

He teaches Bass (acoustic and electric 4, 5, 6, and 7 string), Piano, Guitar, and Modern and Classical theory.

Stuart's lesson rate is $27 per half-hour private lesson.

Sundar Subramanian (Guitar, Bass Guitar, Ukulele) Registration Request

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Teaching Day(s): Monday, Tuesday, Friday

Hailing from Ottawa, Sundar has a PhD in Music Composition from University at Buffalo. He has taught music courses at the university level for ten years. His playing and compositional work have been performed at venues across Canada and the US and has been broadcast nationwide. Sundar is skilled with teaching guitar, theory/composition, bass,and ukulele. He has been teaching music lessons for 25 years. He is equally comfortable
teaching classical, jazz and pop/rock and teaches students of all ages and all levels. Sundar's rate is $28 per 30 minute lesson.

Sundar donne des cours en français ainsi qu’en anglais.

Suneal Pal (Guitar, Ukulele) Registration Request

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Teaching Day(s): Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday

Suneal Pal graduated from Wilfred Laurier University with an Honors B.A. in Guitar Performance. He achieved first class honors in grade nine R.C.M. Since graduation, he has performed widely to rave reviews, recorded several CDs, and taught students of all ages and abilities. Suneal plays Acoustic, Classical, Electric, Rock, and Finger-style guitar and is also well-versed in Flamenco, Latin, and Jazz rhythms.

Suneal's rate is $30 per half hour lesson, in person or online.

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.

Susan Snow (Piano) Registration Request

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Teaching Day(s): Thursday, Saturday

Susan began her musical journey at an early age starting formal piano lessons at 8 years of age, marking the start of a lifelong relationship with music. Susan graduated on the Presidents’ Honor roll from Red Deer Polytechnic and holds a Diploma in Classical Music and is the recipient of numerous awards recognizing her musical achievements. SHe has also completed the Grade 9 Royal Conservatory of Music practical examination with theory co-requisites, Harmony 3 & 4. She has always had a passion for teaching. After taking time to raise her family, she is excited to work with students again fostering both technical skill and a love of music in a supportive and encouraging environment. She offers beginner and intermediate piano lessons in Classical and Contemporary music on Thursdays and Saturdays. Her rate is $29 per half hour lesson.

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

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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

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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.

Tatiana Dvorianskaya (Piano) Registration Request

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Teaching Day(s): Wednesday, Friday

Tatiana has over 25 years of experience as a piano teacher. After 12 years of study in Russia, she graduated with a specialization in piano and accompaniment and in 2010, Tatiana moved to Canada. Tatiana has performed as a soloist and accompanist in concerts in Quebec, Russia, France, Germany, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Chile. Since 2013, Tatiana has been collaborating with Canadian-Chilean pianist Alejandra Cifuentes Diaz, with whom she has produced their first four-hand piano album. Tatiana is always eager to learn and improve her skills. She obtained a certificate in instrumental teaching (microprogram of graduate studies at the University of Montreal) in 2017 and a certificate in the “Online Teaching” course from the Royal Conservatory of Music of Canada in 2020. Tatiana is a member of the Association des professeurs de musique du Québec and an affiliated professor at the École de musique Vincent d'Indy, the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal, and the Royal Conservatory of Music of Canada. In her opinion, every student is unique and talented. She aims to bring out this talent by developing the student's thinking and autonomy, all with the goal of leading them to success in musical performance.

Rate: $30/half-hour
Speaks English, French and Russian

Tavis Weir (Banjo, Bass Guitar, Guitar, Piano, Theory, Drums) Registration Request

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Teaching Day(s): Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

Tavis Weir has lived and breathed music since he was old enough to walk. He grew up in a diverse musical family, gave his first concert at age 8 and never looked back. He attended the University of Toronto for Jazz guitar and has toured across Canada with many artists as well as to support his solo album. His passions are songwriting and recording; improvisation and sound exploration; as well as guiding others on their journey into the life changing power of music. He has been teaching people from all walks of life for the past 15 years. Tavis firmly believes music is available to everyone and inspiration can come from anywhere. Lesson rate $33 per half hour lesson.

Teresa Pullen (Piano, Flute, Saxophone, Clarinet) Registration Request

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Teaching Day(s): Wednesday

Teresa Pullen is a piano and woodwind (flute) instructor from Hickson, Ontario. She has been teaching for over 25 years with a small break to raise her 5 kids ranging in age from 11-20 years. Teresa holds her Grade 10 in both flute and piano from The Royal Conservatory of music along with her Bachelor of Music Education from The University of Western Ontario. She is currently working on her ARCT flute. She has also participated in the Rotary Festival of Music with her students as well as performing. Teresa has been a member of the KW Youth Symphony and a founding member of the Oxford Winds. She has also performed in many musicals including Oliver, Camelot, Brigadoon and the Music Man to mention a few. She is excited to continue her music journey. Her rate is $27/half-hour lesson.