Winnipeg (Henderson) - Composition Lessons

Perla Wiens

Lesson Coordinator
Call or text - 204-515-1117
Email - [email protected]

Adèle Wilding (Composition, Piano, Theory, Voice)

Online Lessons:

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

A classically trained musician, Adèle M. Wilding has led a busy career as a professional vocalist, composer/songwriter, arranger and music educator for over two decades. She was the inaugural winner of the 2005 BWA Nina Simone Award in London, England, and she has performed in fine venues and major festivals in the UK and Western Canada, collaborating with the latter region's finest jazz, blues, gospel and soul artists. Recent performance highlights: the TD Winnipeg International Jazz Festival (2022, 2024), Jazz Vespers at Crescent Fort Rouge United Church (2022 - 2023), and the Sunday Jazz Series at the Fort Garry Hotel Club Room, presented by Jazz Winnipeg (2023). In October 2024, Adèle made her debut at the Yardbird Suite, Edmonton, AB.

Adèle is a passionate teacher who enjoys sharing her skills with aspiring musicians. She has taught in a variety of contexts and considers one-on-one instruction as her favourite teaching environment. She follows the RCM and ABRSM syllabi for Voice and coaches experienced singers independently. Highlights of Adèle's teaching career include contributing to the national UK publication "A Common Approach 2002", Adjudicator for the Saskatchewan Music Festival (2015) and launching the 'Melody & Harmony Vocal Masterclass Weekend' with esteemed Canadian jazz/blues/soul artists Darlene Cooper, Cecile Larochelle, and Bill Sample in North Burnaby (2020). In the Fall of 2023, Adèle was Guest Director for the World Village Gospel Choir, founded and directed by Rachel Landrecht and Neil Weisensel. In March 2024, she led a Songwriting Clinic for the Long and McQuade Henderson store. Adèle continues to create and offer content for lectures and workshops.

Adèle's qualifications include a Bachelor of Arts With Distinction (Carleton), Master of Arts in Music Education (University of London Institute of Education), and Diploma in Jazz and Popular Music Studies: Performance, Composition and Arranging (Goldsmiths University). Her rate is $30/half hour. Lessons are available in English, French and German.