Winnipeg (Henderson) - Theory Lessons

Emma Bull

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

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 will be making 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'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.

Liam Allan (Violin, Fiddle, Upright Bass, Viola, Bass Guitar, Theory)

Online Lessons:

Teaching Day(s): Monday, Saturday

Liam is an educator, multi-instrumentalist, and composer from Winnipeg, Manitoba. His musical life began with classical violin training at age 5, and later he was a member of the Winnipeg Youth Orchestra and began playing the double bass at age 14. Liam holds a Bachelor of Jazz Performance from the University of Manitoba where he studied with Karl Kohut. Active on the Winnipeg music scene for a decade, Liam has performed alongside artists including Tomson Highway, Will Bonness, Ron Paley, and Jon Gordon, in addition to at events such as the Winnipeg Jazz Festival and the Winnipeg Folk Festival.

Liam offers lessons in classical violin, fiddling, double bass, electric bass, theory/rudiments, and jazz improvisation. He helps students to explore music that resonates with them in a supportive, structured way and strives to provide an individual lesson experience to each student regardless of age or ability. Repertoire can include Jazz, Classical, Fiddling, Musical theatre, blues, and popular music depending on a given student’s interests. Lessons are offered in English and French. Liam teaches out of our Henderson location, and his rate is $29/half hour.

Victor Hugo Lopez (Guitar, , Ukulele, Theory)

Online Lessons:

Teaching Style: jazz

Teaching Day(s): Monday, Tuesday, Saturday

Victor Hugo Lopez Bustamante has been entertaining audiences on the Winnipeg live music scene for over two decades. Whether contributing his varied musical skill-set and background to Papa Mambo, the Chuck Copenace group, Trio Bembe, Jupiter Storm and various other projects in Winnipeg and abroad, his musicianship, joy and musical expression shine through. His musical DNA includes genres spanning jazz/hip-hop/R&B/South-American folklore/Latin, and more from all over the world. Together with his training in Jazz pedagogy through his Bachelor of Jazz degree at the University of Manitoba, he has over a decade’s worth of experience developing tailored methods for teaching guitar, ukulele, bass, and music theory to students of beginning to advanced levels. Victor teaches at our Winnipeg Henderson location.
His rate is $29 per half hour.