Moncton - Piano Lessons

ekaterina burakova (Cello, Piano)

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Teaching Style: classical

Teaching Day(s): Monday, Wednesday, Friday

Ekaterina started playing the cello at the age of 8. She became an award winning cellist at the young age of 14 when her trio won second place at the international chamber competition “Concertino Praga”. Ekaterina began her teaching career a year later when she was 15. Ekaterina completed her Bachelor’s degree in performance and music education from Belarus Academy of Music and Sarajevo Academy of Music, and went on to complete her Master’s Degree in performance and music education from Belarus Academy of Music. She also holds a Teacher Certificate of Recognition from RCM. Along with teaching, Ekaterina has performed with many orchestra’s such as the Belarus Symphony Orchestra, National Concert Orchestra, Sarajevo Symphony, and others. Ekaterina has been living in New Brunswick since 2011 and has been teaching and performing in the Greater Moncton Area ever since. She has taught all ages and levels, and enjoys having her students participate in the Moncton Music Festival. Her rate is $24 per half-hour.

ghislain aucoin (dieppe & moncton) (Piano, Voice)

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Teaching Day(s): Wednesday, Thursday

Born in Bathurst, Ghislain is an award-winning pianist, singer, arranger and composer with years of experience teaching Classical and Contemporary styles to his piano and voice students. Since earning his degree from Humber College, Ghislain has been active in the Toronto music scene as a recurring member of Queer Songbook Orchestra and was invited to record piano and voice on their 2017 release Anthems & Icons at the Banff Centre. He is now persuing a second degree in Piano Performance from Université de Moncton. Throughout his time as an accompanist, he has had the pleasure playing piano alongside renound singers, such as: Lorna Lofte; Lorraine Segato; Beverly Glen Copeland, Carol Pope; Judith Lander; Nancy White and Alex Samaras. The joy of music making and singing is at the core of Ghislain’s teaching in order to meet each student at their individual level to build new skills or refine the basics. Hi rate is $25 per half hour private lesson.

halliday ogilvie (Piano, Voice)

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Teaching Style: classical, pop

Teaching Day(s): Monday, Thursday

Halliday Ogilvie is originally from Wolfville, NS. She earned her music degree from Mount Allison University, specializing in voice. She started her musical journey at a very young age and started getting involved in the Annapolis Valley Honour Choir in grade 6. Halliday grew up singing, and playing clarinet and piano, and was involved in music festivals and musicals throughout middle school and high school. Halliday loves a variety of music genres, such as classical, country, pop, and musical theatre. Her rate is $24 per half-hour lesson.

james coghlin (Piano, Theory)

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Teaching Style: classical

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

James has pursued an active career as teacher and collaborative pianist since arriving in Moncton in 2018. He holds a doctorate (D. Mus) in Piano Performance from the Université de Montréal; and studied under teachers Carol McWilliams, Janice Elliot-Denike, Kent McWilliams, Marc Durand, Maneli Pirzadeh and Jean Saulnier. He enjoys teaching students of all ages and is committed to helping students achieve personal goals at the piano as well as prepare for exams (RCM) and competitions. His rate is $24 per half-hour private class.

marin mcbeath (Piano, Voice, Guitar)

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Teaching Style: classical, pop, rock

Teaching Day(s): Tuesday, Thursday

Marin (she/her/they) is passionate about sharing the joys and wonders of music. Her main instrument is voice, but she too has a secondary education on the piano and guitar. She is keen to aid students as they navigate these three instruments. She's comfortable with many genres, including blues, jazz, pop, classical, country, rock and more. As your teacher, Marin hopes to inspire you to build confidence in yourself by tapping into the beautiful tools music education has to offer. Her rate is $23 per half-hour private lesson.

melanie caissie (Piano, Voice)

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Teaching Style: classical

Teaching Day(s): Monday, Tuesday, Thursday

Mélanie Caissie is a voice and piano teacher and performer with over 20 years in the industry. She received her Bachelor of Music in vocal performance at the University of Toronto and has her grade 9 RCM in piano. Mélanie has worked as a classical soloist for churches in Toronto and enjoyed being a freelance performing and recording vocalist in a variety of engagements. She has prepared many students in voice and piano for recitals, festival competitions, university auditions and professional gigs. She has a passion in sharing her love of music with her students. She teaches well-rounded lessons by incorporating performance technique, ear training, theory, improvisation, and musical games for the little ones. She teaches young artists how to maintain a healthy voice. Mélanie is comfortable teaching in French and English from 4-year-olds to adults. Her rate is $24 per half hour.

nhat-viet phi (dieppe & moncton) (Piano)

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Teaching Style: classical

Teaching Day(s): Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday

Nhat-Viet (Toto) Phi began playing solo piano at age six, and has enjoyed a long history of success in Canadian music festivals starting even before his national first prize at age eleven. In addition to headlining with several Canadian orchestras and chamber music with his brothers, he has been praised for his wide-ranging collaborative talents across the nation in vocal, choral, string, woodwind, brass and percussion disciplines. From 2007-2019, Toto was the official accompanist for the University of Moncton music department. Since 1990, Mr. Phi has enjoyed teaching piano privately for all ages and all levels including ARCT, in English and French. His rate is $26 per half-hour lesson.