It's that time of year again!

Soon it will be time to welcome back all of my students! Yup - every single one of them except for the two that have moved away, have chosen to come back for lessons.  I'm so excited about this because that doesn't happen very often!

Wishing Clara well, who moved to Ottawa... hope she has found a wonderful teacher to continue her studies with.  Also moving farther afield is Alan - good luck in your new school.

Both of these students have been with me for many years and have done so well.  I hope you both continue to enjoy playing the piano.

It's back... the Fall Challenge is BACK!

As you can see below, my wall is decorated with thermometers - one for each student.

(Yes, there are 28 thermometers - and possibly a few more will be added yet)

There are four divisions:

Red - Beginner

Blue - Beginner 2

Green - Intro - Level 2

Purple - Level 3 and up

This is a results based reward system.  For each tune, scale, theory work assignment completed to my satisfaction, the student receives a sticker.  It takes 3 stickers to earn a ballot into a draw for a prize at the last lesson in December.  The more ballots you earn, the more chance you have to win!

And everyone gets fudge at the end of it anyway.... so lots of fun.  The kids love to see all the stickers add up.

I think these little fellows are kind of cute... hope the kids like them.

Looking forward to seeing everyone soon!

Special page just for teachers

I'm really not sure if anyone will be interested in this, but I have created a special page entitled "Thoughts on teaching... from a Christian perspective".  I'm doing this more for myself than anything, but thought I would share it in case there are other teachers out there who are Christians that would be interested in such thoughts. 

Looking for information on lessons?

Hi there!

If you are looking for information on lessons you are in the right place.

Take a peek a the side bar and you will see some things that will interest you like:

Piano lesson policy - here you will find cost and payment method - which is interesting to most parents

Guidelines for lessons at the studio

Tips to keep your piano teacher happy - this is specific to me, by the way

If you would like to speak to me or meet me ahead of signing up for lessons please give me a call at

613-347-3428

(I would highly recommend you call me - and early so you are higher on the waiting list)

I am currently taking names for those that are interested. I call my current students first (about 30 students), and then call the ones on the waiting list after I have my current students settled in a spot. This will happen in late August as the lesson start-up date is September 9th.

You can also get an idea of some of the things we do here at the studio by looking at past posts.  It will give you a good feel of how I work with the kids.

If you need information on teachers teaching violin, fiddle, guitar, voice etc - give me a call and I can probably direct you to someone close to you.

Have a wonderful day!