Emma’s teaching philosophy focuses on building strong technique, musical expression, and a genuine love and enjoyment of learning the cello.
Ms. Fisher is a graduate of the New England Conservatory and McGill University, and a substitute musician with L’Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal.
She is dedicated to sharing her professional experience with students of all ages.
Dona Jean Clary, pianist, graduated with Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the University of Regina.
Scholarship awards enabled her to continue her musical studies in London, England, where she received her Licentiate from the Royal Academy of Music.
Subsequently, Ms. Clary taught for the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto.
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Phillip Coonce, violinist and violist, has studied with Leonard Felberg, Hiroko Yajima, Felix Galimir, Blanche Moyse and Raphael Bronstein.
He earned a B. Mus. from the University of New Mexico, an M. Mus. from SUNY at Stony Brook, and a DMA from the Manhattan School of Music.
He has performed with the New Jersey Symphony, Brooklyn Philharmonic, The Hudson Chamber Players and the Martha Graham Ballet.
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Brandon Davis is a Toronto-based bassist, composer, and educator. He holds a Masters in Music from the Manhattan School of Music.
He attended the Jazz Performance program as an upright bass major and was on the Dean’s List for all four semesters of his studies. He primarily plays and teaches upright bass and improvisation, but also offers lessons in electric bass, guitar, and beginner ukulele.
Read more about Brandon DavisLouise Zacharias Friesen first received an ARCT in Piano Performance and a Bachelor of Church Music in Winnipeg, followed by a Bachelor of Music in Piano from UBC where she studied with Jane Coop.
As a piano duo with her best friend Sandra Joy Friesen, she toured from BC to Manitoba. Choral experiences in Winnipeg, Vancouver, Edmonton, and Saskatoon have been a great joy for her, especially her seven seasons as a soprano with Pro Coro Canada.
Read more about Louise FriesenSusan Greenway holds an ARCT in piano performance from the Royal Conservatory and a Master’s degree in piano performance from University of Toronto.
Her main teachers were Boris Lysenko and Marietta Orlov.
She has been a Canadian Music Competition finalist and a resident at the Banff Centre for the Arts. Aside from teaching 40 students per week Susan is also working on her first solo CD.
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Windsor Johnson graduated from The Hartt School — Masters in Piano Performance/Pedagogy — 2014-2016. Suzuki and traditional piano instructor, The Hartt School Community Division (HCD), University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT — 2008-2016.
He is a member of the Suzuki Association of the Americas.
A very personable teacher, Windsor is equally at home with traditional, “Conservatory Style” teaching, and jazz. He is gifted at working with younger students.
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Mary Kenedi, a Hungarian-born pianist has been teaching for 54 years. First at the University Settlement, and later at the Royal Conservatory of Music and Mc Master University in Hamilton.
She has a Licentiate Diploma from the University of Toronto, as well as a Bachelor of Music and Master degree in pedagogy and performance.
Mary also spent a year studying at the world-famous Liszt Academy in Budapest, Hungary, again both pedagogy and performance. She was also studying the Kodaly method, which is a wonderful introductory method for beginners.
Her decades of being an examiner and her performing enabled her to work with a special perspective into teaching from beginning levels to University.
Double bassist Karen Kabiri holds a Bachelor of Arts in double bass performance from Art and Architecture University in Tehran.
Karen began his music career as a double bass player in the Tehran Symphony Orchestra in 1995. He was principal double bass of the Tehran Symphony Orchestra in 2006-2010, the Parsian String Orchestra in 2008-2010, the Noban String Ensemble in 2005-2007 and the Markham Symphony Orchestra.
Read more about Karen KabiriBronson Kwan holds an Artist Diploma from The Royal Conservatory of Music and an Associate Diploma from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, England where he studied with David Takeno.
Bronson has performed and taught violin and viola repertoire at the beginner, intermediate, and advanced level at the Toronto School for Strings and Piano for over twenty years.
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Eslin McKay picked up her first violin at the age of three, beginning her musical education through the Suzuki Method with Virginia Little in Brantford Ontario.
She has graduated with Honours in Violin Performance at the University of Toronto where she studied with Annalee Patipatanikoon.
As a student at the University of Toronto Eslin was a member of numerous string quartets both as a violinist and violist, and was named runner up for the Felix Galimir Chamber Music Award.
Eslin has been involved with orchestras since the age of five and in 2009 Eslin toured Canada as a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Canada led by conductor Alain Trudel. She has been concertmaster and principal player of numerous orchestras including the University of Toronto Symphony Orchestra and the Kitchener Waterloo Symphony Youth Orchestra.
Read more about Eslin McKayHumberto Ramírez is a Colombian violinist and educator with a holistic approach to music education.
He holds a Master’s Degree in Violin Performance and a Performer Diploma from the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University (Bloomington) and an undergraduate degree from Juan N. Corpas University in Bogotá. He is currently pursuing a DMA in Violin Performance at the University of Toronto, studying with Jonathan Crow, concertmaster of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and with Mark Fewer.
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Kleis Swan began violin at six in Saskatoon and by fourteen had joined the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra.
A member of the National Youth Orchestra of Canada for several seasons, she earned the A.R.C.T. from the Royal Conservatory of Music with the Gold Medal for the highest standing in Canada.
Kleis holds a Bachelor of Music Performance degree from the University of Toronto (1992) where her principal teacher was Lorand Fenyves. In addition to her University programme, she has studied at the Soundfest Institute for Chamber Music with the Colorado String Quartet and at the Banff Centre. As a freelance violinist, Kleis has played in most major orchestras in the Toronto area. She was also a member of the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Joy Tseng holds a Bachelor of Music and a Bachelor of Education from the University of Toronto.
She received her Master of Music from Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois where she majored in music education and piano pedagogy.
She also obtained her ARCT diploma in piano teaching from the Royal Conservatory of Music. Her teachers include Susan Hamblin Dennis, William Aide, and Marina Geringas. In her youth, Joy performed with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra playing the guzheng (Chinese plucked zither).
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