Amanda always wanted to teach piano privately and dreamed of owning her own music studio/store when she was a child. She started teaching as a teenager with a few young students under the watchful eye of her first piano teacher. She believes in providing a safe, encouraging and nurturing environment within her studio that is conducive to learning. Lessons are structured to each student’s needs; reading skills are worked on and correct technical habits put into place whether the student is learning for fun and personal enjoyment or striving towards an exam. Amanda loves working with the young beginner (ages 4 and up) or the mature adult and has students of all ages and levels. Weekly lessons in piano, Rudiments of Theory and History 3, 4 and 5 are available. Rates are on par with the local going rate. Performance and goal opportunities are provided with masterclasses, workshops, non-competitive festival, year-end recital, Kiwanis Festival and RCM exams.

Amanda holds an ARCT in Piano Teaching from the Royal Conservatory of Music and a Bachelor of Music from the University of Toronto. She has taught privately for over 30 years to a wide range of students of all ages from beginner to advanced. She adjudicates music festivals, is an examiner for the Royal Conservatory of Music and enjoys giving master classes and workshops on various topics. She is a past president of the Oshawa-Whitby Branch of the Ontario Registered Music Teachers’ Association and served a term as Eastern Zone Representative. She has held the positions of accompanist for the General Motors Touring Choir, Entertainment Co-ordinator for the Cancer Society’s Relay for Life Event, and Artistic Director of the Oshawa Jazz and Blues Festival. In 1998 she founded the Durham Non-Competitive Music Festival for Piano. Amanda is currently accepting new students.

Steven has always loved playing guitar and performing and enjoys sharing his love of music with his students. Over the years he has played bass, lead and rhythm guitar and even some drums and keyboard! Emphasis in the lessons with his students is put on reading chords, lead sheets, tabs and playing songs the student chooses. Some basic music theory and note-reading is taught. Students are encouraged to perform at open mics and recitals.
Lessons are available on both electric and acoustic guitar.

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