Founder, Violin + Viola Teacher

Klaudia Thibault

Klaudia Thibault is an experienced violin and viola teacher in Oakville, who regularly prepares students for the Royal Conservatory of Music (RCM) examinations, festivals and music competitions. She teaches all levels of RCM violin and viola, leads a unique summer violin summer camp and also conducts orchestra classes. Klaudia discovered over the years of playing and teaching how the posture affects the performance and abilities. Klaudia’s strong emphasis on correct posture and optimal set up makes her one of a kind, dedicated and determined teacher.

Klaudia Thibault, nee Mirossayova, studied in Slovakia with Rozalia Varcholova, Anita Mirossayova and in Canada with Amalia Canzoneri and Metro Kozak. Klaudia successfully completed 10 years of violin study in Slovakia (1984-1994: equivalent to Royal Conservatory ARCT) at the Jan Pöschl School of Music in Presov. Then, she graduated from the University of Prešov (Prešovska Univerzita), Slovakia, in 2001. She holds a Master’s Degree in Musical Education and Social Studies. In the latter part of 2001, Klaudia moved to Canada where she sought to become active and has since become established in the music community. She continues her education at strings workshops in USA and Canada regularly. Her strongest pursuit is perfecting student posture to achieve improved performance.

PERFORMING AND CONDUCTING EXPERIENCE

The daughter of a violin teacher Anita and an engineer Stanislav, Klaudia has been an enthusiastic violin player since five years of age, performing as a soloist and a youth classical music orchestra concertmaster since 1987. The youth orchestra “Orchester Jana Poschla in Presov” performed in Eastern and Western Europe, and obtained high marks at national Slovak competitions and international competitions each year. Most memorable was the competition in Neerpelt, Belgium where the orchestra received the golden medal. Klaudia’s mom Anita Mirossayova acted as a conductor of this highly successful student string orchestra.

In 1993, Klaudia joined the Slovak Folk Ensemble ”Sarisancek” and then “Šarišan”, a national music and dance group, traveling and performing on violin for the next six years in nine countries around the world: in Europe (France, Italy, Czech Republic, Ukraine), South America (Brazil) and North America (USA), Africa (Tunisia) and Asia (Malaysia, South Korea). Klaudia was a founder of music section of children folk group “Rozmarija” in Presov. She successfully lead the group of young musicians to become confident in their performance and traveled with them to Finland, Sweden and many other countries in Europe.

While studying at university, Klaudia won a university violin competition in her first year of study. After this, she was the concertmaster of the University Chamber Orchestra “Camerata Academica” for the next four years. In her graduation year 2001, Klaudia compiled and produced a one-hour orchestral educational program for children about the role of different musical instruments in orchestra; in addition to spoken word, she also conducted this 50-member youth university orchestra which performed her program at the Performing Arts Centre (PKO) in Presov, Slovakia to a 600-member audience. At that time, she also conducted a children’s string orchestra of classical music at the Jan Pöschl School of Music in Presov, Slovakia.

Between 2002 – 2013, Klaudia played with the Oakville Symphony Orchestra and it was the first year she was awarded the Oakville Symphony’s Young Artist Award thanks to Ian Morrison who suggested Klaudia take up this opportunity. Klaudia was given a $1500 scholarship for which she was eternally grateful. She met a lot of new friends and fellow musicians during her years with the Oakville Symphony. Klaudia has performed on violin with the Oakville Messiah Orchestra, Dundas Valley Orchestra, Oakville Chamber Orchestra, community orchestras and internal school orchestra at Klaudia’s Music Studio called MagicK. In June 2005, she became a member of the String Quartet. She performs regularly at weddings and occasions throughout the year.

COMMUNITY OUTREACH

Klaudia was a member of the Oakville Symphony Orchestra’s Community Outreach Committee from 2005 – 2012. This committee introduced very successful series of mini-concerts and a full-orchestra concert for young people. Klaudia donated a quality student violin for seven consecutive years to the Poster Contest of the Oakville Symphony Orchestra as a main prize and the violin was presented to the winner at the full-orchestra concert each year. Each year, the Studio students perform at Retirement Home Residences in the community.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Klaudia started to teach violin at the Jan Pöschl School of Music in Presov, Slovakia in 1997, and has been teaching continuously ever since. In 2002, she established Klaudia’s Music Studio in Oakville. Klaudia educates young students (3 years of age and up), beginners and advanced students of all ages and also offers lessons to adults. She has been successful in preparing students of all ages and levels of experience for Royal Conservatory of Music exams, and Burlington, Hamilton and Toronto music festivals.

Klaudia presents recitals bi-annually in winter and summer, giving parents the opportunity to enjoy their child’s musical progress and allowing students to perform in public thereby building stage-performance skills and confidence. She also organizes teachers concerts each year, designed to inspire. Since forming of String Orchestra MagicK at her school in 2006, she has been an artistic director and co-conductor. She takes immense pride in all its achievements at concerts, competitions and festivals.

Piano Teacher

Sue Barbour

Sue has an extensive background in teaching piano since 1995. She has completed her Royal Conservatory of Music Piano Level 9 and has taught private and group lessons for many years. She has detailed knowledge of Royal Conservatory piano program in all piano levels.

She has also trained many new teachers and has experience teaching children with special needs. Her approach is both genuine and results oriented while making learning fun for the children. She teaches group piano classes and one-on-one private piano classes. Susan has seen many children through their exams, competitions and concerts and earned great respect from her colleagues, parents and students. She looks forward teaching piano to children of all ages.

Violin + Viola Teacher

Alexis Brett

Alexis Brett teaches the violin, viola, theory and she conducts our orchestra classes. She is very successful at preparing students for all levels of Royal Conservatory of Music (RCM) Violin Exams. Alexis is very personable and works well with young children, tees and adults alike. Her easy, friendly and non-threatening approach earned her a great reputation at our Studio.

Alexis holds a Bachelor of Music degree from McGill University, where she studied with Brett Molzan and Chantal Rémillard. She also has a Master of Music degree from the Royal Academy of Music in London, England, where she studied with Simon Standage. She is a sought-after freelance performer, and has performed with ensembles throughout Europe and Canada.

As a teacher, Alexis has several years experience teaching students of all ages and skill levels. She believes in helping students work to the best of their abilities, but also that learning the violins should be first and foremost a fun experience, and that parental involvement is key. Alexis tailors her lesson approach to meet the individual needs of each student.

Alexis teaches all 10 RCM levels of violin, viola and has an extended knowledge of music theory. She can help students of all string instruments with their theory co-requisites for the Royal Conservatory Exams, including music harmony and history to ensure a well-rounded musical education.

Drums Teacher

Kyle Meng

Kyle is our drums teacher. He also teaches theory, piano and voice, while he is finishing up his bachelor degree in performance on percussion at Humber College. He has vast experience in teaching all levels of drums and he also teaches students basics of theory, which is necessary to understand concepts of music and he is very much looking forward to teaching children, teens and adults alike.

Kyle grew up in the Greater Toronto Area living in most cities such as Toronto, Scarborough, Mississauga and Oakville. He has been playing music for more than 13 years listening to many contemporary musicians such as Ariana Grande, Miles Davis, Robert Glasper, Animals as Leaders, Dirty Loops, Stevie Wonder and Álvaro López.

Kyle has completed the Jazz Commercial Music Certificate Program at Humber College where he studied Drums and Percussion under internationally known teachers such as Mark Kelso and Larnell Lewis. He is also currently finishing up his Bachelor’s Degree in performance on percussion. He has had over a decade of experience in playing styles such as R&B, Pop, Jazz, Funk, Rock, Latin, Gospel, Soul and many more.

Kyle keeps very well rounded approaches ensuring that the information being taught gets the best delivery towards each and every student. His lessons consist of the fundamentals of music such as emotional expression, feel, groove, as well as foundational aspects such as internal timing, technique, theory, articulation and analysis.

Lastly, Kyle has amassed a large repertoire in many styles of music that caters to many students and their backgrounds which becomes comprehensive when exploring new areas and territories.

Violin Teacher

Linda Choi

Violinist Linda Choi was born in Toronto and started playing the violin at age 5. At the age of 10 she was accepted as a scholarship student at the Young Artists Program Academy at the Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto. There she studied with Victor Danchenko, and Atis Bankas. She graduated from McGill University in Violin Performance and went on to do her graduate studies at the Cleveland Institute of Music. Linda plays with orchestras all over Ontario, was a Mentor for the National Academy Orchestra (Brott Music Festival) and is currently a Mentor for the Young Artists program with the Oakville Symphony.

With a passion for teaching, Linda has over 20 years of experience in private and group settings with students of all ages. She strongly believes that all children have the potential to develop musical ability and love for music, given a nurturing and positive learning environment.

Piano + Theory Teacher

Deborah Henry

Deborah received her B.Sc. from McMaster University. After further study, she received both her B. Mus. and M.A. in music criticism from McMaster University, and an M.A. in music theory from Western University. She received her Doctorate from York University in music perception.

Deborah has enjoyed an active career as both Organist and Choral Director. She is the Music Director at Maple Grove United Church in Oakville. Currently she is a piano and theory teacher, as well as our string orchestra accompanist at Klaudia’s Music Studio. Deborah is a theory and history examiner for the Royal Conservatory of Music. She is passionate about music and music education. Learning music theory and history add depth to the enjoyment of practicing, performing, teaching, and listening to music.

In her spare time, Deborah enjoys cycling, swimming, and running cross country with her dogs.

Dr. Deborah teaches all levels of Royal Conservatory of Music theory examinations. Including advanced history, harmony and couterpoint. She teaches piano to beginner students, with a goal to participate in concerts and exams, or enjoy the music of playing and improvisation on piano for pure enjoyment and fun.

Cello Teacher

Janko Marjanovic

Hon. Sp. Music Ed., Hon. B. Mus. Perf.

Janko graduated from the class of Andre Nevarra, himself a student of venerable Pablo Casals. Janko also studied with Stanislav Apolin, a student of Mstislav Rostropovich, as well as Vaclav Czerny, principal cellist at Czech Philharmony. In summary, he received his education in teaching and performance at the universities of Belgrade, Prague and Skopje.

His first opportunity came as a young cellist with the Children Symphony Orchestra of Radio Belgrade. Since then, he has worked extensively with orchestras in Yugoslavia, Germany, Czechoslovakia and Canada, which made him travel and perform in Europe, Africa and North America. Janko performed numerous recitals as a soloist, was a principal cellist with opera and chamber chamber orchestras and performed on these three continents as their member.

Janko has extensive teaching experience with students from all age groups and levels of performance. His students won gold and silver medals on Kiwanis, Hamilton and Burlington festivals.

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“Teaching students to play an instrument means teaching them to like and understand music from the very first step. An individual approach is a must, since every student is unique. They are expected to make errors during a lesson. The teacher’s task is to make sure they don’t make them on stage. The teacher and parents require mutual support. This is a winning combination. Remember that while playing at home is fun, practicing at home is progress.”

J.M.

Guitar Teacher

Warren Nicholson

Guitar teacher of excellence, joined our studio in 2021. He brings his vast knowledge of teaching to all students. Mr. Warren teaches all types of guitar: classical, acoustic, electric. His teaching approach is based on proper technique, reading notes and knowing what you are playing. Whatever age you are, you will enjoy lessons with him.

Warren Nicholson won the 1997”Artists International Auditions” in NYC, leading to his Carnegie Recital Hall debut in 1998.As an active soloist and chamber musician, he has been invited to play for: The Riverside Church Sunday Chapel Series (NYC),Composer’s Concordance( NYC),Mac Master University’s Visiting Artist Series, “Music Mondays” (Toronto),The Great Lakes Guitar Society, “Guelph Connections Concerts,” St Luke’s Recital Series (Ottawa), “Guitar Movement”, (S.P. Brazil), among others. He has collaborated with: Etobicoke Philharmonic, Oakville Symphony, Mississauga Children’s Choir, The Oakville Chorale Society and Toronto Children’s Chorus, He has premiered works by: Gene Pritsker, John Cuciurean, Jeff Johnson and Arthur Kampela. Warren Nicholson studied guitar with John Donovan, Lynn Harting -Ware, Peter Mac Allister,(Mc Master University BM91) Norbert Kraft and Mark Delpriora (Manhattan School of Music MM94).

Piano Teacher

Natalia Lepeshkina

Lepeshkina Natalia was born in Moscow, Russia. She graduated from the Moscow State Conservatory named Peter Tchaikovsky. Her teaches were famous musicians as Jacob Milshtein, Boris Berman, Alexey Skavronskiy, Nina Emelianova, Boris Zemlianskiy.  

Her experience as a performer and teacher is more 40 years. Natalia worked as professor in Moscow State Pedagogic Institute by Ippolitov-Ivanov and occasionally in Moscow State Conservatory. 

She had concerts as a soloist and accompanist in different countries: Russia, Poland, Germany, Hungary, Norway, Iceland, USA, Canada.

10 years ago, Natalia arrived in Toronto. She continues to teach at the Klaudia”s Music Studio. Her students are winners of many Music Festivals in Great Toronto, such as North York, Davenport, Hamilton, Ukraine and e.g.

Natalia plays recitals at the different stages of the Greater Toronto Area.

She is also an organist in Bonar – Parkdale Presbyterian Church.

Piano Teacher

Heather Olaveson

Heather is a Hamilton-born musician who recently returned to the area after studying at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo and the University of Victoria, where she obtained master’s degrees in English and music composition, respectively. She has been playing piano for over twenty years – as the story goes, when she was six she started talking about taking piano lessons and, when her parents finally got tired of hearing about it, they gave in and signed her up at a music studio. Of course, she’s never looked back!

At UVic, Heather completed her master’s degree in music composition under the supervision of Christopher Butterfield and John Celona, and took every opportunity to take part in collaborative performances, including working extensively with two graduate-level vocal performance majors as an accompanist. During her undergrad at WLU, she studied composition with Dr. Peter Hatch and Linda Catlin Smith, studied piano with Leslie De’Ath, and took courses in piano pedagogy and vocal and instrumental accompanying. In fact, Heather has extensive experience as an accompanist, and while primarily a pianist, she also has experience performing on fortepiano, celeste, and organ.

Heather is currently the Director of Music at Carlisle United Church where she plans and leads choir rehearsals and provides music for Sunday and special services. She has previously taught piano in both studio and private settings, and has fulfilled the role of Teaching Assistant for university courses in musical skills, theory, and history as well as poetry in English. She also enjoys and has experience in working with children and youth, whether in a musical setting, in a community group, or in a local library as a literacy worker. Heather is happy to be able to share her passion for music and her love of teaching with students at Klaudia’s Music Studio, and she believes that making learning fun is a major part of what will foster a love of music in children, encourage the progression of their musical studies, and instil good learning habits that are transferrable into other areas of education.

Cello Teacher

Mansur Kadirov

Home of origin: Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Age started playing: 8
Languages spoken: Uzbek, Russian, English
Favorite composer: Schumann
Current instrument: 1955 Gaetano Gadda cello
Favorite American food: Steak
Fun Fact: Enjoys cooking authentic Uzbek dishes and horse back riding (even though he broke his hand riding)
Awards/Competitions: Naftzger, Sigma Alfa Iota, KC Musical Club, Uzbekistan National Competition, participant in ‘Carlos Prieto’ Mexico, ‘Dr. Luis Sigall’ Chile and ‘Queen Elisabeth’ in Belgium

Mansur Kadirov was born in 1989 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan into musical family. He began singing at the age of four, and later began cello studies at the age of eight under Novikova Margarita Konstanstinovna at the Reingold M. Glier Music School. By the age of ten, he was regularly featured on radio and television in Tashkent. He was also often invited to perform at government functions. In 2003, Kadirov won his first cello competition, at a competition for young performers in Tashkent.
In 2005, he was invited to perform with the National Symphony Orchestra of Uzbekistan, where he performed the Boccherini and Shostakovich cello concertos. Since then, he has joined this orchestra on many occasions, performing the Shostakovich Cello Concerto four more times, the Lalo Cello Concerto, and the Schumann Cello Concerto. In 2006, Kadirov began studying under the tutelage of Jahangir Ibragimov, where he continued his studies until 2010. In 2007, he was invited to join the Soloists of Uzbekistan Chamber Orchestra, who he continued to perform with until he left Uzbekistan in 2010.

In 2009, Kadirov was invited to perform the Dvorak Cello Concerto with the GUNMA Junior Orchestra in Japan. He also was featured on the Takasaki Radio in Tokyo, performing Uzbek national pieces. In the same year, Kadirov won the Uzbekistan National Music Competition, and was accepted into the Muhtor Ashrafiy National Uzbekistan Conservatory, studying under both Mancirev Atham Husainovich and Jahangir Ibragimov.

In 2010, Kadirov was accepted into Park University’s International Center for Music on full scholarship; he has since performed at both the Folly Theater and the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. In 2012, he performed in Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center. In 2013, he was featured on Kansas City Public Radio, performing Paganini’s Moses Variations. In the same year, he won the Sigma Alpha Iota scholarship auditions in Kansas City. Kadirov was also invited by David Ramael to perform in recitals throughout New York City, where he performed in Queens College and Southampton. In 2014, he joined renowned violinist Shmuel Ashkenasi in performing the Schubert String Trio in Bb Major. Later that year, Mansur Kadirov was the grand prize winner of the Naftzger Young Artist Auditions in Wichita, Kansas.

In 2015, Kadirov was invited to perform the Schumann Cello Concert with the Kinnor Philharmonic at the International Center for Music. The same year he received scholarships from winning auditions held by the Kansas City Music Club and Sigma Alpha Iota.

He has actively participated at a number of prestigious international competitions, including the Carlos Prieto in Mexico in 2016, Dr. Luis Sigall in Chile in 2016, and the First Queen Elisabeth International Cello competition in Belgium in 2017.

Kadirov recently graduated his masters in cello degree at Park University’s International Center for Music with Tchaikovsky Silver Medalist Daniel Veis. Currently, Kadirov has started his studies at Glenn Gould School of the Royal Conservatory while pursuing Artist Diploma from both Hans Jorgen Jensen and Andres Diaz.

“My teaching philosophy is all about making beautiful music. I teach the cello instrument for not only to learn how to play the instrument itself but in order to make a complete musician. I will seek for music lovers and talented young musicians and I would like to help to find their language in music and give them the most necessary abilities to learn the instrument quick and enjoy making beautiful music always!”

Double Bass Teacher

Tyler Belluz

Tyler Belluz has been privately teaching double bass for over 15 years. He prides himself in building students technical skills up from the beginning to eventually landing them into Universities. Tyler is a graduate of the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Upon graduation, for a few seasons he played regularly with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra. Since then, Tyler has played on some of the world’s finest stages, collaborating with numerous Grammy, Juno, Academy, and Emmy Award winning artists. In the studio, Tyler has played on a plethora of albums including 2 recent Polaris Prize nominated albums, along with a nomination for the SOCAN Songwriting Prize. Tyler can be heard on CBC radio 1, 2, 3, as well as a contributor to Bravo television and North Face documentaries. He has been interviewed and performed on CBC Q with a few acts including Del Bel and Bry Webb.

Tyler has licensed music for internationally distributed short and full length feature films, with a recent song placement on USA prime time television show Charmed. He has recently dabbled in directing and scoring his own short film series that is currently in production.

Beyond performance duties, Tyler has been a regular juror for the Juno Awards, Western Canadian Music Awards and the East Coast Music Awards. He runs his own music label in Guelph, Ontario, and has been a recipient of a dozen Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council grants for recording and writing original music.

Tyler resides in Guelph, Ontario and is looking forward to returning touring the globe with a few active projects Adrian Raso + Fanfare Ciocarlia, Sombras and local cover band the Flamingos.

Violin + Viola Teacher

Lorgia Loor

Ecuadorian violinist with international experience in performing and teaching, now teaching at Klaudia’s Music Studio in Oakville. 

From 8 to 18 years old, Lorgia studied violin in her hometown, Guayaquil, where she participated as a member of the city’s Symphony and Chamber Orchestras.

At the age of 20 she was accepted into the Odessa National Conservatory of Music in Ukraine where she studied with Professor Mikhail Turchinsky. She continued her studies for master degree in Performance and inPedagogy at the Zurich School of Music in Switzerland with Professor Alexander Sitkovetsky.

As a soloist she has participated multiple times with the chamber Orchestra in Guayaquil and in Colombia with the project of the Colombo-Swiss Orchestra in Bogota. In Switzerland Lorgia played in the first violins with the Kammerphilarmonie Graubunden. 

Lorgia has more than 5 years of experience teaching violin and viola to children, youth and adults. In the lessons, she cultivates an environment that stimulates creativity, self-confidence and knowledge of the instrument and music theory. 

She is a very passionate about improving people’s lives through music. She makes it her mission to encourage each one of her students to reach their maximal potential through curiosity and interest in the instrument, providing an interactive music learning experience, now including all aspects of Royal Conservatory of Music Syllabus into her teaching. 

Violin Teacher

Dr. Metro Kozak

Dr. Metro Kozak is a native of Toronto, Canada and studied violin under some of the world’s foremost teachers including: Ivan Galamian, Broadus Erle, Roman Totenberg and Angel Reyes. He holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree (University of Toronto), a Master of Violin Performance degree (Yale University) and a Doctorate in Musical Arts (University of Michigan). Dr. Kozak has had an extensive career as a conductor, performer and teacher and is recognized as one of the leading violin pedagogues in Canada. He is recently retired as a teacher at Cambrian College of Applied Arts and Technology in Sudbury as well as conductor of the Sudbury and North Bay Symphony Orchestras, and conductor of the Sudbury Youth Orchestras. He is in demand as an adjudicator, and a teacher of master classes and workshops across Canada.
Dr. Kozak has been recognized by the City of Sudbury for his outstanding musical contributions to that city. Recently, he was honoured with the Rotary Club’s Paul Harris International Award. More about Metro Kozak, please read here.

Violin + Viola Teacher

Anita Mirossayová

Ms. Anita is well respected and experienced teacher, native of Slovakia. She teaches violin students of all levels of experience with passion, kindness and expertise. Anita is also a viola teacher and retired orchestra conductor. Her ability to bring most beautiful sound out of large group of students was remarkable and it was valued by numerous awards at competitive festivals and at concerts with standing ovations. Anita’s youth orchestra “Orchester Jána Pöshla v Prešove” recorded memorable piece Namah of contemporary Slovak composer Peter Machajdík. Orchestra won Slovak national awards, as well as awards abroad in Belgium, Czech Republic and Hungary. Ms. Anita teaches violin lessons at Klaudia’s Music Studio to beginners, as well as advanced.

Violin Teacher

Justin Saulnier

Justin is a young violinist from Orléans, Ontario. He’s been teaching at Klaudia’s Music Studio since 2021 in a capacity of a substitute teacher and as a trainee violin teacher of young children. He follows the Royal Conservaroty of Music Syllabus, working exclusively online, from his residence in Ottawa. Justin is fully bilingual in both English and French. 

Justin has studied violin since age four, first with Catherine Ferreira and then David Thies-Thompson. He is now pursuing his studies with Donnie Deacon. Before the pandemic, Justin was the principal second of the Ottawa Youth Orchestra, having played in the Academy’s various string ensembles since he was six. He has had the opportunity to perform with the National Arts Centre Orchestra, Thirteen Strings, the Ottawa Pops Orchestra and the Ottawa Parkdale Orchestra. He was a member of the Four Score String Quartet, which has performed with the Ottawa Chamber Orchestra and at the Ottawa Kiwanis Festival, winning the Richard Casselman Trophy in 2018 and the Anantaraman Trophy in 2019. As a soloist, Justin has recently played in masterclasses with James Ehnes and Jonathan Crow. In February of 2020, he won the Ottawa Youth Orchestra concerto competition and is looking forward to performing with them as soloist. He was also an invited soloist with the Ottawa Chamber Orchestra in June 2019. That same year, he was awarded the RCM Gold Medal for Ontario for best mark in his Grade 9 exam and was invited to perform at the Ontario Celebration of Excellence of the Royal Conservatory at Mazzoleni Hall in Toronto. He received that same honour in 2017 for his Grade 7 exam. A returning participant in the Ottawa Kiwanis Music Festival, Justin was awarded the Edythe Young Browne Memorial Trophy for senior strings in 2019 and the Sziladi Family Trophy and Scholarship in 2017.

Justin is currently working towards Level 10 Royal Conservatory of Music Exam, alongside with his studies at school and teaching violin. He welcomes opportunity to teach and share his passion for violin with you. 

Violin & Viola Teacher

Olga Rykov

Olga Rykov is a sought after violinist and violin instructor. She studied with some of the most distinguished Canadian violinists: Jonathan Crow, Yaëla Hertz, and Annalee Patipatanakoon. A graduate of McGill University and UofT, Ms. Rykov acted as the concertmaster for the National Youth Orchestra of Canada and the UTSO, and performed under the baton of such renowned conductors as Pinchas Zuckerman, Jacques Lacombe, Yoav Talmi, Alexis Hauser, Kerry Stratton, Boris Brott, and Gemma New. In her teaching studio she trains her students to succeed in daily practice, in stage performance, as well as helps them to prepare for examinations, music festivals, and competitions. Olga Rykov has an extensive history of organizing and contributing to a wide variety of projects: from live concerts to music livestreaming, from music education to leading students in performance, from recording film scores to playing in the orchestra, from forming classical chamber groups to arranging music and performing with a folk rock band. While still a student, Ms. Rykov ran a series of recitals with the illustrious pianists Jean Desmarais and Marc Pierre Toth. A violinist of the Kazaam Trio, she and her group performed at the Savonlinna Music Academy in Finland, where Olga premiered a new work dedicated to her by the Canadian composer Richard Mascall. During her position as the Associate Concertmaster of the North Bay Symphony Orchestra she was featured as the soloist with Michael Daugherty’s Violin Concerto and works by Andrea Hansen, her mentor and founder of the Strings Across the Sky program. Ms. Rykov’s students were also featured with an extensive SATS repertoire accompanied by the orchestra during the same event. In 2019 Olga Rykov performed with the Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Orchestra as part of the Concerto Competition Winners Showcase, where she played the Beethoven Violin Concerto. In 2020 Ms. Rykov was one of the recipients of the Canada Arts Council Digital Originals grant for her contribution to the project conceived by the Colombian-Canadian composer Felipe Téllez.

Cello Teacher

Zain Ghadially

Zain Ghadially has been studying the cello for the last 9 years under the tutelage of Janko Marjanovic. He has extensive knowledge of cello technique, methods, and repertoire and is a member of the Oakville Symphony Orchestra. His passions include studying technical works by Popper, Sevchik, Duport and Feuillard as well Baroque and Romantic cello repertoire.  In 2018 Zain was awarded first prize for his performance of unaccompanied and concert selections from the Grade 9 Royal Conservaroty of Music syllabus at the Hamilton Music Festival. In addition to the cello, Zain is also pursuing his piano studies with Natalia Lepeshkina. Mr. Zain is teaching cello to students of all ages with enthusiasm and kind attitude. 

Harp Teacher

Rose Soenen

Rose Soenen is a professional harpist based in Toronto. She is a kind, experienced, proficient music teacher and she has experience teaching online too. Her teaching would consist of weekly online lessons combined with in-person regular monthly meetings at Klaudia’s Music Studio. Rose teaches harp to children and adults of all levels. The earliest age to start harp lessons is between the age of 6 and 8. Strings could be hard on fingers, so at first Rose recommends 30 minute lessons. To start with, there are smaller lever harps that would gradually eventually lead to full size harp. Rose would be happy to lead you through this difficult process of renting to purchase. When it comes to repertoire Rose decides which books and methods to use based on your preference and liking. Basic knowledge of piano is recommended (at least level 2 or more) for reading music, but it is not mandatory.

Teacher Rose received her Bachelor of Music in Orchestral Harp Performance under Lori Gemmell at Wilfrid Laurer University in 2016, where she was a winner of their 2015 Concerto competition. She also holds her grade 9 Royal Conservatory of Music certificate in piano and her grade 8 Canadian Conservatory certificate in voice.

Rose is a busy performer and private harp instructor. She is the Stratford Symphony Orchestra’s Principal Harpist, and frequently plays with the Etobicoke Philharmonic, the Ancaster Symphonia, and the Fanshawe Chorus London Orchestra players, as well as being a substitute player with the Kitchener Waterloo Orchestra and the Cambridge Symphony. Rose also works as the Harp Instructor for the Niagara Symphony’s Summer music camp, and is a busy chamber musician, performing with a variety of vocalists and instrumentalists, including Duo Niro, a harp duo specializing in pop music covers.

Rose is currently pursuing her Masters of Instrumental Performance at the University of Toronto.

Piano Tuner

Ivan Dzevin

Ivan Dzevin is a professional piano tuner and can offer a support services for your piano including tuning, regulation and repairs. 

Mr. Ivan is a certified piano tuner by Russian school of piano tuners “Kvinta2.ru”. Over the last 20 years he has done more than 1200 tunings of pianos and grand pianos. All his clients were satisfied with his work. Also, he is a professional musician, on clarinet, with Master of Music Arts degree who really appreciates a fine tuning of piano. 

Ivan’s service is affordable and professional. Mr. Ivan offers first-tuning-discount for all families of Klaudia’s Music Studio living in the neighbourhood of Burlington, Oakville, Hamilton, Milton. 

Piano Tuner

Joseph De Crisci

Piano Tuning and Servicing

Welcome to tuning by Joseph De Crisci, Aud. Eng., C.P.T. Your piano gets the attention to detail and the utmost quality of service it needs making your piano sound and perform its best.

A piano is a very complicated and delicate instrument that requires a technician.
It has 10,000 moving parts with 230 strings producing 22 tonnes of pressure being exerted
that meticulously needs to be adjusted.

Starting with a basic Tuning, Joseph will thoroughly
inspect and assess any moving parts, action and
pedal adjustments. He will make it known of
any underlying issues that will hinder the quality, sound or longevity of your piano and our tuning. He will provide estimates to best resolve the issue.

I started my musical journey at the age of 7. Studying Piano with various teachers under the Royal Conservatory of Music, I quickly became entrapped with the love, determination and the passion for music.
Having taught music for 30 years and having performed on many stages, it still wasn’t enough to fuel my passion. I later began tuning my own piano and those of my students, honestly it was all for fun. Nonetheless, uncontrollably falling deeper in love with the inner workings of the Piano, I soon completed my Audio Engineering degree and later began my training and apprenticing under some of the industry’s best Piano Artisans. Being in good standing as a member of the PTG (Piano Technicians Guild) and a member of CAPT/ACAP (Canadian Association of Piano Technicians) allows me to keep up to date in this therapeutic industry I truly love. I am truly grateful for my loyal customers, music schools, music stores and places of worship who keep me thriving only to have me in Tune with my passion, thank you.
When I’m not in my Piano Zen, I enjoy quality time with my boys, playing Guitar with my band Twisted Tango, teaching Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Theory, RCM Exam Preparations, working out, and Motorcycles.

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Violin Teacher

Rei Tanaka

Rei Tanaka is a native of Oakville, Ontario and has been studying and playing music for over 20 years. He holds a Bachelor’s of Arts and a Master’s of Arts from McMaster University and a Grade 9 in violin from the Royal Conservatory of Music. While attending McMaster University Rei studied under Michael Schulte and playedin principal roles in the Schulte Strings Orchestra, the McMaster University Chamber Orchestra and the McMaster Musical Theatre pit band. 

As a multi-instrumentalist and lover of all forms of music, he has been involved in numerous musical projects including rock bands, jazz bands, folk groups, orchestras, string quartets, and musical theatre ensembles. 

He currently plays as a sectional first violinist with the Oakville Chamber Orchestra and the Masterworks of Oakville under the baton of Charles Demuynk. Rei has taught violin to students ranging in age in ability in Oakville for over 3 years and is always excited to share his love of music with his students and colleagues.

Violin + Theory Teacher

Nicolas Wojtarowicz

Nicolas Wojtarowicz is a young violinist, violin teacher and theory teacher who resides in Oakville, commencing to work at Klaudia’s Music Studio in summer 2022. He has been playing the violin for 12 years and will attend the University of Toronto for Music in Performance, Violin in September 2022. He is fluent in English and French and loves teaching various topics.

Nicolas started playing the violin at age 6 and has studied with Ilana Waniuk, Andréa Tyniec and is currently studying with Marie Bérard. He has 8 years of experience playing in orchestras such as the Mississauga Symphony Youth Orchestra, the Oakville Symphony Youth Orchestra (principal second) and currently the Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra. Nicolas has participated in various competitions such as the Kiwanis Music Festival, Peel Music Festival, the Canadian Music Competition and the TSYO Concerto Competition. He completed the grade 9 RCM exam in 2017 and his grade 9 Harmony and History RCM exams in 2020. He is currently working on his ARCT. Other than the violin, he has learned the piano, completing the grade 6 RCM exam.

Nicolas loves to teach young violinists and see them succeed. Helping them play their best is his greatest passion. He also plays chess and table tennis with friends and family. He is really looking forward to teaching and sharing his insight into music.

See our available employment openings

Positions are currently available for:

• Guitar + Drum Combination Teacher
• Piano Teacher
• Harp Teacher
• Violin Teacher
• Cello Teacher
• Voice Teacher
• Flute Teacher
• Percussion Teacher
• Choir Teacher

Must be professionally trained in classical music, preferably with university degree and familiar with the current Royal Conservatory of Music Syllabus. Also skillful at adapting the teaching approach to suit the individual student’s learning style and personalities.

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