Professional Associations

• Certified Teacher of the Royal Conservatory of Music

• Professional Member of Ontario Registered Music Teachers' Association

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I have been teaching since 1976!

Locales I have taught in

• Wellington, New Zealand (1976 - 1987)

• Sydney, Australia (1986-1987)

• Emden, Germany (1987 - 1989)

• Montreal (1989 - 2000)

• Brock University (2000 - 2002)

• Toronto (1999 - present)

• The Ware Music Academy, Finch / Victoria Park (2014 - present)

 

I have given masterclasses in

• Wellington, New Zealand

• Auckland, New Zealand

• Hamilton, New Zealand

• Sydney, Australia

• Brock University, St Catherines, Ontario

 

My Music Degrees

• Doctor of Music (University of Montreal) 1996

• Master of Music (McGill University) 1991

• Bachelor of Music (Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand) 1978

• Licentiate of the Australian and New Zealand Cultural Arts, 1986

• Licentiate of the Royal Schools of Music, 1979

• Licentiate of Trinity College of Music, London, 1976

 

 

My Teachers

 

• Réjean Poirier (l'Université de Montréal, 1991-1996)

• Kenneth GIlbert (Masterclasses, 1994)

• Massimo Rossi (l'Université de Montréal, 1991)

• John Grew (McGill University, 1989-1991)

• Harald Vogel (Norddeutsche Orgelakademie, 1987-1989)

• Dame Gillian Weir (Masterclasses, 1989)

• Xavier Darrasse (Masterclasses, 1989)

• David Kinsela (Sydney, Australia, 1981-1989)

• Maxwell Fernie (Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand, 1973-1979)

• Dorothy Davies (Student of Artur Schnabel, 1975-1979)

• Ariadne Danilow (Grand-student of Anton Rubinstein, 1974-1979)

 

 

Music Examiner

For Australian and New Zealand Cultural Arts

Examining sessions:

1996 (last visit to Australia)

1984, 1985, 1986

 

Psychology

I have studied psychology to increase my effectiveness as a teacher:

• Non-violent communication training

• Trauma Healing training

• Eye Movement Integration

• Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP)

• Focussing

• Empathy training

• Right Brain Visualization

• Silva Technique

• Communications workshop with Anthony Robbins

• Annual conferences with the International Institute of Integral Human Sciences (1992 - 2007)