About Me
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(Last updated: April 8, 2026.)
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TRIAL LESSON
All prospective students will take a $25 half hour trial lesson / meet and greet session with me prior to acceptance into my studio.
SCHEDULING
I teach Mondays-Fridays from 11:00am-9:00pm, holidays excepted. No weekend lessons.
Lessons may be scheduled Weekly, Biweekly (every other week), or on a Consultation basis (every 3 weeks plus).IN PERSON LESSONS FROM TORONTO’S FINANCIAL DISTRICT
In Person Lessons are taught at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 73 Simcoe Street. Located in the heart of the Financial District, along TTC Line 1, across from Roy Thomson Hall. Students will learn on a 2025 Kawai K-300 Professional Upright piano, tuned several times per year by a Registered Piano Technician.Synchronous Online Lessons available.
Hybrid Lessons are taught in an alternating schedule of In Person Lessons and Synchronous Online Lessons.
STUDENTS
I accept students age 5 and up: Including elementary, middle school, high school, post-secondary school (non-music majoring) students to working professionals, parents, and retirees.
I specialize in terrified beginners, rusty pianists, piano learning app dropouts, and anxious over-thinkers.I adapt to all types of learning styles and celebrate neurodiversity in my studio.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
1. Piano repertoire – the core material is music in the Western Classical Music tradition, supplemented by Contemporary Music.
2. Healthy piano technique – how to play the instrument effectively & expressively.3. Comprehensive musicianship skills – how to listen to music, to play by ear, to read music notation, to compose, arrange and perform.
Learning programs are tailored to each student’s unique learning needs.
I loosely follow the Royal Conservatory of Music and Conservatory Canada piano certificate systems and will blend in other materials – the amount and content of which will depend on each student’s particular goals.LESSON STRUCTURE
All lessons are taught privately on a 1:1 basis.
A typical lesson is structured as follows in a flexible and low pressure environment:
1. Warmup – mental and whole body physical exercises. 2. Review – homework and previous concepts.3. New Piece(s) – new concepts, steps for practice.
4. Other – Ear training, Music theory, Improvising, Composing
Lessons for particularly wiggly children will be a mixture of off-bench and on-bench activities. I also enjoy throwing in the occasional “off-script” lesson.
Lesson Fees
All tuition is prepaid, 1-3 months at a time. A typical year of weekly piano lessons is 36 weeks long.
Weekly
Starting at
$71.25
and upper 45 min. lesson
- $43 / year registration fee
- Tuition reserves a lesson time for the student in Andrea’s calendar every week
- Mandatory for students aged <17
bIWEEKLY
Starting at
$75.75
and upper 45 min. lesson
- $43 / year registration fee
- Tuition reserves a lesson time for the student in Andrea’s calendar every other week
- Students aged 18+ with some music lessons experience
cONSULTATION
$112.00
per hour
- One off lessons
- Student books available lesson times as they go.
- Students aged 18+ only
Expectations
1. Students must have consistent access to an acoustic or digital instrument with 88 weighted keys, a damper pedal, and a height adjustable seat. Appropriate instrument models for learning on will be suggested at the initial lesson.
2. Students are expected to maintain short fingernails that allow for the skin of the fingertips to contact the piano keys. This is absolutely necessary to learn healthy piano technique.