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Experience
updated 06/09/08

Piano Teacher
Musespeak™ (2001 - present)

• Teach piano students ranging from beginner to advanced, children and adults at Musespeak™ Studio
• Develop lessons plans and materials for students
• Coach students on technique, preliminary music theory and musicianship

Piano Coach
High River, Alberta (1998 - present)

• Coached a student competing in the Alberta Provincial Music Festival (Junior Class)

Freelance Musician
Calgary, Alberta; High River, Alberta; Lethbridge, Alberta (1993 - Present)

• Wedding music, reception music, accompanying

Accompanist
Lethbridge, Alberta (1989 - 1993)

• Accompanied voice and brass students while enrolled in the University of Lethbridge Music Program

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Education

Calgary Arts Summer School
Piano Pedagogy Workshop (2002, 2003, 2008)
Piano Camp (2008)

Alberta Piano Teachers' Association
Annua Pedagogical Workshops (2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008)

Music Theory Network
Workshop (2002)

Royal Conservatory of Music
Associateship Diploma of the Royal Conservatory of Toronto (A.R.C.T.) in Piano Performance (2000)

University of Lethbridge
Participated in a work/study tour of Russia, the Ukraine and Belarus in Management and Music (1996)

University of Lethbridge
Bachelor of Arts (Music) (1995)

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Associations

Alberta Piano Teacher's Association (2001 - Present)
Member

Alberta Registered Music Teachers Association (2002- Present)
President (Calgary Branch), General Member

Canadian Federation of Music Teachers Association (2002 - Present)
Member, Fundraising Coordinator for CFMTA "Peak Performance" Conference & Celebration

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Awards & Recognition

Alberta Provincial Music Festival Competitor (2000)

Alberta Provincial Music Festival Competitor (1991)

Gatriona Gibson Award for the Most Promising Performer in Piano, High River Lions' Music Festival (1991, 1999)

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Teachers

Irina Ginzburg, R.M.T., Mount Royal College Branch Teacher, Calgary, Alberta (1996 - 2000)
Alla Himchenko, Minsk Conservatory of Music (1996)
Elinor Lawson, A.R.C.T., University of Lethbridge (1989 - 1993)
Elizabeth Mahaffy, A.R.C.T., High River, Alberta (1982 - 1989)
Margaret Fraser, High River, Alberta (1981 - 1982)
Lynn Eamer, A.R.C.T., Pembroke, Ontario (1979 - 1981)

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Masterclasses

Gregg Pauley, 1996 Esther Honens International Piano Competition Semi-Finalist (1996)
Charles Foreman (University of Calgary), 1992