Alla Bokovaya
Alla holds a Bachelor of Music from Novosibirsk Conservatoire in Russia. She has over 20 years of performance experience as a violinist and soloist at the Academic Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Ensemble. Alla is also an experienced violin teacher, having taught students of all ages in Russia, South Korea and Canada. She places great emphasis on developing fundamental technical and artistic skills to help her students achieve great standings at RCM examinations and awards at musical competitions.
Yeganeh Hosseininia
Yeganeh began showing her musical talent at a young age, playing piano and traditional Persian instruments before finding her passion for the violin, which she has played throughout her career. She earned her bachelor's degree in violin performance from the University of Tehran and her master's from the Art University of Tehran.
As a session musician, Yeganeh has collaborated with many internationally recognized artists and conductors. She is a member of the Shahrzad String Quartet and has performed at festivals worldwide. She has also played with prestigious orchestras in Iran, such as the Tehran Symphony Orchestra, Parsian String Orchestra, and Arco String Orchestra.
With over 10 years of teaching experience, Yeganeh has instructed hundreds of students, many of whom have become accomplished musicians.
George Sue-Ping
Meet George, a highly accomplished violin teacher with over 10 years of experience teaching students of all levels and styles. He started playing the violin at age 4 and completed the Young Artist Performance Academy at the Glenn Gould School before earning a bachelor’s degree in Violin Performance from the University of Toronto.
George has extensive experience teaching and preparing students for RCM exam at all levels.
Joyce Lee
Joyce, with a Master's degree in Music at Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music, was a fellow and co-concertmaster in TŌN (The Orchestra Now) in New York. She served as concertmaster for various orchestras in the past, also performed internationally at several festival. Joyce earned the Western Instrument Scholarship’s first prize in the 7th Hong Kong Students Open Music Competition, the golden prize under violin open class in the Hong Kong Bauhinia Cup String Competition, and was awarded the Dr. T. H. Yip Memorial Scholarship of the E & R Foundation.
Sunny Park
Sunny received her bachelor’s degree in Violin Performance from Gachon University in South Korea and awarded a full scholarship from PRISMA International Summer Music Festival. She has fulfilled her skills with Richard Roberts and Dennis Kim during the Summer Academy in Powel River in BC. She is a competitive expert of the RCM exams and Suzuki method with all levels, and her students has been achieving high grading, and she has been teaching music with over 20 years of experience in public and private schools in GTA and performing violin as a professional violinist and a soloist in symphony and chamber music with public recordings in Canada and Korea. Sunny has performed Vivaldi Four Seasons with Music4Life String Orchestra as a soloist in Ajax.
Daniel Jiang
Daniel holds a Master's degree in Violin Performance at McGill University. He had won the Greater Toronto Music Festival Solo Violin 1st violin and 2 recording scholarships. He believes that a lesson is most effective when there are no barriers between the student and the teacher. He has recently won 1st place in the CIMC- MOMA Canadian International Music Competition.
Afshin Effati
Afshin Effati is a multi-genre cellist, composer and pedagogue. He learned the cello in advanced level at The Royal Conservatory of Music of Toronto under the supervision of Andras Weber. He was member of the first and only baroque orchestra for 6 months in Iran which finished its work with an official performance at the Cultural Institute of Austria. He also had an official performance of Cello/Guitar duet with his brother, Ali Effati, at Tehran
Artists House and a solo cello performance at Cultural Institute of Austria. Composing & playing cello in Tim Crouch's “An Oak Tree” theatre performed in Iranshahr Theatre, David Ives's “Sure Thing” Theatre & closing ceremony of the sixth Soureh Theatre Festival and also passing instructor course for
Orff at Pars Academy are also in his artistic resume.
Sohrab Malekzadehamoli
A passionate cellist currently pursuing a Master of Music in Cello Performance at the University of Toronto, Sohrab has cultivated a rich musical journey that began with a Bachelor of Music in Cello Performance from the University of Tehran. Sohrab's dedication to the art is evident through participation in prestigious festivals, including the Ravenna Music Festival in Italy under the baton of Riccardo Muti and the Fajr International Music Festival with the Tehran Symphony Orchestra. He has over six years of teaching experience, helping students prepare for performances and RCM exam tests.
Sally He
Sally has graduated with a Master of Music Performance, having studied under Toronto Symphony Orchestra principal cellist Joseph Johnson and Shauna Rolston Shaw. She has played principal roles in youth orchestras and at the University of Toronto Opera orchestra. As a soloist and chamber musician, she has had master class opportunities with the Juilliard String Quartet, the Brentano String Quartet, and the St. Lawrence String Quartet. As a teacher, she longs to share her enjoyment and passion for music with her students.
Cynthia Yau
Cellist Cynthia Yau is a musician and music educator from Hong Kong. She holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Cello Performance and Pedagogy from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a Master of Music degree in Cello Performance from the University of Iowa with a full scholarship. In addition to her performance experiences, she is also a devoted educator who has worked with students of all ages and level of experiences for over 14 years. She has also coached small ensemble groups and chamber orchestras in elementary schools and high schools. Cynthia emphasizes on the importance of organic learning in order to help students to develop both their personality and musicality. Through experimenting with different ideas and evaluating traits and areas to improve, students gain the ability to meet any composition’s demands, and at the same time their self-confidence, openness and perseverance.
Shahrzad Shakeri
Shahrzad received her Bachelor and Masters degree in cello performance from Mcgill University and studied at the Conservatory of Paris (CRR de Paris) with renowned cellist Helene Dautry. She has performed in solo recitals, chamber music ensembles, orchestras, and festivals across Europe, the Middle East and North America. Shahrzad's teaching is based on the principles of the Suzuki Method. She is passionate about making the learning process a fun experience for everyone while helping students find their unique ways of playing at ease and expressing their emotions and musical ideas
Joseph Choi
Previously studied at Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, Joseph is the recipient of the Premier Young Artist Award and Music Faculty Award. In the past, he was a scholarship student at the Phil and Eli Taylor Academy of the Glenn Gould School in the Royal Conservatory of Music. Joseph has won multiple awards and prizes in the Kiwanis Music Competition. He attended the Heifetz Institute in 2016, where his quartet was selected to perform and record a music video. He attended the Sitka International Cello Seminar in summer 2019, where he studied and performed with Zuill Bailey and Melissa Kraut.
Robert Maddocks
Robert received his bachelor’s degree from University of Manitoba and studied jazz at Professional Musicians College. He has over 10 years of experience teaching guitar (electric, classical, Spanish, pop, jazz, & rock), bass, drums, ukulele along with courses in music theory, songwriting and music production. He is familiar with the RCM system and can help students prepare for exams. Robert has performed throughout Canada playing jazz, rock & classical music and written music for commercials, film and television.
Andy Leung
Andy Leung has started teaching for more than 7 years with experience in group and private lesson. He is awarded with the ABRSM Diploma of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of music in Classical Guitar with distinction. His students often awarded in
guitar competitions. For the passion of teaching, he builded up his own music
studio. Classical guitar and ukulele are his major. He is knowledgeable by using different angles on delievering message to students for better understanding.
Peter Castanheira
Peter graduated with a bachelor's degree in Music from York University, majoring in piano. As a composer, he focuses on neo-classical composition, with an interest in polychordal harmonies and additive meters. As an educator, Peter uses a humanistic approach to education: that students excel and grow when their environment suits their needs to learn. Classes are run optimistically; encouraging high standards and a passion for music.
Stewart Lai
With over 40 years of teaching experience, Stewart has developed his own system of monitoring healthy learning habits. He values the importance of staying positive and as a result, he has edified student-parent relationships effectively. He was an accompanist for the strings program directed by a well-known violin teacher, Janet Wilchfort at the Toronto Montessori Schools from 1995 to 2015. They are active in all major Music Festivals and have had the honor of winning first place, numerous times over the past two decades.
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