Candace has been passionately teaching for 9 years at CP School of Music and Arts .She teaches classical and popular music for piano and voice in a wide variety of genres. Candace began piano lessons at the age of 5 and voice lessons at age 6. She graduated at York University in the Classical Voice program for her Specialized Honours Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in music. Candace has won numerous competitions, a few to mention includes; 2006 CNE Rising Star Junior Grand Champion and 2012 CNE Rising Star Youth Grand Champion, she won the 2012 National Grand Champion for the Canadian Youth Talent Competition in Winnipeg. She is a multi-gold medalist for the World Championships of Performing Arts in 2009 at Los Angeles. Candace Santos was also honored to perform in 2013 at the legendary Apollo Theatre in New York. Candace aims to continue teaching and sharing this gift of music given by the Lord.
Alison King has been working at the CP School of Music & Arts for eight and a half years. She teaches voice, piano and theory. Alison had been in choirs through all of elementary school, and in her teens decided to start taking voice lessons. She began playing the piano at the age of six with her mother who was a piano teacher. Alison has a Bachelor of Music from Mount Allison University in New Brunswick, where she majored in voice. She chose to be a teacher, because she enjoys helping young musicians to develop a love for music. In her spare time she enjoys reading, writing and listening to lots of different genres of music.
Roland Hunter teaches guitar (classical and popular), piano and drums. He did his music studies at Berklee College of music (Boston), University of Victoria and York University. He has a masters degree in music composition from York University. Roland has been teaching music for 25 years.
With his students, he enjoys exploring musically diverse topics and guiding them to discover the things they love in music.
Coleen is an emerging dancer, teacher and choreographer based in Toronto, ON. Coleen is a proud graduate of York University’s Performance Dance Program, receiving her Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA). Coleen has been able to expand her dance education by being provided with opportunities to perform and create her own work in Dance Innovations. As well as perform and collaborate with the York Dance Ensemble in 2020-2021.
Striving for new heights, Coleen has pushed herself to become as versatile and outgoing in her training as possible. She implements goals as performer and as a teacher and creator. As a teacher and choreographer, she is dedicated to positive practice and challenges dancers to step outside of their comfort zone to receive new information that will carry into their own artistry.
Claire has over 9 years of piano teaching experience where she taught in Tom Lee Yamaha music school in Hong Kong and in Toronto, and has successfully prepared students for the British ABRSM and RCM piano examinations. She graduated from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Arts degree in music and linguistics, where she was awarded a Webb Piano Performance Scholarship. She also has an ARCT diploma in piano performance and was recently granted the Royal Conservatory Teacher Certification. Her teaching emphasizes musicianship development in students and loves to work with their interests in various popular and classical music.
Jospeh started playing piano when he was about 7 years old, and in high school he learned how to play the tenor saxophone and guitar. He continued to pursue music and classical guitar at York University where he graduated in 2011. Joseph have been teaching for about a decade at CP School of Music and Art. Inspiring
others to see what is possible with a little bit of effort is one of the reasons why he enjoys teaching. Aside from music, he do like to juggle which he finds uses the same principles as music such as rhythm and coordination. He enjoys running a fair bit as well and love following the latest trends in technology.Jessica is a versatile musician and music educator who completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Music at York University. She has been teaching piano and voice for 4 years and specializes in classical, music theatre, and pop music. Jessica has a passion for singing and has directed several choirs as well as performed with the Concord Vocal Ensemble, Mississauga Summer Chorale’s Frisson and Sehnsucht choirs, the York University Concert Choir, the York University Gospel Choir, and the York University Jazz Choir. Jessica also performed and arranged music for York University’s WIBI A Cappella, Canada’s longest-running collegiate a cappella group who advanced to semi-finals at the 2019 International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella in Buffalo, New York. Jessica loves sharing music with people and is a firm believer in the positive effects of music, especially on young minds. Jessica aspires to become a music therapist.
Kelsey is a piano teacher here at CP School of Music and Arts. She started playing piano at the age of 4 and attended this school herself for almost a decade. Kelsey has her level 8 RCM certificate and is currently working towards her level 10. She likes to arrange covers, compose, and play classical piano pieces. Music has become her biggest passion and she is now able to play 5 instruments including piano, guitar (self taught), trombone, baritone, and trumpet. In her free time she likes to learn how to code, read, and play video games.
Andrew became interested in playing the piano in the 5th grade, and has been playing it for 8 years now. He likes learning songs in different genres like pop music, and classical. He has taken part in some competitions over the years. Andrew believes that learning the piano should be fun, and tries to make learning as interactive and meaningful as possible. He believes that an understanding of the fundamentals is essential to succeeding in playing the piano. Aside for playing the piano, Andrew likes playing and watching basketball, and watching movies. He currently attends UTM, and is doing a Bachelors in Psychology in hopes of conducting research in cognitive psychology.
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