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SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND ARTS 
Bringing exceptional music, dance and art  education 

Our Team

Meet our Office Manager and Dance Faculty Team 

Lissette Martinez

Office Manager 
Lissette has been a part of 
CP School of Music and Arts 
since 2015. 
She studied Accounting and worked for many years in the Bank industry. Upon arrival to Canada , Lissette worked at an ESL school which gave her the opportunity to help students in their transition into a new country and new language.  She enjoys being around kids and families and is always willing to help.  Lissette's favorites hobbies include cooking, embroidery and she also enjoys playing dominoes.


Olena Kovalevska 

Dance Instructor
Olena Kovalevska is an experienced ballet teacher, who also teaches many other genres of dance including jazz, hiphop, acro, tap and preschool dance. She started dancing at the age of 3, studied at Vaganova Ballet School in Russia and graduated from world famous Leningrad State Music Hall. Olena was a the primary dancer of the Krasnoyarsk Dance Company of Siberia, as well as a dancer for the legendary Russian singer Valeriy Leontiev. She had also taught classical ballet at famous dance studios in Croatia and Turkey. Olena has been a member of Canadian National Ballet School and was teaching various workshops and seminars from 1998 - 2008 .
She has been apart of CP School of Music and Arts since 2009 and as you can see dance is her passion for life.

Monisha Randhawa

Dance Instructor 
Monisha is one of our dance teachers, she teaches ballet, acro, jazz, hiphop, lyrical and preschool dance. She has been teaching dance for the last 10 years and began dance training when she was just 4 years old. Her passion for teaching dance lead her to graduating from teacher's college and becoming an elementary school teacher. Apart from dancing she also enjoys singing and writing. She hopes to one day combine her love for teaching and the arts by writing her own children's book someday. 

Milica Mrkonjic

Dance Instructor
Milica started dancing at the age of 5 training in many genres such as ballet, jazz, tap, hiphop, lyrical and modern. She graduated from the University of Toronto (Honours Bachelor of Arts) and is currently attending Brock University for the Teacher’s Education program, specializing in the primary/junior division. In 2003, Milica was a part of the Nutcracker and performed for the University of North Bay's hockey team home opener in 2010. Milica has taught dance for the past seven years at CP School of Music and Art. Teaching for Milica has always been about building confidence, technique and allowing movement to help dancers navigate through everyday life. When Milica is not teaching dance, she is trying new recipes in the kitchen, playing volleyball or exploring new hiking spots with friends. 


Essence Foster

Dance Instructor
Essence Foster started dancing at the age of 3 and started competing at the age of 7. She is trained in all types of dance, her favourites being ballet, jazz, hip hop, and contemporary. She believes dance is the best artistic outlet to express yourself and be free from judgment. Her hopes for the future are to inspire children to find their own creative outlets and not be afraid to share them with the world. She is currently attending Brock University for their teacher’s education program and has hopes of being an elementary school teacher. Essence believes that children are the future and will do all she can to see their creativity, happiness, and help them reach their highest potential.

Meet Our Music Faculty Team

Candace Santos

Piano, Voice Teacher

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

Piano, Voice Teacher

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

Guitar, Piano, Drums Teacher

 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.

Irina Tesker

Piano and Voice Teacher
 Irina Tesker teaches an advanced  piano and voice. She has  graduated from the Saratov State Pedagogical University (Russia) with an Honors degree specializing in Music, as well she obtained a Music Education diploma from Volgograd State Pedagogical College (Russia).  

Since 1995 he has held many positions in the field of music education including  an accompanist for a ballet company (piano), Elementary Music School teacher, Choral Conductor,  and a music instructor at Mohawk College.  She is specializing in classical but can perform and teach all styles

Meet Our Music Faculty Team

Nicholas Digiannatale

Drums, Piano , Guitar Teacher 
 Nicholas Digiannatale  teaches drums, piano and guitar as well. He started taking lessons at a young age a little after he got introduced, and fell in love ever since. He knew from that point onwards he would want to be invested in music and hopefully become a teacher one day. Nicholas has graduated from York University's completing the music program in 2019 .Some hobbies he enjoys are being outdoors, finding new music around the world, biking, golfing, and also fishing.

Anita Mijares

Piano, Voice Teacher
Anita Ysabel Mijares started playing classical piano in 2001, at the University of the Philippines College of Music Extension Program.  After moving to Canada in 2009, she worked with Greek composer Constantine Caravassilis and world-renowned pianist, Professor Christina Petrowska-Quilico at York University. She performed in yearly recitals and showcase and was a featured pianist on Pterodactyl Problems’ recent album, Esoteric Hobbies, as well as accompanies in various vocal and instrumental performances and examinations in Southern Ontario. She also volunteers as Praise and Worship leader for Greenhills Christian Fellowship Peel. Anita has been employed as a piano and vocal instructor at Canada’s Professional School of Music and Arts since May 2014. In her spare time, Anita likes designing and making clothes, and modeling for photoshoots.

Meg Rowen

Voice, Piano Teacher
Meg Rowen is one of our music teachers at CP School of Music & Arts. She began singing with a professional coach at the age of seven and since then has learned to play piano, guitar, ukulele and flute. Her passion for music led her to graduate from Metalworks Institute of Sound & Music Production where she specialized in Music Performance & Technology. Along the way Meg has learned a lot about the music industry and is able to incorporate music business, music history, theory, songwriting and performance into her lessons. Learning from Meg is about finding yourself as a musician and preparing for your musical career. 

Tiffany Hu

Violin and Piano Teacher
Tiffany  is teaching violin and piano. She enjoys teaching and working with her students to further their musical talents and appreciation. Tiffany was introduced to the violin when she  was seven and piano when she was twelve, and continued playing both ever since. She is a  certified at RCM Level 10 for violin, RCM Level 8 for piano. Outside of music, Tiffany also enjoy all forms of visual art, tennis, and swimming. 

Meet our Art and Music Faculty Team

Eric Kovalevskyy

Art Instructor 
Eric Kovalevskyy has been been drawing ever since he could remember.  His grandfather was a painter and he encouraged his artistic ability from the very beginning. Eric graduated from a video game design and development program, where he specialized in concept art, 3D modeling, and texturing. He have been teaching  for 10 years. Eric  enjoy working with enthusiastic students, and helping them discover their own artistic talents and skills. When he is not teaching art, he enjoys video games, rock ‘n roll music, nature photography, acting, and singing in a choir.



Fanny Hung

Piano, Voice and Theory Teacher
Fanny received her diploma in education from McGill University  and she has  BFA in Music from Concordia University. She  has been teaching at CP Music School since 2018, teaching voice, piano, theory, harmony. Also Fanny works as a SK/French/Music teacher in a private school. She had worked as a Music Director in various churches in Montreal and has  over 30 years of teaching experience in Music. Fanny is a mom of three  children and she enjoys watching them training and competing in their High Performance Program of Rhythmic Gymnastics, Synchronized Swimming, and Speed Skating.

Irene Boyko

Piano Teacher
Irene received her Associate degree in piano along with pedagogy for music teacher with the Western Ontario Conservatory of Music. In addition, she is a certified teacher with the Royal Conservatory of Music for Advanced Theory, History and Piano. Irene has been teaching   for 30 years. She prepared students for the Royal Conservatory exams in  both practical and theory each school year. Awards were given to the 3 highest marks in each discipline.
As well, the students participated in 2 recitals during the school year. The final recital was theme oriented so as to diversify the repertoire, create new musical challenges, and have fun for the students as well as parents. Irene have been with the CP School of Music  and Arts for 3 years.


Joseph Apong

Guitar and Piano Teacher

 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.    

Meet our Music Faculty Team

Florence Quirante

Piano, Flute, Voice, 
 Ukulele Teacher

Florence Quirante has been a music teacher at Canada's Professional School of Music for 4 years. She teaches piano, flute, ukulele, and voice. Florence started playing piano when she was in grade 5, sang in choir since grade 8, flute in grade 9, ukulele at grade 12, and continued to pursue music in university.  She graduated from university with a Bachelor of Fine Art in Music as a piano major and a Bachelor of Education with a focus on Primary Junior pedagogy. 



Jonathan Rattos

Piano Teacher

Jonathan Rattos is a jazz pianist /composer and educator, he teaches a wide variety of genres of music, specifically jazz harmony and improvisation. Jonathan has been studying music and playing the piano since the age of 4 years old . He has graduated from Humber College’s Jazz Performing Arts program in 2014 with Honours and have been teaching and performing professionally for over a decade. Jonathan believes that the moment where students see past the ‘work,’ and discover the joy of music for what it truly is can be life changing. Aside from music and piano, Jonathan enjoys golf, reading and watching old movies.

Hannah Tang

Piano Teacher
Hannah Tang has taught the piano for four years. She has played the piano ever since she was six and is certified in RCM Level 8. Hannah enjoys creating unique lesson plans and theory exercises as well as teaching her students their favourite pop songs on the instrument. Outside of music, Hannah also enjoys reading, watercolors, and swimming.

Mike Liu

Drums and Guitar Teacher
 
Mike is a drum and guitar instructor at CP School of Music and Arts . He will be completing a Master’s of Teaching from Oise in 2023 as well as a bachelor’s in music education with a specialty in classical music. Mike started playing the guitar in the third grade when he saw his music teacher do it and decided it was really cool so he started taking lessons soon after. He hopes to inspire people to study and learn about new music through teaching and interacting with students, as well as maybe learn some new things from the students himself. Some hobbies include chess, watching movies and fishing.

Esperanca Carvalho 

Piano Teacher 
Esperanca started her journey with music at the age of 6 at the National Conservatory of Portugal for music studies with piano as her major instrument. She then moved to Canada and graduated from the Royal Conservatory of Music, where she chose the path to teach the joys of music. She has  over 20 years of teaching experience introducing music to children as young as four. The greatest gratification throughout her  journey as a teacher has been guiding her students to achieve an enjoyment of music as well as their highest goals in examinations. Esperanca strongly believes that we all are born with music, it is up to teachers to help it blossom."