Music Lessons
Are you looking for high quality music lessons in the Ottawa area? Seeking experienced, trained and skillful musicians who can mentor you and your children?
Whatever the reason, you have come to the right place, as we aim to be the best music learning experience you will ever have!
Ages: Anyone can learn to play a musical instrument: we cater lessons to students of all ages and abilities; for the young and young at heart; beginner to advanced.
Location: You can come to us, or have us come to you: we offer lessons at our studio, in several French elementary schools, in students' homes and online.
What makes us unique?
We have had training in and experience performing Western Classical Music, Contemporary Music and various folk idioms. We work with your schedule to ensure you or your child has a lesson time in which productivity is optimized.
We also cater to the student's needs. Students progress at different speeds and have various musical tastes and sensibilities; we approach each lesson with that in mind. We believe everyone should be able to enjoy making music, and we make that our aim. Technical progress is important, but it is a compliment to loving making music. We make the lessons and the music making process as stress free and enjoyable as possible.
Founders
Christos Yannakis
Christos is a bilingual musician who teaches violin, viola, piano and beginner guitar. He has played violin from a young age and received his Bachelor of Music in viola performance from Carleton University.
While at Carleton University, he played in various small ensembles (contemporary, jazz and classical) and after graduating, he led the Carleton University Contemporary Music Group. He continues to perform, but has recently focused mostly on teaching.
Chris' teaching approach is student-centred, focusing on students' strengths. While believing that a goal-oriented approach is most productive, the goals have to be attainable and working towards achieving them, a positive experience. Chris encourages any performance opportunity, be it playing at home in front of family, at recitals, RCM exams, or music competitions (such as Kiwanis). His teaching style is based on teaching students the fundamentals in music theory and technique so that the student is able take ownership of their music making experience and truly love making music.
Leana Azerrad
Leana is an accomplished bilingual piano teacher and performer. She received her Bachelor of music in piano performance from Carleton University, a Graduate certificate in Piano Pedagogy from the University of Ottawa and recently completed her Bachelor of Education from the University of Ottawa.
Leana has taught privately, in English and in French, at her home-studio, at students homes, in area French schools and now as a certified OCDSB French Immersion teacher. Above all else, Leana loves spending time with her students and sharing her love of learning. She is able to engage students at their level, whether beginners or advanced. Her teaching method is well-grounded in piano pedagogy. Her research in pedagogy, together with her certification as an EFI teacher, has informed her approach to lessons, making the music making process a positive and enriching experience. Leana is also goal-oriented, involving her students in RCM exams and Kiwanis, where they frequently score very well and place among the top three performers.
Leana believes that one should never stop learning. Her passion for learning together with her pedagogical knowledge and teaching experience, has made her an extremely sought after educator who is able to motivate students to reach their full potential.
