About Us

We offer a variety of lessons including private piano lessons, group keyboard classes, preschool classes, and theory lessons. We use a variety of methods including Music For Young Children, Kelly Kirby, Bastien, Faber and faber, and the Royal Conservatory series. Students have the opportunity to participate in the Greater Victoria Performing Arts Festival, and Royal Conservatory Exams. We have at least two recitals every year and may also feature TechnOlympics, composing workshops, and improvising workshops.

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Group Classes

Our students can start lessons as young as 3 years old, with the Music for Young Children program. They receive a solid background in reading, and chording, as well as ear-training , theory and composing. Parents stay in the classes.

Private lessons- we also do private lessons, which use method books, but also games and computer games.

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Preschool Classes

Using the time-tested Music For Young Children Program, we have classes for parent and child where we feature puppets, hear stories, listen to greatmusic for kids, engage in creative movement, play instruments, sing and lay the foundations for reading. Classes are held in our studio, but can also come to daycares.

Customer Testimonials

I have known Catharine Kemp-Roth for twelve years and during that time she has taught both my step-daughter- from the ages of 4 to 14, and my son, again from the age of 4 (he is now eleven)

. I have always been immeasureably impressed by the quality of the her teaching, which gives clear attention to the fundamentals of technique as well as developing the essentials of musicality. her lessons are conducted in a friendly and relaxed but firmly focused way. This is complimented by her invariably pleasant demeanor and i am constantly surprised by her inventive approach.

professor Gavin Bryars. Composer. August 2010 gavin@gavinbryars.com