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Peter Ware
  • Ware Academy of Music Composer in Residence

PETER WARE received a M.M. from Yale University and a B.M. from Virginia Commonwealth University. His teaching experience includes positions at Queen's University, Brock University, Northern Kentucky University and the University of Cincinnati. As a free-lance composer and music publisher, he offers students a vast practical knowledge and excitement for the intricate workings of music. [More details]


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Dr. David Swan

Dr. David Swan
  • Ware Academy of Music Artist in Residence
 DR. DAVID SWAN is a past winner of the Eckhardt-Granatté and CBC Talent Competitions. A concert pianist, he specializes in contemporary music, appearing regularly on New Music Concerts and as a freelance accompanist. He has served eleven years as organist at St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church in Toronto. [More details]

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Megan Chang


Born in Taiwan and raised in Vancouver, Megan Chang completed degrees with Marietta Orlov (performance) and Dr. Midori Koga (pedagogy) at the University of Toronto.  She gave her first European solo recital in the summer of 2008 and performed with the UTSO under conductor David Briskin in 2010. In 2007, she placed third in her category in the CMC competition. She received her ARCT in Flute in 2005 under Susan Hoeppener.
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A native of China, Dianyuan Ye began piano lessons with his father at age five.  A graduate of the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, he completed a postgraduate diploma at the Conservatorium Maastricht in the Netherlands studying with pianist Joop Celis.  [More details]

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Lorraine Wu


A native of Taiwan, Lorraine Wu began her early training in Piano at age of five. She attended Manhattan School of Music for both undergraduate and graduate studies under the tutelage of professor Zenon Fishbein. After receiving her masters' degree from Manhattan School of Music in 2007, Miss Wu worked with world-renown pianists such as Bernard Ringeissen (France), Epifanio Comis (Italy) at the Samuel Barber International Music Festival in West Chester, PA.     [More details]

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YUKA KOBAYASHI attended the Mount Royal College Academy of Music in Calgary, where she had many opportunities to study with renowned pianists including: Marek Jablonski, Lee Kum Sing, Marc Durand, and Robin Wood. While studying with Marilyn Engle in Calgary, she was an active participant and a winner in various musical festivals and competitions, including the Calgary Kiwanis Festival and the Canadian Music Competition, for which she was awarded first prize in the Provincial division. [More details]

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Yuka Kobayashi
 
  • Piano
Maria Jung Maria completed her MM degree from University of Toronto in 2011 under Professors Lydia Wong and Midori Koga. In addition to prior study with Dr. James Palmer and Tanya Tkachenko, she performed in master classes with Martin Katz, Anton Kuerti, Marc-Pierre Toth, Marietta Orlov, Jane Coop, Alain Lefevre and Robert Palmer. She accompanies the choir at St. Andrew Kim Korean Roman Catholic Church. Scholarship awards (2010) include the Chinese Cultural Center, CMC Toronto Chamber and Percy Nightingale Memorial. Availability: Friday & Sunday. [More details]

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Yuka Kobayashi

 

Lyrica Bai

With ten years of teaching experience, Lyrica Bai’s students earn top prizes in the CCC piano competition and high grades in RCM exams.  Before coming to Canada, she taught at the Liu Shikun Piano Art Centre, Cathay Future Education Group and Fu Yun Piano School in Tianjin.

As a musicology student, she wrote thesis on Beethoven, Bartok and Modern Beijing Opera.

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Yuka Kobayashi

Shih-Ren Lu

Shih-Ren Lu is a second year Music Education major at the University of Toronto. Her patience, kindness and maturity blend with her enthusiasm for music. As a student, she participated in festivals including the Kiwanis, Peel Music, Arts Richmond Hill and the Canadian Chopin Competition. [More details]

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CLAIRE MOK Experienced with children, Claire taught English at Rosaryhill Kindergarten and piano lessons at Tom Lee Music Centre in Hong Kong. Her teaching method for young students integrates musical games, nursery rhymes and percussion instruments for variety. Awards include the Webb Piano Performance Scholarship from the University of Toronto, the Davenport Musical Festival ARCT scholarship and an Ontario Scholar Award.

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Clare Mok
   
 

DICKSON MUNG's students have participated and won in the 2010 CCC Piano Competition and have scored highly in RCM piano examinations. His pedagogical approach blends a variety of musical exercises to develop musical awareness and technical facility.

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Dickson Mung

Yuyee Wong

  

YUYEE WONG With a degree in music education, Yuyee did her student teaching at Markville Secondary School and Middlefield Collegiate Institute.  She conducted their choir and band in rehearsal.  She currently conducts the choir at Fellowship Baptist Church in Markham.
 

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Ware Academy of Musicc
Market Village (at Steeles and Kennedy)
4350 Steeles Avenue East, Unit F104A (2nd floor)
Box 94
Markham, ON L3R 9V4
CANADA
Tel: (905) 479-0591
Fax: (416) 494-8377
E-mail: theory@wareacademyofmusic.com
Ware Academy of Music is located in Market Village at the corner of Kennedy and Steeles Avenue east in Markham next to Scarborough, Ontario.

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