03/23/2026
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Piano lessons, music theory, and early childhood music from my studio in Hamilton's Stipley neighbou Hi! My name is Lara.
I started piano lessons at the age of 3, and began teaching in my mom's home studio when I was 16. I have completed my Level 10 in Piano (Royal Conservatory of Music or RCM), as well as my Elementary Piano Pedagogy Certificate (also RCM) and the Suzuki Early Childhood Education Stages 1 and 2. I grew up in a family of music teachers and because of that I never planned to teach music myself! I earn
03/23/2026
Come join us for this new workshop! Spots are limited!
07/19/2025
overheard at the local flax retting tub: divided opinions over whether CEOs are humans too
06/26/2025
taught the final babies class of the session for at / picked saskatoons at a park and cherries at 's and made a pesto sharp enough to bring tears to your eyes. time for summer
06/15/2025
end of year recital done! everyone played beautifully, with some fun duets and even a trio
06/02/2025
this month's craft night/potluck was the busiest yet (nearly 30 people, including the kids streaming from rock painting and needlefelting to water guns and frisbee) but Shams managed to sleep through much of it
05/30/2025
Gaza's grand piano "an image of hope" is all well and good but by the end of the article you find out that an unknown party (they who cannot be named) have broken its hammers and snapped its strings. Is music a refuge? No: it is available to be an instrument of violence, just like everything else. But maybe the teachers of music, as in the second image, can be that
05/30/2025
1913 (and today)