12/24/2023
Thank you to parents and students for all the Christmas gifts, cards, food, and flowers. Wishing for a blessed Christmas with peace and happiness in this holiday season to you and yours! May we all receive good health in the new year 2024 too, as this flu season seemed to be hanging on longer so far! Students, I look forward to seeing you all again from January 2nd:)
09/14/2023
My 3 pianos are tuned today!👍
05/29/2023
Congratulations to my students from yesterday ORMTA Etobicoke-Mississauga Branch Competitions, winning with 3 First Places, 4 Seconds & 3 Thirds, adjudicated by Dr. Amelia Yates. I was sad with 2 young students who did not place and had little drops of tears ❤️. But the key is to never give up and keep trying right everyone!? Yesterday also ended nicely as I got home to a cooked meal by my personal chef son Lucas and set up/clean by my daughter Elisa, for my 49th Birthday 😊 Thank you Elisa & Lucas for the special treat❤️
08/19/2022
Matthew Dao, 2022 Provincial Instrumental Competition Runner-up
Matthew Dao, the 2022 Provincial Instrumental Competition runner-up, is from the Greater Toronto Area Zone.Teacher: Thuy Vi BachProgramme:Morceaux de fantasi...
07/27/2022
Congratulations to all of the 2022 Provincial Competition competitors! The performances were exceptional! 🙌 Here are the results:
Instrumental Competition:
1st place - Adrienne Liu (teacher, Dr. Chunson Park)
2nd place - Matthew Dao (teacher, Thuy Vi Bach)
Vocal Competition:
1st place - Josephine Raffaele (teacher, Michelyn Wright)
2nd place - Hannah Cole (teacher, Christine Prosser)
Esther Su Memorial Award - Marie Conceicao (teacher, Heather Faris)
Young Artist Competition:
1st place - Aidan Lao (teacher, Dr. Michael Esch)
2nd place - Laura D'Souza (teacher, Dr. Chunson Park)
www.ormta.org/2022-instrumental-results
www.ormta.org/2022-vocal-results
www.ormta.org/2022-young-artist-results
07/23/2022
Congratulations to student Mathew Dao, who had just won 2nd place at ORMTA Provincial Instrumentals Competitions, in Kingston! Receiving the text from my friend Lynne Oliver, our branch president that you got 2nd place made me wish to be there to congratulate you, Matthew!!! You made your parents proud, your teacher proud, your ORMTA Etobicoke-Mississauga branch proud!!
Thank you for letting me join along with your piano journey since the beginning to this milestone! Wishing you all the very best of best at your next chapter with Dr. Esch! Your winning made my family Europe vacation now even more merrier! But yes, I wish so badly that I could be there with you today too!❤️
06/16/2022
Congratulations to the 7 students who won at our recent ORMTA Etobicoke-Mississauga Branch Competitions Online, on May 28-29/22. Praying for in person event again next year:)
06/06/2022
Congratulations to my student Matthew Dao, who won 1st place for Provincial Instrumental yesterday, at 2022 ORMTA Greater Toronto Area Zone Competitions! Best wishes to you Matthew on your next round of Provincial competition at the ORMTA Convention in Kingston on July 23/22!
03/28/2022
Student Matthew, level 10, definitely had lots of helpful guidance from Dr. Brett Kingsbury yesterday, at the first in person event Piano Masterclass again, since COVID pandemic started. I am super proud of Matthew, who will represent our Etobicoke-Mississauga branch to compete on June 4/22, at the ORMTA Provincial competitions.