OUR TEACHERS
"Education isn't just about feeding the brain. Art and music feed the heart and soul" - Julie Garwood
Katie Korfmann
Owner & Teacher, RECE
With over 25 years of music teaching experience, Katie always knew that she was born to play music and share her passion with others. Her performing career started professionally at the age of 12 and has now bloomed into touring across Canada and the US with multiple bands and professional artists. She is passionate about educating future generations and passing on her love of music to all ages within her student clientele and throughout the studio. Katie customizes each lesson and program to the student(s) goals, while simultaneously keeping each lesson fun and engaging.
You can find Katie teaching and working behind the scenes to make sure the studio keeps progressing to provide top quality education to all our clients.
Thomas Wade
guitar/ukulele/drums/bass/music production/songwriting
Thomas’ life-long love for music was born when he strummed his first guitar at age four, and while other youngsters were playing hide and seek, he was performing weekly throughout southern Ontario with a popular family band from Burford.
Eventually graduating Fanshawe College’s Music Industry Arts Music Production program in London, Thomas set out as a touring musician, into the recording studio, and on to Nashville, honing his craft as a songwriter with some of the most renowned teachers.
Thomas is a multiple award winning, Juno-nominated artist and songwriter. For the past two decades he has been mentoring music lovers of all ages both as a teacher and a music producer, using years of professional knowledge to help students find their way to the joy of making music with an organic, less-is-more teaching style, always adhering to a simple principle: let the love of music lead the way.
Dalyce Dostal
Flute, Piano, Theory, BMus
Dalyce is a passionate and enthusiastic music lover who loves to share her passion for the arts with others. She is a recent graduate of Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo and received a Bachelor of Music degree for Community Music. Music theory is a key part of being able to play any instrument and she loves to help students who want to understand music theory at a deeper level than simply reading sheet music. It can come in handy when wanting to write your own songs or to compose your own pieces of music. She believes that music can be taught and learned in different ways and lessons should be flexible to what the student wants to achieve in order to preserve their passion for the arts. Music lessons should be a fun place for students to express themselves and nurture their passion for music.
Kirsten Wegner
Piano, Voice
Being a recent graduate of Lakehead University with a Bachelor of Arts in Music, Kirsten is excited to share her passion for music with her students. Her musical experience began at the age of 6 when she started taking both piano and voice lessons, and she has never looked back since! Kirsten has been involved with the Royal Conservatory of Arts, Kiwanis Music Festival, and has achieved a ARCT level proficiency in voice. Bedsides voice and piano, she also has experience teaching ukulele and flute in a group and private setting. Music has been intertwined in many aspects of her life, whether it is in the form of composing, teaching, or performing and has been a huge positive influence in her life. Her goal is create a positive environment for students focusing on their individual goals, needs, and preferences, while having fun in the process!
Ross Wooldridge
Piano, Clarinet, Saxophone
Born 1962 in Hamilton Ontario, Ross Wooldridge showed early musical ability, taking piano lessons by age four. Self taught on clarinet at age 13, he took up the saxophone at 16.
Attending Mohawk College and Humber College, Ross honed his arranging and composing skills. Afterwards he added to his portfolio the skills of Producer, Conductor, Transcription specialist and Educator.
Ross is an active performer and is the leader of Toronto's Galaxy Orchestra. Notable are his critically acclaimed recordings Tribute to the Benny Goodman Sextet Volumes 1 and 2, Scuttlebutt – a Tribute to Artie Shaw and his Gramercy 5 and two Dixie Demons recordings “Live at the Rex” and “Fossil Fuel”.
Ross teaches elementary school band classes for the Toronto District School Board and is passionate about sharing his practical approach to learning to play music.
Crystal Glowala
Admin, Piano
Crystal’s love of piano started with lessons at the age of 4, later achieving her Grade 8 from the Royal Conservatory by age fourteen. Coming from a large musical family, gatherings always included a family jam with a wide range of instruments; piano, guitar, banjo, accordion, spoons, and violin – all of which were played by ear. Crystal has shared her gift of music as a church organist/pianist and through volunteer work. She also enjoys the challenge of working out the chord progression to her newest favourite song! As a teacher, Crystal hopes to grow a love for music in her students and aims to provide an environment that fosters trust, promotes self-respect, and is rooted in experiential learning beyond the keys.
Elena Van Laren
Violin
Elena has been immersed in music her whole life and has a great passion for the violin. Her Mom is a very accomplished pianist and homeschooled her throughout elementary school. Elena was able to spend everyday practicing her violin, quickly building up her knowledge for both classical violin (Suzuki Method) and fiddle music. She has performed at various events at church, for community gatherings and professionally at weddings. She looks forward to sharing her love for music to all her students in a fun and supportive environment.
Sharon Schipper
Piano
Sharon began piano lessons at 9 years old and was immediately drawn into the love of learning to play. With over 10 years of teaching experience, she truly enjoys teaching all ages and abilities incorporating note reading, rhythm, theory and an endless supply of passion into each lesson. Playing duets with her students is also something that Sharon loves to teach in her lessons.
Receiving her teachers certificate from the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto (under Dale Wheeler) was an experience Sharon throughly enjoyed and would love to pass down to her students. She also has experience playing for church services for 35 years and directing a children’s choir.
Sharon is looking forward to meeting students and extended family members to share her great love and passion for music!