Theory Teachers
Below is a list of theory teachers located in the Ottawa-Gatineau area. Please send us an e-mail if you would like to add (or remove) your name to (from) this list or need to update any information.
Andonian, Amy
Teaches:
piano, theory
Location:
Nepean
Phone: 613-224-8117
Bedner, Tim
Teaches:
guitar, theory, audition prep
Location:
Orleans
Other:
specializing in jazz; high school/adults; B.Mus., M.Mus.
Belokourova, Natalia
Teaches:
piano, theory, history of music
Location:
Orleans and surrounding area
Booth, Adrienne
Teaches:
piano, rudiments
Location:
Sandy Hill area
Other:
ORMTA member
Phone: 613-234-1695
E-mail: ambooth@magma.ca
Boyes, Amy
Teaches:
piano, theory
Location:
Ottawa West region
Casagrande, Angela
Teaches:
oboe, theory
Location:
New Edinburgh
Phone: 613-747-9051
Clarke, Theresa
Teaches:
piano, theory
Phone: 613-741-1242
E-mail: theresaclarkemusic@gmail.com
Clarkson, Joan
Teaches:
piano, rudiments, history
Other:
ORMTA member
Phone: 613-731-9417
Cochrane, Andrea
Teaches:
piano, rudiments
Location:
Westboro area
Other:
ORMTA Pre-Diploma Member
Phone: 613-321-8516
E-mail: andreacochrane@hotmail.com
Craig, Kelly
Teaches:
electric bass, trumpet, trombone, theory & drum set
Location:
Downtown Ottawa and Little Italy
Phone: 613-851-4682
E-mail: kelly@kellycraig.com
Dalaire, Melina
Studio Allegretto - L’ecole Francojeunesse
Teaches:
piano, recorder, theory
Phone: 819-243-8829
E-mail: studioallegretto@yahoo.com
Deschenes, Danielle
Teaches:
voice, piano, theory
Location:
Mooney's Bay
Other:
ARCT Vocal Performance
Phone: 613-454-2023
E-mail: dano82@gmail.com
Desjardins, Alicia
Teaches:
piano, theory, pedagogy
Location:
Central Ottawa and Village of Winchester areas.
Other:
Both traditional and Suzuki. ORMTA member.
Phone: 613-798-7977
E-mail: music4u2u@sympatico.ca
Dubrofsky, Anne
Teaches:
voice, theory, arranging
Phone: 613-837-3757
E-mail: du161@freenet.carleton.ca
Eisener, Brenda
Teaches:
piano, theory
Other:
ORMTA member
Phone: 613-747-2220
Elliott, Julia
Teaches:
piano, rudiments
Location:
Sandy Hill
Other:
ORMTA member
Phone: 613-562-3038
E-mail: jelliott383@sympatico.ca
Flinn, Heather
Teaches:
all brass/wind band instruments, piano, theory, harp
Phone: 613-722-3690
E-mail: heather.flinn@ocdsb.ca
Fox, Andrew
Teaches:
piano, theory
Location:
Barrhaven (Nepean)
Other:
ORMTA, CFMTA member
Phone: 613-825-3474
Griffin, Joanne
Teaches:
harp, theory
Other:
all levels
Phone: (613) 835-2299
E-mail: joanne@joannegriffinmusic.com
Website: http://www.joannegriffinmusic.com
Gurofsky, Carol
Teaches:
piano, flute, theory
Phone: 613-733-3404
E-mail: carolrg@sympatico.ca
Hamer-Wilson, Jono
Teaches:
piano, theory, harmony, composition/songwriting
Location:
Glebe studio; home lessons also available.
Other:
Contemporary and classical piano (to grade 10 RCM). Instruction in French or English.
Phone: 613-230-1035
E-mail: mount_hermon_music@ncf.ca
Harrison, Natasha
Teaches:
piano, flute, recorder, theory
Location:
Ottawa, Smiths Falls, Merrickville, Perth and Brockville.
Hawley, Laura
Teaches:
piano, theory
Location:
Kanata area
Phone: 613-270-9029
E-mail: laurahawley@hotmail.com
Hutchinson, John
Teaches:
piano, organ, theory, pedagogy
Location:
Central Ottawa and Village of Winchester areas
Other:
ORMTA member
Phone: 613-798-7977
E-mail: john_hutchinson@rogers.com
Jenkins, Christine
Teaches:
voice, rudiments
Location:
Ottawa East
Other:
ORMTA & NATS member
Jin, Ruby
Teaches:
piano, theory
Location:
Ottawa South
Other:
- Doctor of Music degree in piano performance (McGill University)
- all levels and ages audition & exam preparation
Phone: 613-410-6035
E-mail: rubyjin@gmail.com
Jones, Sue
Teaches:
piano, rudiments
Location:
Alta Vista area
Other:
ORMTA member
Phone: 613-523-5317
E-mail: l.susan.jones@gmail.com
Kirk, Patricia
Teaches:
piano, theory, harmony, history
Location:
Renfrew
Phone: 613-312-7585
E-mail: patriciakirk39@yahoo.ca
Laird, Sheena
Teaches:
piano, theory, history, harmony
Other:
B.A. (Hons.), M.A., LL.B., LL.M., A.R.C.T.
Phone: 613-721-0808
E-mail: asselin8@bellnet.ca
LeBlanc, Karla
Teaches:
piano, theory
Location:
Riverside South
Other:
member of ORMTA
Phone: 613-822-1671
E-mail: karlakate@rogers.com
Letourneau, Elise
Teaches:
piano, voice, theory
Location:
Orleans
Other:
jazz/contemporary styles; high school/adults; B.Mus., M.Ed.
Mack, Colin
Teaches:
theory, composition
Other:
Gloucester
Phone: 613-747-2923
Macpherson, Iain
Teaches:
voice, violin, sight-reading, theory
Location:
Gatineau & Old Ottawa South
Other:
ORMTA & NATS
Maisonneuve, Lise
Teaches:
voice, piano, rudiments
Location:
Alta Vista
Phone: 613-842-9774
E-mail: lisemaisonneuve@hotmail.com
McCarthy, Diana
Teaches:
piano, theory
Location:
Alta Vista and Kilborn area
Other:
ARCT, MA, B. Ed. Classical piano and theory lessons for serious students. Festival and exam preparation.
Phone: 613-521-1081
McClinton, Nelson
Teaches:
flute, saxophone, recorder, theory
Location:
Orleans area
Other:
Basic music theory
Phone: 613-830-2719
E-mail: nmcclinton@rogers.com
McCourt, Janet & Chris
Teaches:
guitar, piano, voice, rudiments
McKinley, Heather
Teaches:
voice, rudiments
Phone: 613-225-5008
E-mail: 613-225-5008
Menard, Sandra
Teaches:
piano, rudiments
Other:
ORMTA
Phone: 613-834-3052
Meredith, Lynn
Teaches:
piano, theory
Phone: 613-521-5417
E-mail: lynnandfred@rogers.com
Michaud, Emilie
Teaches:
preliminary piano, flute, recorder, music theory, music history
E-mail: e.michaud88@gmail.com
Mielke, Susan
Teaches:
piano, rudiments, history (online course)
Location:
Orleans
Phone: 613-424-7166
E-mail: susanandtom@rogers.com
Miller-Cushon, Deb
Teaches:
piano, theory
Phone: 613-269-2109
E-mail: dmillercushon@gmail.com
Molenaar, Sarah
Teaches:
piano, clarinet, theory & history
Location:
Sandy Hill (just a few blocks from U of O)
Other:
ARCT in clarinet & Bachelor of Music degree
Phone: 613-241-5722
E-mail: sarah.molenaar@sympatico.ca
Nagy, Gloria Jean
Teaches:
voice, choral, rudiments
Nassim, Hoda
Teaches:
harp, piano, theory
Other:
ORMTA member
Phone: 613-236-3865
E-mail: hoda_nassim@hotmail.com
Orford, Emily-Jane
Teaches:
piano, rudiments, history
Location:
North Gower
Orton, Edith
Teaches:
piano, theory
Location:
Nepean
Other:
ORMTA, CFMTA
Phone: 613-224-3381
Parsons, Lisa
Teaches:
piano, rudiments, history
Location:
Wellington West area
Phone: 613-668-7525
E-mail: lisaparsons03@yahoo.com
Pecoskie, Dawn
Teaches:
piano, flute, theory
Location:
Barrhaven
Phone: 613-823-4135
E-mail: rondawnmarie@rogers.com
Phelps, Ryan
Teaches:
piano, theory
Phone: 613-258-7539
E-mail: outa2ninov_25@hotmail.com
Provencher, Pierre-Paul
Teaches:
accordion (free bass & stradella), harmony, counterpoint, analysis, solfège
Location:
Gatineau
Other:
French or English
Phone: 819-568-0194
E-mail: provencher@norteno.ca
Quinn, Gavin
Teaches:
piano, voice, theory
Other:
up to ARCT
Phone: 613-236-7184
E-mail: gquin018@uottawa.ca
Rice, Heather
Teaches:
piano, organ, voice, rudiments, harmony
Location:
Civic Hospital area
Other:
beginner to intermediate voice lessons
Phone: 613-563-1409
E-mail: choirmaster@bellnet.ca
Richardson, Lauren
Teaches:
voice, piano, theory
Phone: 613-225-7265
Richardson, Scott
Teaches:
piano, theory
Phone: 613-746-9111
E-mail: kellyric@magma.ca
Rosewarne, Laurie
Camerata Music
Teaches:
accordion (free bass & stradella), piano, history, harmony, rudiments
Location:
Maitland & the Queensway
Other:
Lessons for adults and children in English or French
Phone: 819-568-0194
E-mail: laurie@norteno.ca
Schmolka, Diane
Teaches:
piano, voice, theory
Phone: 613-733-5219
E-mail: schmolka@cyberus.ca
Slade, Chris
Teaches:
piano, theory
Other:
Up to ARCT level. Artist's diploma in piano performance from UWO and associate (performer) piano from Conservatory Canada.
E-mail: christopherslade@gmail.com
Smith, Ingrid
Teaches:
piano, voice, rudiments
Location:
Almonte (25 min. from Kanata)
Other:
ARCT Diploma & NATS member. Beginner piano students.
Smith, Jennie
Teaches:
piano, rudiments
Other:
ORMTA member
Phone: 613-260-9171
E-mail: timj.smith@sympatico.ca
Srugo, Daniel
Teaches:
guitar, theory
Phone: 819-778-0066
E-mail: danielsru2@hotmail.com
Strawn, Virginia
Teaches:
piano, rudiments, harmony, counterpoint, analysis
Location:
Ottawa west
Other:
ORMTA member
Phone: 613-224-2285
Wallace, Frank J.
Teaches:
voice, piano, theory
Location:
New Edinburgh
Phone: 613-255-2077
E-mail: musicalways@sympatico.ca
Wang, Eleanor
Teaches:
piano, theory, harmony
Phone: 613-680-4054
E-mail: eleanor.wang.wcs@gmail.com
Watson, Cristalle
LEAP! (Learning Experiences and Adventures in Piano) Music Studio
Teaches:
piano, theory
Location:
Ottawa area
Other:
beginner to Grade 10; individual lessons (can teach at student's home); M. Mus. in piano performance.
Phone: 613-816-7442
E-mail: cwats081@uottawa.ca
Watson-Laird, Naomi
Teaches:
piano, history, pedagogy, theory
Other:
ORMTA, RCM Examiner
Phone: 613 836-6706
E-mail: watsonln@rogers.com
