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Piano Instructors
| Joe
Hatherill , Piano |
Joe Hatherill is an experienced teacher and performer
who emigrated to Canada with his family in 2003. In summer 2009 they
relocated to Victoria. Joe gained his Adult Teachers Certificate from
the City and Guilds in 1990, and his Certificate of Teaching from the
Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music in 2000. He was admitted
to the British Columbia Registered Music Teachers Association in 2004.
Primarily a saxophonist, Joe also teaches clarinets, flutes, recorders
and piano. He can be seen performing locally with the Swiftsure BigBand,
West Shore Concert Band, Chief and Petty Officers Band and the Savvy
6. His website is joemusic.ca.
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| Ting
Ting (Fuanna) Qu, Piano |
Ting Ting is originally from China. She began studying piano at the age of five. Ting Ting earned her Bachelor degree's in piano from the University of Victoria and holds a diploma in piano teacher training from Victoria Consevatory of Music. Ting Ting has performed in many concerts and also teaches in both English and Mandarin.
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| Lana Sokolova, Piano |
Lana has extensive education in classical style piano and vocal, including 8 years with the Royal Conservatory of Music and four years of Music College (Music Teacher Diploma) in Moscow, Russia. She has 15 years of experience teaching piano to children and adults of all levels. Lana creates individual learning plans for each of her students to ensure the most effective learning for the student. She follows the Canadian Royal Conservatory of Music program and arranges concerts and competitions for students and parents.
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| Danuel
Tate , Piano |
Danuel Tate is a keyboard player and composer of electronic
music. He has composed electronic music for the past 14 years, but it
is his work with the group "Cobblestone Jazz" that has given
him international acclaim. Over the past 5 years he has performed extensively
from Moscow to South America, India to Japan and all over the globe. He
has performed at the largest music festivals in the world including twice
at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland. In between touring he teaches
piano to a range of students. He prefers to teach the fundamentals of
music theory aurally at first, then reading and writing music later. As
he was trained as a jazz pianist, improvising is a large component of
his lesson set. Danuel first stresses proper tone, second rhythmic accuracy
and third correct notes. He encourages parents of children under 8 years
to participate in the lessons as he feels that parent involvement provides
a better outcome in terms of promoting music in the child's future life.
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