“Natalia is an amazing instructor, she had helped me from not knowing any form of singing techniques at all, to using my voice not just for singing, but as a tool to better myself as a vocalist. She helped me really visualize what I needed to do and work on to accomplish my feats to further myself as a singer”
VOCAL – Ryan McClung (sings in several bands in the lower mainland)
“Natalia teaching is fantastic because it clear to understand and she makes sure everything is correct before the end of the lesson. She encourages students to perform in public (like maria’s opus) and build skills like getting over stage fright. She tries to make students feel that they have the chance to be a musician and a performer. She makes them to be hard workers because that hard work pays off to be a better musician. You give tips and technique which help us a lot. She also teaches through past experience (for example, when She told me to curl my thumb finger because her mother, her teacher, told HER and how her sound changed as a result). Not only hast she taught about piano, she talks about composers during their piano lessons. And she spends time with us (for example bringing students to symphonies, Maria’s Opus, glee club, contacting on facebook) to make students feel comfortable and contacting is KEY. She taught students technique is most important thing to playing. She is intelligent that she could fix something that is wrong, for example when you found out that I wasn’t using a metronome and when you find mistakes in the symphonies.”
PIANO – Sarah Doung (Completed her Gr 10 RCM with Honours and Silver Medalist at Kiwanis Festival)