It has been such a privilege to be part of young children’s discovery of music in the Toronto Beach/Leslieville area for over 30 years!

I come from a musical family. We learned to play piano and sang in choirs before becoming underage members of the local high school marching band. While recovering from an illness, I taught myself to play guitar, and began to sing folk music, but when I left my parent’s home in PEI, it was to study Ceramics. However, I soon switched to the Musical Theatre program at Sheridan College and went on to perform in almost 100 theatres across Canada, incl. the Royal Alex, Young People’s Theatre, the Dream in High Park, the National Arts Centre, and Charlottetown Festival, as well as nightclubs and TV.

After having my kids, I wanted to find a way I could be around for them and still put my musical talents to use outside our home. A big thank you to Moyra Walker and the teachers at the Young Children’s Creative Movement & Music classes, and especially to Doug Goodkin, who started me on the path to introducing children to music in a way that is organic and full of joy!

I was instinctively drawn to the “Orff” approach, and have attained the level of Master teacher. I also studied Kodaly and Dalcroze pedagogy and graduated from the Royal Conservatory’s “Music for Young Children” program. I taught music for them with “Learning through the Arts”, as well as Music & Creative Movement programs for Kew Park Montessori, Downtown Alternative School, Margaret Fletcher Daycare, and Earl Beatty, Gledhill, Chine Drive, and Williamson Road Public Schools.

These days, when I’m not singing & dancing, or playing ukulele, guitar, recorder or kalimba, I enjoy studying percussion with Altaf Bwana Moto at Soul Drums. I hope I can be part of your child’s musical journey, too!