Learn To Play – Piano Lessons in Vancouver
Pleasant Mountain Music is proud to offer piano lessons in Vancouver to all ages and abilities. Piano is an excellent introductory instrument for the starting musician as lessons can start as early as age 4. It is also an accessible instrument for the older beginner, including adult beginners. Teacher Sarah didn’t start the majority of her piano training until the age of 21!
Finally, the piano is versatile too. Though many students traditionally gravitate towards classical training, there’s a variety of other genres that also suit the piano well. These genres include jazz, contemporary, rock & roll, pop, prog rock, and ragtime stylings.
Students of all ages wishing to pursue a classical education will find themselves right at home at Pleasant Mountain Music. We have four faculty members trained in Royal Conservatory of Music instruction: teacher Adrianna, Anxhela, Joy, and Kelsey. Teacher Sarah has completed her Level 10 RCM performance RCM Pedagogy training. The Royal Conservatory of Music is considered the Gold standard of classical training. However, Pleasant Mountain Music also offers the BC Conservatory of Music and ABRSM (Associated Board of Royal School’s of Music) which are nationally recognized accreditation programs.
High school students should take note that they can earn high school credit for completing all or part of RCM Levels 7, 8, 9 and 10 exams. Please reach out to teacher Sarah for more information regarding RCM, when to start it, how to start it and what the requirements are to complete a level.
Teacher Marco is a recent graduate of the highly acclaimed VCC Jazz program. He is an excellent instructor to pair with any budding jazz artists out there who’ve never played piano before, or are returning after a long break.
Love to Play – Piano lessons in Vancouver for a lifetime of enjoyment
The joy of playing piano will last a lifetime, and that’s why we love to offer lessons to anyone in Vancouver as well as beyond the lower mainland, through online lessons. From the first time touching a key, to retirement, there are infinite moments of joy, laughter, and self-expression to be found in playing the piano/keyboard. At Pleasant Mountain Music, we recognize that an inflexible regiment of practice that focuses heavily on exams, performance repertoire, theory, and sight-reading may not appeal to the modern child, teen, or adult. We have therefore taken this into consideration when creating our Love to Play stream.
Whether a students’ desire is to learn a particular song, to be able to entertain friends at dinner, or as an enjoyable pass-time in retirement, there are thousands of reasons to learn to play the piano without having to take exams, sit through festivals, or perform publicly. We want to ensure that all students feel welcome and included in the process of learning to play piano. We have five faculty members who welcome Love to Play students: Teacher Marco, Teacher Kelsey, Teacher Adrianna, Teacher Joy, and Teacher Anxhela.
Live to Play – Catering your piano lessons to be a pro!
At Pleasant Mountain Music, we recognize talent when it comes our way! We rise to the occasion of meeting and encouraging a students’ skill and potential. For the determined few, mastering the piano grants access to a great number of careers in the music industry. Careers like accompanist for student and professional soloists, accompanist for ballet and other dance disciplines, careers in recording industry and careers in live productions as session musicians, or as stage performers (in a variety of genres and settings) just to name a few. This doesn’t even begin to cover the composition careers that are available to Live to Play piano players.
The piano is also a highly valuable foundational instrument for musicians of any discipline; especially for composition and theory. Many professional musicians have a background on piano, even if it’s not the instrument they are known for playing! If you are looking to hone your chops, break into the scene, record for the best, or strike out as the next big concert pianist, we can help you build your career. Advanced Classical training takes place with teacher Anxhela, Joy, Adrianna. Session recording, singer-songwriter and/or composition takes place with teacher Kelsey, or Marco.
Our Piano Instructors
Adrianna La Chimea
Instruments: Piano, Harmony, History, Theory, Beginner Ukulele
Adrianna La Chimea is a Vancouver-based pianist with 17 years of experience playing classical piano including 5 years of jazz/pop piano. Recently, she received her Bachelor of Applied Music from VCC and completed the Music Diploma program back in 2023. She welcomes beginner, intermediate, and advanced piano students in either Classical or Jazz piano into her classroom.
Adrianna is our travelling teacher, and makes weekly in-home visits on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
Joy Yin
Instruments: Piano, Clarinet, Harmony
Joy Yin is a musician, artist, and free-soul in life. She has an unique approach to teaching that helps her students fall in love with creation, not only in music, but also in art and life. Having a film background enables her to bring acting techniques into teaching and playing; it’s not just musical notes her students are playing, but a story they’re telling.
Lessons with Joy are remote ONLY
Kelsey Luo
Instruments: Voice, Extreme/Unclean Vocals, Piano, Songwriting, Theory
Kelsey Luo is a passionate modern rock/metal musician, music instructor and session vocalist, with a unique skill set of extreme vocals (metal screams). She is passionate about seeing the growth within her students from when they start their first lesson, to the progress they make throughout their music journey. She works with beginner to advanced students of any age.
She can teach in both English and Mandarin.
Marco Walraven
Instruments: Voice, Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Ukulele, Composition, Songwriting, Jazz Theory
Marco Walraven Diaz De Leon, is a multi instrumentalist currently finishing up a Bachelors of Applied Music at VCC majoring in Voice and minoring in piano and songwriting.
Marco teaches voice, piano, guitar, ukulele, and songwriting. Students of any age, from beginner to intermediate skill set are invited to join Marco to commence their music journey.
He can teach in both English and Spanish.
Anxhela Janaqi
Instruments: Piano, Harmony, History, Theory
Anxhela Janaqi is a passionate and experienced piano teacher with a strong commitment to fostering a love of music in her students. Anxhela has over seven years of experience teaching children, adolescents, adults, and university students. She has taught in three different countries, performed in several venues, and collaborated with professionals and students. With her supportive learning environment, her students thrive in RCM exams, festivals, and competitions.
Jason Yan
Instruments: Voice, Piano
Jason has taught Classical Voice and Pop Singing for over 8 years. He has his a unique teaching skillset which his students are sure to enjoy. Not only does he enjoy working with beginner to advanced vocalists, some of his students have actually gone on to become professional singers, under his guidance, and have been signed by local recording companies! Jason welcomes beginner, intermediate or advanced vocalists to his classroom. He can teach piano to a grade 8 RCM level, and guitar to an intermediate level.
He speaks and teaches in both Cantonese and English.
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