Violinist Sung Ah Choi To Teach Violin at Find A Way
Published 06/14/2010
Sung
Ah Choi is now accepting new violin students and is the latest addition to our
associate faculty of teachers at Find
A Way. Ms. Choi graduated with her Masters of
Music in Violin Performance from the New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, MA.
in 2009. Sung Ah has extensive experience as a both soloist and orchestra musician
in numerous orchestras including The Chicago Civic Orchestra, The Pacific Music
Festival Orchestra and New England Conservatory Philharmonic Orchestra. In addition Sung Ah was an associate concertmaster for the Pacific Music Festival Orchestra. Sung Ah
speaks both Korean and English and has won numerous awards and scholarships for
her playing over the years. She recently moved back to Toronto in June 2010 and
teaches violin lessons to all ages and levels for Find A Way.
Ryan Brouwer To Teach Trumpet and Guitar for Find A Way
Published 03/22/2010
Ryan
Brouwer is now accepting new trumpet and guitar students at our school. Ryan is
a recent graduate of the University
of Toronto Music Program
and we are pleased to have him join the our team. We'll be soon adding his bio
and samples of his music to the school section of the Find A Way website but for now here is a
little more information on Ryan:
Ryan
Brouwer grew up in Anola Manitoba, a small
town outside of Winnipeg.
He has studied classical music for many years and completed his Undergraduate
degree at the University
of Toronto in jazz
performance in May of 2010.
Since
moving to Toronto in 2005, Ryan has had the
opportunity to work with some of Canada's finest musicians and
educators including Jim Lewis, Chase Sanborn, Gillian Mackay, Dave Neill, Terry
Promane and Paul Read. He has performed with many different ensembles including
the U of T 11 and 10 o'clock jazz orchestras, the Toronto Symphony Youth
Orchestra, the University
of Toronto Symphony Orchestra
and continues to write and perform music with his own groups. Ryan is also a
multi-instrumentalist and composer with a strong background in trumpet, guitar,
voice, piano and composition. Ryan teaches individual lessons in trumpet,
guitar and composition for Find A
Way.
Glen Alan's Song "Sun's Up" Receives Honorable Mention In The Sixth Annual Great Lakes Songwriting Contest
Published 11/23/2009
Glen Alan's song "Sun's Up" received an honourable mention in the Sixth Annual Great Lakes
Songwriting Competition on November 23rd 2009. The Great Lakes Songwriting Competition
was established in 2003 and has been running for over 5 years. The
competition is run by songwriters for songwriters and they guarantee
that every song will be heard at least twice from beginning to end. The Great Lakes Songwriting Society (www.greatlakessongs.com) provides workshops and supports songwriters in the development and
recognition of their craft. To hear Glen Alan's song "Sun's Up" please visit http://www.myspace.com/findawaystudios and look for "Sun's Up" in the My Space Player.
