Qualified Teachers

Dave Nathanael dedicates his life to be a good violin teacher asides of his time doing chamber and orchestra performances. He started his Bachelor of Music program at Pelita Harapan University in Indonesia with Dr. Tomislav Dimov, after he got the first place on the SPH-International Violin Competition. He then pursued his Master’s degree in violin performance and pedagogy at Memorial University of Newfoundland, in Canada, studying with Dr. Nancy Dahn. He was graduated Magna Cum Laude for both degrees.

Starting from his freshman year in his Bachelor program, he was invited to be the violin player with Jakarta Concert Orchestra and Jakarta Simfonia Orchestra. Later on, he’s also invited to play with Nusantara Symphony Orchestra, Twilite Orchestra, Jakarta Sinfonietta, as well as to lead Ananda Sukarlan Symphony Orchestra for an international piano competition. While he was in Indonesia, he was the associate concert master and assistant concert master in some of those orchestras. He was also invited to play as a soloist in the beautiful Aula Simfonia Jakarta.

Fortunately, music brought him out of Indonesia to broaden his experience in his musical journey. He was invited to be the associate concert master (and concert master) in Baroque Collegium ensemble in Singapore. In Australia, he is a violin player in Brisbane Concert Orchestra, Orchestra Concertino, and Brisbane Philharmonic Orchestra. He also performed with Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra, Watershed Ensemble, and few ensemble groups in Canada. He was also chosen to take part in ‘III-Красноярский международный музыкальный фестиваль стран Азиатско- Тихоокеанского региона’ (Third – Krasnoyarsk International Music Festival) in Russia. In those countries, Dave and his fellow musicians established few ensembles: Quartet Passioné, Soli Quartet, The Quintets, and a few smaller ones. He has also been playing with humble world-class musicians, such as: pianist Adam Gyorgy, pianist Sam Haywood, violinist Linus Roth, and Amsterdam Viola Quartet.

Dave has taken master classes from musicians of various backgrounds, and he has been a certified Suzuki Music violin teacher since 2008 in Indonesia. He has worked with trainers from Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, Hong Kong, USA, Switzerland, Italy, Taiwan, and Korea. By that certification, Dave has been teaching Suzuki violin since 2009. Today, he’s enjoying his precious time teaching at Suzuki Talent Education Society in Calgary, both Early Childhood classes and violin teaching classes.

Daniel began his cello studies in Florianópolis, Brazil. He attended various music workshops with teachers from Brazil and abroad, including the Curitiba Music Festival.
He was a member of the Camerata Florianópolis orchestra for 16 years, taking part in public performances in theaters and communities in Florianópolis and an international tour of various cities in Italy.
He has played with the orchestra in operas such as Bizet’s Carmen, Mozart’s The Magic Flute, Verdi’s Rigoletto and La Traviata, and Rossini’s The Barber of Seville, among others. He has also performed major orchestral works by Beethoven, Mozart, J.S. Bach, and Tchaikovsky.
In the popular genre, he constantly performs works from MPB, jazz, folk, and rock, arranged for orchestra.
He has recorded CDs and DVDs, as well as soundtracks for institutional videos, commercials, and films.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in cello from the Santa Catarina State University – UDESC, under the guidance of Professor Hans Twitchell (USA/Brazil).
He has worked intensively as a teacher at the Camerata Florianópolis school.
He was one of the founders of the Educando com Música (Educating with Music) Project, where he worked for ten years as a teacher and conductor, using the Suzuki method in his teaching, giving lessons to children aged between 7 and 17, which culminated in the formation of the first string orchestra in the small town of São Pedro de Alcantara, made up of students from the community itself.
He also took part as a singer in Camerata Florianópolis’ Rock ‘n’ Camerata show.

Born into a musical family of seven children, Priscilla Lee began her piano studies at age five in Ontario under Hungarian pedagogue Klara Bookbinder. At age ten, Priscilla moved to Manitoba where she started her cello studies at the Brandon Suzuki Talent Education Program. Some of her Suzuki teachers include Robert Richardson, Michelle Bouchard, and Marla Winters.
Priscilla completed her Bachelor’s degree in Music Performing Arts at Dalhousie University in 2021, studying with Shimon Walt and Peter Allen.
As a soloist, Priscilla has performed with Dalhousie Symphony Orchestra and was the youngest winner to perform with Symphony Nova Scotia. She has taught at Scotia Suzuki School of Music in Halifax in both cello and piano disciplines. As a teacher, she is passionate about helping students reach their potential and develop beautiful hearts through music. Currently, Priscilla is in the stages of pursuing medicine.

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