John

Piano instructor
- Teaching: 7 yrs
- Studio: Downtown Vancouver
- Intersection: West 2nd Ave and Alder St.
- Subway: Olympic Village
- Languages: EN
- Lessons options: in-studio, online, at-home
Price per lesson
Level Taught: beginner, intermediate, advanced
I customize my teaching to each student, and am open to whatever they want to learn. I usually find that the basic building blocks of music need to be strengthened, like general technique and theory.
- Specialize in jazz
- Classical & Royal Conservatory of Music
- Composition of any genre
- Pop
- Country
- East European folk music.
I have 16 albums out under my own name, 7 of which have been nominated for a Juno Award 7 times,including 2020. I have played at most of the top NYC jazz clubs and have toured across a few continents with various bands, and completed a dozen Canadian tours featuring my own original music.
I have a Master of Music degree in composition from the University of British Columbia, and a Bachelor of Music in piano performance from McGill. I taught jazz and jazz ensemble for several years at Cornell University and Ithaca College.
After moving to Vancouver 3 years ago, I have done extensive teaching at the VSO School of Music and led a course on Improvisation at UBC.
West 2nd Ave and Alder St.
John offers at-home lessons in the following locations:
Anywhere within the main Vancouver area and not the far out suburbs.
* an additional 30$/per lesson add-on is charged for transportation, and 1-hour minimum lesson time.
Online video lessons available
- Zoom