Meet Zhanna
A highly experienced professional pianist, organist, and music instructor with over 35 years of experience.
She has dedicated life to music and joined a Special Music School (Russia) where she was in a musical program for 7 years. After she studied for 4 years in the Classical Department in the State Aktyubinsk Music College and obtained a diploma. Zhanna then went on to earn a Master of Music degree in Education and Performance from Guriev State University of Culture and Art (Russia).
Her music education is based on enhancing the cognitive and affective aspects of playing, which include active listening critical thinking, and visualizing emotionally vivid images, which she incorporates into her teaching and performances.
Experience & Accomplishments
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She has worked as an accompanist for soloists, chamber orchestras, and choirs in various places, including WLU from 1995-1996
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Since 1996, she has opened her own music studio and also has been working as an organist and choir director.
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Zhanna's passion for music has taken her to perform at prestigious venues such as Centre in the Square (Kitchener), Ford Centre (Toronto), and Evangelical Lutheran Church (Hamburg, Germany).
