Guitar
Acoustic - Electric - Classical - Bass - Ukulele
Guitar - Saxophone ONLINE & IN PERSON
Pop, Flamenco, Rock, Classical, Spanish Guitar
Iranian House of Music Certified Instructor
English, Persian
With over 20 years of professional teaching experience at some of Tehran’s most prestigious music academies, Mehrdad offers a unique blend of expertise, passion, and dedication in every lesson. Certified by the Iranian House of Music since 2003, he has guided countless students in mastering their instrument and discovering a lifelong love for music.
Throughout his career, Mehrdad has organized and directed numerous student concerts, highlighting performances in classical, nuevo flamenco, and pop styles — providing his students with valuable stage experience and the confidence to shine as musicians.
Specializing in classical, flamenco, and pop guitar, Mehrdad teaches with a strong foundation in the celebrated works and methods of Carulli, Carcassi, Tárrega, Juan Martín, Paco Peña, Tonino Baliardo,and more. Each lesson is thoughtfully designed to help students develop solid technique, musicality, and expressive performance skills — ensuring they grow not only as guitarists, but as true artists.
Mehrdad
Guitar - Ukulele - Bass ONLINE & IN PERSON
Pop, RnB, Rock, Jazz, Blues
York University - Bachelor of Arts in Music
English, Mandarin
Bryan is a highly skilled music professional with a Bachelor's degree in Guitar from York University and is currently pursuing a degree in Music Production at Berklee College of Music.
Throughout his career, Bryan has participated in several notable music events, including his invitation to perform at the 2019 Sony Centre Chinese New Year Gala. He has also served as the YCSA Freshman orientation musician for several years and is a frequent performer at various festivals in Toronto, showcasing his vast performance experience.
As an instructor, Bryan's teaching philosophy revolves around cultivating a love for music through enjoyable and stimulating lessons. He emphasizes the importance of fostering a student's passion and interest in learning their instrument, allowing them to experience the joy of creating and performing music. His dedication to teaching and passion for music makes him an exceptional educator and mentor.
Bryan
Soldano
Guitar - Bass - Drums - Theory ONLINE & IN PERSON
Pop, Rock, Jazz, Metal, Funk, Fingerstyle
York University - Bachelor of Fine Arts in Music
English
Soldano is a multi-instrumental musician with years of performance experience who specializes in improvisation with various styles of guitar. Soldano has been playing the guitar for over 12 years and also plays bass guitar, drums and studies classical sitar and Indian music with Dr. Swarn Latta.
Soldano started playing guitar at the age of six after his father began introducing him to classic rock music at a young age. His knowledge of music slowly expanded to metal, folk, jazz and eventually became deeply interested in world music and ethnomusicology. Soldano was given on the spot acceptance to York University’s music program where he plans to get a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.
Soldano enjoys creating a personalized musical pathway for each of his students that caters to their individual needs and loves sharing his interdisciplinary knowledge of music with students of all skill levels and ages.
Andy
Guitar - Ukulele - Piano ONLINE & IN PERSON
Classical, Pop, Rock
Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music - ARSM Certification with Distinction, Grade 8 Piano Certification
English, Cantonese, Mandarin
Andy is a guitar and ukulele instructor who holds an ARSM (Associate of the Royal Schools of Music) Certification with distinction from The ABRSM (Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music). He also holds a Piano Grade 8 Certification from The ABRSM. Most of his students pass their exams with high marks.
He started teaching music since 2016 on both piano and guitar instruments in different music centres in Hong Kong. Not only one-on-one lessons, but also teaching students from different schools and colleges in group classes . He acts as a piano accompanist in a music playgroup focusing on simplifying the rhythm to an interesting way for young kids.
Wylie
Guitar - Ukulele - Bass - Drums ONLINE & IN PERSON
Pop, RnB, Rock, Metal
Trebas Institute - Audio Engineering and Production / DJ Arts Diploma
English, Cantonese, Mandarin
Wylie is a multi-instrumentalist started as a local performance artist within Markham. Having able to play
guitar, bass, drums on demand, and with knowledgeably music theory to play other instruments when needed. He later started to work as a session musician in recording studios and have become a recording artist in Toronto. After years of working, he went to study in Trebas Institute to further expand his music production skills and now he also teaches recording of instruments and helps artists to put their creative work out in the public.
With the understanding of recording music, Wylie approaches instruments in a non-traditional method. Having
inspired by a lot of different instrumental artists, he often will approach students with what inspired them and creates a personalized curriculum based on student preference in music. Helping them connect their performance skills and studio skills.
Wylie's teaching philosophy is based on Victor Wooten’s approach to music, with the idea that we are all
children who are trying to learn a language, and that’s music.
Guitar - Bass ONLINE & IN PERSON
Top 40s / Pop, Rock, Dance, Reggae, Funk, Blues, Soul, RnB, EDM
University of Toronto - Hon. Bachelor of Arts
English, Spanish
Michael is a highly passionate and dedicated musician and music instructor with 15 years experience teaching, performing, recording, and touring. While he has taught guitar throughout this entire period, bass has become his primary instrument as a performing musician. Bassists may seem as if they get a little less
glory, but they get way more gigs!
Comfortable teaching many genres on both instruments, and never losing sight of the fact that playing music is fun, Michael has always put his teaching focus into preparing students for performing and recording situations.
The years spent as a working musician have made clear what skills, theory, and abilities someone needs to succeed at both. He also builds an individual, specifically-tailored lesson plan for every student, to help them be the best version of themselves they can.
Michael
Guitar - Bass - Ukulele - Piano ONLINE & IN PERSON
Pop, Jazz, Rock, RnB, Blues, Funk
University of Toronto - Bachelor of Music
English
Ian is a guitarist and multi-instrumentalist who has extensive experience teaching and performing in a wide variety of music styles and settings.
A graduate of the University of Toronto’s jazz program, where he studied under guitarists Ted Quinlan and David Occhipinti, he maintains an active presence throughout the GTA as both a performer and an educator.
While he specializes in jazz guitar, Ian is equally at home teaching bass, ukulele, and piano to students of all ages.
Ian M
Guitar - Theory ONLINE & IN PERSON
Classical, Pop, Jazz, Rock, Metal, Blues
University of Toronto - Master's Degree in Music Performance
English, Cantonese
Ross Au holds a master’s degree from the University of Toronto in the field of music performance. He
specializes in classical guitar and is armed with the pedagogical tools necessary to prepare students for
university auditions and Royal Conservatory examinations. During his time in academics, Ross has studied
with renowned Canadian guitarists, Jeffrey McFadden and David Occhipinti.
Along with his expertise in classical music, Ross is also fluent in many styles of the electric guitar. In each of
his students, Ross instills core values such as expressiveness, technical mastery, musical literacy, self
learning, and above all else – the enjoyment of making music.
Currently, Ross is involved with several creative musical endeavors. In addition to composing music from
the complex and technically demanding idiom of math rock, he also performs with a session band that
provides live music for international artists touring Canada.
Ross