Thank you for your hard work, patience and love to Vivian and Angela over the past year! We can’t say enough how grateful we are to have you as their teacher.
Rebecca & Ken
Tanya is an accomplished music professional with years of teaching experience in theory, history, solfege, and piano.
In addition to her extensive teaching experience, Tanya has written several solfege workbooks, music history articles for newspapers, and served as a commentator for music performance programs and documentaries for radio and television stations.
Originally from Tashkent, USSR, Tanya obtained her education at a State College for Music Education and completed State Conservatory with a Masters in Music.
In Hamilton, she taught at the Caskey School of Music and McMaster University, in addition to being on the faculty of the Hamilton Suzuki School of Music for 30 years. Tanya is a member of the Suzuki Association of the Americas (SAA) and an affiliate teacher at The Royal Conservatory of Music (RCM). In her practice, Tanya uses Suzuki and traditional European methods, and teaches all levels of piano, theory, harmony, history, counterpoint and analysis. She trains students for RCM examinations and competitions and over the last thirty years, has prepared more than 400 students for Royal Conservatory exams.Tanya's methods focus on the unique abiltities and learning paths of each student, to cultivate the love for and appreciation of music. This is grounded on the belief that students have superior potential that is realized through structured musical programs in a supportive and trusting environment. Through guided mentorship, students are taken on a journey to help them gain a deeper understanding and appreciation of music, while building on on their talents and skills. Parents are encouraged and shown how to become role models to foster ongoing learning and development.
Benefits
An active involvment in musical training has been shown to have positive effects across a range of mental, physical and social domains:
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to me.
Thank you for your hard work, patience and love to Vivian and Angela over the past year! We can’t say enough how grateful we are to have you as their teacher.
Rebecca & Ken
Tanya is a fantastic teacher and has much experience in teaching piano. She can also make students interested in music. This is a valuable treasure which which will benefit Kate's whole life.
Kelly
I love piano lessons, they can be hard, but they’re still fun. You are a kind and patient teacher. Thank you for teaching me so far. I hope I can continue for a long time. Thank you for all your kind comments.
Maria
I will always be thankful to you for all the hard work and efforts you have put in for educating me.
Joy
Thank you for all you do and all the effort and time you spend to enrich and help me build my musicality. You are an amazing teacher and both my parents and I cannot thank you enough.
Elizabeth
Mrs. Tanya Gernburd is absolutely passionate about music. Her love for the art is evident in her enthusiastic and energetic teaching techniques.
Yinglin
