Merriam School of Music, Oakville, ON

When people think of piano lessons, many picture a disciplinarian teacher standing overhead, holding a ruler...ready to strike at the first possible mistake. While we've (thankfully) moved passed such torture for piano students, surprisingly the content of those very lessons still lingers within the piano education community. One of Merriam Music's biggest and most obvious differences is that we focus on so much more than just right notes or exam scores.

We teach music in a 'linguistic' sense, meaning that we teach the grammar, vocabulary, and repertoire of the musical language. Then we combine an unmatched number of performance and ensemble music making opportunities so that those skills get used in a relevant, engaging way.