Music Teachers at Waterloo's Renaissance School of the Arts

All of our hand-selected instructors are formally educated and classically trained, (most have University bachelor degrees, while a few have attained Master's level degrees as well as specialties in Education) and each must meet our own stringent qualification requirements. Each instructor is also a professional performing artist in her or his own right, bringing a real-world experience to each lesson.

Click on each name below for a picture and biographical information, or to contact any of our teachers via email.

Kim Allred
Voice
Hons.B.Mus. (Voice)

Melanie April Fries
Dance
Hons.B.A. (Dance)

Deanne (Dee) Bingleman
Dance
B.A. (Dance)

Dan Brubacher
Guitar
Hons.B.Mus.

Cedric Coleman
Bassoon
Hons.B.Mus. (Bassoon Performance)
M.Mus. (Bassoon Performance)

Neil Douglas
Guitar
Hons. B.Mus.
B.Ed.

Jean Galbraith
Piano, Theory
B.A.
B.Mus.Th.

Thomas Henderson
Trombone, Trumpet, Euphonium, Tuba, Didjeridu, Piano
B.Sc. (Physics)

Lois Horst
Piano, theory
Hons.B.Mus. (Church Music)
ARCCO

Gary Kidd
Clarinet, Saxophone
B.Mus.Ed.

Amanda Kind
Acting, Voice, Musical Theatre
Hons.B.A. (Music & Dance)
Opera Certificate (Kwantlen)
Performing Arts Certificate (CCPA)

Jessica Kuepfer
Piano
Hons.B.Mus. (in progress)

Steve Lehmann, Founding Director
Piano, Electric Bass, Theory, Composition, Arranging, MIDI Technology
Hons.B.Mus. (Composition)

Katrina Liddell
Oboe
Hons.B.Mus. (Oboe Performance)

Anne-Marie Massicotte
Acting, Voice, Musical Theatre
Diploma in Musical Theatre Performance (Sheridan)
CAEA
ACTRA

Caitlin McQuaite
Violin
Hons.B.Mus.

Nargis Mondjazib
Voice, Piano
Hons.B.Mus. (Voice Performance)
Diploma in Language & Literature (Uzbekistan)

Shannon Purves-Smith
Recorder, Clarinet
Hons.B.Mus
B.A.
M.A.

Elizabeth Rogalsky Lepock
Voice, Piano
Hons.B.Mus. (Music History, Voice Performance)

Ann Smith
Piano, Senior Theory
B.A.
M.T.S.
A.R.C.T.

Miriam Stewart-Kroeker
Cello
Hons.B.Mus.

Arsen Torlakovic
Guitar
Diploma in Music Education (Yugoslavia)

Dana Urosevic-Strickland
Visual Arts
B.A. (Fine Arts & Art History)

Alison Verdonk
Piano
Hons.B.Mus. (Piano Performance - in progress)

Trevor Wagler, Director
Piano, Horn, Theory, Composition, Orchestration & Arranging
M.Mus. (Horn Performance)
Hons.B.Mus. (Composition)
Diploma in Performance (WLU)
Diploma in Chamber Music (WLU)
ORMTA

Wendy Wagler
Flute, Piccolo, Theory
Flute Camp Director, Flute Choir Director
M.Mus. (Flute Performance)
Hons.B.Mus. (Flute Performance)
ORMTA

Chris Woroch
Drums