Faria is
a very well trained and experienced music educator, teaching in the heart of
Bloor West Village for the past 12 years. With an
Advanced Certificate in Early Childhood Music Education (ECME) from the
Royal Conservatory of Music
and Ryerson University, she is also an accredited
Orff Specialist and trained in
Kodaly (Level II). In the past, Faria has shared her love of music with children
throughout Toronto, teaching music classes at the
Sunnyside Daycare,
Humberside Montessori School, the
Linden School,
the Young Children's Creative Music and Movement Classes Inc. (YCCMMC) where she
got her start, and has also taught piano lessons at
Walters Music. Faria is
also a recipient of the Donna Wood scholarship and the Gunild Keetman
scholarship, both for the study of music education. Currently, Faria teaches
piano privately in addition to her classes for young children, and her piano
studio is thriving. Faria has two young daughters, Maya and Brenna, who
thoroughly enjoy their Sugar Beat classes!
