“Ms Lara is an extremely gifted teacher, the best one we have found! Our son has really enjoyed piano lessons, he has gained an incredible amount of musical knowledge and started on hopefully a life long journey of loving and playing the piano from Ms Lara’s encouragement and extreme patience when teaching a squirming 5 year old. We have also had the pleasure of having Ms Lara teach our daughter Music and Movement. She is able to hold kids attention spans and is able to involve kids with different ages and abilities all within the same class, making kids see music in fun and creative ways. ”

“Lara knows how to talk to kids. And that is what makes her an excellent piano teacher. Full stop.

As an experienced piano player and teacher, myself, I had attempted to forego lessons for my own kid and teach her myself. BIG MISTAKE. So many tears and tantrums. By the time we met Lara, I was worried that I’d turned my kid off piano forever.

When we did meet, however, I knew immediately that things were going to go well. She has a way to her: cheerful, energetic, engaging, relaxed, humourous, and fun. My difficult daughter was immediately taken. Stickers always help too.

By the end of her first year taking lessons with Lara, my daughter was practising without prompting, and more importantly, enjoying playing music. This is the secret to Lara’s sauce: she focuses on what’s important to build up first as a base, i.e. enjoyment, slowly introducing skill and advancement into the mix, as evidenced by the range of talent displayed at her end-of-year recital.

I would recommend anyone looking to instill a life-long appreciation of music and sustainable learning to sign up with Lara. Her own talent and passion for playing radiates.

7 years later, my daughter is still enjoying playing piano. Although we no longer have the benefit of lessons with Lara, since she moved away (something we’re still lamenting), I know that part of the reason why she’s still playing is because of the great start we had.”

“Lara was amazing with my 11 year old son and 7 year old daughter. They took lessons with her for almost two years and looked forward to her classes every week. Lara inspired them to work hard and get better without crushing their musical spirits in the effort. She even generously worked around forgotten music books, necessary rescheduling, and lessons in a wrestling singlet (my son, not her). We were sad to lose her to Canada, but hope you’ll take full advantage of having her there.”