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Welcome to my website, presenting my piano studio in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
I maintain a busy schedule giving one-on-one piano lessons to students of all levels throughout the year, but I can always find time for new students who are enthusiastic about music and sincerely committed to learning to play the piano well.
Current students and parents, please continue to check this website weekly for updates and periodically review my Studio Health Protocols page. As always, if you have any questions or concerns don't hesitate to get in touch with me.
Noteworthy News
Save the date! December Recital - 7:15 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday evening, December 18 at River East church, 755 McLeod Avenue. The church will be opened at 7:00 p.m.
NB Last day of lessons for 2024 will be Thursday, December 19; lessons will resume Tuesday, January 2, 2025! Happy New Year to all, and enjoy the Holiday Season (but do try to practice a little before your first lesson in the New Year)!
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Congratulations to Marek and Chathuli who received gold medals from the Royal Conservatory of Music for earning the highest marks in Manitoba last academic year for their respective Grade 10 and Grade 6 exams. This is the second year in a row they have both received the gold medal for their grade! |  |
And congratulations as well to Victoria, Alexus, and Tuong, who also earned first class honours with distinction for their Grade 10, Grade 9 and Grade 5 exams respectively, and to Andy who earned first class honours for his Grade 10 exam.
Congratulations again to Victoria who performed at the opening of the June 3 concert of the Agassiz Spring Festival as a winner of the Festival's "Glimpses of the Future" competition. Victoria was also selected to perform at the opening of the January 12, 2025 Virtuosi Concert through that organization's Young Artists Program competition.
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Congratulations to Marek and Alexus who were both awarded substantial scholarships from the Manitoba Registered Music Teachers Association. Marek received a Phyllis Holtby Scholarship in support of his completion of the Grade 10 and Associate practical and theoretical requirements of the Royal Conservatory of Music; Alexus received a Nita Eamer Memorial Scholarship awarded to a deserving student for her accomplishments in the Royal Conservatory of Music. |
| Congratulations again to Marek and Alexus as well to Seanne and Navindu who were all recommended to represent the Winnipeg Music Festival at the Manitoba Provincial Music Festival held at the University of Manitoba at the end of May. | |
Winnipeg Music Festival results - 2024
I'm very proud of the students of my studio who participated in the competitive classes of the 2024 Winnipeg Music Festival. Everyone performed at their best, and each was recognized as the winner or runner up of at least one class. Congratulations to everyone!
| In Grade 7, Aurora won the Baroque and Sonatina classes, and went on to win the Swedish Musical Club trophy for the best performance by a Grade 7 instrumentalist in the Festival! In Grade 10, Marek won the Canadian, 20th/21st Century and French composers classes, and was runner up in the Early Romantic composers class won by Victoria. Victoria was also runner up in the Canadian composers and Sonata classes, and joint runner up with Andy in the Late Romantic composers class. Marek and Victoria subsequently competed for the Beryl Ferguson trophy awarded for the most outstanding performance by a Grade 10 instrumentalist in the Festival. | 
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In Grade 9, Alexus won 20th/21st Century composers and the Sonata classes and thus competed for the Junior Musical Club trophy awarded for the best performance by a Grade 9 instrumentalist at the Festival. As well, Chloe was runner up in the Canadian class, and Micah was runner up in the Sonata class.
In Grade 6, Chathuli was runner up in the Canadian composers class.
In the Concerto classes, Marek won for Grade 10 and Victoria was runner up; Alexus won for Grade 9. In a different category, Alexus and Victoria were awarded the Clare C. Leckie trophy for best piano group for their Grade 9/10 duet performance. And Navindu received a Manitoba Registered Music Teachers Association scholarship as a promising pianist in Grades Beginner to 4.
Congratulations to Aurora who was runner up in a field of over 20 competitors in the Intermediate Piano Performance scholarship competition of the Manitoba Registered Music Teachers Association.
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Congratulations to Marek who earned the highest mark in Canada for his Grade 9 Royal Conservatory of Music exam last academic year, and to Alexus (Grade 8) and Chathuli (Grade 5) who earned the highest marks in Manitoba for their respective exams. All three received gold medals at a ceremony at the Winnipeg Art Gallery, November 19. As well Micah earned first class honours with distinction, Chloe and Pengda earned first class honours, and Emily earned honours for Grade 8 exams; Aurora earned first class honours with distinction for her Grade 6 exam; Ethan and Noor both earned first class honours with distinction for Grade 5 exams; and Ella and Remy earned first class honours with distinction for Grade 1 exams. |
Well done everyone!
| Significant successes for long-time student Seanne | |
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Congratulations to long-time student Seanne who placed first is his age category (17-and-under) at the Canadian Music Competition national finals held in Quebec City in June, 2022. Seanne and I performed Rachmaninoff''s Rhapsodie on a theme of Paganini on two nine-foot concert grand pianos in the Salle Henri Gagnon in the Faculty of Music at Laval University. Seanne began the piano performance program at McGill University in Montreal in Fall, 2022, with a significant entrance scholarship. Seanne also received scholarship offers from the piano performance programs at the Universities of British Columbia and Manitoba, and was accepted to the piano performance program at University of Toronto as well. |
| Congratulations to longtime student Nika who earned her Associate of the Royal Conservatory of Toronto (ARCT) diploma with first class honours with distinction in August 2020.
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| Nika's mark for her ARCT exam was the highest in Manitoba for the 2020-21 academic year! She was presented with a gold medal to recognize this achievement in an online ceremony, Fall, 2021. | |
| Here are links to Nika performing two elements of her ARCT program: Chopin Nocturne in D flat major, Op.27, No.2, and Oiseaux Tristes from Miroirs by Maurice Ravel. | |
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Jacqueline Ryz is a gifted pianist and teacher whose passion for music inspires audiences and students alike. Her professionalism, skilled teaching and approachability allows for her to develop pianists of a very high standard. I highly recommend her as a teacher for beginners as well as students who are already established pianists. Jacqueline's motivational teaching style has inspired my sons to practice and develop an excellent work ethic; they quickly developed into fine young pianists. - Carol L Ridd |
I was thrilled and honoured to receive a "Teacher of Distinction" award from the Royal Conservatory for 2019. Thank you very much to everyone who supported my nomination.