Meet the Teachers!
Fiddle / Violin
Adrianna (she/her) is a sought after educator with over 10 years of teaching experience in violin, fiddle & piano. She directed her first music camp as a teenager and has since taught private lessons and workshops throughout North America.
Adrianna is a graduate of Berklee College of Music in Boston where she studied with Darol Anger, Bruce Molsky + Matt Glaser among others.
Adrianna is fascinated by music’s ability to create lasting friendships and unite a community, and strives to encourage creative collaborations among her students.
adriannaciccone.com
Adrianna Ciccone
Voice / Piano
Catarina Ciccone
Catarina (she/her) is a multi-hyphenate performer & teacher. She received her Bachelor of Music Theatre from Queen's University and completed certification in Voice Function 101 & the Mechanics of Mix & Belt from Maddie Tarbox Studios.
As a teacher, Catarina takes a student-centered approach celebrating individual skill sets while also empowering students to develop a sense of confidence & agency in their musical journey.
As a performer, Catarina has worked in theatre, film & television in both Ontario & the East Coast, most notably as Jules in the North American Premier of Bend It Like Beckham The Musical. Catarina remains an active professional in her field. Her ongoing work enhances her teaching pedagogy, making her both an accomplished actor and a skilled teacher.
catarinaciccone.com
Piano
Màiri Chaimbeul
Màiri Chaimbeul (she/they) is a JUNO-nominated multi-instrumentalist and educator from the Isle of Skye in Scotland. Màiri has taught private lessons and workshops in the UK, Europe, North and South America, and taught at Berklee College of Music in Boston from 2018-2021.
In teaching, they aim to create a supportive environment for expression and learning, fostering creativity and independent thought in whatever musical path the student might be interested in.
Màiri is also in-demand as a performer and can be heard regularly in duo with leading fiddler Jenna Moynihan, CFMA-winning prog-grad group Aerialists and the NS-based improvised music group Quilting.
mairichaimbeul.com
Guitar / Ukulele / Piano
Sam Wilson
Sam Wilson is a performer-composer and a music educator. She has been playing the guitar for nearly 20 years and has been teaching privately for a decade since completing a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies from St. Francis Xavier University. Sam has released four albums to date, two of which received recognition from the Nova Scotia music community for “Jazz Recording of the Year” in 2022 and 2023. As a jazz composer, she focuses on creating instrumental music for improvisers. In 2021 Sam was awarded the Paul Cram Creation Award, which gave her the opportunity to compose her first piece for orchestra. It was performed by Symphony Nova Scotia at the 2023 Open Waters Festival thanks to Upstream Music Association.
As an educator Sam believes in everyone’s ability to learn and structures her lessons to be student focused. Her approach is to follow creative curiosity while referring back to history and tradition. She presented her talk “A Historic Glimpse of Women and the Guitar” for the Halifax Jazz Festivals Listening Lounge in April 2024 and is passionate about gender equity in the arts.
Piano
Rachel Webster
Like most young children, Rachel’s (she/her) music career began with piano lessons. By the time she reached high school, she knew she wanted to continue her training in music, but was interested in a new instrument. With the guidance of an incredible music teacher, she developed her skills on the clarinet, and chose to pursue music even further by auditioning for Wilfrid Laurier University’s music therapy program.
Throughout her time at WLU, she studied clarinet under the direction of Ross Edwards and Peter Shackleton, as well as played in the WLU Wind Orchestra under the direction of Dr. Jessica Kun. She was given opportunities to learn other instruments as well, such as guitar, bass clarinet, and a variety of percussion instruments. These opportunities were a result of being a music therapy student.
She is passionate about providing an individualized and positive learning environment for her students. This may look like following a curriculum, to picking and choosing elements they want to work on, to just straight up jamming! She firmly believes that music can bring out the best in everyone.
rachelwebstermusic.ca
Piano / Voice
Piano
Caleb Fagen
Caleb Fagen began playing the piano at the young age of 4 with the Music for Young Children’s program. He continued his learning all the way through to achieving Grade 10 Conservatory of Canada. This led him to attend the University of Ottawa Bachelor of Music program for piano performance, under the direction of David Jalbert. During his studies, he was awarded the Calixa Lavallée scholarship for choir and the Jean Marie Beaudet scholarship for composition.
While in Ottawa, Caleb taught at the Lotus Centre for Special Music Education, at the West End Music school, and in his own private studio. Caleb is an outgoing and friendly person that knows how to make learning enjoyable and fun while providing a very high level of skill and education to his students.
Molly (she/her) is an engaging music educator and performer based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Molly is a graduate of Acadia University (BMus) and Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador (BMus Ed). She is a licensed Kindermusik Educator and music teacher with the Halifax Regional Center for Education.
Molly is passionate about inclusive, community music-making and strives to create a space where all students can grow their relationship with music. Molly is an advocate for music at every age and stage. She has enjoyed working with students whose ages span 70+ years.
Molly is an avid choral musician and can be found singing with ensembles across Atlantic Canada.
Molly Anderson
Mr. Peanut
Studio mascot, harp enthusiast, sunbeam seeker.