Kasia Young

M.Mus (Katowice)

Graduating with a Masters Degree in Music from the Academy of Music in Katowice, Poland, Kasia brings to ABC Music Academy over 20 years of teaching experience. A warm and patient teacher, Kasia moved to Toronto 18 years ago where she has been an accomplished teacher in numerous music schools. She has taught individual and group lessons to students of all ages and all levels of piano. Besides preparing for RCM exams, festivals and music competitions, Kasia teaches composition and counterpoint, and helps each student develop their own personal style. Whether you wish to learn pop, classical, jazz, or contemporary, Kasia is a teacher who can help you achieve your music goals!

Every student is unique, and Kasia customizes each lesson to focus on the specific needs of the individual. Kasia keeps a healthy balance between the creative part of the lesson and learning the craft itself, and incorporates ear training and sight reading into each lesson. Working for years in the digital editing of the Symphony Orchestra in Poland for radio broadcasts, and also performing in various group ensembles, she brings vast experience to the art of teaching.

The enjoyment of making music can be contagious, and highly addictive. As believed through the centuries, music, not only as an art form, but as a science, helps students in many areas of life and keeps them mentally healthy and happy. The journey through each level and every lesson is a fun and satisfying adventure, both to the student and for Kasia. She looks forward to meeting you!

Hobbies: Traveling, Exploring Nature, Cooking, Conversation

Musical influences: Scarlatti, Vivaldi, Telemann, Handel, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Debussy, Knapik

Favourite food: Everything

Least favourite food: None

Favourite music: Classical, Funk, Jazz, Contemporary

Favourite song: Too many to mention

Favourite movie: Buffalo 66

Favouirite movie music: The Living Sea

Favourite musical theatre/opera: Hair

Best quote from your teacher: Stop practicing and go for a walk

Favourite quote: All you need is love

Favourite book: Ubik, by Philip K. Dick

Best thing about teaching at ABC: My students, and the relaxing atmosphere

Latest Homework from Kasia

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Weekly Assignments for Nov 29-Dec 5

Great work today everyone!! Everyone is making loads of progress :D

Here are your homework suggestions for the week. I’ve also created Google Drive folders for those of you I’m sending music along to. In the future, any time I add new music, this will be the folder to look in.

Klara

-practice Row Row Your Boat and Football Game
-We had talked last time about maybe trying out some Disney tunes. This is a book that would be the appropriate level that you could take a look at. If you are interested, go ahead and purchase it, and if not we can discuss other options next week!
https://remenyi.com/products/pretime-piano-disney-primer-level

Emet

-work on Intermezzo hands together
-Hey Jude – focus on pages 3 and 4; work on keeping the quarter notes of the “better, better” section nice and even

Nathalia

-work on the LH of Up on the Housetop
-practice Cool Walkin Bass hands together
-if you can print out Campbells are Coming for next lesson as well, that’d be great!
This is your Google folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1o3ygjNLPDrISyRKqqh5GvRlGnuHvuZAy?usp=sharing

Kollel

-Fur Elise: practice hands separately, and if you want to try hands together that’s fine too! Focus on slow and steady, and hear how the melody flows through both hands
-Sonatina Mvt 3: add articulation and dynamics where marked, and then spend some extra practice drilling the tricky middle section (where there’s the key change)

Renaud

-practice Copy Cat from your lesson book. Remember that the left hand always copies the right!
-Here is your Christmas music. If you can have it printed for next week, that’d be awesome!
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1D4_GDP7PgPyD8X50oCwKsMFeuIAE9RdP?usp=sharing

Carmen

-practice Spring, thinking of the articulation (staccato and slur (legato) markings), plus the “echo” of the piano dynamic
-practice This LH/RH Old Man
-Here is your Christmas music. If you can have one (or all) of these printed for next week, that’d be awesome!
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1oDOsYmN0rjq6ie4D3LBr0xinzfxNIoJM?usp=sharing

See you next week!