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

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Homework for the Week of Oct 18th-24th

Great job this week, everyone! Here are your homework suggestions:

Klara

-keep practicing your Halloween piece
-keep practicing Petite Minuet, feeling the waltz time!
-you can also try out Hey Look at Me on page 52, skipping up and down (skipping over a note) and we’ll work more on that next week!

Emet

-Hey Jude: continue with the first 2 pages hands together, and continue with the next page hands separate. Keep an eye out for those notes, especially the ledger lines, to make sure you’re playing the correct ones. (mainly in the last line)
-continue to practice your Halloween pieces! Try to pay attention to dynamics and articulation (staccato vs legato)

Nathalia

-Not sure if you got the Halloween pieces from a few weeks ago, but here they are again. Do you want to pick one and we can try to play through some of it next week? https://drive.google.com/file/d/1N_07d0JDK8jujUkdy0oNSNDr218VLPDB/view?usp=sharing
-Night of the Tarantella: keep practicing, and work on keeping up the quick 6/8 time through bars 9-16
-Morning: practice hands separately the first page that we’ve covered so far

Kollel

-Monster Rock: play through a few times this week!
-Jack O Lantern’s Grin: Keep practicing, noticing dynamics and articulation!
-Sonatina: try putting page 3 hands together this week, and continue to practice the first two pages
-triads and scales

Carmen

-Remains of the Day: practice playing through the whole piece this week, paying special attention to the syncopated rhythm on page 3 (“off the beat”)
-Alone on Halloween: keep up the practicing
-The Puppet Show: practice this new one hands together, watch out for staccato in 2nd last bar

Renaud

-practice playing through your 2 Halloween pieces
-Come See the Parade: keep up the practicing, remember in bar 5 and 9, that the next note after C is the B right below it
-Allegro: practice playing hands together (the E in treble clef and C in bass clef in bars 1-2, and 5-6 play at the same time!)

Awesome job this week! See you next time :)