She is a member of the BC Registered Music Teachers’ Association and a frequent festival adjudicator.Ĭheryl has been a Piano Examiner for the Royal Conservatory of Music since 2004.įor books and piano resources written or co-authored by Cheryl Finn, please click the link below.Įlizabeth began piano lessons at the age of 6 with her grandmother and went on to complete her ARCT in Piano Performance from the Royal Conservatory achieving first class honours. As an active clinician, she has given workshops throughout the USA & Canada. She has also written several single pieces published as sheet music by The Willis Music Company. She is also the creator & co-author of The Perfection Ear CD series published by the Frederick Harris Music Company, and the Beanstalk’s Basics for Piano Lesson books, Technique books and Performance books and the author of the Beanstalk’s Basic for Piano Theory books, published by Hal Leonard. Cheryl is an RCM Certified Specialist in both Piano and Theory for Elementary, Intermediate and Advanced levels. Over the years, many of her students have won scholarships and awards including Silver Medals (now called Gold Medals) from the Royal Conservatory of Music for the highest marks of the year in BC in 1998, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2012 & 2013.

In 1999 she moved to White Rock and has maintained a busy private studio ever since specializing in piano, theory and music history. Examiner for the Royal Conservatory of MusicĬheryl began teaching piano & music theory over 35 years ago in Vancouver.

Bringing up Mother by Beverley Johnson