Introducing:  Ms Looi Tan - Yamaha,  Piano

Looi has a Bachelor of Music in Education from the University of Calgary. She is an enthusiastic musician who plays the trumpet, piano and electone organ. She has performed with the University bands and choirs, traveled abroad with the Calgary Stampede Band to Europe, Australia, New Zealand and around North America. She has attended music camps and festivals both locally and overseas. Looi started music lessons in the Yamaha Music Course in Malaysia. She studied electone organ, and continued her studies after she moved to Calgary. She also took piano lessons and has completed her ARCT Performance degree from the Toronto Royal Conservatory. She studied with renowned teachers like Marilyn Engle, Pat Jewell, Dmitri Nesterov, and studied the Kodaly method with Lois Choksky.

Looi is presently the director and principal of Musica Academy. She has many years of teaching experience, and loves all aspects of running a music school, from summer camps, to keyboard festivals, and teaching all levels, she does it with utmost enthusiasm. She is also a member of the Alberta Registered Music Teachers. She has written articles for the Kodaly Association's magazine. She teaches at Musica Academy, where her students regularly compete at festivals and exams.