Leadership Team
Sandra Low - Founder
I am an adult music student who started classical piano studies in September of 2013 at the age of 52. I have since completed my Conservatory Canada(CC) grades 1, 2, 4 and 6 classical piano exams. My most recent level 6 piano exam was completed in June 2024 in my 11th year of piano studies. I will continue to study classical piano with my sixth piano teacher, Kathleen van Mourik, who I started studying with, in April 2024.
I have completed my CC Music Theory Level 1 and Level 2 exams. I studied Level 4 CC music theory (for grade 8 piano)with Julian Iafelice and I wrote the exam on Nov 13th, 2025. I am currently waiting to find out the results of my exam.
I am excited to announce that I started a new music journey with a new instrument in September 2024! I have always been fascinated with the cello. I thought I had earned the opportunity to explore this beautiful instrument after my successful June 2024 level 6 piano exam. I started weekly private cello lessons with David Morrissey, in Sept 2024 which I continue to this day.
And in the fall of 2024, I also decided to explore another aspect of music learning with ensembles. In September 2024, I joined the Westwinds Green Strings band taught by Heidi Behrenbruch. In September 2025, I graduated to Blue Strings which is also taught by Heidi. And to fill my music learning plate even more, I joined the Westwinds Mixed choir in September 2025 as well. I am happy to be singing in a choir again although it makes my music life very busy!
I love singing! I sang in a community choir for 8 years (2004 - 2011) but started concentrating on solo jazz voice in April 2017. I have had vocal jazz and voice lessons from four different teachers but had to pause my vocal learning lessons in May 2023 because I was preparing for my level 6 piano exam. Solo singing is still on pause for me.
If you want to learn more about how I came to found this group and what led me to be such an avid music learner, you can read my story. In March 2023, the story of how I came to learn piano was published as a CBC First Person story. You can find it
Updated Nov 21, 2025
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Edel Larkin - President
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Kaylene Duttchen - Vice-President
I am a mother of two, wife of more than 26 years and a busy physician by trade. However, my personal passion lies in music. I grew up playing violin but I never played at a high level. I went off to university and essentially stopped playing for about 25 years. When my children started music lessons, I was inspired to start playing again. In 2018 I started lessons with Rachel Hersey. I have entered in music festivals to try to improve my playing. I have taken a course on teaching violin but I have no plans to start teaching soon. I attended an adult music camp this summer and I have recently joined the Ambrose University Chamber Orchestra.
I enjoy watching others learn music and I find our group a wonderful support. Adult learners do not have the same family support to keep them practicing and moving forward. I am happy to be part this group that values music learning in adults!
