Dr. Andrew Kizas is sharing his concert violinist skills with music lovers in the community.
A Long Branch concert violinist who played with the Toronto Philharmonic and other orchestras is offering his well-tuned skills to music lovers in the community.
Dr. Andrew Kizas is the Artistic Director of the Regional Strings Program for the Peel District School Board housed at the Port Credit Secondary School.
He also performs as a soloist and chamber musician and plays violin with the Mississauga Symphony Orchestra and Orchestra Toronto, according to his biography.
Kizas now offers private lessons to music lovers on how to play the violin, which he loves.
Andrew Kizas has played many places and is now with the Mississauga Sympĥony.
“His award-winning ensembles have performed locally, nationally and internationally,” according to a post on social media. “His violin students consistently receive top marks and scholarships when completing their Royal Conservatory of Music Examinations, and competing at the regional, provincial and national levels.”
The South Etobicoke resident studied violin at the Royal Conservatory of Music and the University of Toronto, with John Montague, Erica Davidson and Gerard Kantarjian, a former Concertmaster of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
The violinist holds an Honours Bachelor’s degree in Music from Dalhousie University and the University of King’s College, and Master of Music and Doctor of Philosophy (in Music) degrees from the University of Western Ontario.
He has published articles on music education and string pedagogy, in the Journals of the Ontario Music Educators’ Association and the Canadian Music Educators’ Association.
Kizas has presented his research at confere
Kizas has played the violin for many years with some big time concert orchestras.
nces in Canada and the U.S., and has been invited to the Starling-DeLay Symposium on Violin Studies at The Juilliard School in New York.
“He has been an education consultant for the Canadian Music Centre and has been contracted to write lesson plans for the Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s Educational Outreach Concert Series,” according to his social media post.
His post-graduate studies were completed in Moedling and Vienna, Austria, through Yale University’s Summer Music Program, and in Toronto with Dr. Lynn Kuo, Assistant Concertmaster of the National Ballet of Canada Orchestra.
Kizas is well-known is the music circles and teaches privately from a home studio.
Dr. Kizas received his teacher training at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, at the University of Toronto, and has published articles on music education, and string pedagogy
He has held teaching appointments at the University of Western Ontario and the University of Guelph before he began offering private lessons from his home studio.
“A very experienced violin teacher, Dr. Kizas’ passion for music and teaching is visible in everything he does,” wrote one parent.
“Andrew is very enthusiastic and he brings a lot of energy to the lesson,” said the parents of Olivia, 12. “He’s very positive and gives constructive feedback.”