Amy Boyes is a piano and theory teacher in Warman and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Her students regularly participate in festivals, recitals and examinations.

She is an RCM Examiner (piano and music history) and is a Certified Teacher in Piano, History and Harmony. She also serves as a Presiding Examiner for RCM’s Adjudicator Certification Program, and mentors new examiners.

A council member for the Canadian Music Festival Adjudicators’ Association, Amy has adjudicated music festivals from PEI to AB.

As a speaker, Amy has presented at the Music Teachers’ National Association (MTNA), the National Conference for Keyboard Pedagogy (NCKP) and Canadian Federation of Music Teachers’ Associations (CFMTA) Conferences in both Canada and the US on topics as such studio management, strong interpersonal relationships with students and diversifying students’ repertoire.

Amy’s music-related articles have been published in the American Music Teacher Magazine, Canadian Music Teacher Magazine, Teaching Music, Piano Magazine (formerly Clavier Companion), and Piano Professional, and as guest blog posts on Melanie Spanswick, No Dead Guys, Cross-Eyed Pianist, and Piano Dao. Other writing has been published by CBC, The Globe and Mail, Humber Literary Review, In Parentheses, Signature Editions, and Now or Never Publishing.

Amy was awarded the Contribution to Teaching Award (ORMTA, 2022) and the Teacher of Distinction Award (RCM, 2023). Her writing was shortlisted by the Sask Book Awards (2024).

Currently, Amy is the Public Relations Committee Chair for CFMTA and is Secretary of the Saskatchewan Registered Music Teachers’ Association (SRMTA).

She holds Associate Diplomas (ARCT) in Piano Performance and Teaching from the Royal Conservatory of Music and a Licentiate Diploma from Trinity College (UK) in Piano Recital. She studied at Brandon University with Alexander Tselyakov (B Mus) and at the University of Alberta with Janet Scott Hoyt (M Mus).

Second Teaching Location: #113, St. Andrew’s College Building, 1121 College Drive, Saskatoon SK, S7N 0W3

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