We are a small team of talented musicians with a wide range of skills and experience. We love what we do, and we do it with passion. We look forward to working with you.
Rosalyn Harms
Owner and Teacher
What began as an option for school quickly turned into a full-blown love affair with music. Rosalyn continued through junior and senior high to play in both Concert Band and Wind Ensemble, sang in the choir, and began solo performances when she was fourteen. She was awarded the Heitman Music award and multiple scholarships upon the completion of high school. Rosalyn was then accepted into the music program at the University of Calgary under the tutelage of Ingrid Crozman and Stephan Bonfield. In 2006, she completed her Bachelor of Music Specializing in Secondary Education and European History all while completing the rigorous requirements for her ARCT in Flute, Theory and Music History (RCM). At the same time, she began the requirements for her ARCT in Piano (RCM). In 2010, Rosalyn was awarded the designation of R.M.T. through the Registered Music Teachers Association of Canada, which was a huge honor. Rosalyn completed her Bachelor of Education at U of C in 2021. Rosalyn began teaching in 2002 at both her own studio and at Forte Music. In 2012, she re-branded her studio as RMH Music and has put her energy and focus there. Over the years, Rosalyn’s flute, piano, and theory students have been incredibly successful at RCM examinations, festivals, and university auditions, with many achieving honors and Gold medal awards for excellence. Rosalyn has also created a much sought-after music program for young children called Music and Motion. She has had the opportunity to share this program with children at RMH Music, but also at many schools, including Early Discoveries, Springbank, and many more. Rosalyn is currently playing flute and serving on the Board of Directors for the Calgary Wind Symphony. Rosalyn is passionate about sharing the joy she finds in music. She strongly advocates for differentiation and fun in music lessons in hopes that students will also find joy and become life-long musicians. Aside from music, Rosalyn loves to spend time with her family, reading, skiing, hiking, and just enjoying all this life has to offer.
Anna Reidel
Teacher
Anna Reidel
Anna is a second year English student at St. Mary’s University beginning her third year at RMH Music. She was introduced to the piano when she was four years old, and has been passionate about music ever since.
She was introduced to the RMH Music community when Rosalyn Harms–her then-preschool teacher and creator of RMH Music–began teaching her how to play the piano. When she was thirteen years old she continued to learn piano under the guidance of Lindsay Hill-Tout. At the age of fifteen she joined the RMH Music team as a studio admin, and later that year began teaching students of her own.
She loves teaching, so much so that she aims to make it her career one day. She hopes to not only support and uplift future generations, but also create an atmosphere that encourages creativity, individuality, and serves as a safe space for her students to learn and grow. But first, she plans to travel the world.
When she’s not teaching you can find her making pottery, out on a run (or at least attempting to,) or with her nose stuck in a good book.
Marcus Reidel
RMH Music Admin
Marcus Reidel is a Grade 11 student currently attending Notre Dame High School. He has been taking piano lessons since he was five, played the Tenor Saxophone for school, and has picked up bass and guitar in the past 5 years, playing in his junior high’s concert band, as well as their assembly rock band. Marcus has always had a great passion for music, and is almost always listening to music or playing guitar, even recently starting a band with friends. His biggest inspirations to play music are TOOL, Iron Maiden, Metallica, and Alice in Chains. Marcus also loves photography, playing D&D, drawing and sewing! He has been a part of the RMH community since preschool, taught by Rosalyn Harms, Lindsay Hill-Tout, and Jared Harty over the years. He started working at RMH doing admin work, and now also has started teaching guitar! In his free time, Marcus enjoys listening to records, taking photos, playing Dungeons and Dragons, spending time with his friends and family, and playing lots of guitar.
Lindsay Hill-Tout
Teacher
Lindsay began playing the piano at the age of 3 and has had a deep love for music ever since. She grew up in a musical household and was inspired by her mom who loves classical music, and her dad who is a classical guitar player. Her passion for playing the piano was further nurtured by her piano teacher of many years, Kristi Leung, who showed her the value of working towards a goal through hard work and consistency both at the piano and in life. Lindsay began her musical education in the Suzuki method and later switched to The Royal Conservatory to begin taking formal exams. She completed her practical exams and theory co-requisites with first-class honours, and first-class honours with distinction, and is a 4-time gold medalist at the Calgary Kiwanis Music Festival. Lindsay is currently working towards a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology at the University of Calgary and hopes to pursue a master’s degree in this field. Her interest in psychology is inspired by her love of working with children, which she discovered through teaching music and working in multiple preschool classrooms as an Educational Assistant. Lindsay tries to honour every student’s individuality, tailoring lessons toward the interests, goals, and strengths of her students in a positive, engaging, and patient environment. In her free time, she enjoys listening to music, watching movies, baking, playing with her dog and cat, and spending time with friends and family.
CJ Sauve
Teacher
CJ has had a passion for playing the flute ever since she was 6 years old.
Her music journey started with the Cantare program where she learned the basics behind reading music. She then started playing the flute in elementary school, and started taking lessons with Rosalyn Harms. She began taking Royal Conservatory exams at the age of 11 and throughout the years she has accomplished flute levels 1-8 and the accompanying theory levels. She was honoured to have received a gold medal on her grade 5 exam and gladly accepted the invitation to perform in a ceremony showcasing the gold medalists.
In Junior High, CJ played in the school band as well as the jazz band. CJ attended Bishop Carroll High School and played in the symphonic band, wind ensemble, touring band, wind quintet, and flute choir under the direction of Chris Herard and Mary Sullivan. Her touring band was set to play at Carnegie Hall in March of 2020 but unfortunately this trip was cancelled due to COVID-19.
CJ is currently a student at the University of Calgary in a Bachelor of Science in Zoology program. While attending University CJ also plays in the Symphonic Band, and was honoured to receive the position of section leader during the 2021-2022 school year. Along with playing in the band she also plays on the Dinos Ringette team, which has been an exciting opportunity for her.
Outside of school, music, and Ringette CJ enjoys spending time with her dog Ruby and her cat Dice, as well as reading. She also enjoys watching sports, swimming, and bike riding.
Daria Syrovatska
Teacher
Daria is a professional musician with extensive experience in performance and teaching. Growing up in a musical family, she was immersed in the world of music from an early age, thanks to her mother, a pianist and leading music school educator.
From the age of five, Daria began learning to play the piano, and by ten, she also started studying the violin. She graduated from the music college in 2008 with degrees in violin and piano, and in 2014, she obtained a master’s degree in violin from the Kiev Conservatory. During her studies at the conservatory, she further honed her skills by participating in masterclasses with professors from leading European conservatories.
Her career began during her studies at the conservatory, but she actively pursued a performing career after graduation. Daria has performed on stages across Europe, China, India, Australia, and North and South America, predominantly as part of a string quartet. From 2016 to 2020, she worked in Macau as a performer in a classical show quartet, as well as a soloist on both violin and piano.
Margaret Hornett
Teacher
Margaret has always loved music. She started studying flute at the age of ten, and has worked with many flute teachers in Calgary throughout the years. As Margaret is a very goal-oriented individual, she enjoys working towards various RCM achievements; most notably Flute Practical exams, as well as theory co-requisites.
Upon the completion of her Grades 3 and 5 RCM exams, she was awarded with the Alberta Gold Award for the highest mark in Alberta. She has had the opportunity to be principal flute/piccolo in various high school ensembles, as well as in her current university ensemble. She was also a member of the Alberta Honour Band in grade 12.
In 2017, she performed the Chaminade
Concertino for Flute and Orchestra in the Jubilee Auditorium, as a soloist with her high school wind ensemble. She is currently studying flute with Gwen Klassen at the University of Calgary, and is excited to continue her musical career in the future years.
Outside of music, Margaret enjoys working with children and youth, hiking, swimming and travelling.
Jared Harty
Teacher
Jared has been playing guitar for about 20 years since he was six. His musical journey started when his grandpa taught him how to play some guitar chords. He has a great amount of musical experience that includes private guitar lessons, high school band and a music degree from the University of Lethbridge. He has a great interest in many styles of guitar such as rock, pop, metal, and country. Other instruments he can play are bass, ukulele, and drums. His teaching style focuses on creating effective and efficient practice techniques and a mastering of the basics. He likes to focus on both music notation and tablature.
Jared also has musical skills related to audio production, editing, mixing, and mastering. These are all skills he is learning during his time at the University of Lethbridge. He enjoys writing and recording his own music. One of his long-term goals is to be a professional music producer.
Outside of teaching Jared has many things he does in his spare time. These include watching various sports, reading, learning, driving and of course listening to music.
His two biggest music influences are Iron Maiden and Alan Jackson.
Erin Demers
Teacher
Erin has had a love for all thing musical since before she could walk, and she is so excited to help foster that love and joy in her students in the coming year.
Her interest in music began with an old organ of her parents’, where she began to plunk out tunes by ear. She loved that wonderful feeling that music created, so she started taking piano lessons and has been playing now for over 13 years! She particularly loves the meditative aspect of piano, and believes that engaging
hildren musically aids in holistic, emotional, and academic growth. She loves being able to
entertain, invoke emotion, and create happiness by playing the piano, and is so grateful to be able
to help others grow in confidence and find joy in making music.
Aside from music, Erin has a vast background in childhood education and has worked with
children for many years in summer camp, theatre, and volunteer settings. As a 2020 graduate from U of C, Erin is an elementary school teacher who loves guiding students with a compassionate and mindfulness-based pedagogy, and loves learning from her students as much
as she enjoys teaching them.
When she is not teaching, you can find her in the mountains, painting, or acting in community
theatre productions!
Isaac Willocks
Teacher
Isaac Willocks is in his third year of studies in the Bachelor of Music in Performance degree at the University of Calgary, School of Creative and Performing Arts, where he studies violin with Edmond Agopian. He is also studying at the Mount Royal University Conservatory in the Advanced Performance Program, under the direction of William Van Der Sloot.
His previous violin teachers include Laurel Tym, Cristian Neacsu and Jeremy Van Dieman, and Joan Barrett. He has also had masterclasses with guests such as Gwen Hoebig, and Andres Cardenes. Isaac is currently the rotating concertmaster of both the University of Calgary Orchestra as well as the Calgary Youth Orchestra, as well as being awarded the second violin spot in the faculty quartet alongside Edmond Agopian, Beth Root Sandvoss and Dean O’Brian.
He has played with many different orchestras in the past, including the Rosedale Valley Strings, the Burman University Orchestra and more recently, the Calgary Youth Orchestra. Isaac has also played in multiple performances highlighting black composers, alongside Edmond Agopian, Micheal Coburn, Laura Hynes, Jasmine Long, Jeremy Brown, and Michele Moss.
Isaac has taught at the United Conservatory of Music and Music makers as both a substitute teacher and on-staff violinist. He has also been an adjudicator for small festivals at the United Conservatory of Music. He has his RCM level 10 certification, and is striving for ARCT certification after graduation from his Bachelor of Music Program. Isaac is planning on going on to pursue a graduate degree in music as well as a doctorate degree.
Isaac has also worked with non-profits like A Better World Canada to help raise money for more musical and educational opportunities for more underprivileged students and communities so that anyone who wants the opportunity to pursue music is given the chance.
Nicolas Luzzi
Teacher
Since Grade 8, Nicolas has had a passion for playing the saxophone. He pursued this passion by earning a Bachelor of Music degree in saxophone performance from the University of Calgary. During his time at the university, he also learned to play the clarinet, flute and piano, which has expanded his musical horizons and enhanced his performance skills. To continue honing his skills and pursuing excellence, Nicolas recently underwent further saxophone training at the University of British Columbia. This experience has been invaluable, and has deepened his appreciation for the beauty and versatility of the saxophone. As a musician, Nicolas is committed to sharing his passion and knowledge with others and helping them discover the joys of playing an instrument.
Reed Hammond
Teacher
Reed began performing in theatre productions at the age of 4. Always drawn towards the stage, she has constantly been performing in vocal and theatrical settings. Reed attended Central Memorial High School in the Choir program, performing in the Concert Choir and the auditioned Chamber Choir. This included participation at festivals in Banff, Whistler, and a 10 day tour through Europe with participation in the Young Bohemia Festival in Prague and the Bach birthday celebration at St. Thomas Cathedral in Leipzig. Reed is currently completing the final year of her Bachelor of Music in Integrated Studies. During her degree she has performed with the University of Calgary Chamber Choir and the U of C Collegium Musicum early music ensemble. Reed completed a Junior Recital in March 2022, marking the completion of her 4-year practicum in vocal studies. In 2022, Reed received the Don Wright Award in Vocal and Choral Performance and recently received the Karen Joy Minish Memorial Scholarship for Vocal Excellence. Alongside her vocal career, Reed is completing a concentration in Sonic Arts as a part of her degree. Even outside of her academic and career pursuits, music is a natural and favorite part of her every day.
Maria Florez
Teacher
Maria is a first year university student studying Exercise and Health Physiology in the faculty of Kinesiology at the University of Calgary and after graduating hopes to study abroad at a medical school. She has always had a passion for music encouraged by her father, and is almost always listening to music or playing the piano. She began playing the piano as a six year old, and also learned to play the Alto Saxophone throughout middle school and junior high. Maria started taking Royal Conservatory exams when she was 12 years old and graduated Grade 6 with honours and distinction. Along with playing the piano, Maria also practices karate and is a second degree black belt. Along with this, she plays rugby on the University of Calgary Varsity team. She has competed at the provincial and national level, even being invited to the Canada U18 Top 40 camp. When she is not playing the piano or playing rugby, she can be found engulfed in a good book, running, hiking, going to the gym or spending time with her friends and family.
Sydney Callaghan
Teacher
When Sydney was just 7 years old her best friend invited her to a year-end performance. Once the music started and lights hit the stage, Sydney knew she was destined to perform. The next year she enrolled in the YouthSingers of Calgary and spent as much time as she could singing, dancing, and acting while loving every second of it! Her time in show choir gave her opportunities to perform on stages of all kinds; Choral Fest competitions, Jubilee Auditorium productions twice a year, competitions held in Anaheim, and even a festival circuit that toured throughout Europe! At 18 she was fortunate enough to spend a few years performing semi-professionally with the YouthSingers SHINE ensemble for many local businesses and festivals.
Outside of show choir, Sydney has eagerly sought out anyway to develop her musical skills. Throughout her life she has dedicated her time to community theatre productions along with dance, private vocal, piano, and music theory lessons. She even took the RCM Theory exams just to develop her own knowledge! Her time in music has taught her invaluable lessons in confidence, discipline, and passion. All of which she firmly believes laid the foundation for her success in school, the workforce, and her own ambitions. More than anything, music has brought Sydney immense joy, a sense of accomplishment, and an overall love for life! All of which she is excited to share and develop with her students in the upcoming year. Aside from music, Sydney is a recent UofC graduate with a Bachelors of Science majoring in Neuroscience. She loves spending her free time crafting, reading, and gardening!
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