About Sylvia Yee, M.Mus.

Sylvia Yee holds a Master of Music degree in Piano Performance from the prestigious Royal Academy of Music in London, England under the tutelage of the Hamish Milne. 

Prior to obtaining her MMus, Sylvia completed her Bachelor of Music with distinction at the University of Victoria, BC,  where she was a recipient of numerous musical awards, including the Victoria Registered Music Teachers Scholarship, Madeline Till Competition, Horning Memorial and Fletcher Piano Scholarships. 

Sylvia has performed in masterclasses with Anton Kuerti, Kevin Fitzgerald, and Ian Fountain, and received chamber coaching from members of the Lafayette Quartet, Nicola Eimer, and Erich Gruenberg.  In her native Vancouver, she studied with Ken Broadway, Edward Parker, Ian Parker, and May-Ling Kwok, who transmitted their creative energy, bountiful knowledge and rich legacies to her.

Sylvia has recently came back from England and has made West Vancouver her new home. On the weekends, you can find her in the open water or in the local North Shore mountains with her family

A wealth of experience spanning across three continents

Sylvia has taught piano for 20 years on three different continents (North America, Asia, and Europe). During this time, she has worked with children and young adult students from many different cultural backgrounds and levels ranging from beginner to advance players, as well as with busy professionals or retirees wishing to pick up a new skill.

She enormously enjoys teaching and nurturing a spirit of musical exploration and helping students create a narrative in the pieces they are learning through storytelling, imagination, and experimenting.

Sylvia particularly enjoys teaching children and has mentored over 50 students from their very first day on the piano all the way to Grade 8 and beyond. She incorporates interactive teaching methods to help every young learner to explore their inner passion for music through piano lessons while developing their capacity for concentration and self-discipline. With a strong piano and theory foundation acquired during the first years of their training, Sylvia's piano students are able to achieve outstanding piano performance results at their exams and most importantly develop a lifelong passion for music.

Sylvia has also taught and tutored rudimentary to advanced theory (harmony) for the past 10 years to students pursuing the RCM, Trinity, and ABRSM exams. 

Sylvia is a  BC Registered Music Teacher (BCRMTA) in the North Shore branch