• The Shine Music Academy is the education branch of the Shine Group
• The Academy arm of Shine is dedicated to the advancement of music education in an environment free of grades or restrictive, inflexible curricula.
• Students are encouraged to practice at their own rate.
• Instructors are encouraged to help students stay self-motivated, build confidence and improve their self image.
• Shine believes that professional musicians make the best teachers. They know what is required to engage in music as a light hobby or a life calling. Shine instructors are professional artists, with national and international performance experience.
• Shine instructors have experience in the public and private, Catholic and Jewish school systems.
• Shine is actively looking for students who are enthusiastic and ready to learn.

The Shine Method

• Students advance at an accelerated rate by engaging in weekly recording sessions, identifying performance issues and focusing on what needs improvement.
• Shine instructors prepare custom instructional methods geared toward musical and scholarly advancement.
• Working through The Shine Method helps develop transferable study habits and organizational skills.
• Shine musical education is geared to performance. Every youth band at Shine performs many times during the academic year, often along side adult hobby bands and professional groups

The Shine Philosophy

Shine is based on tenants that guide the activities of student, instructors, and professional participants.

• The onus is on the student to seek out the information he desires.
• The duty of the instructor is to impart this knowledge unselfishly.
• Musicians with extensive full time professional experience make the best mentors.
• Artists and students strive to develop avenues of self expression.
• Cultivating venues ensures a future for musicians.
• Cultivating young talent unselfishly, secures the future of the local music scene.
• Cooperation with other similar agencies and instructional institutions build a healthy musical environment.
• Both students and professional musicians improve rapidly from documenting practices and performances at the highest quality possible both for reference and release purposes.

Getting Started with Shine

In order to find out more about Shine’s programs or to register, please fill out the registration questionnaire on the main page (Shine Music Academy) and you will hear from us shortly.

You may also wish to contact the Director of Program Kelly Craig at 613-851-4682 or Montreal Director Adam Daudrich at 514-758-2326 or contact@shinemusicacademy.com. We welcome inquiries from all individuals and groups, including public, private school teachers, and post-secondary institutions who would like support for their curriculum. Shine often matches appropriate clinicians for existing music programs.

The Shine program director works with interested parties to build a study program suited to your individual circumstances (time, place etc.)Shine is a community based group and strives to keep all programs affordable. Prices vary for private lessons and group/band experiences, but a child can have a full academic year experience (30 lessons) in band for as little as $14 per weekly one hour lesson. Click here for rate list