Best Musician Hamilton Near Me

4worldlovers: Hamilton Community News – Readers Choice 2021 – Gold – Best Music Instructor Kaz Chrapka

4worldlovers: Music in general and, specific, studying and playing cello is a great benefit for adult persons like me involved in stressful activities daily basis and cello music works like natural medicine in my case…

Significant scientific research has repeatedly linked music making to childhood brain development. Researchers are providing us with an unprecedented understanding of how we think and how we learn. Recent studies have shown that children who play a musical instrument test higher in math related spatial-temporal skills, verbal skills and even memory reasoning skills than children who do not play an instrument. We now know that music is a vital part of a complete education.

Other benefits of playing an instrument includes commitment and team work when playing with others, self-discipline and time management skills gained through practicing, problem solving and goal setting, creativity, and even stress reduction.

I began my cello studies in 1973 in 3rd grade, taking extra-curricular music lessons back in Romania. 40 years ago, I had to choose my career path with my mind and not with my heart, so I continued my studies but to become an electrical engineer and make a living that way.

A couple of years ago I decided to spark again the fire of my passion for music and I had the privilege to study cello under the guidance of Loretta Hale, a fantastic cello professor and Music Theory with piano professor Nicholas Tsuluca, such an inspirational and wonderful musician. Later on I continued my cello studies with a great European musician and cello maestro, prof. Janko Marjanovic. They have helped me achieve my Royal Conservatory of Music (RCM) degrees as my new commitment, my legacy. I have played cello with Burlington Garden City Orchestra, conducted by the tireless violin professor Rosemary Hale, as a continuation for my orchestral activities experience which began when I was very young. Later on I continued my orchestral activities for a season with Della Sera Strings orchestra where I had the privilege to know a great maestro cellist Marsha Moffitt, the conductor of this orchestra and the winner of the 2011 Betty Webster Award for her leadership role in the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra.

Currently my orchestral journey is challenging me as a cellist at Sinfonia Ancaster where I met great musicians like Rob Wolanski, prime bassist of Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra (HPO), violinist Megan Jones of HPO and Christien Ledroit, conductor maestro Jeffrey Pollock and other great Canadian musicians that I am honoured and blessed to work with…

This is how I rediscovered the benefits of studying music again at the age of 55. It is like a form of therapy to me; annihilating the daily professional and business stresses of working in the aerospace industry and also… aging.

My intention is to guide children to achieve an understanding and joy of studying the cello and music theory, while offering a similar therapeutic path to adults who wish to discover cello and music. Do not forget, it is never too late to start playing an instrument and the cello is more than a musical instrument… It is a gift from God.

All my cello musical achievements are dedicated to my father who died with a hidden sorrow that he couldn’t offer me the financial comfort so I could choose my life path with my heart…

FLOCELLO ROMANIAN and EUROPEAN STRING INSTRUMENTS MUSIC STUDIO is offering to you

My commitment is to promote Romanian and European luthiers and instruments. Therefore, I am a representative of :

1. Master Luthier Alexandru Ozon, Bucharest, Romania, one of the most experienced and succesful contemporary Romanian luthier;

2. Liuteria Toscana, Italy, a group of Italians great maestro luthiers from Toscana Region and Cremona with the main shop established in Florence, Toscana Region of Italy;

3. An independent group of respectable luthiers from Reghin, Transylvania, Romania where the Valley of the Italians is geographically located. The city of Reghin, called ‘the city of violins’, is synonymous with musical instrument production in Romania. This is because in Reghin there are many companies producing musical instruments, especially bowed ones, as well as HORA S.A. from Reghin, a Romanian Enterprise of musical string instruments, one the largest and most prolific European manufacturer of string instruments.

We are so pleased and honored to bring now string instruments from Liuteria Toscana a wonderful and serious prolific group of independent luthiers from Florence and Cremona, Italy

4worldlovers: They started singing together when Jim, the music teacher at that time, decided to put a teacher singing act in the annual Musicale Revue. They were a hit with the audience so they decided to keep singing and over the past twenty years they have entertained at a wide variety of functions. From retirement residences to Christmas parties to dances to fundraisers they've done them all!


They sing cover songs with great harmony from a variety of genres and past decades, and they have over 400 songs in their repertoire.

To name a few, songs like: You Belong To Me, Sh-Boom, Unforgettable, Reminiscing, Somewhere Beyond The Sea, Pennies From Heaven, Moonlight Serenade, In My Room, Stand By Me, Somewhere Over The Rainbow, That'll Be The Day, Since I Fell For You, Java Jive, The Naughty Lady From Shady Lane.

Fourwarned is always well received by their audiences who like to sing along, tap their toes or dance. It is a trip down memory lane hence the name of their first CD Memories Are Made Of This. Their second CD is entitled, Serenade.

4worldlovers: Stop by and chat with owner, Mark Pongetti and in-house luthier, Garren Dakessian of Loucin Guitars