Spirito Music Studio
Raise a child who loves music for life — without the practice battles, the pressure, or the power struggles.
In-home music lessons from a Certified Music Therapist, built on a musical and personal assessment of how your child learns and connects to music.
Spirito Music's mission is to give your child or teen a lifelong relationship with music — one that grows alongside them and shapes who they become. To build more than skill: confidence, curiosity, and a creative voice that lasts long after lessons end. Music that becomes their own. Real progress, driven from the inside.
Most parents feel stuck choosing between pressure that kills the love and freedom that kills progress. You shouldn't have to pick.
Hi, I'm Olivia. I'm a Certified Music Therapist, and I've spent over a decade watching what makes someone’s relationship with music sustain or fade out. Almost always it comes down to one thing: whether the love survived the learning.
I am an example of someone that had a musical tendency from a very early age, and with the support of my parents, explored and was curious within that all the way through university study. What started with group piano lessons, led to singing in a children’s choir, playing and leading a youth worship band, joining community musical theatre productions, joining high school band, and even teaching my first piano beginner when I was a high school student.
My love of music took so many forms, and I kept following the joy and the growth all the way to my fulfilling career and purpose that it is today. I wholeheartedly believe that a musical education is an asset that serves a child not only academically, but creatively, emotionally and socially for many years to come.
But not all educational experiences are created equal. Maybe you took lessons as a kid. Maybe you quit, and part of you still wishes you hadn't. I teach the version that sticks — where a child builds real skill without ever being made to resent the instrument. The difference is where the drive comes from.
My job is to truly get to know your child - not just as a piano player, but who they are and who they are becoming, what motivates them and what they need in the moment. Warm and rigorous, at once.
That's what "high science, high spirit" means in practice.
Meet Olivia
How It Works
Every student begins with The Musical Profile — a one-on-one assessment of who your child is as a musician, not just how well they play. From it, you get a written learning plan built around your child specifically. That's the science.
The spirit is a teacher trained to protect a child's love of music while still moving them forward. This is therapeutically-informed teaching: a clinical understanding of how children learn and stay motivated, brought to the piano bench — not a stranger running generic scales.
A holistic approach that captures the whole picture.
Four areas, looked at together — the whole child, not a single skill.
What actually drives them
Where the spark comes from — and how to keep it.
How they meet a challenge
What happens the moment something gets hard.
How they take music in
The way in that feels easy, not forced.
The world they practice in
How music fits into the rhythm of their days.
What’s Included
The Musical Profile + your child's personalized written learning plan
Weekly 45-minute lessons, in your home — no commute, no logistics
All books and materials — nothing to order, ever
Regular communication and progress notes, so you always know how it’s going
A teacher invested in your family’s musical life for the long term
Tuition: $280/month, ten equal payments across the year — breaks and the odd five-lesson month is already built in. (Comparable in-home premium teachers in Vancouver run closer to $100 a lesson, books and travel extra.)
Every student is taught one-on-one, in their own home, by me — so the studio is capped at a handful of families. September spots are limited; once they're filled, families are put on the waitlist until a spot opens.
The Details
Ages? Roughly 7–8 and up.
Exams / RCM? Yes, when a family wants it; registration and specialty exam books are arranged separately.
Genres? Classical through contemporary, plus ear training, theory and history/culture woven in.
Instruments? Piano is the foundation — the best first instrument for building real musicianship. But as your child grows, we can branch into other instruments, singing, and writing their own music.
Format? Weekly, 45 minutes, in your home, September–June (37 lessons).
Billing? Flat monthly tuition, ten equal payments by e-transfer. Breaks built in.
Missed lessons? Two flex weeks a year are built in, so the odd miss doesn't cost you.
Is this music therapy? No — music education shaped by clinical insight into how kids learn and stay motivated.
Start here
Your risk is covered. Book a Musical Profile first. We'll spend focused time with your child, and you'll know before committing to anything, whether we're the right fit.
“As a parent, there is no greater joy than watching your children blossom and grow. Thanks to Olivia’s mentorship, my son and daughter did precisely that, both musically and personally. Her compassionate and thoughtful approach created a safe space in which they positively flourished. Years later, they each play multiple instruments. Music continues to be a source of joy, creativity and respite in their lives, while they pursue careers in finance and veterinary medicine. What an amazing, life long gift!”
- Sean, Parent