09/30/2025
We are so excited to welcome back Iris Lam, our adapted piano instructor.
Iris is currently accepting clients for the Fall 2025. Sessions are on Thursday's between 10:30am - 1:30pm. Sessions are 30 min in length and are $45.
Iris is a fun, and experienced special educator dedicated to discover the different learning styles of each student, making lessons fun and enjoyable while grasping the concepts learned. She completed her undergraduate at UBC, has undergone a valuable mentorship program from UBC School of Music, inspiring her to research more pedagogy training from famous composers like Forrest Kinney. She had the honour to learn from Forrest Kinney and he has been her inspiration to continue his legacy on “Pattern Play,” an art of piano improvisation. Iris is certified in the curriculum for Music for Young Children (MYC), Musikgarten, Royal Conservatory of Music (RCM). She has been teaching for over 15 years and as a side hobby, she enjoys playing the harp.
Iris believes we can all make music and learn to express our feelings with music. Her recent study in Special Music Education with Dr. Erin Parkes and teaching experience involves using adaptation to custom lesson plans, developing flexible and playful strategies to support students with diverse abilities. Whether it is fine motor, regulation, following rules, growth mindset to stretching or reducing anxiety, the new piano program for special students incorporates individual learning goals into piano play. After gaining valuable teaching insight as a Behavioural Interventionist, an Educational Assistant and Inclusion Teacher for schools inclusive of Kenneth Gordon Maplewood School, she founded an Adapted Piano Program in 2022.
For more about Iris, visit https://www.meowsicpiano.com/about-ms-iris.html