Marianne Gast Mus.Bac.MBA, the director and founder of the school, was born in Hungary, studied with E.Bacsak, a former student of Bela Bartok in Budpest. She graduated in piano performance at UofT, Faculty of Music. Presently she is also an active member of the All’Amore Ensemble and Ensemble Amabile, classical chamber groups and is the organist-choir director at St. John’s Weston Anglican Church.