Lessons with Katie Smith, B.Mus, R.M.T., an award-winning private music teacher with over 20 years of experience teaching voice and 30 years teaching piano.
Lessons with Katie are interactive and engaging. She believes the best learning environment is warm and relaxed.
Voice from age 11 and piano from age 10, through to adult, in Cornwall and Alexandria.
Katie’s students explore the stylistic differences in the various genres of music while growing in skill and confidence, all in a space where they can feel comfortable trying new things.
She emphasizes vocal health and specializes in helping students overcome fears and cultivate healthy singing habits.
Katie’s students are guided through Piano Adventures and Royal Conservatory of Music programs with supplemental songs that are geared toward the student’s interests. Lessons are “serious fun,” as Katie believes that learning success is better achieved when we’re enjoying ourselves.
Katie Smith, B.Mus, R.M.T. is an award-winning private music teacher with over 20 years of experience teaching voice and 30 years teaching piano. Katie studied classical voice at Wilfrid Laurier University and completed her formal education learning jazz, pop, R&B, and musical theatre at Berklee College of Music, the world’s premier institution for contemporary music. Her studies include vocal pedagogy, stage performance, traditional musical theory, jazz harmony, microphone technique, and songwriting. Katie also studied advanced voice and piano through the Royal Conservatory of Music.
With Katie’s guidance, her students improve vocal technique, develop artistry, find their voice, and define their performance style. Katie’s students explore the stylistic differences in the various genres of music while growing in skill and confidence, all in a space where they can feel comfortable trying new things. She emphasizes vocal health and specializes in helping students overcome fears and cultivate healthy singing habits. Lessons with Katie are interactive and engaging. She believes the best learning environment is warm and relaxed.
As an independent musician, Katie has enjoyed successes as a singer-songwriter, jazz singer, and recording artist. Her jazz/pop album, jazz EP, pop/folk EP and a holiday single have earned her much recognition. She was a finalist in the InterContinental Music Awards (Pop Category 2025), a semi-finalist in the International Songwriting Competition in 2022 and 2025 (Jazz Category), and two of her videos were finalists in the Canadian Independent Music Video Awards (2019 and 2020 Pop Category). Katie’s music has been played on CBC and JazzFM, and she continues to be added to many independent radio stations’ playlists across Canada.
Lessons are available in two locations: Cornwall and Alexandria.
MacDonald Blvd.
Katie is a wonderful piano teacher. She is kind, friendly, knowledgeable – and most of all fun! She chooses music that interests my child so that learning and playing music is fun. Classes are 30 minutes and every minute is filled with music instruction with a side of laughter. My child is eager to resume lessons again this fall to see what exciting music Katie will have for him to learn.
Allison B.
Katie dedicates her time to ensuring that my son evolves and learns with his unique adaptations of music he loves. She offers barrier-free and inclusive lessons and sets her students up to shine with ease.
Dominique P.
Katie makes use of her extensive knowledge of classical and jazz repertoire to help her adult students discover the musician within them. All this while making the exercise a lot of fun!
Michelle P.
