CONSERVATORY of MUSIC

carol mellors

PRIVATE LESSONS | PIANO, THEORY

conservatory instructor
Music is for everyone. I would like to be the one that gives students a love of music.

About

Carol Mellors is a piano instructor at Alberta College Conservatory of Music. She teaches piano, all theoretical subjects and piano pedagogy following Royal Conservatory of Music and Conservatory Canada syllabi.

Carol has served as president of the Alberta Registered Music Teachers’ Association (ARMTA) and the Canadian Federation of Music Teachers’ Association (CFMTA); was on the Steering Committee of the Western Board of Music in 1989, and the Western Board as vice president human resources until July 1998. She has been a Western Board Piano and Electronic Organ examiner for 10 years and is a festival, scholarship and awards adjudicator.

She is currently pianist for the Edmonton Women’s Canadian Club, ARMTA liaison to Conservatory Canada and the Royal Conservatory of Music, and director of the Intermediate Piano Workshop MusiCamrose, Music Alberta. Carol is also a member of the Conservatory’s Summer Piano Camp committee and plays in an established piano repertoire group.

Lessons

Carol Mellors offers private piano and theory lessons online and in-person at the Alberta College Campus weekday afternoons and evenings. Lessons are available for ages 12 to adult from intermediate to advanced levels. Her piano students can look forward to participating in performance recitals.

She helps students prepare for post-secondary and exams for Royal Conservatory of Music and Conservatory Canada.

Carol offers private theory lessons in:

  • Music Rudiments (RCM Levels 1-8 Theory)
  • Basic and Intermediate Harmony (RCM Levels 9 and 10 Harmony and Counterpoint)
  • Advanced Harmony (ARCT Harmony and Counterpoint)
  • Music Analysis (ARCT Analysis)
  • Music History (RCM Levels 9, 10 and ARCT)
  • Ear Training
  • Pedagogy

Request lessons with Carol to discuss specific availability and rates.

Education

  • ARCT – Royal Conservatory of Music

Professional associations and memberships

Carol has served as president of the Alberta Registered Music Teachers’ Association (ARMTA) and the Canadian Federation of Music Teachers’ Association (CFMTA).
Carol Mellors has been my piano teacher for 5 years and counting. She’s truly inspiring, what I admire the most about her is that she explains concepts about piano that parallels real life situations. Her lessons are poetic and unforgettable.
Sandra, Piano Student