Who We Are...
Owned and Directed by:
Pamela Langhorne Titian, B.A. Psych. (McMaster University)
Certified ORFF Teacher, York University
Pamela graduated from McMaster University with a B.A. in Psychology and received her ORFF Teacher Certification with Honours from York University. After completing the three-year course (which involved percussion instruments, orchestration, dance, vocal production, recorder concerts and improvisation), the Head of the Fine Arts Department asked her to teach the ORFF classes at the university. She obtained her Grade X piano from the Royal Conservatory of Music when she was 14, as well as her Grade III harmony and Grade IV history of music. Since then, she has won several regional awards in public speaking and has gained provincial notoriety for her theatrical roles.
For many years Pamela worked with children with emotional and learning problems before returning to her first love - music - as a "Music Makers" teacher. Outside of Barbara Langhorne's "Music Makers", she is a professional pianist, singer and songwriter who has been composing and performing her own music from the age of eight. From that time forward, the CBC and BBC Networks recorded, broadcasted and televised her performances. Pamela's active family life includes two grown sons, an extended family, and many grand-children!
Originated by:
Barbara Langhorne, B.A. (McMaster University), A.T.C.M.
Certified ORFF Teacher, U of T Arts Person of the Year, City of Burlington
An Affiliate of the Royal Conservatory of Music of Toronto
Barbara began studying piano at the age of 9. At 13 she was the "15 years and under" gold medalist I in the Canadian National Exhibition. At 14 she won the gold medal in the open-age Bach Competition. sponsored by Western University, and was awarded a scholarship to Michigan State University's School of Music. At the age of 15, Barbara gave her first public concert, and obtained her Associate Degree from the Royal Conservatory of Music of Toronto, with First Class Honours. She continued with 10 years of post-graduate piano studies at the Conservatory, on scholarship with B. Hayunga Carman, of the Leschetizsky School. During this time, she also received her Bachelor of Arts Degree from McMaster University, and studied orchestral arranging.
Barbara taught piano, harmony, form, counterpoint and musical history for many years, receiving personal commendation from the Principal of the Royal Conservatory for the outstanding achievements of her students. She was a Charter Member of the Orff Society of Canada when Carl Orff's method was brought from Europe to Canada - chosen by the Royal Conservatory of Music of Toronto, the University of Toronto and the Ontario Department of Education as the method best suited to the children of Ontario. Barbara received her Orff Teacher's Certification after studying under Doreen Hall (co-founder of the course in Canada) and teachers from the Austrian Motherschool.
Barbara was also chairman of the President's Advisory Council on Children's Music at Humber College, and has given many musical workshops for teachers of young children.
In 2004, after 22 years of teaching students, training teachers, and administrating the course, Pamela Langhorne Kovac stepped into her mother's shoes as Owner and Director of Barbara Langhorne's "Music Makers".
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