1. TEACHERS
QY String also provides private lessons and orchestral training for the violin, viola, and cello. We offer summer programs such as RCM Theory courses, quartet training, and chamber groups. All lessons are taught by professional music teachers from all parts of the world including Russia, Greece, China, Korea and Albania.
Congratulations Daniel Yoo’s student Jayden Chen Tony Chen in 2024 Kiwanis the age of 17-18 violin viola duet won the Platinum in the first place with 95 points.
Congratulations Daniel Yoo’s student Angie Chen in 2024 Kiwanis Rcm Grade 9 list A Concertos won Platinum in first place with 90 points
Congratulations Daniel Yoo’s student Vincent Poon in 2021, he will be admitted to the Violin Performance Major of the Music Department of the University of Toronto， Become a Professional Violin Student。
Congratulations Daniel Yoo’s student Vincent Poon on 2020 North York Music & Performing Arts Festival, AGE ACHIEVEMENT (RECITAL)CLASSES Age 17 & underand and (ARCT) won first place got score 98 and 97.
Congratulations on the exam at the Royal Conservatoire in August 2019, and Daniel Yoo’s student
Vincent Poon’s grade 10 violin exam, which took only 3 months to prepare for a good score of 94.
Congratulations on the exam at the Royal Conservatoire in August 2019, and Daniel Yoo’s student Shannon Mardam’s grade 8 violin exam, which took only 2 months to prepare for a good score of 92.
Congratulations to Daniel’s student, Vincent Poon, for three Platinum Awards in three events at Kiwnise RCM Level 9 in February 2019 for three first places. One gold medal won the second place. And get a hundred yuan bonus.
Congratulations on the exam at the Royal Conservatoire in August 2018, and Daniel Yoo’s student Ivy Tan’s Ten-level violin exam, which took only 3 months to prepare for a good score of 81.
Congratulations to QY String Trio in 2018 Kiwanis under the age of 15, won the Platinum in the first place with 93 points.
Congratulations to the QY String team for winning the Gold Award in the 2018 Kiwanis group under 12
Congratulations on the exam at the Royal Conservatoire in August 2016, and Daniel Yoo’s student Xin Yi Shen’s Grade 10 violin exam, which took only 3 months to prepare for a good score of 82.
Daniel Yoo Senior Violin viola & chamber Music Pedagogist
Daniel Yoo joined QY String INC in 2015 and we are proud to have him with us.
Daniel Yoo (violin, viola) is an internationally renowned violinist. At the age of 14, he was invited to study at the Juilliard School of Music on the violin with Dorothy Delay, and on the viola with Eugene Becker. There he played alongside some of the world’s most famous and respected musicians in the classical music scene. He has also studied with Jascha Brodsky, a predecessor of Eugene Ysaye, and Victor Danchenko who is a predecessor of David Oistrakh. There Daniel continued his studies at the Esther Boyer College of Music on full scholarship and stipend. He later attended the Cleveland Institute of Music and left to go on a concert tour of Asia with a 17th century Stradivarius violin on loan to him by a private owner. Daniel has garnered numerous awards internationally, and locally he has won prizes in the Canadian Music Competition and the Kiwanis Music Competition. He is the open division trophy prize winner of 2001.
Daniel has acted as the concertmaster for numerous orchestras and has been to many prestigious music festivals such as the Aspen, Spoleto, and Verbier Music Festivals, where he worked with well-known artists and conductors. He has toured most of Asia & Europe alongside Anne-Sophie Mutter and Andre Previn, and has also collaborated closely with movie composer Kristoff Penderecki as a solo artist and concertmaster of the Casals Festival Orchestra. After 25 years abroad, he has decided to return to his hometown to establish himself as a violin teacher, and to make his mark in the Toronto Music Scene. Daniel joined QY STRING in 2015 and we are proud to have him with us.
He can be seen on https://www.youtube.com/danielyoomusic
Mary-Katherine Finch Cellist
Mary-Katherine Finch joined QY String INC in 2020 and we are proud to have her with us.
Finch enjoys a diverse performing career with numerous ensembles and in a wide variety of musical genres. She has appeared with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the National Ballet of Canada, and the Esprit Orchestra. She served as the principal cellist of Mississauga Symphony and has also played with the Hamilton Philharmonic, Windsor Symphony, and Niagara Symphony as a guest principal cellist. Mary-Katherine regularly performs chamber music in various concert series in Ontario. Summer festivals that she has participated in include the Luminato Festival, Elora Festival, Toronto Summer Music Festival, Festival of the Sound, and Ottawa Chamber Festival. As a dedicated teacher, Mary-Katherine maintains a busy private studio and is a cello instructor at the University of Toronto, Claude Watson School for the Arts and Upper Beaches Music School.
Cello Instructor at Claude Watson School for the Arts 2009-present
Cello Instructor at the University of Toronto 2009-present
2. QY String Student Concerts
with QY String Orchesral
with QY String Orchesral
3. LESSONS
QY String provides private lessons and orchestral training for violin, viola, and cello. All lessons are taught by professional music teachers from all parts of the world including USA , Canada ,Russia, Greece, China, and Albania.
4. Chember training
2019 Oct -Dec chamber training
We offer summer programs such as RCM Theory courses, quartet training, and chamber groups. You can improve your skills in chamber music and collaborative playing by enrolling in our summer chamber orchestra or quartet program. You will have the opportunity to perform at our summer recital in August and March break .