Sonia has been teaching passionately since she started high school.  She specializes in intermediate/advanced private piano, and in contrast, also loves to work with her Music Explorers preschool programme. 

At seven years old Sonia was accepted under the tutelage of Constance Kline with whom she completed her RCM examinations, receiving top provincial marks five times. During her years of study, she also garnered numerous honours and scholarships at the Kiwanis Music Festival. She competed in the Canadian Music Competition, where she was a semifinalist. At the University of Alberta Sonia studied with Marek Jablonski, Alexander Sandler and Jean-Paul Sevilla. After completing her Bachelor of Music, she went to Paris to continue her studies at Schola Cantorum L’Ecole des Beaux Arts for piano solo, chamber music, and analysis with Narcis Bonet. In 2001 Sonia founded Forte Music Studio, and currently serves as the Vice President of the Alberta Piano Teacher’s Association. She is also a standing member of ARMTA the Alberta Registered Music Teachers Association and is a registered Royal Conservatory of Music teacher.

She has three wonderful and demanding children- Sascha, Luka, and Camila who play guitar, piano and violin. When possible Sonia also loves to play tennis, read and sleep in.