Meet Our Teachers
Pari & Ash are a Vancouver-based creative arts team with over 15 years of combined experience teaching children through music, theatre, singing, movement and performance. Rather than teaching each art form separately, they weave singing, rhythm, storytelling, drama and instrument play into one connected learning experience.
Parivash Jamali (Pari)
Music Educator
Pari is a creative and compassionate educator with over 10 years of experience working with children and students in music schools, educational institutions, and charitable organizations. She brings piano, singing, movement and creative performance together in every class.
Teaches
Classical PianoVocal and Singing ActivitiesActingMovement and DanceCreative PerformanceOrff Music EducationMusic TheoryEar TrainingSolfègeMusical TheatreRecital and Examination Preparation
Education & Experience
- •Music Instructor — Ava Music & Art Centre, North Vancouver (2023–2025)
- •Music Instructor — Entekhab Music & Art Centre, Tehran (2015–2022)
- •Music Instructor — Behsan Art School, Karaj
- •Mahbod Charity Music Classes, Tehran (2021–2022)
Languages
Farsi — Native · English
Ashkan Nejati (Ash)
Music Educator — Classical Guitar, Vocal & Theatre
Ash is an accomplished music educator and performing artist with over 25 years of teaching experience. He specializes in classical guitar based on the Royal Conservatory of Music (RCM) curriculum, and holds a Master's degree in Theatre Directing from the University of Tehran. He also composes original music for film and theatre.
Teaches
Classical GuitarElectric GuitarPianoVocal TrainingUkuleleOrff Music EducationMusic TheoryEar TrainingSolfègeMusical TheatrePerformance CoachingRecital and Examination Preparation
Education & Experience
- •M.A. in Theatre Directing — Tehran University, College of Fine Arts (2019)
- •Grade One Certified Music Instructor — House of Music of Iran
- •Classical guitar studies with Farzad Daneshmand
- •Music theory and solfeggio with Morteza Delshab
- •Harmony and counterpoint with Kambiz Roshanravan
- •Singing studies with Mohammad Noori
- •Piano studies with Rafic Avanesian
- •Music Instructor — Ava Music & Art Centre, North Vancouver (2023–2025)
- •Music academies in Tehran (1999–2022): Kaveh, Gereili, Neylabak, Erfan, Salar, Kanoon
Film & Theatre Composition
- •The Cancer Period — Film, dir. Hossein Shahabi
- •Conditional Release — Film, dir. Hossein Shahabi
- •Slaughter City — Theatre, dir. Lila Rostami
- •Something Like Ferasa — Theatre, dir. Ashkan Nejati
- •Me or You — Short film, dir. Ashkan Nejati
Languages
English — Fluent · Farsi — Native · Hindi — Conversational · Turkish — Basic