Emerald School of Music is an independent piano and art school located in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada (est. 2014) offering beginner to advanced piano lessons and art classes in private and group settings. Emerald Benzmer is the business owner and registered music teacher at Emerald School of Music. She teaches students from 3 years old and up. Mrs. Emerald's innovative teaching approach inspires her students to strive for musical and artistic excellence. She fosters high-level dedication among her piano students which provide them with sincere appreciation for life long musical learning. She sees the role of teaching and mentorship in providing insights into, and understanding of, interrelationships across multiple conceptual, musical, creative and technical processes and problem solving. Most outstanding, her students have been awarded top scholarships and performed at Gala concerts for highest marks at adjudicated piano competitions. 

As an acclaimed performer, composer and interdisciplinary artist, Mrs. Emerald teaches her students how to create and perform their own music! Mrs. Emerald's love for composition and creativity enables her students to create and perform at local music festivals and community recitals, as well as enter National Composition Contests and Competitions. Several of her students have composed music for the Canadian Music Federation Teachers' Association 'E-Festival' and 'Canada Music Week®'  which is a unique opportunity for students in Vernon wanting to compose and share their own music! Students are encouraged to complete annual Royal Conservatory of Music examinations and must perform at local music festivals, community concerts, annual recitals, and master classes.

Mrs. Emerald welcomes students with diverse learning challenges and developmental disabilities into her music studio. She has high success and experience teaching music and piano to students with Dyslexia, Auditory Processing Disorder, Attention Deficit Disorder, Executive Functioning Disorder, Autism, speech-language delay, and global developmental delay. Mrs. Emerald integrates many kinds of teaching methods into her lessons and develops her own fun piano games that use visual, tactile, and auditory stimuli. Her pedagogical teaching approach combines traditional and contemporary art/ music practice, to help students find their own unique personal voice.