Irene Fong Leung holds the Diploma of Associate of the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto (ARCT) Piano Teacher and Advance Piano Pedagogy Certificate from the Royal Conservatory of Music (RCM) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 

She received the Ontario Teaching Contribution Award from Ontario Registered Music Teachers' Association (ORMTA) in 2018 and the Certificate of Recognition for Professional Achievement from Canadian Federation of Music Teachers' Association (CFMTA).  She also received a Certificate of Teacher of Gold Medal Student in piano from RCM.

Irene holds an Ontario Teaching Certificate and other academic degrees: M.Sc. (Waterloo), B. Ed. (Toronto), B.Sc. (UC Berkeley, California). 

She is a RCM Certified teacher as Elementary, Intermediate and Advance Specialist in piano and in theory. 
 
Her students have excellent RCM exam results (above 90%) including RCM Gold Medal.  One of her students performed in a winners’ recital in Carnegie Hall.

She studied piano pedagogy with the Chief Examiners of the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto.   She has experience in classical piano, collaborative piano, improvisation, keyboard harmony and jazz piano.  She applies technology (ipad apps) to enhance teaching piano.  She has special training to help students with stage fright.

She is an active member of the Ontario Register Music Teachers Association (ORMTA), the Canadian Federation of Music Teachers Association (CFMTA), the National Music Teachers Association (MTNA) in USA and the Ontario College of Teachers.

She served on the ORMTA Provincial Council as Greater Toronto Area Zone Representative, Affiliate Members Liaison and Pedagogy Award Winner Convenor and served as the vice-president of the North York/York Region Branch of ORMTA.  

She has over 25 years of experience teaching private and group lessons in piano, rudiments, and music history and 10 years of teaching high school Credit Courses, including music keyboarding, with the Toronto District School Board.  

She teaches private lessons at the student's home, or at Irene's studio.  She tailors different piano methods to the needs of the student.  

Irene enjoys teaching piano lessons, when students become life-long lovers of Music.