We’re Lalitha and Jeremy – the pianist and violinist behind Keys and Strings.
We met in the library while getting our music degrees at the University of Toronto. You could say music brought us together. And after 39 years of marriage, we’re still making music! We’ve done a lot during that time … musical tours, choirs, stage productions, recording, accompaniment and teaching.
We’re based in Barrie, but we’ve performed music all over southern Ontario, in fact all over the world! Thirty countries so far, all with such diverse experiences – the Cathedral in Monaco, an orphanage in the Yukon, playing for Mother Teresa in Kolkata, a women’s prison on Malta … Music is our passion!
We love providing music for the events and celebrations that are truly memorable…the big moments. And we do it with you! We love actually meeting people and getting to know your story and your vision so that we can tailor the music to you!
And then there’s our love of teaching. Dr. Suzuki said that the goal of learning music should be to develop noble human beings. For us it means not just teaching, but investing in the lives of young people as they grow through their musical experience.
But there’s more to us than just music! We recharge by entertaining… especially cooking with family and friends, reading with a glass of wine, gardening, watching classic movies, wandering through art galleries, and travelling. Climbing volcanoes in Hawaii, surviving a Tap-Tap taxi ride in Haiti, and cracking open lobsters on Prince Edward Island are some of our favourite travel memories from around the world! Those experiences have become a part of who we are and what we bring to our work.
Music is what we love, and we can’t wait to share that with you!
