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Reviews (83)
talks to the class like we are all 2 years old. picks favorates, VERY UNCLEAR,WORST PROF I HAVE HAD. STAY AWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!
Not only is she a **** in class, she's also like that in other choirs too (university and church). Obviously has a thing for sopranos.
An absolute embarrassment to the Faculty and a VERY sorry excuse for a professor. Unprofessional, ignorant, flaky -- yes self-centred enough to think everyone loves her. Has NO business being an instructor at the university level. Belongs somewhere very far away -- anywhere but here. *shudder*
years ago. Surprised she's still around. She was back then kind of an assistant choir director, she couldnt stand her ground so she got the chairman to come yell at us one day and make us apologize to her. I am sorry to read she hasnt improved at all. And, yes, she was VERY put-downy!
has a great voice but can't teach... picks favorites and thinks that the world loves her... if you're reading this wake up and realize that some ppl are meant not to teach... and if the faculty of music is reading... this is probably someone you want to get rid of... fast
Worst Faculty of Music "professor" I have ever had; only bad one actually. The structure of the course is fundamentally flawed, and her inability to teach made it worse. Severial of us went to the MUSED head and complained. She can't conduct herself so why they have her teaching it I don't know why. Avoid at all costs!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gloria was a vocal teacher of mine at CCAC in Ontario. She was bad back then about 12 years ago. Very self-centered, picked favourites and ------!I had nightmares about hr for years!
completely fake. says to ask questions for clarification and then snaps back at you with an annoyed response, constantly immitates you poorly to 'demonstrate' what NOT to do, but instead it just makes you feel bad. Makes disgusted faces while you sing. smiles with her mouth, but her eyes say something totally different
On a personal level no probs, but I gotta say her conducting patterns were so distorted we couldn't follow her beat and we just followed the sopranos and shut up becuase she insisted she was right when--and we counted, she was at least 2 measures ahead (if you could find the down-beat, that is). OK lady, really bad conductor. Sorry.
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Alot of people in upper years didn't like Gloria so I was catious going into the class, but I honestly can't see why anyone wouldn't like her. She is nice, funny, helpful, and overall I love her class. She is fairly easy with written assignments however on solos she marks fairly hard. Overall I thought she was a GREAT teacher!!!!
Gloria is amazing! She is extremely generous with her time as well as a fantastic voice teacher. My voice has progressed remarkably well under her teaching. I love my voice lessons!
Gloria is a terrific conductor,fantastic musician, great voice teacher & a very caring person.She taught me in high school & in university & she was equally amazing!Someone here has been dissing her & we know who this person is. This person was mean to everyone so don't listen to her. Gloria is kind and never would hurt anyone. We ALL love her!!!
Gloria is great! She helped me find my voice so quickly and I advanced really well in her course.She really knows her stuff. Very insightful teaching and supportive environment. I wish I could take this course again.
Amazing teacher! extremely knowledgeable. I really enjoyed the course! She's great.
Very charismatic teacher. Knows her stuff. Communicates well. Extremely prepared and personally very kind! I'm looking forward to further study with her.
Charismatic teacher. Loved my lessons. She's well prepared, extremely helpful, insightful. Very caring person.
Great teacher! I love my singing lessons....Learning so much and am looking forward to next year. Yeah Gloria! I can't wait for September!
Gloria has very efficient choir rehearsals and they're fun as well. I loved the repertoire we sang this year. It was a very worthwhile experience. I hope I can sing in her choir again.
I loved choir this year. Excellent conductor, ..my voice improved greatly. Can't wait for next year.
Excellent course and excellent teacher. Gloria is extremely well prepared, energetic, and a super teacher. She helped me find my voice. YAY!
Wonderful teacher, knows her stuff,...lots of inovative ideas and helpful exercises with true insight into the workings of the voice. Very musical approach with solid technique.
She is the worst conductor I have ever experienced. As a chorister, trying to follow her is about as productive as trying to calm a toddler on cocaine. She picks terrible repertoire, and is unable to compensate by providing any sort of insight or inspiring her choirs even slightly. Her choir is talented, but needs stronger leadership.
Who's the person who keeps writing these horrible comments about GG? We think it's somone who just didn't get what she wanted in high school and university. Gloria is the best choir conductor I've ever had. She's fun, creative and sincere, very easy to follow as a conductor. I hope I can be in her choir again. I learned so much!
Fantastic teacher. I learned so much from her. Take her courses ...she's knows her stuff.
I absolutely love her class and I have her in choir too and she's so excellent. Fantastic musician! Great singer! and very insightful teacher. She's ultra amazing! Try to study with her and have her as your voice teacher. You'll be happy you did!
super super teacher. I love my voice lessons. She is encouraging and very precise in recommending excellent technique for me to study. I am so inspired and I've improved immensely in only 5 weeks with her. I look forward to more years of study with her. Amazing!
She can be nice but I agree when the others say she picks favorites...sometimes she made me feel like I sucked. Like one time she freaked out on me at an inappropriate time for a minor mistake I made, and I felt very embarrassed.
This prof is extremely kind to all and makes sure that everyone understands the concepts. She pulled together a marvellous choir in 3 months. I found my voice in choir and in the course she taught. She's awesome. She plays by the rules and I like that. It's about time someone took interest in attendance and preparation. You go Gloria!
I love her! She's fantastic. ...patient, kind, and thinks of all kinds of creative ways to teach. I was also in her choir this term. What a fantastic conductor. I'm happy she's my voice teacher. I'm learning so much! and the whole studio sounds GREAT! We rock!
Gloria Gassi was a Nun once upon a time. She is great at choral stuff and can play the piano very well. but thats it. Her knowledge of anything outside of religious songs/ leider/ art song is very very limited. Opera- forget it. she cannot sing it, nor can she teach the demands of it. Challenge her and your toast. Her ego, like alot of profs is fra
just heard her sing a concert ...she was fabulous! what a gorgeous voice and so musical! Hope she sings more concerts!
Heard her sing the Pergolesi Stabat Mater last week. A huge operatic voice with stunning high notes. Great performance! She knows her stuff!
What a great concert she gave last week. Love her voice. Great work! I'm glad I study with her.
best teacher I've ever had!
I love the choir and classes that i take with her. she's cool...knows how to help me with my voice
if you are not as good as others, or just mediocre, don't expect fair treatment or equal opportunity. She picks favorites. Generally a nice person, though.
very dedicated teacher...treats all her students with respect and tries to help everyone as much as she can...she's a beautiful person inside and out!
I absolutely loved choir this year with Gloria. We sang great repertoire and she was "on" at every rehearsal. I don't know where she gets her energy. She's a great conductor and we had SO much fun! I can't wait for choir to start in September. I miss it!
I really enjoyed her course. Learned a lot..she's cool...her classes are extremely well prepared.
I really had fun in her course. ...and learned a LOT. now I have found my voice and can sing really good
She helped me so MUCH even though I really sucked at singing
I just loved my voice lessons for 4 years. I learned something every lesson and finally developed my singing voice into a professional sound. I will miss my lessons now that I've graduated. Gloria is the best!
ONe of the best teachers Ive ever had! try to get into one of her classes or her voice studio. It will be worth your while.
Excellent teacher! wonderful person...
Fabulous teacher and singer!
best teacher I've had
Gloria is a nice person in studio. I like her a lot, but I have to admit she could be quite picky sometimes. She studies hard (on voice and conducting)and is somewhat a perfectionist. For people who wants to learn from her, I think it's worthwhile. For people who are in her choir, good luck. (You'll know what I mean by the end of the year.)
fun learning in her classes and choir and we had awesome concerts last year. Super musician
I'm getting so excited for the year to start. can't wait to have my voice lessons with Gloria. she has so much insight into the music and knows the voice thoroughly. cool teacher
Gloria is a very caring teacher and will see you through to anything you have going on, like recitals,exams etc. She's thorough and I felt so confident in my singing and performing, I learned so much about style and just everything. super fun teacher
knows her stuff. extremely caring and helpful. will go out of her way to support and help you
knows her stuff. extremely caring and helpful. will go out of her way to support and help you
knows her stuff. extremely caring and helpful. will go out of her way to support and help you
creates a wonderful environment
awesome teacher
Thank you Gloria Gassi, for you are the foundation of Vocal music..well..at least for me!!!!!!!!
I loved her class this term. I learned so much about my voice and singing and I improved so much. She's fun too. We had such a great time in class while learning tons of stuff!
wow! fantastic term in choir. I can't wait for next term. Gloria is a great singer and i'm learning so much from her.
Gloria is the bomb ! wonderful singing tteacher. i'm glad i'm in her studio.
fantastic teacher..love her
fabulous teacher...love her..cool ..knows what' shes doing. loved voice lessons and choir
always supportive, always helpful, great singing teacher
AWESOME!!! AWESOMER!!AWESOMEST
COOL very cool teacher
Hey gg thanks for helping me find my voice
helpful, interested, always supportive, honest, caring, there for you
Seems very odd that this person has had over 35 posts since 2009 when Mike Atkinson -- who teaches the "super class" and thousands of students -- has about 12 for the same period... Seems a bit contrived.
Reading these posts, I'm quite convinced that Prof. Gassi wrote them herself. Look at the dates. They come in little spurts. And they are suddenly positive, after a ton of negative reviews early on.
enjoyed first term
helpful organized and fun
She's a very nice person and truly cares for her students. Like a mom to the choir.
best course this year
Generally a fine person. But conducting patterns were difficult to follow and displayed poor leadership. Dreaded and disappointing practices and performances. Members in choir were very talented but interests in improving clearly nonexistent because not only did Gloria rush repertoire, during rehearsals, Gloria makes disapproving faces directly.
I was so excited about choir at first, and then found myself dreading going to each practice. I did not feel like she believed in our abilities, which made the choir feel less motivated. I was very uncomfortable around her, and felt like she constantly judged me. It was a horrible experience.
Gloria worked very diligently this year to bring the choir together to a high standard even thought she had to work with some difficult situations of students not cooperating or practising. Bravo for your generosity and dedication to rising above these obstacles.
Good. Year in chor
I just didn't get along with this professor and she never bothered to learn my ACTUAL name, she would call me everything else accept my given name. She was also not understanding of medical issues i had, therefore I made the choice to cut her class.
She outright hates instrumentalists, and will outright hate on us during choir rehearsal. She has no respect for her students, and doesn't care to help us as musicians- we are nothing but tools to her, and she is unashamedly horrible to her students unless there is someone looking, then she is sickly sweet and impossible to stand.
Loved choir this year. All the rep was fantastic and the choir had a great attitude. We all loved being here. Awesomest teacher.
Didn't explain what she expected from us, especially when it contained a lot of choral beginners. Needs to micromanage when people come in, and doesn't give any ideas for how to learn your music. Also used very demeaning language and doesn't care about instrumentalists
she's very sweet and caring but also isn't afraid to call ppl out if they aren't focusing! shows her love for music and conducting through her constant energy and positivity during rehearsals. repertoire was fun, but it would be nice to do more challenging pieces. :)
Excellent course and taught well. I loved the music choices and community spirit created
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