"Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without."  

Confucius

Elaine Joe is a pianist, accompanist, composer, teacher, blogger and podcast host.  

As a musician, she has performed as a soloist, as a duo and in bands over the span of her career.  As an accompanist, she plays piano for four choirs ranging from the Highs and Lows in the mental health community, to the Ukrainian Barvinok Choir.

Her experience over an eclectic range of styles, from Folk, World, Classical, Broadway, Jazz to Popular tunes equips her to play and teach a diverse repertoire.

As a composer, she's written music for the independent film, "Getting Ahead" and the theme song for the "Art Heals Podcast. She enjoys writing piano ballads to reflect her life's journey.

As a light accordion player she became enamoured with the tango while playing with the Vancouver Squeezebox Circle. As a result, she wrote a tango piece for piano that she hopes to record and publish soon. Recently, she began composing songs on the accordion and is curious as to where that will lead her.

Over the years, she’s played keyboard with the “10^th Ave Trio”, organ and accordion with the funk band, “Lovedrunk” and improvisational accordion with the Spanish group “Sureando”.  

Last summer, she began working with talented violist, Thomas Beckman, collaborating on movie sound tracks to create recordings for this Spring. Recently, she teamed together with violinist, Jessie Tseng, to perform Russian gypsy tunes for a breast cancer fundraiser.

In her quiet time she journals, philosophizes about life, blogs about leading a passionate and creative life, writes poetry and practices Qi Gong .