Jane Duerksen

Jane Duerksen holds a Baccalaureate degree from the University of Manitoba, as well as her Associateships both in Piano Performance and Teaching from the Royal Conservatory of Toronto.
She has received numerous awards and scholarships, including the Manitoba Arts Council, Canadian Daughters’ League, University of Manitoba, Mrs. James A. Richardson, and the Royal Conservatory.
Her piano studies included Elsie Rempel, Sydney McInnis, Michael Oike, and Heidi Peters, alongside master classes with numerous artists including Edward J. Parker, Lorne Watson, Robert Silverman, and Judy Kehler-Siebert.
A current member of the MRMTA, Duerksen has the responsibility of Canada Music Week co-ordinator for the province. She is passionately involved with a busy studio of piano students, both privately and through the Manitoba Conservatory of Music & Arts.
Her students have competed successfully both locally and at the provincial level.
From 1996-2003, Duerksen concertized with Kim Bestvater-Sidorchuk on two pianos.
She has been active as an accompanist, adjudicator, and workshop clinician throughout Manitoba.
She currently resides in Steinbach with her husband, Ken, the youngest of her three children, Kirk, and the family golden retriever, “Jack.”