James Blackley

I am very saddened to learn of Jim's passing. I may have been one of Jim's very first students at the age of six, in Vancouver, B.C., taking lessons in the basement of his house in 1957. I was already taking piano lessons and Jim was very excited to take on a student who was also learning another different instrument. He was ALWAYS motivating and encouraging involvement in music. His wife often came down to the basement studio to say hello to me, as did his son Keith. As a student, I moved...