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Educator and pianist, Vlada Mars' music education started when she was seven, in a school for musical talents in Belgrade, Serbia. During her ten years of elementary and secondary music school, she studied piano, solfeggio, theory, harmony and history of music. Vlada studied musicology at the Academy of Music in Belgrade. After moving to Vancouver, she was appointed as the music coordinator of Hollyburn Country Club in 1997, where she is actively teaching piano and theory, and coordinating other music programs, recitals and lectures. Her students are currently studying at Berklee School of Music in Boston, University of North Texas, Pomona University in California etc. Beside her teaching profession, Vlada is actively playing. She is passionate about exploring piano scores for movies, a passion which resulted in her celebrated piano recitals "Music in the Movies", "Playground Love" and recently, a benefit concerts for the SAGE safe house in North Vancouver, Canuck Place Children's Hospice in Vancouver , solo recital in Toronto and London, U.K. On numerous occasions, her piano performance was a part of multimedia exhibitions for prominent artists in Vancouver.