Meet Andrés Torann | Music teacher

We had the good fortune of connecting with Andrés Torann and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Andrés, we’d love to hear more about how you thought about starting your own business?
I have been around music education for more than 15 years. I was a professor in the Tec de Monterrey in singing, music production and music composition workshops. I loved my job but after the earthquake in September 2017 the buildings collapsed, students died and it was a challenging time for me. After this time I decided to move to Montreal and I studied Music production it was a fantastic experience because I met different people like me with similar hobbies, ideas, etc. I discovered new cultures and different ways to see life, music, art, etc. My first months in Montreal were so hard because when someone immigrates you are no one, you don´t have friends, family, or any support is just you fighting with the world that´s when I met different Facebook groups, associations, and cultural centers in Montreal for Latin people. Some of them organize one night every month to meet new people and hang out and I decided to organize Karaoke nights in Spanish. It was a complete success but unfortunately COVID ended this meetings. After that people wanted to still having activities with another latin people and Spanish activities. That´s how Ululart started. People finished the scare of online activities and I saw a very good business idea. After some years working online finally I organized the first latin choir in Montreal and it is a very good oportunity to sing, learn and share with another latin people in Montreal but Ululart still working online for people around the world who wants different artistic activities in Spanish.

Can you give our readers an introduction to your business? Maybe you can share a bit about what you do and what sets you apart from others?
I´ve years as a music and singing teacher but when I moved to Montreal it was very difficult to find new friends, and new contacts, everything was new. When people know my work they recommended my classes and my activities but the real challenge was to know where people like me are in Montreal I didn´t know anyone. COVID helped me to find new contacts and people around Canada because before COVID people don´t trust online activities but after the earthquake in Mexico, we were forced to offer online classes because we lost the buildings. Online was the only way to continue so I already had experience in online courses. So I started to offer singing classes, music production, composition music and piano activities. It was just by myself but Ululart became huge and demand exceeded supply so I invited different teachers and I offer more and different activities. Exist different websites with online courses but I think the difference between Ululart and the other is I´m more interested in live classes no classes pre-recorded because I think you can find the very good free tutorial on Youtube but Ululart experience is a live-online class and the teacher is always with you to see how are you growing, etc. I´ve learned different things about the online education process because this is a new way to learn and sometimes people want the same experience and process as in the past but it´s completely different. You will have the same result but the way is different and I really know how scary is change. Is part of the human race to resist change but after 4 years working online and 2 living completely of my business I can tell change is good. A very good friend told me if you don´t need to touch people they don´t need to be in front of you and is very very true and I understood that because my friendships and family live far from me but our relationship is the same and even better before because maybe we´re not physically together but it doesn´t mean we’re separate and I think this is the most important thing we can learn of the pandemia.

Any places to eat or things to do that you can share with our readers? If they have a friend visiting town, what are some spots they could take them to?
Well, I can recommend Tacos Victor, and Morelia restaurant they offer very good (and real) Mexican food in Montreal. If you´re an artist or you need to contact El Cuper and LC from radio Centreville they support all people and their radio program is on FM every Wednesday and their program is Spanish-french-English so they can help you to expose your art in Montreal. Place des arts area is the most cultural part of the city and in summer they offer free concerts and festivals near to downtown. And Sabor Latino is the biggest Latin supermarket in Montreal you can find EVERYTHING from your country.

Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
Montreal LGBTQ+ Comunity centre and Iraida Noriega

Website: www.ululart.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrestorann

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andr%C3%A9s-herrera-661442ab/

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/andrestorann

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/andres.torann/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/andrestorann

Other: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7hiGMNDfGEjkJiS45wik7H?si=sqlqtaCtTUSUbCw5kRrc-g

Image Credits
Luis Omar LMBL