All About Choosing Piano Schools And Teachers

[happymom]

Hi this is my first time posting here, I am looking for music class for my 3.5 yr old gal, she has been attending group music class at Seimpi, teacher is quite good but is leaving, (maybe the same teacher as Mandie's gal ?). Did contemplating whether I should let her do 1-1 music class instead, but worry that it might be too boring for her at this age.


Has anybody heard of this music school \"Edvox Music school\" or have attended the classes there before ? They are currently conducting group class \"Funtime Doreme Course\" which is for children aged from 3½ to 5 years old, would truly appreciate your comments.

Thanks

[karmeleon]

ctct61t:

I want my girl can finish her ABRSM testing before Primary 5, if can not, I'm afraid that she may give up the piano when she go in Primary 6, a very critical year for her future's study. ...

I don't see why your child can't do anything other than study for psle in p6?

We have allowed our boy to train for & take his gr 8 in violin next yr, his psle yr. Just hv to watch his scheduling, that's all. Our elder girl also took her piano exams in p6 just before psle, asides from being v bz w her cca & syf that yr. Thats y we know its possible to juggle. For most kids, we hv to ask ourselves \"if they r not doing this eg.piano, would they be spending MORE time on studying?\".

Oh, and ctct61t, yeah, it's possible to fast-track in the music studies, provided your child is able to take the pace. Just need to have the right teachers as well, who coach based on child's ability and not the sort of \"one-year take one-grade\" kind of teachers. Our boy has only learnt violin for 3 yrs, fyi.

[corneyAmber]

Totally agree with karmeleon. However many parents think it this way. In fact i took my gr 5 during PSLE yr and gr 8 during o’level yr.

I have a student who took only gr 2,4,6 and 8. He took gr 8 during PSLE yr as well and he is learning violin that time also and took gr 6 that very yr!

[sleepy]

Hi


Any feedback on Seimpi at Parkway center?
Any recommendation for teachers?

Thanks!!

[kero]

ctct61t:

[Moderator's note: Topics merged.]


My daughter is taking her pianoo course in Christopher music school. The beginner's fee is S$63 per month. I choose a China piano teacher for her, and she play quite well since these 3 over month.

Heard from friends, that it's difficult to enter Nafa piano course, and it's course course fee is also quite high, S$ 290 per month.

I want to know, which is the best local piano school? Nafa, Yamaha, or Christopher...

Wah..ctct61t, that's great...my son who was with cristopher music sch like 2 years still stuck at level 3 book... looking back he is stuck with this level 3 book for 1 year and it is like only 1/2 way through I think his previous male teacher and relief teacher during the teacher delivery & after left is really lousy. 1 song can teach like for 1-2 months! Waste of my money for the last 1/2 year. Just changed to the Chinese one last month and it indeed improved alot. What's the China piano teacher name at Woodland mrt?

[mintcc]

[quote]Is your boy still in Seimpi? By the way, which center & who's the teacher?


Thanks for feedback

* Sender does not accept replies[/quote]Hi Sleepy,

sorry, could not reply to you previously as your pm setting does not accept replies.

I have taken my boy out of Sempi for a few months now. Ours is the Funan Centre Sempi and I can't remember the teachers name but she is a Caucasian senior teacher.

[quixation]

No one tried Mandaville?


all thanks to my baby’s gym-mate mummies, we manage to get into the 2 yr old baby music class in June 2009 (yes very long queue). 9 mths of baby music then we move on to baby graduates before they will accept us into the individual classes. Its not that expensive actually as compared to other 1 to 1 piano classes.

Just one question, anyone’s kid has been throught suzuki method? Can share views?

[sleepy]

mincy:

I have taken my boy out of Sempi for a few months now. Ours is the Funan Centre Sempi and I can't remember the teachers name but she is a Caucasian senior teacher.

oh, why did you withdraw him?
teacher no good? or programme not useful?

[mintcc]

well, I the suppose the program is a good introduction to music. We were in the MIM Playtime program. Initially I join the class initially in part because I was attracted by their claims that they introduce music through speed reading and photographic memory among other things.


During the 3 months there, my experience is that the class is about 60% music appreciation(music and movement, listening to different instruments, sounds, games that introduces kids to the concept of sound - loud, soft, fast, slow, high, low) 30% notes recognition and 10% instrument.
Personally, I don’t see any activities that are associated with speed reading or photographic memory durint the time.

Classes consist about more or less similar activities with more or less the same materials. I also enroll my son to Shichida where we get mostly fresh materials weekly and which my boy seems to enjoy more…so my expectation is kind of high.

My boy is quite restless during music class especially for the symbol recognition activities. So after 2 months, I felt that I had learn enough to apply the same methods to teach him at home.

Overall, I still feel that it is a beneficial program, at least for me on how to teach kids music. I probably would have continue if we were not already in Shichida and I do not have music training before.

[sleepy]

I see. Thanks for your feedback