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      wi11anna
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      Hi georgewong22, thank you for the recommendation. Will go down to the shop to take a look.


      Have you checked out Juzmusic? They're located at Parkway Centre and Tanglin Mall. http://www.juzmusic.com/Juzmusic/Courses.html

      DD will attend lesson at the school's designated music school. It's compulsory for sec 1 CO members to attend. Not sure whether they'll teach western music.

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        phankao
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        georgewong22:


        BigDevil, Sinfonia does offer. 1 class 1 teacher too. I guess if I cannot find anyone else, will probably enrol there.

        Anyone with any recommendations?

        Thank you.
        Why not engage a private cello teacher instead?

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          georgewong22
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          Yes I tried and am still trying private home tutors. Had 2 so far - 1 paid for 4 classes but only turned up for 1. The other, overcharging me. Every class there is something I need to pay for.


          But yes, I am still looking but prefer recommendations, that way at least I reduce chances of ending up with another one of the above.

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            phankao
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            georgewong22:
            Yes I tried and am still trying private home tutors. Had 2 so far - 1 paid for 4 classes but only turned up for 1. The other, overcharging me. Every class there is something I need to pay for.


            But yes, I am still looking but prefer recommendations, that way at least I reduce chances of ending up with another one of the above.
            Overcharging - as in, the tr is really bad and not worth the fees?

            I just sent you pm with contact given by a friend.

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              georgewong22
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              Overcharging as in, we first agreed on a fee but then after every class he would ask for more - for taxi rides, for minutes of his time to tell my son his homework.


              Anyway thanks for the recommendation - I am still looking for another teacher. Thanks to you, my daughter now has a teacher. Just need someone else to handle Saturday classes for my son.

              Cheers.

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                sleepy
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                What is the market rate for private cello teacher?

                Normally how long is the class duration?


                By the way, my dd is learning from her school CO. She can read the chinese score. I'm wondering if I engage a private teacher and switch her to ABSRM syllabus, would that be confusing?

                Reason for switching is I would like her to sit for exam. There isn't seem to be any exam or certification ABSRM equivalent for chinese score. How do we know which grade the child has progress to? Or there is indeed an exam that I'm not aware of? Please enlighten me

                :thankyou:

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                  sleepy
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                  Any advice ? Thanks!

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                    peanut_butter
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                      phankao
                      last edited by

                      sleepy:
                      What is the market rate for private cello teacher?

                      Normally how long is the class duration?


                      By the way, my dd is learning from her school CO. She can read the chinese score. I'm wondering if I engage a private teacher and switch her to ABSRM syllabus, would that be confusing?

                      Reason for switching is I would like her to sit for exam. There isn't seem to be any exam or certification ABSRM equivalent for chinese score. How do we know which grade the child has progress to? Or there is indeed an exam that I'm not aware of? Please enlighten me

                      :thankyou:
                      As far as I know, one of the most looked-upon examination boards for chinese instruments is CCM (Central Conservatory of China). The exams are administered by NAFA (don't have to be a student there. Just register for exams like ABRSM). These scores for these exams are all in Jianpu(what you refer to as chinese score). There are grades 1 to 9 and then diploma.

                      However, I don't think they have exams for cello locally. I haven't seen any cello students taking exams before in the 3 exams that my son has taken at NAFA, nor any category for cello in the high-scorer awards booklet.

                      I doubt your child will be confused if you have her learn Wuxianpu - 5-line score and do ABRSM. Why not?

                      In my ds' school's CO, the cello boys learn using the Suzuki Cello books, which means they are learning the western 5-line score. I've seen the cellists in another CO that my ds is in, reading both Jianpu and Wuxianpu interchangeably. No problem at all.

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                        sleepy
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                        phankao:
                        As far as I know, one of the most looked-upon examination boards for chinese instruments is CCM (Central Conservatory of China). The exams are administered by NAFA (don't have to be a student there. Just register for exams like ABRSM). These scores for these exams are all in Jianpu(what you refer to as chinese score). There are grades 1 to 9 and then diploma.


                        However, I don't think they have exams for cello locally. I haven't seen any cello students taking exams before in the 3 exams that my son has taken at NAFA, nor any category for cello in the high-scorer awards booklet.

                        You are right, Nafa does not conduct exam fo cello under Chinese instruments. Seems like the only route towards certification in Singapore is ABRSM ?

                        My dd does not know how to read western score. Need to learn from scratch :faint:

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