All About Violin Classes and Teachers

[watmekiasu]

HyperKiasu:

then it is more justifiable for me to go for an independent seller.
any advice? which shop to go?

thanks...

Apart fm Synwin that I'd mentioned in another post, Gramercy is another reputable shop. Heard their lutheir is among the best in Spore.

[watmekiasu]

phankao:

That chocolate box is from Austria - a Mozart Choc box.- empty already of course - we ate it all. My daughter brought it back from a competition trip to Vienna 2 years ago.

Do tell us more about the competition in Vienna. Sounds exciting.

[phankao]

watmekiasu:

phankao:

That chocolate box is from Austria - a Mozart Choc box.- empty already of course - we ate it all. My daughter brought it back from a competition trip to Vienna 2 years ago.

Do tell us more about the competition in Vienna. Sounds exciting.

Oh, it was just a choir competition with her school. That was 2 years ago. She just came back from another competition from Russia with school. Now getting down seriously to studying for her Os already. my family's age-gap v large. haha!.

[phankao]

watmekiasu:

HyperKiasu:

then it is more justifiable for me to go for an independent seller.
any advice? which shop to go?

thanks...

Apart fm Synwin that I'd mentioned in another post, Gramercy is another reputable shop. Heard their lutheir is among the best in Spore.

I saw at Esplanade Store that their 1/64 is S$99. From experience, i don't like their cheap bows though - quite low quality compared to Synwin's S$20 bows.

[watmekiasu]

phankao:

Oh, it was just a choir competition with her school. That was 2 years ago. She just came back from another competition from Russia with school. Now getting down seriously to studying for her Os already. my family's age-gap v large. haha!.

Oooh, jetset life for a student. Nice!

Regarding the age gap, it's great that you are still being productive. :lol:

[Starrenee]

Wow…all your kids are holding it great esp since they are so young. I am v v frust liow becoz d teacher i got is v fierce and no patience wit my gal. Even before 3 minutes into the class, she;s already frowning and scolding my gal. She;s supposed a v professional teacher and one of best in spore! But for all that, she;s lousy with kids. My gal has lost her interest (which is quite sad considering how enthusiatic and eager she was initially) due to this teacher! Can anyone recommend a good teacher good with kids? Am desperate liow. Can pm me. I;m staying at east.

[metz]

Hi Starrenee,


Can I please have your teacher's name and contact? TIA.

If you don't mind travelling to town, you can consider this music school http://www.tanglewood-music.com/. Heard the teachers are very nice and inspiring for kids. They just came back from a successful inaugural tour in Europe in June.

[airex]

Hi all,


It's great to see parents understanding the process of learning violin. Cheers!
I have seen many cases whereby students are forced to learn and parents are not keen to understand more about the instrument and only keen abt taking ABRSM exams. Therefore interest in the instrument will not continue for long.

Personally, I have always recommend my students to go to Synwin for purchase of violins or technical faults etc. They do not push the high end products to my students unless my students want to.

For strings, Dominant is a good choice. Normally for beginners, I would ask them to get the beginner model for abt $128 at Synwin and change to Dominant strings for a better tone quality. It makes a huge difference. If the student shows interest and commitment in learning violin after some time, then I would encourage them to purchase hand-made ones.

Anyway, feel free to email me at [email protected] if there's any enquiries about violin learning.

[phankao]

airex:

For strings, Dominant is a good choice. Normally for beginners, I would ask them to get the beginner model for abt $128 at Synwin and change to Dominant strings for a better tone quality. It makes a huge difference. If the student shows interest and commitment in learning violin after some time, then I would encourage them to purchase hand-made ones.

I know there are a few ranges at Synwin ... the S$128 range, the S$350+ range, the S$650+ range.... and so on.

So the S$120+ range is NOT hand-made but the rest is?

My son is using a S$600+ range with vision strings and the tone is lovely.

[sylpha]

Price list is found here: http://www.synwin.com.sg


Basic hand-made model is $257. I def recommend changing strings. For a ttl newbie. I could tell the diff in sound quality ...

Why am I a Synwin fan? Coz the Marina Sq staff gave very good service and recommendations. The staff took care to check the bridge and sound post on her 1/64. For mine, they played a couple of hand-made models (same px range) before selecting the one w the best sound (factory strings). I decided to change my strings after selecting violin and no regrets! They also have a list of teachers in case u need one!


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*Pretty violins hanging in a row

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*I din expect them to spend so much care on a 1/64 violin

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*My full size vs her 1/64 violin