All About Choosing Piano Schools And Teachers

[sleepy]

nissin:

How do we parents,with no music background know if the teacher is good.? I can only engage them thru sourcing on my own, recommendations or hearsay based on my budget and location preference. It's really not easy at all..

Me too, zero music background. Thus can only share my kids' learning journey Can't tell how good is teacher technically

Based on my prior experience with dd1, I took a different approach the second time round & decided to start dd2 with group lessons in Seimpi. Group lessons generally more fun & lesson plan seems structured. After dd2 shown keen interest in continuing learning, then switch to individual lessons to better prepare for graded exam.

She's still motivated after learning for 2+ years, compared to her elder sister who totally gave up after 1 year. I guess 好的开始是成功的一半？

[phankao]

peanut_butter:

I do quarterly class-hour to weed out the bad students. I also turned down parents who ask for discounts.

what is \"quarterly class hour\"?

[Dreamaurora]

phankao:

peanut_butter:

I do quarterly class-hour to weed out the bad students. I also turned down parents who ask for discounts.

what is \"quarterly class hour\"?

Performance class

[phankao]

Dreamaurora:

phankao:

what is \"quarterly class hour\"?

Performance class

Oh ok - will be attending one with my 3yo soon. Will see for 1st time what it is like! Hmmm... interesting.... Never had any with my older 3 kids before and they are like done with grade 8 for no.1 & no.2 and another doing grade 8 in all their respective instruments. *hehe*.

[sacredmusicals]

I got my grade 8 piano without any class hour or performance class. So I don’t think it’s a necessity to pass exam. HOWEVER, I do wish my teachers had bothered to organize class hours or concerts. Its like I am missing a lot of things that other students had.

[MummyThreeStreams]

I’m a firm believer in performance classes too. After all, the beauty of playing a musical instrument is the ability to share the music with those around you. DS1 is very comfortable performing, and I think it is a very important source of motivation for him to perfect a piece. He is far more confident performing than I ever was.

[Intermezzo]

Dreamaurora:

phankao:

[quote=\"peanut_butter\"] I do quarterly class-hour to weed out the bad students. I also turned down parents who ask for discounts.

what is \"quarterly class hour\"?

Performance class[/quote]i'm sorry i don't quite understand the terms used here.. hope someone can clarify for me..

how is quarterly class-hour = performance class,
and how does that \"weed out the bad students\"? thanks!

[phankao]

sacredmusicals:

I got my grade 8 piano without any class hour or performance class. So I don't think it's a necessity to pass exam. HOWEVER, I do wish my teachers had bothered to organize class hours or concerts. Its like I am missing a lot of things that other students had.

Yes, I do believe performance classes are a great boost to a child's ability. Sadly my older kids didn't have. My elder boy improved alot last year though when he started having some many performances (including exam recitals) as part of school. This year even more. So far already 6 times - solo, duets, trios, quartets, etc. We were even looking around for any performance opportunities as we could find for our no.3 over the years as performing at home is never quite the same to this boy, so we pushed for school, community events, etc. haha! So ks huh? *hehe*.

[metz]

An alternative is to DIY your own performance classes or events. My friend once gathered some kids - her own, mine, her neighbours' kids and we had an impromptu mini concert.


Now we have an idea brewing, still at the initial stage, ie to gather a group of kids together and seek opportunities for them to perform. Target groups can be at old folks' homes etc.

[phankao]

chamonix:

An alternative is to DIY your own performance classes or events. My friend once gathered some kids - her own, mine, her neighbours' kids and we had an impromptu mini concert.


Now we have an idea brewing, still at the initial stage, ie to gather a group of kids together and seek opportunities for them to perform. Target groups can be at old folks' homes etc.

but someone has to organise the performances at the Old Folks' Homes.