All About Choosing Piano Schools And Teachers

[MusicAmor]

Looking for piano teacher for adult (early 20s). Keen on taking exams and progressing asap… teacher must be motivated and flexible (i.e, skip grades if necessary).


PM if available

[Klavier]

Hi all, i am a full time piano teacher staying at bt timah area. Currently have free time slots for new students. I have been teaching for 18 years, was ex Yamaha Music school teacher. My credentials: LRSM in piano performing of Royal School of Music London and LTCL in piano teaching of Trinity College of London. Accepting students as young as 4 year old, early this year in fact one of my 5yo student scored distinction for gr1 piano exam. Accepting students for all levels (beginner to diploma for both theory and practical). Reasonable charges, find out more do pm me. God blessed!

[KiasuPiano]

Dear Kiasu Parents,


Not all piano teachers are created equal.

Some specialize in teaching children, others prefer adults. Many have few focus on beginners compared to advanced students.

Some use a classical-based curriculum, but others teach jazz and pop music.

During the search, are parents looking for the right teacher? Or the good teacher? Or perhaps the best teacher?

So, what are the qualities that parents look for during the search?

A quote from an unknown author :
Life is like a piano... What you get out of it depends on how you play it.

[happyfeet11]

Hi All,


I have a few Qn in my head & hope to be able to find some answers from the gurus here...

Would like to know what determines a good piano teacher?

Does the teaching experience matters a lot?

Any difference between learning at school & home?

Difference between charges from school & home.

[happyfeet11]

Hi All,


I have a few Qn in my head & hope to be able to find some answers from the gurus here…

Would like to know what determines a good piano teacher?

Does the teaching experience matters a lot?

Any difference between learning at school & home?

Difference between charges from school & home.

[peanut_butter]

If a non-guru may share her thoughts, i think a good teacher has many attitubes. S/he should be able to help a student or the parents’ achieve their resonable expectations. Since each student may choose to study piano for different reasons and put in various amount of effect. I guess some might add that helping a student achieve his maximum protential is an important point. Some teachers have ‘X factor’ that could influent students to practice. One of my previous teachers can hardly explain clearly in English (she is a Japanese). But i want to practice all day.


Teaching experience does matter but if i were to choose a teacher for my child (not that i have one), i may prefer the one with less experience who is willing to learn and grow over the very experience who has a ‘i know-it-all’ mentality.

From observing my own students, there is not much difference between the 2 places. Parents involvement and the students’ passion play the most significate role in their progress.

Charges varies from school to school, teacher to teacher. Hard to compare.

P.s. I am utterly sick of editing my spelling. I am leaving my mistakes as they are…

[Dreamaurora]

peanut_butter:

If a non-guru may share her thoughts, i think a good teacher has many attitubes. S/he should be able to help a student or the parents' achieve their resonable expectations. Since each student may choose to study piano for different reasons and put in various amount of effect. I guess some might add that helping a student achieve his maximum protential is an important point. Some teachers have 'X factor' that could influent students to practice. One of my previous teachers can hardly explain clearly in English (she is a Japanese). But i want to practice all day.


Teaching experience does matter but if i were to choose a teacher for my child (not that i have one), i may prefer the one with less experience who is willing to learn and grow over the very experience who has a 'i know-it-all' mentality.

From observing my own students, there is not much difference between the 2 places. Parents involvement and the students' passion play the most significate role in their progress.

Charges varies from school to school, teacher to teacher. Hard to compare.

P.s. I am utterly sick of editing my spelling. I am leaving my mistakes as they are....

Ditto to what peanut_butter said. The numbers of years a teacher has taught should not matter much in the grand scheme of things. I have met a fair share of 'experienced' teachers who never upgraded themselves and teach exactly the same way over the years. There's an adage 'The best teachers are the best students themselves'. This is something I constantly remind myself as it is easy to be complacent once I become more established. Even my ex teachers who were already very established made it a point to continue attending masterclasses, seminars, festivals, etc.

And although I am not a guru also myself, I did make a rough guide on choosing a right piano teacher. It is by no means definitive, but should be a decent starting point.

http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=21480

[musiclover]

Gmum:

Hi hi..


Any parent has sent your 2yr old kids to music/piano classes? Does your kids really pick up skill from attending those course and does it really helps for their piano higher level course? If yes, any recommended school. Thank you!

Cheers!

Hi, I'm a music educator myself and it is definitely possible to put a 2 yr old in a music class. I strongly recommend the Musikgarten Family Music for Toddlers program. This is an early childhood music education program developed in the US for age-appropriate music learning. It all boils down to exposing your child to music and slowly drawing their interest in music so that they will be able to appreciate music more, right?

This Musikgarten program that I'm talking about, is good for both the left and right brain of the child and it involves fun activities and age-appropriate percussion instruments e.g. rattles, rhythm sticks, and resonator bars for the children to explore. I have been conducting Musikgarten classes for sometime now and I hope to raise some awareness about this course because it works really well on the children in my opinion. Please let me know if you are interested or if you have any questions. Thanks!

[phankao]

musiclover:

This Musikgarten program that I'm talking about, is good for both the left and right brain of the child and it involves fun activities and age-appropriate percussion instruments e.g. rattles, rhythm sticks, and resonator bars for the children to explore. I have been conducting Musikgarten classes for sometime now and I hope to raise some awareness about this course because it works really well on the children in my opinion. Please let me know if you are interested or if you have any questions. Thanks![/color]

Those were the kind of class my 1yo went to. Lots of room to run around. But he learnt a lot in that music playgroup he attended. Rolling balls around the room to soothing music like Saint-Saens' Swan was \"Legato. Bouncing around with the balls to \"Kangaroo\" in the same Saint-Saens' compositions was \"Staccato. Of course there were other composers & compositions in different terms. They also ran for \"Allegro\" and walk for \"Andante\", etc. All in illustrations to musical pieces. They also covered note values and played the electone keyboard in the latter part of the year altho' my dear boy refused to oblige the teacher in doing whatever she asked for on the keyboard. Onlyl gave her sweet smiles. LOL.

Certainly by the time he was 2yo, these type of music playgroup was too babyish already. hah. And he had no problems picking out tunes himself on the piano.

[natgoh]

Hi, I am looking for a piano teacher for my 5 years old gal. Does anyone has any recommendation? Hopefully the teacher can travel to my place in the East. Else, can anyone recommend any music school giving individual lesson?


Appreciate any recommendation.

Thanks.