All About Choosing Piano Schools And Teachers

[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.

[natgoh]

moonmazy:

Wow seems like a lot of people are finding piano teachers!


the piano teacher for my children is quite good, she's a private teacher.
She's currently teaching my dd grade 8 and my boy grade 2.
(My dd got merit for grade 7, and my boy got distinction for grade 1)
She's very patient and gets along well with kids.
If you want i can give you her contact.
Her charges are quite reasonable as well.

Cheers!

Hi Can i have her number pls? [email protected]

thanks

[natgoh]

Hi I am looking for a piano teacher for my 5 years old. Willing to travel to our place in the East or we can travel if it is nearby. Looking at weekdays evening except for Thur & Fri and Sat late morning.


The teacher has to be patient and firm as my dd has a short attention span.

Thanks.

[happyfeet11]

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....

hi peanut_butter,

based on the fact that you are able to reply me shows you are a guru too!!

hmm...so based on what you've said, in summary it depends on how comfortable we are with the teacher?

well, actually i'm kinda thinking IF a more experienced teacher might be able to impact some tips on notes remembering or stuff like that to aid theory learning & to make it some what easier but on the other hand, a new teacher was a student him/herself not too long ago too

[happyfeet11]

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

hi Dreamaurora,

glad to know you're on the same page as peanut_butter

& you both are so modest

but it makes lotsa sense

i will sure look in to the link you have provided thank you!

[halost]

hi natgoh, i have a good recommendation for this music teacher her details are Experience


Music Qualifications:

- Dance & Music Master Performance, Avex Artist Academy, Tokyo Japan. (2009-2011)
- BA (HONS) Music Degree in Classical Music Performance, Lasalle College of the Arts Singapore (2009)
- Diploma in Classical Music Performance, Lasalle College of the Arts Singapore (2005-2008)
- ABRSM GRADE 8 Piano, Theory & Singing - Passed with Distinction


Teaching Experience: 5 years of music teaching experience in various private and government schools like Republic Poly, Ang Mo Kio Secondary, Pasir Ris Primary and many others.


feel free to contact me if you need any more details…

[bailabi]

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.

Pmed you.