All About Choosing Piano Schools And Teachers

[Headache2010]

joyofmusic:

Wow! Congrats! Which exam is that? Sounds like a degree course?

Thanks DD was also delighted with her results this morning. she went for ANZCA exam.

Opps pasted the wrong website haha. Apologies....

It should be
http://www.anzca.com.au/html/s01_home/home.asp

[snowen]

Hi All,


Wanted to share about my experience with local music schools. So far bad experiences with both Mandeville and Mac Music school and would strongly not recommend it to anyone as they are just concerned about making money and not passionate about teaching kids. At the same time they are unresponsive and unprofessional in dealing with parents like us (kept changing our schedules last min and do not offer any alternative, we have to keep calling to follow up ourselves on re-arrangement of classes.) and staff are ill-trained on course curriculum.

Hi Headache 2010, we are staying at sengkang area too, possible to pm me your DD’s piano teacher contact pls?

Thanks alot!

[snowen]

Hi Headache2010, congrats on your DD good results!

[jce]

ANZCA is the Australian board, different from ABRSM.

[Headache2010]

jce:

ANZCA is the Australian board, different from ABRSM.

Yes they are different. Personally I prefer ANZCA ;).

I copied and pasted the wrong website earlier

[Headache2010]

snowen:

Hi Headache2010, congrats on your DD good results!

Thanks Snowen, have PMed you ;).

PS: DD is only at preparatory level but it's a good start and it has boosted her confidence and morale :).

[snowen]

Tks Headache2010! Got ur PM, appreciate it!


Glad to know your DD enjoys it, hope my girl enjoys as much too!

[CuriousityCurious]

I wld like to know what’s with the hype of parents sending their children for piano lessons when they know it is expensive and can be hard to learn and their kids may give up halfway?

[Headache2010]

CuriousityCurious:

I wld like to know what's with the hype of parents sending their children for piano lessons when they know it is expensive and can be hard to learn and their kids may give up halfway?

As parents, if we could, we would want expose as many activities to our child. To give them a chance to explore and to see where their interests are. Without even trying, how do you know they will find it hard and give up halfway?

For us, we started her with a Casio Keyboard (planning to sell it) and have since bought a digital piano as the keyboard no longer can serve the purpose as DD moves on. If she were to show that she has no interest when playing the keyboard we would have stopped her.

I don't think it's any hype. Music allows anyone to relax and destress. Learning piano can also be a skill set in the future. If you are stressed seein parents sending their children to learn piano and are wondering if you should do the same, that's what you will call it \"hype\" but not for me.

By the way this was the reason why I have chosen ANZCA and not ABRSM. Anzca will expose students to different type of music and not just classical ones. Students can choose to learn and play any music, including pop, jazz, even music from Korean drama (teacher will not object to it as the basic reason for learning any instrument is to be able to play what you like) .

Note: I have seen parents forcing their child to practice etc. if there is no interest, there is no point in learning.

[kathyh]

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