All About Choosing Piano Schools And Teachers

[Fat cello]

Hi


Anybody know how much a SSO/NAFA teacher charge for 45 mins lesson?

Tks

[kaeshion]

Uhm, just wanted to ask if any parents have daughters/sons that took up a second instrument while they are in secondary school?

I'm 13 right now, soon to be 14 next year, and I am currently learning the piano, taking Grade 7 Practical next year. However, I have taken up an interest, in fact, a passion in the cello and uh I did ask my parents about this and they disagreed as cellos and cello lessons were generally expensive and they were afraid that I won't be able to juggle my piano,school commitments, and a second instrument, which may result in me losing interest.
As for interest-wise, I'm fairly confident that I will not lose interest, and well, just wanted to ask for other parents' opinions, to check if I'm being too naive/rash?

(SORRY I know this is off-topic but I can't find any other thread related ;____;)

[kathyh]

NO you are not.


Nowadays we parents always force our kids to do this and learn that, it is really precious that you are really interested in something

[thinkcool]

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 contact no. pls.?


Thanks,
thinkcool
[email protected]

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

thanks

[Fei Fish]

Hi I’m Amy. Currently I am looking for a private piano teacher for my girl (8yrs old. finished her JXC with yamaha & grade 9 yamaha exam). We lived in Punggol.


Thank you,
Appreciated everyone help.

[thinkcool]

Hi All,


My boy is cuurently with Yamaha, taking group piano lessons
and going for Grade 1 exam Next march.

He used to be very motivated to learn new songs but sadly
in a group setting, having to wait for other kids to catch up
with the 3 Grade 1 songs, he gets rather bored during lessons
and is not playing much at home.

I have asked his teacher to give him some new songs to learn
but to no avail and she needs to help the rest of the students.

So I am in a fix now, thinking what to do?
I am afraid he may lose interest in playing the piano as
time goes.

My boy prefers learning in a group but the rest are too slow
so the teacher can’t teach beyond the 3 G1 songs.

Should I switch him to individual lessons?
But I will need to get a very good teacher who relates well
to children and knows how to motivate kids to learn.
And costs wise, which is more viable?

Anyone has any good advice to share?
Thanks in advance.

[Dreamaurora]

thinkcool:

Hi All,


My boy is cuurently with Yamaha, taking group piano lessons
and going for Grade 1 exam Next march.

He used to be very motivated to learn new songs but sadly
in a group setting, having to wait for other kids to catch up
with the 3 Grade 1 songs, he gets rather bored during lessons
and is not playing much at home.

I have asked his teacher to give him some new songs to learn
but to no avail and she needs to help the rest of the students.

So I am in a fix now, thinking what to do?
I am afraid he may lose interest in playing the piano as
time goes.

My boy prefers learning in a group but the rest are too slow
so the teacher can't teach beyond the 3 G1 songs.

Should I switch him to individual lessons?
But I will need to get a very good teacher who relates well
to children and knows how to motivate kids to learn.
And costs wise, which is more viable?

Anyone has any good advice to share?
Thanks in advance.

Personally I don't believe group graded exams are suitable as lesson format for classical piano lessons. The high level of interaction and customization that a teacher needs to do for piano lesson is simply too much to standardize. And learning standard 3 G1 songs for one grade I don't think is healthy. So most good teachers adopt the individual piano lesson format, but with occasional group sessions/class hours/masterclasses every one or two months to give students a chance to play in a group setting.

So yes, switching your child to a teacher who does lessons like how I described above will probably be more suitable. But teachers who do that are normally more established and cost quite a lot more compared to group class at Yamaha, so you will have to be prepared to spend the fund.

[sleepy]

kaeshion:

I have taken up an interest, in fact, a passion in the cello and uh I did ask my parents about this and they disagreed as cellos and cello lessons were generally expensive and they were afraid that I won't be able to juggle my piano,school commitments, and a second instrument, which may result in me losing interest.

As for interest-wise, I'm fairly confident that I will not lose interest, and well, just wanted to ask for other parents' opinions, to check if I'm being too naive/rash?

I agreed with your parents in certain areas. If you take on too much on your plate - CCA, school commitment, piano, plus cello, it can be rather overwhelming. So your parents' conern are valid.

I'm not so concerned about the interests part, more on the time management part. My dd is taking cello. She is keen, not losing interests even though she's so busy. I told her to take it slow from now on, no need to prep for grade 7 or 8 practical since I do not want her to divide her precious rest time further between psle prep and abrsm prep. Just play at leisure.

I'm not worried at all about her losing interest but more concerned about insufficient rest time because she has too many things on her plate. Rest time is very important to a growing child. And I think may result in additional (unnecessary) stress if she needs to rush to complete homework and projects due to lack of time. My dd is not so great on time mananagment so I've to step in.

I presume you are busier than my dd since you are in secondary school. If you can demonstrate to your parents excellent time management skills (not at the expense of less sleep), perhaps they may be convinced to let you take on a 2nd instrument.

[Coolkidsrock2]

skyvelvet:

hi

anyone can recommend a piano teacher for mt son- 8 yr old - grade 2.
to teach at my place. jurong east .
pls PM me or email me @ [email protected]

thanks

I have pm you.

[pianoprincess]

kaeshion:

Uhm, just wanted to ask if any parents have daughters/sons that took up a second instrument while they are in secondary school?

I'm 13 right now, soon to be 14 next year, and I am currently learning the piano, taking Grade 7 Practical next year. However, I have taken up an interest, in fact, a passion in the cello and uh I did ask my parents about this and they disagreed as cellos and cello lessons were generally expensive and they were afraid that I won't be able to juggle my piano,school commitments, and a second instrument, which may result in me losing interest.
As for interest-wise, I'm fairly confident that I will not lose interest, and well, just wanted to ask for other parents' opinions, to check if I'm being too naive/rash?

(SORRY I know this is off-topic but I can't find any other thread related ;____;)

I took up cello when i was 13 in secondary school. As a pianist myself like you I already had the piano background, so actually picking it up is not very difficult as theory wise you do not need to catch up neither do you need to sightread very complicated scores as it's really only one melodic line you have to read. The only really difficult thing is getting used to grasping the bow correctly and if you already have flexible and longer fingers ( on your left hand) the fingering will not be difficult for you.

Is it difficult to juggle school and piano and cello? It really depends - do you take very long to finish learning anything on the piano right now? How much time do you invest in practicing? I juggled ballet, cello, and piano and later on added classical voice to my schedule, these were all on a very professional level by then and I was in the dance studio every single day of the week after school , and at exam times, i went for piano lessons after ballet, which means I only got home at 12am. sleep was definitely sacrificed and I will say it is very hard work if you really want to learn everything well- you can definitely juggle them all but to learn them well will require alot of time and effort.

But aboveall I think passion really counts the most for it and if you don't think your interest will wane, go for it! The cello may support you in your piano studies, or vice versa. I got tired of the cello as it was not the instrument I was ever interested in and I don't really like the sound of the cello , plus I definitely didn't enjoy carrying and transporting my cello around!