Hi everyone, as much as I would like to avoid a re-posting of information here, it has come to my attention from another forum thread (Choosing the right piano teacher, by dreamaurora) that I need to further expand on some information & also to rectify certain bits.


Kindly bear with me. Thank you.


Hello everyone, this is a re-post to clarify any confusion earlier on.

I know of this piano/cello/violin teacher around Tanjong Katong area. He graduated from Guildhall School of Music & Drama, specializing in violin performance. From what I understand, it is one of the few leading conservatoire in UK (as very kindly pointed out by a fellow forum participant jce).

He has about 17 years of teaching experience. Very flexible and dynamic.

His ability is also quite amazing in my humble opinion; has helped highly functioning autistic child to learn more about music (patient man), to guiding students to be exam-ready (for their Music Elective Program/O Lvls/A levels/SOTA/etc)

Teaching style is unconventional - combines about an hour of lesson, with segments of music documentaries, operas & composer movies (NOT INCLUDED IN LESSON TIME - IT IS ON TOP OF LESSON TIME). This is so that the child can develop his own interest (hopefully, also passion) for music.

e.g. 1 hour of actual teaching + 20 minutes of movie = whole lesson



I have attached a link to a news article about him, featured in the Business Times here: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B9PnZcq_CrMYRXB4QWxkWEVRamVja0dFNmgxUlpQUQ


PM me if you wish to have his contact!

I would also be more than happy to elaborate on some aspects of his teaching (from my own knowledge). Do shoot me any questions and I'd definitely do my best in answering them.

If you wish to know more & I cannot comprehensively answer them, I do suggest that you give him a call, which is of course non-obligatory, to learn more.

Cheers!

Hi everyone, as much as I would like to avoid a re-posting of information here, it has come to my attention from another forum thread (Choosing the right piano teacher, by dreamaurora) that I need to further expand on some information & also to rectify certain bits.


Kindly bear with me. Thank you.


Hello everyone, this is a re-post to clarify any confusion earlier on.

I know of this piano/cello/violin teacher around Tanjong Katong area. He graduated from Guildhall School of Music & Drama, specializing in violin performance. From what I understand, it is one of the few leading conservatoire in UK (as very kindly pointed out by a fellow forum participant jce).

He has about 17 years of teaching experience. Very flexible and dynamic.

His ability is also quite amazing in my humble opinion; has helped highly functioning autistic child to learn more about music (patient man), to guiding students to be exam-ready (for their Music Elective Program/O Lvls/A levels/SOTA/etc)

Teaching style is unconventional - combines about an hour of lesson, with segments of music documentaries, operas & composer movies (NOT INCLUDED IN LESSON TIME - IT IS ON TOP OF LESSON TIME). This is so that the child can develop his own interest (hopefully, also passion) for music.

e.g. 1 hour of actual teaching + 20 minutes of movie = whole lesson



I have attached a link to a news article about him, featured in the Business Times here: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B9PnZcq_CrMYRXB4QWxkWEVRamVja0dFNmgxUlpQUQ


PM me if you wish to have his contact!

I would also be more than happy to elaborate on some aspects of his teaching (from my own knowledge). Do shoot me any questions and I'd definitely do my best in answering them.

If you wish to know more & I cannot comprehensively answer them, I do suggest that you give him a call, which is of course non-obligatory, to learn more.

Cheers!

sacredmusicals:

leongstella:

[quote=\"Intermezzo\"]all along i didn't get the impression that leongstella is advertising for Mr Elgar Kwek.

she's just enthusiastic about sharing. the article does talk about his teaching methods, so to me it's relevant to the topic.

Thank you my dear :hugs:

Update: I really appreciate your comment. It feels good to have someone understand my point of view. Thank you!

You are even more thick skinned than I thought. You also have no interest at all to at modify your posts despite what some posters here have advised. Like jce told you that guildhall is not the leading, but you did not change anything. In any case, the polarising effect your posts have made is perhaps an indication that you should have thought things through and not put the blame on our 'inferior' Singapore culture. And since you are not planning to discuss anything related to mr elgar kwek's teaching methods, let me get some discussion started for the sake of this thread.

Dreamaurora, I am under the impression that parents will not appreciate teachers taking up lesson time to show DVDs or recordings. So what is your opinion on this and how do you build up the interest in young children?[/quote]Noted.

This is my dilemma: If I choose to defend Elgar Kwek on his teaching methods, I would only be spitefully beaten down by you (as proven with your insinuation that 'parents will not appreciate teachers taking up lesson time to show DVDs' - in which by the way, it is on top of actual lesson time, not part of it). & who knows, I might be seen as hard-selling his style of teaching.

If I choose not to, I would be perceived as someone whose sole intention is to 'blatantly advertise' for him.

I attached a Business Times news article, which also validates his teaching approach (not necessarily better, but different and may suit others more) - just for one's reading pleasure. No one asked me to elaborate, but instead I am being attacked for advertising.

How can I possibly share anything constructive with you amicably when you sit behind your monitor and label me \"thick-skinned\", \"blatant advertising\"? I am obviously taken aback by the hostility you have displayed, along with the alarming comments I see from dreamaurora.


Whereas for the correction of my posts, fair enough, yes I should edit them. I'd do that.

Look, I have never said Singapore was inferior. I just said it's just different & I am of course experiencing a culture shock here. Who wouldn't when you are being treated like this? Put yourself in my shoes, new to the forum - just want to share - then BOOM, you get all these strange comments?!

If you still like me to share what I know about his teaching, I'd be more than happy to. Although I do think it is much better if you hear it from the man himself, which I suggested to dreamaurora if she wanted to learn more.

I hope you are able to put me out of my dilemma.

To share or not to share, despite nasty comments like 'thick-skinned'?

peanut_butter:

leongstella:

I am under the impression that forums are avenues where we are free to share (evidently not in Singapore). I won't apologize for being 'tactless' because it is not tactless.


In my defense, I spent a lot of time in Australia, I reckon that this is the main difference between Singapore & Australia? Well, I have to respect the cultural norm. Hence, I will although it doesn't quite make much sense to me.

You posted similar post under different subjects. It feels somewhat pushy. Not within our cultural norm. I have to scroll down your advertisements to get to the relevent topics. There is another forum(?) for advertisements. You may find relevent readers there.

Noted.

Intermezzo:

all along i didn't get the impression that leongstella is advertising for Mr Elgar Kwek.

she's just enthusiastic about sharing. the article does talk about his teaching methods, so to me it's relevant to the topic.

Thank you my dear :hugs:

Update: I really appreciate your comment. It feels good to have someone understand my point of view. Thank you!

dasalo:

leongstella:

Oh! Didn't realize the link has been broken. Hope this works: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B9PnZcq_CrMYRXB4QWxkWEVRamVja0dFNmgxUlpQUQ


Do let me know if it's working now. Thanks for the heads-up

Interesting read. Thanks

You're welcome. Glad to share

sacredmusicals:

I am inclined to believe that leongstella is the teacher himself or someone who is very closely related to him. even if it is genuine sharing, it could have been done more tactfully.

I am very closely related to him (honest). However, that should have no bearing on his teaching, all it takes is just a look-see (since when the singapore society has become so cynical about a simple sharing?).

If I'm Elgar lol, I'd just come as 'Elgarkwek' & share my wealth of knowledge. Unfortunately, I am not. :boogie:

I am under the impression that forums are avenues where we are free to share (evidently not in Singapore). I won't apologize for being 'tactless' because it is not tactless.

In my defense, I spent a lot of time in Australia, I reckon that this is the main difference between Singapore & Australia? Well, I have to respect the cultural norm. Hence, I will although it doesn't quite make much sense to me.

To Dreamaurora: Sweetie, I'm not here to steal your students ok? I didn't even know this is your soft-selling method of garnering students.

Dreamaurora:

leongstella:

[quote=\"Dreamaurora\"]

Your initial postings are all about 'sharing' this fantastic teacher of yours. I am not sure how much more blatant it can get. But I am going to give you the benefit of doubt. Why don't you ask the teacher to come here and contribute, I am sure this forum would benefit from a teacher of his stature and experience.

With all due respect, I don't think there's a need for me to vindicate myself to you. I did what I wanted to do - that is to share. There's no need for me to answer to a 'higher authority', which is your assumed position. As equals, I reserve the right to post whatever I wish to share. If this forum wants to benefit from his experiences, one can always give him a call - to ask and share. One doesn't need to come onto the forum to justify himself - of what basis does he have to comply to you? Since your curiosity has gotten the better of you, why don't I give you his number & you can enquire? In that way, for your own personal conviction (which I assume it is so because no one else seem to second your suggestion), you can see for yourself that he is indeed what I have shared as.

I hope you take away a less prejudiced outlook in forum activity and have given you some food for thought through my response.

Cheers.

Do let me know if you are keen on having his contact for your own benefit.

So you seem to believe that you are the one taking the moral high ground. Just because you are free to do something does not mean you SHOULD do it. Let me give you an analogy, imagine going to a teacher's student concert and you start talking with the members of the audience and shared about your own fantastic teacher and giving out contact of your teacher. Yes, there is nothing that prevent you from doing that, but i dare you to do it.

Your postings in this thread do not add anything at all to this thread, but anyway since you're convicted that you are right and i am wrong, i cannot do anything to change your mind. But other people can see and like someone said in the other thread, no one will believe you if you keep spamming the other threads with your 'sharing'. You will just be giving you or your teacher more bad rep.

I hope that is food for thought enough for you.[/quote]Dreamaurora, I do not wish to start some kind of silly disagreement with you.

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. I rest my case. Others can make their own judgments. This is a forum, where we are free to share; not a battlefield of keyboard warriors. Let them make their own assumptions. I did my best in sharing.

Let this end here, for the sake of civility and courtesy.

Thank you.

leongstella:

Hello everyone, I thought I would like to add a note here for everyone.


I know of this piano/cello/violin teacher around Tanjong Katong area. He graduated from Guildhall School of Music & Drama, specializing in violin performance. From what I understand, it is one of the few leading conservatoire in UK (as very kindly pointed out by a fellow forum participant jce).

He has about 17 years of teaching experience. Very flexible and dynamic.

His ability is also quite amazing; has helped highly functioning autistic child to learn more about music (patient man), to guiding students to be exam-ready (for their Music Elective Program/O Lvls/A levels/SOTA/etc)

Teaching style is unconventional - combines about an hour of lesson, with segments of music documentaries, operas & composer movies (NOT INCLUDED IN LESSON TIME - ON TOP OF LESSON TIME).

e.g. 1 hour of actual teaching + 20 minutes of movie = whole lesson


This is so that the child can develop his own interest (hopefully, also passion) for music.

I have attached a link to a news article about him, featured in the Business Times here: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B9PnZcq_CrMYRXB4QWxkWEVRamVja0dFNmgxUlpQUQ


PM me if you wish to have his contact!

I was informed in another thread that the link to the Business Times article is broken, so here it is: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B9PnZcq_CrMYRXB4QWxkWEVRamVja0dFNmgxUlpQUQ

Sorry.

leongstella:

Hello everyone, I thought I would like to add a note here for everyone.


I know of this piano/cello/violin teacher around Tanjong Katong area. He graduated from Guildhall School of Music & Drama, specializing in violin performance. From what I understand, it is the leading conservatoire in UK.

He has about 17 years of teaching experience. Very flexible and dynamic.

His ability is also quite amazing; has helped highly functioning autistic child to learn more about music (patient man), to guiding students to be exam-ready (for their Music Elective Program/O Lvls/A levels/SOTA/etc)

Teaching style is unconventional - combines about an hour of lesson with music documentaries, operas & composer movies. This is so that the child can develop his own interest (hopefully, also passion) for music.

I have attached a link to a news article about him, featured in the Business Times here: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9PnZcq ... dit?pli=1#


PM me if you wish to have his contact!

I was informed in another thread that the link to the Business Times article is broken, so here it is: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B9PnZcq_CrMYRXB4QWxkWEVRamVja0dFNmgxUlpQUQ

Sorry.