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Some of you may wonder, if I’m teaching violin, I should just focus on teaching the violin. Why am I “abandoning” or “ignoring” the student by accompanying the student on the piano? As a piano and violin teacher, I have the resources to utilize both instruments when teaching. When I teach violin, I use the piano for the reasons below: To help with the student’s intonation With the point above, this will gradually improve the student’s listening skills, hence, become more sens

Before teaching my morning violin student today, I was sharing with the mother about a performance opportunity in January 2026 that I would like her daughter to participate in. The mother soon asked me, “Will she be ready? When should I actually let her perform?” After hearing this question, I immediately felt a sense of relief because these are questions I like to hear. I was confident and as a result, I simply replied “as early as possible.” For examinations and competition

Since I started learning the piano and violin at a young age, music examinations have always been held in person with an examiner in a room. I took the ABRSM Practical Grades examinations for all my piano and violins examinations in Singapore, which had 4 components: scales, sightreading, 3 pieces and aural.  However, when COVID hit, everything changed. Music examinations could not be held in person but instead, online, or Performance Grades as ABRSM calls it. Teachers, stude

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First, I would like to give a disclaimer. When I first started teaching privately after coming back to Singapore, that is, when I just...

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When I first heard about a piano competition, which was the Golden Classical Music Award hosted in USA, I felt reluctant at first. This...

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