STUDENT SPOTLIGHT
Pushing Through the COVID-19 Circuit Breaker with Resilience
Though it's still online lessons for a while more, the past few months of circuit breaker have been a testament to the resilience from our teachers, students and parents. Apart from online lessons, we've kept ourselves growing with virtual pedagogy meet-ups, family and online duets (yes it is possible and effective with the right tools), masterclasses, and here's a special shout out to Alethea Ong, student from our Advanced Piano Performance Programme, who performed beautifully at the Steinway Youth Piano Competition. Bravo to our community!
Catch some photo snapshots of our circuit breaker highlights, and a fun example of an online lesson below! We are still accepting students as per normal, so do contact us if you are interested in our programmes.
Catch some photo snapshots of our circuit breaker highlights, and a fun example of an online lesson below! We are still accepting students as per normal, so do contact us if you are interested in our programmes.
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The Singapore International Piano Competition 2020
A big congratulations to our students who worked so hard for the Singapore International Piano Competition:
Loi Yi Xuan: Second Prize and Best Musicality Award (Youth Class C)
Hannah Kok: Second Prize (Brahms Class)
Andrea Ong: Second Prize (Children Class C)
Audrey Lee: Second Prize (Children Class B)
Catch Hannah Kok performing live below!
Loi Yi Xuan: Second Prize and Best Musicality Award (Youth Class C)
Hannah Kok: Second Prize (Brahms Class)
Andrea Ong: Second Prize (Children Class C)
Audrey Lee: Second Prize (Children Class B)
Catch Hannah Kok performing live below!
Student Features
Loi Yi Xuan is currently a Higher Music student at Nanyang Girls' High School. In 2020, she was accepted in to the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music Young Pianists Academy programme, and also clinched 2nd Prize and Best Musicality Award at the Singapore International Piano Competition. In 2018, she was awarded 1st Prize at the Golden Classical International Piano Competition and subsequently performed Liszt's Consolation in D Flat Major at Carnegie Hall in 2018. She has also been a finalist at the Singapore National Piano and Violin Competition. Catch Yi Xuan performing Haydn's Sonata in C Major, Hob XVI:50 below!
Alethea Ong is currently in the Music Elective Programme at Raffles Girls' Secondary School, and recently performed at the Steinway Youth Piano Competition. In 2019, she won the First Prize at the Golden Classical International Piano Competition and Second Prize at the Grand Prize Virtuoso International Piano Competition, and was invited to perform at Carnegie Hall and the Musikverein respectively. Catch Alethea performing Asturias by Albeniz below!
Starting off young beginners through virtual lessons posed quite a challenge during the COVID-19 circuit breaker, but with engaging teachers who work closely with sporting and dedicated parents, such challenges are transformed into precious opportunities for family bonding. This is the case for Yap Yi Feng practicing with the help of his mother below!
Eloise Kan is an imaginative student who speaks and plays the piano with confidence and flair. We are incredibly proud of her progress. Catch her performing Bartok's Play Song below!
Natalie Feng is a bubbly personality, and her first steps at the piano were full of fun and smiles. Catch her performing a duet with Ms. Kristy Man below.
Student Recitals and Masterclasses
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Composers Over Coffee, March and November 2019
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Tea for Two, June-July 2019
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