All About Choosing Piano Schools And Teachers

[Ahchan88]

Dreamaurora:

Ahchan88:

Dear all,


Is it better to start piano lesson for my 8 years old daughter from music sch or better to get 1to 1 teaching at my house?

My daughter is active but also interested in music so thinking to let her learn piano to train her patient.

1. I am staying in Punggol, any recommendation of good teachers or good music sch with reasonable fees.
2. What are the rates for beginner?
3. How to define a good teacher? How do I choose and consider if the teacher is suitable for my daughter?
4. Is Full time teacher or more mature teacher (above 30 years old) a better choice?

Thanks in advance!

Generally speaking, the more qualified teachers with better track records often conduct lessons from home studios or own music schools. Though there are also good piano teachers who travel to students' homes for practical reasons.

2.
The rates for beginner can range all the way from $20 to $100 depending on the qualification and track record of the teacher.

3.
A good teacher should be technically skilled in teaching, performing and able to connect on the same level as the student; paper qualification is secondary. This just my opinion and you may have different ideas on what constitute a good teacher.

4.
Full time piano teachers will be more secure in the long run as there is a much lesser chance of them stopping teaching because of reasons such as wanting to focus on their full-time careers. Age and number of years teaching is not as important as track record. A younger skilled teacher with track record of producing competent students with good performance and exam results is definitely more desirable than an older one who is just going through the motion and producing average result.

Thanks Dreamaurora for your reply!

After discussed with my wife, we prefer to have teacher coming to our house (Punggol) for teaching.

If anyone has any good recommendation on teachers (prefer full time female teacher), pls let me know. Please let me know the fees as well.

My gal is easily distracted so I suppose the teacher has to be patient and more strict to her.

We prefer to have lessons on either Mon, Wed or Fri; time between 7pm to 9pm.

Once again, thank you!

[123qwesz]

I did a short writeup on sourcing for a good piano teacher in Singapore over here at my blog http://www.gabrielyeong.com/2013/05/choosing-piano-teacher-in-singapore.html


Hope it helps!

[waiyean]

123qwesz:

I did a short writeup on sourcing for a good piano teacher in Singapore over here at my blog http://www.gabrielyeong.com/2013/05/choosing-piano-teacher-in-singapore.html


Hope it helps!

Hi Gabriel, i understand your points, but personally, I do not think a teacher with only grade 7 is qualified to teach, even for beginners. Passion is important, but it does not alone qualifies a teacher. Just my two cents worth.

[JessSeasons]

Opinion please - I called up a school 5 times at different timing (first 4 call no one pick up, manage to get through on 5th call. I got my question answered. After 5 min, I got the call from the school again. The staff or boss?? First question is questioning and kind of complaining to me saying she had been trying to call me and her boss MSG her 6th times cause she haven’t call me back and what is it regarding that her boss need to MSG her so many times to reply the call? And she is telling me she is very busy and altos of things to handle? There is a guy still waiting for her for 30min at the counter. Lastly, she said so she actually attended to my call earlier on and she is going to tell her boss she attended to my call.

I call back and ask her why does she needs to tell me all these? And what’s worse, in the end, I may continue the lecture and she is busy. If nothing more, she is going to hung up.
Can people please enlighten me, is there anything wrong with calling again when no one pick up? Or am I doing something wrong? Or am is this the school attitude?
Highlight- it is a school at bugis, they are selling mostly digital piano and teach by hearing
Sorry if this is out of this topic

[Ahchan88]

When engaging a new piano teacher, do he or she needs to bring along his or her cert so I can know the teacher qualification? What to expect during the first lesson?

[joyofmusic]

Ahchan88:

When engaging a new piano teacher, do he or she needs to bring along his or her cert so I can know the teacher qualification? What to expect during the first lesson?

If you wish to verify the teacher's qualifications, you can request that the teacher to bring his certs. Normally teachers don't voluntarily show their certs. But when parents want to see them, the teacher should not hesitate to let potential parents view them.

[Dreamaurora]

JessSeasons:

Opinion please - I called up a school 5 times at different timing (first 4 call no one pick up, manage to get through on 5th call. I got my question answered. After 5 min, I got the call from the school again. The staff or boss?? First question is questioning and kind of complaining to me saying she had been trying to call me and her boss MSG her 6th times cause she haven't call me back and what is it regarding that her boss need to MSG her so many times to reply the call? And she is telling me she is very busy and altos of things to handle? There is a guy still waiting for her for 30min at the counter. Lastly, she said so she actually attended to my call earlier on and she is going to tell her boss she attended to my call.

I call back and ask her why does she needs to tell me all these? And what's worse, in the end, I may continue the lecture and she is busy. If nothing more, she is going to hung up.
Can people please enlighten me, is there anything wrong with calling again when no one pick up? Or am I doing something wrong? Or am is this the school attitude?
Highlight- it is a school at bugis, they are selling mostly digital piano and teach by hearing
Sorry if this is out of this topic

I think the problem is some schools have poorly trained counter staffs; the owners or teachers themselves often take turn for counter duty. I've had my fair share of dealing with black-faced counter staff in music schools. As long the teaching quality is good and the necessary admin is being done, I wont mind.

[Ahchan88]

Dear All,


I am still looking for a female piano teacher to teach my 8 yrs old daughter at our Punggol house. My daughter does not has any music background.

Thanks in advance!

[SAY]

Hi Ahchan88,


You may wish to contact Miss Lee at 91773290 to find out more about her lesson plan.

[Ahchan88]

Thanks SAY!


My gal piano teacher taught her first lesson then say the dist of traveling very fast :roll: wasted my time and :moneyflies: