All About Choosing Piano Schools And Teachers

[Cin]

Thanks Chiefkiasu & Pianojazzy for sharing.

Think i will just go ahead & sent her to kawai for individual class for a start.

[jedamum]

MMM:

Hi,


My kids spent 1 year in Ossia (affiliated to Christopher) and spent around 1 year there. But subsequently due to change of teachers and bad ones, I moved them to Kawai at the beginning of the year. They had tremendously improvement compared to the amount of time they had spent in Ossia. Fee is around $110 for weekends as compared to $60+ for Ossia. But I think the teacher quality makes the diff.

MMM,
Which Ossia brunch did you go to?
and how young did you start your kids at Ossia?
Is it that bad?

[corneyAmber]

i heard some stories from my students too. They were from ossia last time.

[jedamum]

pianojazzy:

i heard some stories from my students too. They were from ossia last time.

oic..so i guess they are not good stories...
I am looking at introducing some music 'appreciation' for my 2 yr old and don't know where to start and when to start proper music lessons. Not sure if can sustain his interest too.
any suggestions?

[mzckoh]

jedamum:

pianojazzy:

i heard some stories from my students too. They were from ossia last time.

oic..so i guess they are not good stories...
I am looking at introducing some music 'appreciation' for my 2 yr old and don't know where to start and when to start proper music lessons. Not sure if can sustain his interest too.
any suggestions?

What's the ideal age to introduce kids music appreciation? My gal is 2yr old now.

[corneyAmber]

Kindermusic has programs for children from 18 months, Do take a look on that.

[deon629]

What do you think of this music school? http://www.mycsingapore.com.sg/


I couldn't decide if i should let my 4 yo gal attend the abv music class or engage a private teacher to teach her piano. She has not attended any music class yet.

If I engage a private piano teacher, how many mths of lesson must she go thru before she can go for the grade 1 exam??

[mzckoh]

thanks pianojazzy!!

[corneyAmber]

You are welcome mzckoh


Deon629, normally it takes about 1.5-2 yrs to reach gr 1 standard for age of 4. However it also depends on individual learning curve and how often and commitment of the practise sessions. I have students who reach gr 1 standard in 6 months and gr 2 in 9 months etc. It depends on age and parental support as well.

[JustADad]

My son has just started piano lessons at Kawai and we are looking at getting a keyboard for him as a start as we are not sure whether he is interesting in piano. (Incidentally, I have also started piano lessons at Kawai as well - different teacher at my wife’s encouragement. She wanted me to do something else other than work.)


Any recommendations for keyboards, while we fill the piggy bank to buy a piano in the future.