Teachers’ Profile

Allison started her musical journey began when she was 7. She has never stopped pursuing music ever since. Between 2009 up until 2014, she was trained as a percussionist. Allison was also featured on The Straits Times online with a bunch of young musicians in 2020. She hopes that she can help individuals start their musical journey.

Teaching Areas:
✅ Home Based – Whampoa Drive
✅ Travel

Genre Taught:
✅ Classical
✅ Graded
❌ Jazz
✅ Pop

Angeline is currently teaching in a music school as well as private lessons. Her students’ age ranges from 4 to 55 years old. She enjoys helping her students to achieve their goals in music and believes everyone can learn music as long as they are interested in it.

Teaching Areas:
✅ Home Based – Jalan Daud
✅ Travel

Genre Taught:
✅ Classical
✅ Graded
❌ Jazz
❌ Pop

Belinda has been teaching since 2017 and is currently making plans to continue lessons and complete her diploma. The students that she is teaching are mostly in primary school and most of them have expressed interest in learning to play the piano. Through Belinda’s lessons, she helps them to explore and develop their passion and interest for music and piano. It is very important that her students first and foremost enjoys the lessons before she builds on the technical and theoretical aspects of learning the piano. She has also prepared her students for ABRSM examinations and they have all done well in their respective exams.

Teaching Areas:
❌ Home Based
✅ Travel

Genre Taught:
✅ Classical
✅ Graded
❌ Jazz
✅ Pop

Carlyn started out teaching in a music school prior to giving private lessons. She is experienced in teaching students of all ages from 4 years old to seniors. Carlyn herself is trained in the ABRSM syllabus and has prepared students for the exams, where they managed to attain good results.

She is versatile in teaching, depending on the student’s needs and learning. Carlyn also has experience teaching elderly students using numerical numbers as well as chords. She learns the style of each individual and likes to praise them whenever possible to motivate them.

Teaching Areas:
✅ Home Based – Hillview Ave
✅ Travel

Genre Taught:
✅ Classical
✅ Graded
❌ Jazz
✅ Pop

Cherng Hao first started playing the piano at a young age of 4. He was part of the NTU Piano Ensemble and had the privilege to perform for school concerts all year round. Also, he enjoys learning and performing classical as well as anime pieces. His strong desire to spread love for music to everyone, made him volunteer as a peer coach back in University, imparting basic piano-playing skills to his fellow school mates and sharing his love for music with them.

Cherng Hao’s patient and friendly disposition makes it a breeze for him to break the ice with students; both young and old. He hopes that by being a piano teacher, he will be able to spread his love and knowledge for music far and wide, influencing more people in the world to not only enjoy music, but also create, and be a part of the music that comes to life.

Teaching Areas:
✅ Home Based – Serangoon Ave 2
✅ Travel

Genre Taught:
✅ Classical
✅ Graded
❌ Jazz
❌ Pop

Christopher started learning piano since he was 4 and managed to take the ABRSM Graded examinations till Grade 8 for Piano. He also attempted the LTCL Trinity Diploma but was unable to complete it due to a wrist injury. Since then, he has started teaching piano to kids as young as 5 years old and adults as old as 80 years old. His approach to teaching is to structure his lessons towards his students abilities and push them a little further than they think they can. He is also patient and will strive to help his students to achieve their goals.

Teaching Areas:
❌ Home Based
✅ Travel

Genre Taught:
✅ Classical
✅ Graded
❌ Jazz
❌ Pop

Daphne has been teaching piano to groups and individually since 2008. She has taught for graded exams as well as leisure playing. She has also played for church services in both Singapore and Australia.

Teaching Areas:
❌ Home Based
✅ Travel

Genre Taught:
✅ Classical
✅ Graded
❌ Jazz
❌ Pop

David has a passion for music and teaching/sharing ever since young. He attains great satisfaction from seeing students improve under his guidance. David’s best ability is his keen sense of hearing and of perfect pitch, allowing him to pick out mistakes readily.

David had experience teaching in APSN (association for persons with special needs), hence he considers himself to be more patient than most. He tries to conduct lessons in the most fun and enjoyable way possible, as he believe one has to truly enjoy doing something to be good at it.

Teaching Areas:
✅ Home Based – East Coast Road
❌ Travel

Genre Taught:
✅ Classical
✅ Graded
❌ Jazz
❌ Pop

Deborah has been teaching mainly piano and music theory, and a little of electone/keyboard, for slightly over 10 years. She is currently with a music school and also has a pool of private students. Her students range from 4 years olds to working professionals and retirees. She has experience with teaching various nationalities such as German, Korean, Japanese, Chinese and British.

Deborah offers ABRSM and Trinity Guildhall examination preparations, as well as leisure playing. Some of the genres enjoyed by her students include English/Mandarin Oldies/Evergreens, Classical, Jazz/Blues, Latin, Disney Classics, Dramas/Mangas OST, J-Pop and K-pop.

Teaching Areas:
✅ Home Based – Bedok Reservoir
✅ Travel

Genre Taught:
✅ Classical
✅ Graded
✅ Jazz
✅ Pop

Kathleen has been teaching children and teens aged 4 to 15 years old since 2016. She handles both Classical Piano and Theory from ABRSM Grade 1 to 5, as well as pop piano for leisure learners. She is good at improving student’s interest and technical issues on piano especially for beginner students.

Teaching Areas:
❌ Home Based
✅ Travel

Genre Taught:
✅ Classical
✅ Graded
❌ Jazz
✅ Pop

Since 2017, Diana has been conducting piano lessons in a one-to-one setting. She has taught students between the ages of 6-13, preparing them for the ABRSM Exam syllabus. Under her guidance, all of Diana’s students have achieved Distinctions and Merits in the ABRSM examinations. One of her students, who had previously failed Grade 2 piano practical exam in a music school, was able to score a Merit after joining Diana’s lessons.

As a musician and a music educator, Diana strongly believes that learning music influences a person’s holistic development, as well as encouraging the ability to be entertaining and creative. Diana’s three-fold aim as a piano teacher is to deliver the knowledge, artistry and delicacy of classical music to future generations.

Teaching Areas:
✅ Home Based – Miltonia Close
❌ Travel

Genre Taught:
✅ Classical
✅ Graded
❌ Jazz
❌ Pop

Diana enjoys teaching music to students of all ages and has experience in teaching young children.

She has completed her ABRSM grade 8 piano practical and theory and is currently studying music modules in NUS music conservatory under professors. She believes learning music should be fun and of course, rewarding!

Teaching Areas:
✅ Home Based – Anchorvale Link
❌ Travel

Genre Taught:
✅ Classical
✅ Graded
✅ Jazz
✅ Pop

Eunice was introduced to music at the tender age of 2 and started learning the piano formally at the age of 3. Since then, she attended Yamaha group classes and graduated with Advanced Extension Course (Yamaha Grade 5). She was also awarded Distinction in her practical results in the ABRSM Grade 8 examinations. Throughout her examined grades, she has maintained the consistent result of achieving a distinction.

Prior to her current position, Eunice has taught as a creative writing teacher to primary school students, as well as guided her choir as the student conductor-vice president in PLMGS(S). Having performed countless times on many different stages and occasions as a pianist, accompanist, chorister and conductor, Eunice picked up a myriad of experience and perspectives and was trained to be adaptable and professional.

Eunice loves cultivating a sense of wonder about music in children and nurturing their talents with hopes that they will soar to their fullest potential and continue to blossom. Naturally patient with children, she understands each child has a different learning style and speed and adapts her approach to the child’s learning capabilities. She believes learning the piano or learning music shouldn’t just be 3 exam pieces and a book of scales, for the world of music is far more colourful and beautiful than that.

Teaching Areas:
❌ Home Based
✅ Travel

Genre Taught:
✅ Classical
✅ Graded
❌ Jazz
❌ Pop

Fiona is an extrovert and passionate teacher. She had several performance experience that she enjoyed a lot and that encouraged her to pursue her DipABRSM. She has been teaching since 2017 for students aged 2.5 to 35. Fiona has also prepared many of her students for the ABRSM exam and piano performances.

She is able to speak in both Mandarin and English fluently. This has helped her to understand and communicate with her students well. Fiona understands that students these days are more interested in learning pop songs and she does teach students that to encourage their learning aside from learning the more technical songs.

Teaching Areas:
❌ Home Based
✅ Travel

Genre Taught:
✅ Classical
✅ Graded
❌ Jazz
✅ Pop

Georgia has taught students from age 4 to over 38 years old (both kids and adults). She had previously taught in a music school too. Georgia’s aim is to inspire students in learning the piano, in hopes that they will grow a fondness towards classical music just like how she did.

She is good and patient with children and enjoys teaching. Georgia is able to teach students who are either interested in graded exams, chords or self improvisations. Her lessons are tailored to suit each student’s learning style and needs. She believes that music can touch hearts and hopes to ignite a passion for music in her students.

Teaching Areas:
❌ Home Based
✅ Travel

Genre Taught:
✅ Classical
✅ Graded
❌ Jazz
✅ Pop

Gloria is an experienced piano teacher who has been teaching since 2015. She has taught students from 6 years old all the way to adults.

Teaching Areas:
✅ Home Based – Keat Hong Close
❌ Travel

Genre Taught:
✅ Classical
✅ Graded
❌ Jazz
❌ Pop

Grace has been teaching classical and pop piano for 6 years, and her experience ranges from young children to senior adults. She is known for her attention to detail and commitment to the growth of her students. Her compassionate, fun and flexible teaching methods to match her students diverse musical strengths and interests.

Grace’s teaching incorporates theoretical knowledge and technical skills, designed to give students the tools and confidence to access new music on their own.

Teaching Areas:
✅ Home Based – Butterworth Lane
✅ Travel

Genre Taught:
✅ Classical
✅ Graded
❌ Jazz
❌ Pop

Isagail has years of experience in both solo and ensemble and has performed not just in Singapore, but in the region as well. She has tutored and was a conductor for children (aged 4-12 years old) learning Grade 1- 5, preparing them for performances and their exams.

Teaching Areas:
✅ Home Based – Upper Serangoon Road
✅ Travel

Genre Taught:
✅ Classical
✅ Graded
❌ Jazz
✅ Pop

Ivan has been a piano tutor since 2017 whilst studying in university. He is currently pursuing a Diploma in Piano. His playing style and improvisation is heavily influenced by classical, pop, and jazz elements. As a tutor, he places an emphasis on sparking a passion towards the instrument whilst not neglecting the essential technical studies by finding a way to introduce these techniques into songs/pieces of interest to the student.

Teaching Areas:
❌ Home Based
✅ Travel

Genre Taught:
✅ Classical
✅ Graded
✅ Jazz
✅ Pop

Jan has been giving private 1-1 piano lessons since 2018. She enjoys teaching because teaching is not just a profession, it is a mission. She believes that children are like clay and can be moulded and shaped by the hands of a teacher.

Jan decided to pursue teaching because she believes that being with children is like being endowed with perpetual youth. The love, laughter, mischief, creativity and imagination of children are like an eternal fountain of joy and vitality.

Teaching Areas:
❌ Home Based
✅ Travel

Genre Taught:
✅ Classical
✅ Graded
❌ Jazz
❌ Pop

Joanne has been in the teaching field since 2010. She had the privilege to be under the tutelage of Alice Yap, Master Degree from Hochschule fur Kirchenmusik Heidelberg, Germany, who is a lecturer in SUSS as well as the director of a music School; James Yap, Master Degree from Hochschule fur Kirchenmusik Heidelberg, Germany, who is also a lecturer at NAFA.

Joanne is also actively involved in community events and has rich experience in different settings of performance. Under her coaching, students improved tremendously on their scale and sight-reading through repertoires beyond the exam syllabus. Furthermore, to improve student’s performance skills, she organize recitals to prep students.

Teaching Areas:
✅ Home Based – Woodlands St 13
❌ Travel

Genre Taught:
✅ Classical
✅ Graded
✅ Jazz
✅ Pop

Joy started her career as a music teacher from the age of 18 with private piano lessons. Since the age of 20, she started to teach music in primary schools, pre-schools and daycare centers and other ad hoc duties.

Joy has successfully trained students as young as the age of 6 and to the highest music grade of 8. It is her passion to educate and instill aspirations to the future generation. She believes in making lessons fun and enjoyable for children to expand their mind and maximize their potential.

Teaching Areas:
✅ Home Based – Bukit Batok St 33
✅ Travel

Genre Taught:
✅ Classical
✅ Graded
❌ Jazz
❌ Pop

Kelly has been a piano teacher for over 15 years. She has taught in music schools and students’ home before but is currently only teaching at her place. She has a Performer’s Certificate (Trinity College) and ABRSM grade 8 (Piano and Theory). Her students range from beginners to Grade 7.

Teaching Areas:
✅ Home Based – Fernvale Road
❌ Travel

Genre Taught:
✅ Classical
✅ Graded
❌ Jazz
❌ Pop

Learning music is fun and easy. It’s not about getting a music certificate. It is about finding one’s passion and to express oneself. It also helps to develop one’s brain through music appreciation. Kon Yong has been enjoying the time spent with her lovely and clever students. She enjoys widening her sharing to those who wants to acquire the same passion. She has more than 20 years of teaching experience and has worked in music schools for more than 10 years. As of now, she is only teaching privately.

Teaching Areas:
✅ Home Based – Ang Mo Kio Ave 10
✅ Travel

Genre Taught:
✅ Classical
✅ Graded
❌ Jazz
✅ Pop

Matt is a music writer who majors in piano. His work has been featured on Epic Music World. Matt has also taught in music schools and freelance and will be more than willing to share my knowledge with his students.

Teaching Areas:
✅ Home Based – Marsiling Drive
✅ Travel

Genre Taught:
✅ Classical
✅ Graded
❌ Jazz
✅ Pop

Music is Maurice’s passion and it is a joy when he is able to nurture the appreciation and sensitivity of music in others. He began his journey in music as an adult beginner and obtained ABRSM Grade 8 with distinction in just one and a half years of committed learning and practice.

Having had this experience, Maurice has specialised himself into intelligently and effectively teaching youths and adult beginners to be able to progress at an accelerated pace. In his teaching, he takes emphasis in simplifying musical concepts and breaking down the complexities of piano technique into bite size bits, which serve as enablers to facilitate the creation of a positive learning cycle through the students development of competencies and confidence. With the employment of an effective practice routine that Maurice has developed over the years, many of his beginner students have been able to start playing the pieces they like after just a few lessons.

Teaching music through pieces that his students are enthusiastic about is quintessential to Maurice’s approach as he has found this to be an effective way to maintain their interest that has often been spoiled by rigid and strict methodologies. Through this, the lessons remain student-centric and always has a higher chance of being a good and lasting match.

Teaching Areas:
✅ Home Based – Haig Road
✅ Travel

Genre Taught:
✅ Classical
✅ Graded
❌ Jazz
✅ Pop

Mavis is a bubbly and patient teacher who aims to tailor her lessons according to every student’s needs. She believes that music lessons should be something enjoyable and fun thus she always try to include music-related games to make lessons less tensed and stressful. Miss Mavis have been playing piano for 11 years and hopes to share the joy of playing with young children. She teaches classical music, beginners, graded and adult pop. Her qualifications include Grade 8 ABRSM and MEP B3.

Teaching Areas:
❌ Home Based
✅ Travel

Genre Taught:
✅ Classical
✅ Graded
❌ Jazz
❌ Pop

Natalie has been teaching since 2014 for students aged 6 years old and up in both practical and theory. She personalises her lessons to suit the students’ ability, be it for the graded exams or for the pleasure of playing the piano. When she takes on a new student, Natalie will discuss with the parents/students about their commitment and expectations of learning piano/theory. She will then plan and pace the lesson according to the students’ability. She incorporates theory into the practical lesson, focusing on the same topic and making it easier for the student to grasp the concept.

Teaching Areas:
❌ Home Based
✅ Travel

Genre Taught:
✅ Classical
✅ Graded
❌ Jazz
❌ Pop

Xinwei started piano at the age of 5. He went on to study at School of the Arts, Singapore SOTA and Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music.

Xinwei understands what musicians and music students go through. The stress during performances, the work required to get there. At the same time being able to enjoy learning is crucial. What he tries to impart is the joy of making music rather than learning it just for getting the grades. He likes to use the analogy of making music is constant discovery and sharing. It is similar to how experiencing life and sharing secrets, hardship and happy moments with one’s best friend.

Teaching Areas:
✅ Home Based – Yishun St 31
❌ Travel

Genre Taught:
✅ Classical
✅ Graded
❌ Jazz
❌ Pop

Samuel has been teaching piano throughout University. His teaching experience is mainly with kids, either in group settings or 1 to 1. Of course he is also competent with all other students. He has a thorough musical background, being in choir in his secondary school days (section leader), and a keyboardist later on in JC. Samuel has also performed several times in weddings, band performances, and even online.

He has a very strong talent in improvisations that is part of his skill set he can utilise. Through his past experiences, Samuel believes that lessons should have an optimal balance of fun and practical learning. Too much fun is just impractical and too much practical learning may bore the student and end up being ineffective. He also has other teaching experience in classroom settings in other topics and on improvisation.

Teaching Areas:
✅ Home Based – Springside Avenue
✅ Travel

Genre Taught:
✅ Classical
✅ Graded
❌ Jazz
✅ Pop

Shane aims to engage his students and help them to understand why music is written and played the way it is.

Teaching Areas:
✅ Home Based – Fajar Road
✅ Travel

Genre Taught:
✅ Classical
✅ Graded
❌ Jazz
❌ Pop

Summer taught in a local music school part-time whilst in University in 2017 and grew to love what she did. Her current students are as young as 5 years old to adults in their forties.

She has always loved her piano lessons as a child and she aims to bring the same experience to all her students. Beginner students especially love the interactive tools Summer provides in lesson such as learning from an iPad and advanced/graded students would always be supplemented with pieces they enjoy, be it classical or pop music, beyond the standard 3 pieces they learn for the exams.

Teaching Areas:
✅ Home Based – Bukit Batok Central
✅ Travel

Genre Taught:
✅ Classical
✅ Graded
❌ Jazz
✅ Pop

Teck Loon played pop and jazz during his National Service in the Air Force Band. He is also actively playing piano and drums in his church and in country clubs. He teaches both pop and classical.

Teaching Areas:
✅ Home Based – Bukit Batok East
✅ Travel

Genre Taught:
✅ Classical
✅ Graded
❌ Jazz
✅ Pop

Umayal has been teaching piano since 2016 with students ranging from 6 to 30 years old. Most of them were complete beginners learning for the graded exams, but there were also others learning for leisure. She is very friendly and understanding towards her students, supporting them in their musical journey.

Teaching Areas:
❌ Home Based
✅ Travel

Genre Taught:
✅ Classical
✅ Graded
❌ Jazz
❌ Pop

Wendy’s significant contribution to society was via The Pistorio Foundation charity dinner which raised $100k in November 2009 as piano accompanist as well as performing for the annual student recital under John Monteiro International 2008-2010. In 2011, she trained for Piano Adventures expert course in piano to benefit her students in piano technique.

From 2012, Wendy embarked on the challenging but fulfilling task of teaching the music PAL programs at various Primary School when she registered and was approved by the Ministry of Education (MOE) Art and Music Instructor Scheme (AMIS) certification in the same year. She coaches piano students from as early as 2000 and teaches mainly children from the age of 3.5 years and up.

Teaching Areas:
✅ Home Based – Toa Payoh Central
❌ Travel

Genre Taught:
✅ Classical
✅ Graded
✅ Jazz
✅ Pop

During her time in the National University of Singapore, Xianling found her true passion and love in music and immersed herself in various cultural activities which involved arranging scores for and performing with choral groups as well as performing in the band as a keyboardist and vocalist for events.

Xianling is familiar with both the ABRSM and Trinity Syllabus and teaches a range of pop to classical piano and violin. She has conducted early childhood music and movement group classes since 2010 and individual lessons to children from age 3 years to adult.

During her spare time, she does piano accompaniment, plays the ukulele and performs a cappella at weddings and events around Singapore with her a cappella group. Xianling believes in a holistic musical approach, improving coordination, rhythm sense, aural, piano technique and creativity through song, dance and games using the methods and experience garnered from attending workshops of the Dalcroze, Kodaly and Suzuki method.

Teaching Areas:
✅ Home Based – Bukit Batok St 31
❌ Travel

Genre Taught:
✅ Classical
✅ Graded
❌ Jazz
❌ Pop

Xuan Lin has been teaching piano since 2015. She loves to share her passion for the piano with all of her students. She has been teaching students from the ages of 4-60 years old. Xuan Lin is currently pursuing her ATCL and will be sitting for the ATCL exams in 2021.

Teaching Areas:
✅ Home Based – Joo Chiat Walk
✅ Travel

Genre Taught:
✅ Classical
✅ Graded
❌ Jazz
✅ Pop

Zhi Min is an experienced teacher teaching graded and leisure piano for both children and adult learners alike. She customises her lessons based on each student’s learning such as pieces they enjoy to spark their interest and motivation.

Zhi Min truly believes in making lessons engaging using interactive and fun approaches to impart basic music concepts such as beats to strengthen students’ aural training. Her teaching includes the usage of pictorial aids to facilitate her students learning. Ultimately, she believes in imparting the joy and beauty of music to her students given her experience, credentials, patience and passion.

Teaching Areas:
✅ Home Based – Teck Whye Lane
✅ Travel

Genre Taught:
✅ Classical
✅ Graded
❌ Jazz
✅ Pop

Zi Xin has taught at Vienna Music School since 2017 while teaching private students at the same time. She also had numerous experiences in piano performance in and out of campus, and participated in an Inter-tertiary Piano Ensemble Competition organised by the National Junior College.

Zi Xin is currently pursuing a Diploma in Performance (ATCL and LTCL) under the Trinity College of Music.

Teaching Areas:
✅ Home Based – Woodlands View
❌ Travel

Genre Taught:
✅ Classical
✅ Graded
❌ Jazz
❌ Pop