Teachers’ Profile

Clarence is an ex-MoE teacher who still teaches music courses in primary and secondary schools. From a classically trained background, he has branched out and picked up other genres to stay relevant in the ever changing music industry. He writes music online for indie video games and films. Clarence is also experienced with both kids and adults and has real music industry experience as a practicing composer.

Teaching Areas:
✅ Home Based – Upper Serangoon View
✅ 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

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

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

A graduate of LaSalle College of the Arts, Jasmine has been in the teaching profession since 2005. From classical to jazz, blues to love-ballads, she is well-versed in a variety of musical styles.

Thanks to years of experience under her belt, Jasmine utilizes an effective range of specialised teaching techniques to make lessons fun and enjoyable. This has allowed her to build rapport and connect with students of all ages and skill levels. She is also thorough when it comes to preparing her students for the graded exams.

A strong believer that music is for anyone with a willing heart to learn, Jasmine has organized recitals to showcase the musical abilities of her students.

Teaching Areas:
✅ Home Based – Hougang Ave 10
❌ 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

Karen has been a full-time private piano teacher since 2012, teaching ABRSM practical and theory. She has taught students ranging from a very young age all the way to adults. She also teaches students who are playing for leisure and prefer learning at a more relaxed pace without the pressure of taking exams. Most of her students have achieved high passing rates with a Distinction or Merit in their ABRSM piano exams.

In Karen’s lessons, she teaches students to develop patience, a sense of pitch and rhythm, musicality and expression. She guides them to acquire the right finger technique to produce the right tone and articulation that will help them to bring out the best quality in their music. For young beginners, Karen uses step-by-step teaching method books combined with flashcards, musical apps, visual rhythms and games to engage them in musical activities.

Teaching Areas:
✅ Home Based – Hougang Ave 4
✅ Travel

Genre Taught:
✅ Classical
✅ Graded
✅ Jazz
✅ Pop

Minghui is a full-time piano teacher and has been teaching piano since 2003. She is qualified with LTCL in Piano and a diploma in teaching. She can teach both for exam (following ABRSM or Trinity syllabus) or just for leisure, both practical as well as theory. She has experience in teaching children as young as 3.5 years old and up to 50 years old.

Minghui focuses on teaching the right techniques, rhythm and to inculcate musical awareness to her students so that they will not only know how to play, but also to be able to express the music well. Her students are also taught to appreciate a wide range of repertoire from classical to modern jazz and pop, and are encouraged to perform in the yearly student concert that she organises.

The past 15 years of teaching 30 odd students have given Minghui the skills to teach each individual student with methods that suits his/her particular temperament and learning style. Her students have obtained 100% passes in ABRSM exams, with most of them obtaining merits and distinctions and even high distinctions. She also has experience coaching students enrolled in ‘O’ and ‘A’ level MEP programmes.

Teaching Areas:
✅ Home Based – Compassvale Crescent
❌ Travel

Genre Taught:
✅ Classical
✅ Graded
✅ Jazz
✅ Pop

Regina holds a degree in music from Leeds University and is a holder of Distinctions for ABRSM piano exams. She more than 20 years of experience in teaching piano and is conversant in classical, pop and jazz music. Her students age range from 3 years old to 70 years old. She also has a Diploma in Education from MOE/NIE.

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

Xiu Min graduated from Oxford University with a Masters in Musicology with Distinction, and from University of Birmingham with a Bachelor of Music with First Class Honours. Xiu Min has been playing the piano since age 3, and has an ABRSM Licentiate in Piano Performance and a Distinction in Grade 8 Theory.

Having taught students since 2014 from ages 4 to 40, Xiu Min knows how to engage both children and adult learners of all backgrounds, and is adept at using a variety of teaching strategies and music pedagogies including Kodaly, Orff and Dalcroze. Xiu Min finds joy in helping students achieve successes through steady progress, and is committed, patient, firm, and encouraging as an educator.

As an alumni of the well-established Music Elective Programme (MEP), Xiu Min has a secure knowledge of music theory, analysis, and history. Xiu Min was also selected in 2013 for the Mosaic Jazz Fellows Mentorship Programme by The Esplanade, and is adept in jazz and contemporary styles of playing.

Teaching Areas:
✅ Home Based – Telok Blangah Street
✅ Travel

Genre Taught:
✅ Classical
✅ Graded
✅ Jazz
✅ Pop