Instruments:
- Violin
Services:
- Dictation
- Ear Training
- Harmony
- Music Appreciation
- Music History
- Music Theory (Advanced)
- Music Theory (Beginner-Intermediate)
- RCM - Advanced Rudiments
- RCM - History
- RCM - Intermediate Rudiments
- Solfege
Languages:
- English
- Mandarin
- Taiwanese
Music is an act of balancing meticulous technique and extreme emotional expression. The art of learning how to play music is to learn how to integrate every part of your mind and body into a single action performed on your instrument. To develop as a musician means to make the habits of "proper" technique a natural part of one's body, and create with one's own understanding of music with that technique as if it was a brush to an artist.
I hold myself and my students to rigorous standards of music making, but I never force practicing music on my students as a chore, so ultimately it is up to the student, and possibly parents, what they get out of my lessons. Adults students can always expect a level of respect that they deserve being my equal or senior in age. I do not believe there is a right way to practice music, there is a way that makes you better more efficiently, but ultimately, the right way is what motivates the player to make more music.
I have a Honours B. Mus in Music Education from Western University, with violin being the instrument I majored in. Though my degree is in music education, I took nearly all the performance classes that would qualify me for a performance degree, so I am highly specialized in musical performance as well.
I studied violin since the age of five, and picked up piano at the age of twelve. My violin teachers were classically trained, one in Sichuan Conservatory in China, and one a professor of Western University. I went through all the grades of the RCM before I entered university, so I have a firm grasp of its requirements and demands. My piano teacher is from a prominant musical family in Beijing, and has performed internationally with many national orchestras. I was actively a part of Western's orchestra, and has performed in various gigs in London during my undergrad, and after graduating.
I started my classical training since five, and has spent the rest of my life bettering my understanding and ability to perform. My career aspirations lie in the educational field, and I am currently pursueing a Bachelor of Education on top of my Bachelor of Music, so I have extensive understanding of educational practices, music or otherwise, and educational psychology. These theories have supported me in my own teaching to be more adaptable to the student, and become more flexible when observing how my students choose to grow. I am also trained in theory and solfege, which are both incredible tools for a beginner student to understand the mechanics of musical theory and composition.
30 Minutes: $39.00
45 Minutes: $49.00
60 Minutes: $59.00
There is a one-time registration fee of 25 $ charged with the first lessons. All Taxes are included in prices, if applicable
NOTE: Your Credit card will be charged ONLY when the first lesson is set up and confirmed with the teacher