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Valerie Singapore Piano Teacher
Hi, I'm Valerie and welcome to my piano website which I share ideas on teaching and learning the piano. I'm a piano teacher in Singapore, and I hope by sharing my tips and ideas on learning the piano here, I can help more people to play the piano better!

I'm a full-time piano teacher, hence my focus is more on my students than on this blog. So, pardon me for not updating it regularly!

You can find out more about me and my piano studio here!

My Piano Studio

If you're interested to learn start learning to play the piano, I do offer piano lessons in Singapore. Check out my piano classes at my website here!

Recent Posts

  • Little Moments With My Piano Kids in 2016
  • Annual Student Concert – Say It With Music 2016
  • Motivating An Unmotivated Student
  • Great Theory Results! Well Done!
  • Top 10 Skills Children Can Learn From Arts!

Fellow Teachers

Marcus from Violin Music School

While I teach the piano, my husband, Marcus, teaches the violin! Both of us teach our music lessons at our home studio in Pasir Ris. If you're looking for violin teacher in Singapore, drop Marcus a message at his violin site here!


Annie from HKPianoTeacher.com

Annie is my first piano teacher back in Hong Kong and now I enjoy playing the piano with her whenever I met up with her. If you're looking for piano teacher in Hong Kong, then I will highly recommend Annie!


The Happy Pianist

The Happy Pianist is a piano lessons agency that I help out with. They help students to find suitable teachers to start piano lessons. If you are looking for good piano teachers in Singapore, let us know!


The Happy Violinist

The Happy Violinist is a violin lessons agency that help students look for violin teachers If you are looking for violin teachers in Singapore, submit your enquiry!

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Motivating An Unmotivated Student

Every now and then, I do receive feedback from my kids’ parents, and here’s another happy feedback I had for one of my students.

Here’s the story:

This girl came to me being unmotivated I started by teaching her her favorite song. Even though I had to transcribe the song from what I hear from YouTube into notes, I’m glad it’s worth the hard work.

From not wanting to perform at the student recital which I’ll be organizing next week, to now, she’s considering to perform!

In a short span of 2 months, she became so motivated, I’m super super proud of her!

Posted on November 30, 2016December 18, 2016Categories Personal Sharing, Piano LessonsTags motivating students, valerie piano lessonsLeave a comment on Motivating An Unmotivated Student

Igniting The Flame For Another Kid!

Wow, what a great way to start my Friday!

A little background of this girl, she was about to give up piano so her mum brought her to me, hoping I can revive the flame, waved my magic wand yesterday and Tadah!

I’m thankful for wisdom and this opportunity, I hope she will go a long way 😀

This is also one of the reasons that keep me going after teaching piano for almost 8 years (3 years full time!)

Posted on September 30, 2016December 18, 2016Categories Personal Sharing, Piano LessonsTags student testimonial, valerie piano lessonsLeave a comment on Igniting The Flame For Another Kid!

Start Of My 4th Year As A Full Time Piano Teacher!

The start of the 4th year is here. Time really flies doesn’t it? (I blogged about my first year in piano teaching not long ago here)

Looking back at the past 4 years of teaching full time together with the years I taught part time when I was student, I’ve come across many students, both adults and kids, how different each individual is!

I admit there are mistakes that I made as an educator, it was those mistakes that made me to be a better teacher. It forces me to think about my teaching method, to read up on how I can be a better teacher and apply what I read to my lessons.

Being a student myself preparing for my upcoming performance exam, it constantly reminds me of what it is like being on the receiving end.

I observe the way I was taught by my own teacher and be inspired by her, and some times I seek interpretation opinions from her when I teach higher grades students. I’m glad to call her my mentor and teacher.

Someone encouraged me this week by letting me know how special my job is working with little kids. They may not remember all that I teach them but they will remember me as a teacher who believed in them and this is what they will bring along as they journey through life.

I’m thankful for this opportunity, for parents and students to believe in me, for my teacher’s and loved ones’ support and encouragement. It is them who shaped me into who I am today.

What the future holds I do not know, but for sure I know that it will be all be worthwhile.

Cheers from Valerie Piano Studio!

 

Posted on September 17, 2016December 18, 2016Categories Personal Sharing, Piano TeachersTags valerie piano lessonsLeave a comment on Start Of My 4th Year As A Full Time Piano Teacher!
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