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Avery (avery)
Junior Member
Username: avery
Post Number: 127
Registered: 5-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 9:09 am: | 
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Any advise? |
Fairyprincess (fairyprincess)
Member
Username: fairyprincess
Post Number: 784
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 10:57 am: |
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I do not think it is so much which school brand, but how committed are the teachers in teaching. My gal attends the Ossia brand of music school, and has a great teacher who is committed and keen to teach kids...now in Grade 1 after 1 year of basic piano course... |
Avery (avery)
Junior Member
Username: avery
Post Number: 128
Registered: 5-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 11:56 am: |
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where is the location? Do you have their website or tel no.? i'm staying in Jurong area... |
Fairyprincess (fairyprincess)
Member
Username: fairyprincess
Post Number: 786
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 1:25 pm: |
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My gal goes to the branch at the building next to Lot One at CCK...its on the 4th floor...
http://www.ossia.edu.sg/index.asp |
Avery (avery)
Junior Member
Username: avery
Post Number: 129
Registered: 5-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 2:22 pm: |
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thks for the info...
How old is yr gal? My gal is 42 mths...
Did you buy piano for yr gal? |
Fairyprincess (fairyprincess)
Member
Username: fairyprincess
Post Number: 788
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 3:03 pm: |
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I think Ossia takes kids from 4.5YO only- you can call and check...she is now 5.5YO...
My gal uses the piano I used as a kid...so its a really old piano... |
Avery (avery)
Junior Member
Username: avery
Post Number: 130
Registered: 5-2007
| | Posted on Friday, December 05, 2008 - 1:15 pm: |
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I had called & checked...they have piano lesson for 3.5-5 yrs old kids...they put me on waitlist... |
samantha (narutofan)
New member
Username: narutofan
Post Number: 1
Registered: 12-2008
| | Posted on Thursday, December 18, 2008 - 4:28 am: |
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Hello,
In my opinion, I will choose Yamaha.
I've studied there as well as many other music schools and being a private student. So, I feel that Yamaha's education style is good. Encourages creativity. And your child will have a chance to do 2 keyboard majors - piano and Electone. Of course it depends on how interested your child is towards studying music.
But if just learning for fun and not pursuing in music studies, then i think any other music schools will do la. |
j foo (jcefoo)
Junior Member
Username: jcefoo
Post Number: 377
Registered: 5-2008
| | Posted on Sunday, January 04, 2009 - 9:51 pm: |
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It is important to start the kid off in an environment that cultivates interest and musicality. Yamaha has the experience in years of teaching and their curriculum is pretty sound. Are you looking at putting your daughter in a one-to-one or group setting? At this age, if you're considering group, I'd say go for a smaller group whereby kids will get a bit more personal attention. Most important of all, a good teacher will be the make-or-break.
Whether to get a piano or not...that boils down to you. If you're putting your daughter in a group, then everyone's on a keyboard. In a way, it would be ok to just have a keyboard at home (but in the long run, if it's piano you want her to learn as oppose to electone, then better invest in a piano). If you're having one-to-one piano lessons then it's best to get a piano for her. You can start off with a 2ndhand which is less ex then slowly "upgrade" to better models as your daughter progresses. |
Loyfam (loyfam)
New member
Username: loyfam
Post Number: 2
Registered: 1-2009
| | Posted on Friday, January 09, 2009 - 11:29 am: |
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Yes, I agree that tachers is very important. My kids started with Ossia when they reach the min required age. We were plagued by teachers turnover and in the end, I switched them to Kawai at Jan 2008.
I see significant improvement in the kids over the last 1 year in Kawai. Teachers are committed as some are full time. This year we are plagued with teachers resignation and were given new teachers. Fortunately, the teachers quality are ok so the new teachers are good. In fact, my son is more motivated by his new male teacher and targets to play the piano 5 times a week now. It used to be just once a week.
In my girl's case, she is still trying to correct her fingers as she doesn't curve and her earlier teacher in Ossia probably didn't correct her so it's become a habit. This is something for us to overcome now and her kawai teacher has been working on this over the last year. |
Avery (avery)
Junior Member
Username: avery
Post Number: 132
Registered: 5-2007
| | Posted on Monday, January 12, 2009 - 2:59 pm: |
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Hi Loyfam, do you have Kawai website? |
Loyfam (loyfam)
New member
Username: loyfam
Post Number: 4
Registered: 1-2009
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 21, 2009 - 3:12 pm: |
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Sorry for the late reponse as I was outstation for awhile. They are under robert pianos. But the website doesn't tell you much. |
blissfully blessed (blissbless)
New member
Username: blissbless
Post Number: 17
Registered: 2-2009
| | Posted on Friday, February 27, 2009 - 3:28 pm: |
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forget about Christofori la....heheheheh.... lousy |
bonbon (veronbb)
Member
Username: veronbb
Post Number: 1075
Registered: 7-2008
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 15, 2009 - 6:42 pm: |
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Hi Avery, don't know if you've found a school but if you considering CCK location, then you can check out www.edvox.com. they have program for 3.5-5yr old children, learning both the keyboard and violin, both instruments given free to the children. for those above 5yr, can take individual lessons..  hope you can find a music lesson your child enjoys |
joankum (joankum)
Member
Username: joankum
Post Number: 747
Registered: 6-2008
| | Posted on Thursday, September 10, 2009 - 11:48 am: |
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Can try Seimpi School of Music. Their MIM courses cater for very young children. However, to choose between Yamaha and Cristofori, my choice is definitely Yamaha coz their teacher are more qualified and their teaching methods are far much better. I knew it becoz I used to teach at both schools but find Yamaha is a better choice. |
Grace277 (grace277)
New member
Username: grace277
Post Number: 1
Registered: 12-2009
| | Posted on Thursday, December 03, 2009 - 9:38 am: |
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I agree with Joan. Can try either Seimpi or Yamaha. Cristofori do not have very complete music courses for very young children. In addition, their unproffessional management cause a lot of bad relationship with teacher and student.....it is very bad experience to me....:-( |
Josephine (yallow)
New member
Username: yallow
Post Number: 2
Registered: 1-2011
| | Posted on Saturday, March 12, 2011 - 11:10 am: |
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Hi, you can try Music for Young Children(MYC).
They have a structured program for young children. www.mycsingapore.com.sg |
Kiko (closetdoor)
Intermediate Member
Username: closetdoor
Post Number: 2012
Registered: 10-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, February 02, 2012 - 5:45 pm: |
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Seems like Yamaha has more info on early childhood music.
But to me I choose convenience first. As long as the teacher like kids I am fine. Until my young kid demonstrate startling gift for music then I will consider enrolling into the well known schools. |
Eleanor Soo (elesoopiano)
New member
Username: elesoopiano
Post Number: 10
Registered: 9-2012
| | Posted on Saturday, September 08, 2012 - 11:21 am: |
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Try Mandeville Conservatory of Music at United Square! |
MaslinJumarie (maslin)
New member
Username: maslin
Post Number: 2
Registered: 11-2012
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 13, 2012 - 1:55 pm: |
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Juz sharing,
For me, my two kids are in Ossia Music School (beginners class). So far aft doing lots of research, it boils down to 1) convenience (as my work/travel schedule is tight); 2) cost vs quality 3) children's interest
As such, i found Ossia Music School to be of justifiable to my three abovementioned requiremts. It is located near my place at Civic Centre so i save on travelling time. I got to fix the same piano teacher for both my kids. It is 1-1 lesson for 30 mins and d best part is it is affordable. Every lesson the teacher goes through wit me what they hav learnt or at least indicate in their learning logbook. My children are happy and look forward to lessons.
D only minus point is that they dun have makeup lesson but well, we cant hav d best of everything so i decided to make the best of things.
I know that environment plays a part that's why i feel that nothing beats an individualised learning especially for beginners (something dat most music schools wil charge more for). i hope we dun end up getting ourselves too busy in getting the RIGHT "brand/place" as we ought to be making the RIGHT "heart/space" for our children instead...
At the end of the day, i juz want my kids to enjoy the learning process rather than be smitten or sore abt having to go for another class... |
Joshua Tan Soon Chee (joshtan)
New member
Username: joshtan
Post Number: 11
Registered: 6-2012
| | Posted on Saturday, March 16, 2013 - 5:42 pm: |
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My son is 19 months old. I send my son the taylor encore at upper thomson road. There are only 2 schools I know of start music at 2 years old- 1. Mandeville musco school and the other is taylor encore.
Why taylors encore?
1. Near my house
2. Cheaper.
3. Alot of play and dance to cultivate his love for music.
4. Australian music education that teaches to play by ear and not scores. |
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