During my early years of piano teaching, I spent a lot of time on learning about piano playing and music aspects: piano technique, piano performance, music theory and analysis, music history – all the technical aspects of piano performance. Little did I know that, in order to learn how to teach better, I needed to… Continue reading Positive Encouragement
Sometimes we become impatient when it seems like we are not getting any progress in our piano journey. And it is completely normal to feel that way, especially when we feel we are putting a lot of effort trying to be better at the piano. With my many years’ experience of piano playing, performing and… Continue reading Patience and Persistence
There will be lessons for the Labor Day weekend. About fall concert, I have booked the church venue in Gunbarrel due to popular vote. I am very excited to see everyone and listen to my students performing in person this time!
I love playing the piano, and teaching people how to play piano. Whether they are beginners, young or adult, or advanced players, performers or teachers, there is joy in our encounters: our lessons, our conversations, sharing our love and passion at the piano, having fun and tackling problems. Playing the piano (or teaching it) is… Continue reading The Joy of Piano Teaching
Today is not a teaching/music day for me. But I’d like to reflect on what I’ve learnt from last year. 2020 had us all off-guarded, in a way we would have never guessed, ever. It was devastating to me at first, with so many unknowns. In the midst of everything, I was glad to be… Continue reading Reflections on 2020 and Hopes for 2021
New Year, New Beginning! It’s a great time to start fresh and add music to your life! What better way to start this year than picking up a music instrument, or get back to where you left off?Start your piano lessons today! Contact me for more information. You can also check out the rates and… Continue reading Happy New Year
Here I play “Libertango” by Astor Piazzolla arranged by Kyoko Yamamoto. This is also shared in our recent Music Sharing Event 2020. This is a video with much better audio track though. Enjoy!
We’re happy to announce that we’re going to have another online music event coming up this Sunday 13th at 5pm online! Some of my adult students are going to perform their favorite pieces so far, with a couple of my former students who are now professional pianists and piano teachers, are also playing some music… Continue reading ONLINE MUSIC SHARING EVENT 2020
We have a parent-child piano course that educates parent with music and piano knowledge and also allows both parent and kid to enjoy playing piano together!! It’s so much fun!!! Learn more about the parent-child piano course
I recently discovered a short piano piece by the Russian Romantic composer Tschaikovsky, who’s most famous for his ballet music such as Swan Lake and Nutcracker. This little piece here is called “Valse Sentimentale” (“Sentimental Waltz”). Enjoy!
