1 May 2012 Suzuki Conversations

My friend and colleague Andrew Wee is organizing a talk for parents interested in enrolling their children in a Suzuki method for classical guitar.

The Suzuki method applies a mother tongue approach towards learning music, where students ‘hear’ and ‘speak’ with the instrument first before they learn to read. Yamaha once had a dedicated centre for the Suzuki method that has now become defunct.

Andrew is currently the only Suzuki classical guitar instructor in Singapore (that we know of anyway). He’s a gentle and nice fellow and I’m certain he’s well-liked by his young students.

The Suzuki method requires a great deal of involvement from the parent (they need to sit in for lessons) and offers many opportunities for paren-child bonding.

The talks will be given by parents who have benefitted by the programme and not by Andrew himself, though he will be on hand to moderate and answer questions.

There will also be performances by a paren-child duo and solo performances by 2 child learners.

If you are interested in enrolling your child in a Suzuki classical guitar programme, I highly recommend that you attend this event to learn more.

1 May 2012
1.30-3.30pm
The Little Arts Academy
1 Selegie Road PoMo #05-01/02
Free Admission

To register, email or call Andrew at andew@suzukiguitar.sg/85000346.

I’d love to attend, but my office is short-handed at the moment so I can’t take leave. Sorry Andrew!

Author: Dedrick Koh

Dedrick Koh is an acclaimed , fully-booked classical guitar teacher who teaches from his home studio at Sengkang. He has been teaching the classical guitar since 2006 and has successfully prepared students for ABRSM and Trinity exams and he holds a flawless 100% pass rate, and a 90% merit/distinction rate for his students. He was previously an instructor cum assistant conductor at Ngee Ann Polytechnic Strings under Alex Abisheganaden . Dedrick Koh is also a former public relations and communications specialist, having carved out a notable 10-year career in both the public and private sector. He has work for/on brands like Nanyang Polytechnic, Coca Cola, DHL, Nokia, Nestle, the Health Promotion Board, the Economic Development Board of Singapore and the President Challenge. He also also been featured in the Straits Time, the New Paper, and CNN.

2 Replies to “1 May 2012 Suzuki Conversations”

  1. thanks for sharing , might attend just to find out more .

    ps : isn’t 1st of may a public holiday ? 🙂

    1. Hi Eric, you are totally right. I’ll try to make it down. Andrew has been kind enough to invite me for several of his events but the timing has never lined up.

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