Welcome to Ms Yap-Private Music Classroom@叶老师私人音乐教室

Dear All Students, Parents and Friends:

Welcome to Ms Yap-Private Music Classroom私人音乐教室! This blog is created to share information regarding the music lessons, the music moments, the students and many more!

Thank you and Enjoy Viewing!!

Warmest Regards,
Ms Yap, Violin Teacher/Piano Teacher, Singapore


1. "Only the pure in heart can make good soup"

2. "What you are, you are by accident of birth; what I am, I am by myself. There are and will be a thousand princes; there is only one Beethoven.

By: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)

Thursday 19 April 2012

Good Bowing Technique!


One of my violin student, Trisha, age 11, studying in one of the local international school; I teach her how to play "William Tell Overture" & Beethoven "Ode to Joy" (3rd position) songs today. She enjoys playing them with fun & cheers!

Trisha handled her bow very well - so so Straight! Thumbs Up!



Wednesday 18 April 2012

Gifts - Outstanding Performance

Got some gifts to the students with outstanding performance. Hope they like it!

Gifts - Behind the Scene
Got to know that friends were going to visit Taiwan, I quickly requested them to buy me some musical gifts in order to present to my students with outstanding performances. Luckily they don't mind to carry back that (so far away from Taiwan). Thanks to them a lot!!

Two weeks later, the gifts on hand! Ohoho! What to do next? Busy, busy always... But, I would have to visit gift shops for cute bear wrapping papers. Next, spend some time to wrap up the gift, scissors to cut, cellophane tape to stick here and there, wrap nicely etc etc. Finished and Done!

Present to one of a student, she was trying to guess what's inside after saying "Thank you teacher" to me! She touched the gift and said: "Is a notebook bla bla bla~ Is a stationery set!" she was so excited in guessing. Her father, looked at her daughter and me, the teacher and laughed. =.= hahaaha!

Maybe I should place them into a box, so she can't guess it easily right?! :D


Some gifts with musical symbol design~ Originally from Taiwan, Made in Taiwan~

Friday 6 April 2012

Something for the young students ^.^

Got some stickers for the young students for paying out effort and hard work in practicing piano/violin. Of course, this can't always be the excuse for students to practice on the instrument, just to get the stickers from their music teacher. This easily caused "no stickers, no practice". 

However, from the positive point of view, this can be some kind of encouragement and communication between students vs teacher rather than giving away stickers are a type of reward to the students. Most of the children would love stickers especially printed with their favourite characters. 


Keep it up on your hardwork, my dear students!! Adults too!!