Information About Chi - Leeds teacher

Personal Description:

Qualified Piano Teacher and Music Psychologist in Leeds (ABRSM expert for all grades up to diploma).

Tutoring Experience:

I am a piano teacher and concert pianist working with students for over 30 years from Hong Kong. I am also an MA music psychologist who graduated from the University of Leeds and currently doing my PhD degree in Psychoanalytic Studies at the University of Essex. My teaching philosophy is to pursue students' holistic music development. Self-awareness between emotions and music plays an important role in exploring musical potential and personal characteristics. My teaching objective is to allow my students to have maximum autonomy in their music learning, so I consider my students' personalities and musical interests before my teaching plan for any of them. Based on maintaining mental health and well-being, lifelong music appreciation can enhance people's quality of life. Piano playing should be a natural enjoyment rather than a merely practical skill.

Tutoring Approach:

In my classes, if students can learn even though my younger students, I would be happy to teach them how to teach other students to pursue their highest level of musical knowledge and performing skills. Therefore, most of my students can play music in public and teach music after graduating from my teachings. I aim to help musicians to achieve a higher level of music commitment, including:

• Learning various genres of music repertoires.
• Music theory and keyboard skills.
• Play music most effectively without spending too much time in practice.
• Advanced performing skills and a higher degree of musicality.
• Psychological barriers in music performance (e.g… music aesthetics, expression, high music involvement, stage flight, depression etc.)
• Mental and physical wellness for pianists (e.g… tennis elbows etc.)
• Piano Mindfulness.
• Psychological counselling for pianists.
• Examination and competition strategies.
• High level of Quick study/Sight-reading skills.
• Viva voce (presentation skills)
• Written submission for ABRSM's diploma (e.g… programme notes etc.)

I can help you… To correct unhealthy habits in piano playing.
To improve muscular pain or any physical illness caused by instrumental playing.
To emotionally heal through the knowledge of psychological understanding if you have suffered any mental illness from music practice.
To gain higher marks in examinations and competitions.

I also teach piano pedagogy in my class if my adult students can learn and foster my younger students from earlier ages to ensure they have been well-developed as expert musicians with a high degree of knowledge and musical skills.

Further information about me…
I have given many public performances, such as in the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Macau, Japan, Australia, and the U.S.A. I am also a music psychology researcher, author, translator of postgraduate courses (University of Chichester), music journal translator, and competition jury. In the past, I used to be the C.E.O. of a music school and competition organizer (Osaka International Music Competition).

I can teach students of all grades and all ages.

Target Students
• Grade 5 to Diploma.
• For online lessons, ages 8 or above are preferable.
• Students who have a music training background
• Musicians
• Piano Teachers
• Adult Students

My teaching philosophy
Holistic music training. Music and mental well-being.

Teaching Format
I can do face-to-face lessons and virtual lessons online. If you are a candidate preparing for an exam or competition, or any music student ready for admission, I also provide one-time assessment services. For example, send me your video performance, and I can give you a report of written advice.

Musical Heritage:
My piano skills were inherited from my piano teacher, Ms Nancy Loo, the most remarkable piano teacher and concert pianist (The Juilliard School) in Hong Kong. She is also a student of Adele Marcus, Vlado Perlemuter, and Guido Agosti.

Qualifications:
Master of Arts in Applied Psychology of Music (University of Leeds)
Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Music Education (Baptist University of Hong Kong)
Piano Performance & Pedagogy (Baylor University)
LRSM in piano performance
Certificate of Teaching ABRSM
30 + years of piano teaching experience

Teacher Awards:
• 1991 PTC/ETC Appreciation Award by Tom Lee Music
• Hong Kong Mozart Piano Competition (Student won 4th Prize)
• The International Music and Arts Competition (Outstanding Teacher)
• Inter-School International Performance Challenge (Outstanding Music Education Award) 2nd Prize
• 2013 Hong Kong Children and Youth Piano Contest (Outstanding Teacher)
• 2014 Hong Kong Children and Youth Piano Contest (Outstanding Teacher)

My service areas: online lessons, performance coaching, one-to-one lessons, and emotional and spiritual healing. Although I don't have a professional qualification in music therapy, I am still interested in working in the related area to help anyone who is on the piano.

Finally, thank you for reading my profile information. If you are interested in learning piano with me, please contact me via the "Send message" button on my profile here. I will be here and looking forward to hearing from you anytime!