PianoLessons

11. Swan Lake (by Alice Zhang) Alice Zhang will be performing a well-known ballet theme song “Swan Lake” composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Some of you might have seen the Swan Lake ballet or movie. For those who don’t know, Swan Lake is a romantic ballet in four acts. It is about a prince who falls in love with the princess. But she was turned into a swan by a curse. However, there are many different endings of Swan Lake. Alice will show you her favourite ending. 12.

Today we have a really great group of performers from very young to “young at heart”, both from Melbourne as well as other countries, as far away as China and Greece. Let’s talk about today’s program. Over the next 90 minutes, we’ll have 22 performances, ranging in style from classical to new age. We’ll have some others apart from piano performance as well. 1. Nocturne (by Kieran Ooi & Grace Newstead) Kieran Ooi and I will be playing “Nocturne”. Kieran will be performing the

I’m excited to share the details of my first student recital, this Mother’s day, 13th May! Ever since I migrated to Melbourne and started teaching piano here, I’ve had a dream to hold an event to let my students perform. Having joined competitions back in Hong Kong, I found that an event like this - a recital, is a great opportunity to be challenged, to grow and learn from the experience and of course get to have family and friends to enjoy the moment with you. So one of my n

At the start of a new year, I’m feeling very thankful for the wonderful teaching experiences and all my lovely students during 2017. This was was the first full year of teaching in Melbourne, having taught for 12 years in Hong Kong and previously in Brisbane. In a word, I loved it. Melbourne as a city is laid back, charming and with an appreciation of arts and culture and the last year turned out even more rewarding than I had expected. With my younger students, nothing makes