As an experienced full-time educator in the business of nurturing and developing talents, I firmly believe the power of encouragement is...

Some card games are evergreen. The passing of time does little to erode their relevance and compromise the level of fun they shower on...

The raison d'être of any recital or concert is to push budding young talents out of their snugly cocoons, expose them to playing in front...

It's not a game familiar to most digital native kids these days. But when I was young, Snakes and Ladders used to be a game I played...

When M first came to me in 2019, I was told by her mother that she could not keep up with the pace of her curriculum in the music school....

Keys and key signatures: A perennial topic my young students struggle to grasp. Yet, it is an unquestionably important concept that...

One day, I received a text from a mother stating my student, M, fell and broke her left arm while at the playground. Wrapped in a cast...

The performance by student A below may seem rosy, but like the image on the left, only both of us know how far and tough the journey to...

I cannot be prouder of this six-year-old who has achieved what I deem a significant milestone. When her mother first brought her to me...

It pays to prepare early. When Juno told me she would like to add some Christmasy grooves to her repertoire collection, I wasted no time...