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In the summer of 2002, inspired by her then 4-year old son who was diagnosed being on the autistic spectrum, Yvonne decided to devote to early childhood music education by becoming a licensed Kindermusik educator. She has taught at the community centers of Pacifica, San Bruno, San Mateo, Redwood City, Belmont, San Carlos and Foster City. In her constant pursuit of providing the best childhood music education, Teacher Yvonne has received extensive training in methodologies including Musikgarten, Lynn Kleiner, Kodaly and Orff. In addition to teaching at her studio, Teacher Yvonne visits Sea Breeze School in Foster City and Kindercourt Academy in San Carlos. Besides being an educator, Teacher Yvonne is proud to be still actively involved in piano performance, passing LRSM diploma (ABRSM) with distinction in 2007, and winning the piano duo category with Teacher Stanley in the 2008 U. S. Open Music Competition. Read Teacher Yvonne's blog at wretch.cc! Teacher Stanley has a BA in music from University of California, Berkeley and a MA in Music Education with emphasis in piano pedagogy from Holy Names University in Oakland. He is a member of the California Music Teachers' Association. Despite being born and raised in Southern California, Teacher Stanley is fluent in Cantonese. An accomplished and passionate pianist, Stanley's musical interests include musicology, composition and piano performance. He is also an avid critic and collector of classical piano CDs and DVDs. His interest in Drum Corps has led him to arranging music for the marching and wind bands of Colony High School in Ontario, California. Besides teaching private piano lessons at the studio, Teacher Stanley regularly conducts group classes with Teacher Yvonne and also visits preschools. This is also his third year being an accompanist for the San Francisco Girls' Chorus.
Teacher Hsueh-Ching
Chien ( Ms. Chien has received various music awards and scholarships, including first prizes at the Taiwan Piano Competition and the Chin-Hua Piano Competition, second prize at NTNU Piano Concerto Competition, and the Chang Ling-De Piano Award. She was also a finalist at the Taiwan Violin Competition . Before coming to USA, Ms. Chien taught piano to gifted students from elementary school to university levels in Taiwan. She served on the Piano Faculty at the National Taichung University of Education and the Tainan University of Technology in Taiwan. Ms. Chien has given many recitals and concerts in USA, Europe, and Taiwan. Currently, she is a staff accompanist and vocal coach at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and Notre Dame de Namur University. She is also the choir director of Hope United Methodist Church in South San Francisco.
Teacher Yvonne Chien Hsiung started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 and continued for the next 12 years. She won several piano competitions during this time, including the prestigious Junior Bach Festival. She attended Mills High School with the original Teacher Yvonne before earning a Bachelors' Degree in Biology with minors in Biochemistry and Sociology from the University of San Francisco. She went on to get a MPH in Forensic Science from the University of California at Berkeley . Teacher Yvonne is fluent in Cantonese. Yvonne has worked in forensic science, biotechnology, technical writing, and law enforcement. Most recently, Yvonne has been raising four children, a six year old daugther, three year old twin boys, and a one year old baby boy. Music is a big part of her family life, as all the children enjoy listening to a wide variety of music, singing, and playing with instruments. From a very young age, her children were calmed by music and engaged by singing. Music has taught rhythm, coordination, and can even resolve fights between siblings! Yvonne has been teaching at the Creative Children's Learning Center in Redwood Shores since September of 2009. home | classes | piano | party | teachers | links | location Kindermusik is a
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received a Master's degree from the San
Francisco Conservatory of Music and an Artist Diploma in Piano
Performance from Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in
Freiburg, Germany. She is also a graduate of the National Taiwan
Normal University with a Bachelor's degree and was awarded the Taiwan University Lecturer's
Certificate and the Teacher's Certificate.
