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Teacher Yvonne started
piano lessons at the age of 3 1/2 from teachers at the Shanghai
Conservatory of Music. After immigrating to Hong Kong, she
passed Grade 8 exam of the Associated
Boards of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) at age 11. After graduating from Mills High School, Teacher Yvonne went
on to California Institute of Technology to earn a BS with
honors in
Chemical Engineering and a MA in International Policy Studies from Stanford
University.
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.
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.
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