香港學琴怪現象

haohao

CSL123 寫道:
You said APA admit only 1 or 2 students for trumpet each year.

Do you know how many students would APA junior programme admit for each instrument especially for piano?

Yes, APA admits only 1 trumpeter each year. Only last year, they admitted 2. I meant the regular Music Department, not the Junior programme.

I don't know much on the Junior Programme. Did you apply for your kid?

By the way, $22,000 for 30 hours in the junior programme is just too expensive for me.        

CSL123

Yes, I applied piano course for my sons.

haohao

CSL123 寫道:
You said APA admit only 1 or 2 students for trumpet each year.

Do you know how many students would APA junior programme admit for each instrument especially for piano?



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而銅管樂器的導師一般會比較貴，因為比較冷門，而 APA 每年也只收一個小號手(只有去年收了兩位)，十分矜貴。hao貴     

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CSL123

剛剛幫你問左喇。APA Junior Programme 每年都有收好多 piano & violin 學生，不用太擔心，因為不算難入，差唔多肯交學費都 okay (當然有 audition) ，因為 Junior Programme 是 APA 的賺錢課程，要津貼 Senior Programme 的高昂營運成本嘛！

APA 的 Junior Programme 的導師其實就是 Senior Programme 的學生或已畢業學生 (個別少數例子除外)，Junior students 又不可以在外面跟任何老師學，如果 APA 收你仔仔，你真的會入讀嗎？


p.s. 原來正確資料係 APA 今年收了2 個 senior trumpet students, 去年收了一個 overseas student，前年一個都冇收。

CSL123

Thanks for your information.

If admitted, I would see which teacher teaches my sons. In case the teacher is Ms. Wong or Ms. Law Nai Sun, I of course would let my sons try.

haohao

CSL123 寫道:
Thanks for your information.

If admitted, I would see which teacher teaches my sons. In case the teacher is Ms. Wong or Ms. Law Nai Sun, I of course would let my sons try.

Who is Ms. Wong?   

Frankly speaking, for Ms. Nancy Loo, she is currently teaching APA, BU, HKU, CUHK, I doubt she has time to teach APA junior.  

Hmmmm... since you have expectations on Nancy Loo teaching your sons, I'm sure they must be very talented.  

CSL123

My sons are not talented in  piano but really they like piano very much. So I expect some famous piano teacher like Ms. Wong Yee Lun etc who can teach them. For Nancy Loo, my sons like her very much when they watch her playing piano in the concert. For Ms. Wong, do you know her playing in any concert?   My sons enjoy Ms. Cheung Wai Ching's concert much. She is really talented!

KatieM1203

HuiTung 寫道:
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KatieM1203 寫道:
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HuiTung 寫道:
認同佢看法, 但人就 ... 咳 ... 咳 ...    Don't ask me why.

Why ?         

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你識佢的? "每樣東西都有正反面嘛!", 你都同意gar wor?!  唔洗太在意我的wording gar!       

不如教我點同個仔入DBSPD啦!  (only joking ....    佢邊有o甘醒丫!)
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I finally asked my son's piano teacher who Warren Lee is. And his comment was also" ....... ... 咳 ... 咳 ...    "

            

wawamama

睇完覺得...原來我太..太..太..天真哩。我重以為學音樂為興趣，咩原來考學校有咁既條件哩，依家做小朋友好慘呀。

:-|

睇來都係要努力賺錢俾大小姐入國際學校囉。

HuiTung

I finally asked my son's piano teacher who Warren Lee is. And his comment was also" ....... ... 咳 ... 咳 ...    "

            

Oh, you have a strong desire in learning everything!          

kfwong

每樣東西都要有評核標準,考試就是其中一項。
所以學琴要考GRADE是理所必然的。

但我們要去平衡學習與考GRADE之間的關係。
學習首先是學知識
"求學不是求分數
學琴不只求考GRADE"

哈里波特

Hi hao hao,

I applied trumpet junior program for my daughter as you know that I don't know if her existing teacher will have time to teach her after promoted to F1.  She will be taking audition on 21/5 but I'm still consider whether I can afford the program fee $22,000/year, it's really too too expensive for me as well.

FYI, my daughter told me the highest key of :
music festival primary senior group : A
G5 of ABRSM : G

Talk to you later.

haohao 寫道:
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CSL123 寫道:
You said APA admit only 1 or 2 students for trumpet each year.

Do you know how many students would APA junior programme admit for each instrument especially for piano?

Yes, APA admits only 1 trumpeter each year. Only last year, they admitted 2. I meant the regular Music Department, not the Junior programme.

I don't know much on the Junior Programme. Did you apply for your kid?

By the way, $22,000 for 30 hours in the junior programme is just too expensive for me.        




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haohao

哈里波特 寫道:
Hi hao hao,

I applied trumpet junior program for my daughter as you know that I don't know if her existing teacher will have time to teach her after promoted to F1.  She will be taking audition on 21/5 but I'm still consider whether I can afford the program fee $22,000/year, it's really too too expensive for me as well.

FYI, my daughter told me the highest key of :
music festival primary senior group : A
G5 of ABRSM : G

Talk to you later.

哈里波特，

首先祝你女女在 APA 的 audition 能夠馬到功成！

And thank you for the info on the highest notes required for ABRSM and music fest. I am thinking of letting my son participate both music fest and ABRSM next year.  

For the APA Junior programme, I still think it is too expensive. 22,000 for 30 hours lectures taught by  APA senior programme students. If the same student teaches your girl, he should be charging $350-400 per hour. 30 hours add up to $10,000 to $12,000 only. The extra $10,000 could have bought your girl a brand new top of the line Bach trumpet.

If your girl's existing teacher can't teach her anymore, you can try Jim sir (even though I know he is extremly busy in APA ), or Jim sir's sister (who is now teaching DGJS brass band), or some of Jim sir's senior schoolmates in APA. Just don't give up .

Or if you were paying $7xx per hour for the APA Junior programme, for this fee you can hire Jim sir's APA teacher Jonathan Clarke (if he has the time for an extra student) who charges $800 per hour. Jonathan Clarke is the principal trumpeter of HKPO (香港管絃樂團), who has a few excellent trumpeter as his students.

Anyway, one way or the other, 大家都要努力賺錢呀！

哈里波特

Hao Hao,

Thank you for your information.  My daughter is a lazy girl, she never practise.  Her trumpet put in school and never bring back to home.  Indeed, I cannot afford such a high school fee in APA, I also applied 音統處插班生. 大包圍.  Any news, keep you inform.

You're right :
"大家都要努力賺錢呀！"   

CSL123

Harry,

Remember music office is a group class. The $22000 comprises 1 hour single tutition, 1 hour music theory class and 2 hours orchestra/ ensemble training each week. My general impression is that APA is like a LV bag. But my friend says that DGS would nearly admit APA junior programme girls each year.  

哈里波特

CSL123,

My expection :
1st - acadamic
2nd- other activities whatever she likes.

I don't want my daughter's acadamic result at the bottom in the form. My existing trumpet teacher is the band conductor in DGS & St. Mary, so I've been using Chanel already, LV may be too grand for me.  Anyway, thank you for your information.

paeds

Is Rachel Cheung Wai Ching (張緯晴) still studying in Maryknoll?

toffeeli

CSL123 寫道:
My sons are not talented in  piano but really they like piano very much. So I expect some famous piano teacher like Ms. Wong Yee Lun etc who can teach them. For Nancy Loo, my sons like her very much when they watch her playing piano in the concert. For Ms. Wong, do you know her playing in any concert?   My sons enjoy Ms. Cheung Wai Ching's concert much. She is really talented!

I went to a concert yesterday night and Nancy Loo was one of the performer. She is really a marvellous pianist.

KatieM1203

HuiTung 寫道:

Oh, you have a strong desire in learning everything!          

Not quite.    But I truly have learnt a lot from you all BK parents....           

haohao

paeds 寫道:
Is Rachel Cheung Wai Ching (張緯晴) still studying in Maryknoll?

I believe she is in F.2 of Maryknoll

Mummy

不如聽聽我既經歷同睇法吧。

係我細個大約2年班的時候, 我都叫我阿媽比我學彈琴, 佢又陪我癲, 學左冇耐又買左個琴比我, 雖然唔係咩貴價琴, 只係國產一部, 但廿幾年前既5000蚊絕對唔係一個小數目, 其實學琴係好悶的, 我都知道, 甚至我阿媽唔知我學成點, 學緊咩, 我甚至連考試都沒有, 只係學識睇CDEFGABC, 彈大約4-5級既曲, 都係好辛苦好辛苦咁逐粒音睇, 甚至寫埋CDE落黎方便自己彈。  係好悶好悶.... 因為阿媽剩係比左錢琴行我去學琴, 其餘的, 只係食自己。

好勒, 我學左1年多d, 咩級都冇考, 同埋由於讀書成績有點跟唔上, 所以我阿媽就話不如唔好學住, 咁樣就掉低左個琴20幾年。20幾年間, 呢個琴剩係用黎擺, 同埋比我間唔中琴興大發時彈番一隻半隻已經 "背"左既曲黎玩下而已。但CDEFGABC都仲識。

到我而家個琴返左黎我身邊, 變左我而家要個仔學, 但我比個仔學並唔係想佢考什麼級別, 講真, 而家小朋友最少學一門音樂似乎係 "必須", 所以我都 "隨波逐流", 比個仔學琴, 但分別係, 我係 "陪學", 佢上堂我坐在旁, 我唔要好似我阿媽咁, 個仔學乜我都一冇所知, 我剩係知我起碼識CDEFGABC, 1, 2, 4拍。  每個星期學完琴, 盡可能我會隔日陪個仔練琴, 我希望唔好蹈我阿媽覆轍, 唔知佢做緊乜。

學琴係想我個仔多一份修養, 比佢知道佢既生活裡面, 除左返學, 玩車仔之外, 佢仲要有野做既, 就係學琴。  到時佢考到既, 我會好開心, 就算考唔到, 我都會比時間佢。  講真, 彈得叻邊個唔想, 你睇人地彈得叻並唔係一朝一夕的事, 每個人都會悶, 都有好唔鐘意既時候, 我希望細個我放棄左既機會, 比我個仔再延續。