【Colorful Interest Class-Special Edition】 Little Piano and Violin Performers in RFLS

Although most of the students in RFLS are not older than 13, they still have big dreams. In order to achieve their dreams, they strive to make efforts starting fromavery young age. Look! There is a group of students who are playing the electric pianos andviolins. This example represents those who are persistently pursuing their artistic dreams at RFLS.

Little performers plant the seeds of their dreams in their hearts and let them g row. They learn to play musical instruments and basic music knowledge such as reading music notes. In addition, teachers from the RFLS music group all work diligently to help for them.

The electric piano class is every day from Monday to Thursday. 50 students have been divided into 4 groups according to their music levels. Each group has one experienced piano teacher who teaches students based on the group’s playing ability. The new music performers mostly learn how to read notes, as it is the path to understand a music piece. Thus, for this semester, all four piano teachers plan to focus on teaching students to read notes. However, students should also be able to play a song independently.

When learning musical instruments, being diligent is as important as having talent. Practicing is far more important than teaching. Thus, teachers have divided the class time into two parts. One part is the teaching time; the other part is the practicing time. During the second part, teachers provide help to students individually. Sometimes, teachers will let students help each other in order to develop their sense of cooperation.

In addition to cooperation, there is also competition. For example, Ms. Song uses a pattern of competition in her class. She divided her students into two groups, A and B. She asks questions regarding music knowledge to all the students. If a student from group A gives a correct answer, then the group will get one point. At the end of this competition, the group with the most points wins rewards from Ms. Song. This reward system improves students’ motivation to learn.

“Practice makes perfect” can be applied to learning to play musical instruments. The performance at the end of every semester is a good way to present what students have learned, but it cannot present how hard they have worked on their art. In order to achieve their dreams, students need to be persistent.

Music Teaching Team

Ms. Yang Jia: She graduated from one of the most famous Normal Music Universities, where she majored in piano and vocal singing. Ms. Yang has studied play piano since she was six. She can also play the accordion and the electronic organ. She is a very experienced music teacher, as she has been teaching for more than 9 years. She has won many prizes with her team in many competitions.

Ms. Song Xiao: She graduated from the Institute of Music at CCNU (Central China Normal University). When she was studying at university, she was supervised by Ms. Liu Ke and Professor Tao Li. Ms. Song is very approachable and her music class is always full of happiness. The piano examination pass-rate of her students is 100%. Because of this good result, she is a very popular teacher amongst parents.

Ms. Zhang Mengqi: She graduated from Institute of Music at the University of Wuhan. She received her Master’s degree from the University of Deakin, Australia.

Ms. GaoJi: She graduated from Nankai University, and learnt to play the piano at the age of 4. Ms. Gao is good at piano accompaniment. When she was doing her postgraduate study, she was invited to do piano accompaniment at many live concerts.

The music of violin is beautiful and relaxing; therefore, it is known as the queen of instruments. This instrument has hundreds of years of history, and is not easy to play. However, in RFLS, there are 4 students who accept this challenge with their violin teacher Ms. Liu Xinying.

Since the four students are all young, Ms. Liu tries to teach them individually in every class. She uses the first half of the class time to teach, and the other half to do the one-on-one instruction.

One-on-one instruction is effective, as Ms. Liu can encourage her students and help them build self-confidence in their performance.

Teaching staff:
Ms. Liu Xinying received her mater degree from Ithaca College and China Conservatory of Music. She is currently a violin teacher in Beijing Central Minzu University of China.