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OUR TEACHERS
Teaching Philosophy
Our teachers always seek to nurture potential and encourage children to be the best they can be. Learning is structured such that there are many lessons that a child can learn from a given idea, with many “right” possible answers instead of just one predetermined answer.
The classroom size is limited to 15 students per lesson and are highly individualised to every child’s learning style, with ample hands-on experiences and relevance to real-life situations.
DANCE
Ballet - Ms Jaime Pang
Having strong passion and commitment in ballet, Jaime Pang believes in instilling fun into ballet whilst maintaining the stringent requirements of classical ballet technique. She believes that it is important that ballet students not only learn the Art of ballet but also useful life skills and virtues like discipline, concentration and attentiveness. With a Certificate of Ballet Teaching Studies (CBTS) from Royal Academy of Dance and a Royal Academy of Dance Advanced 2, Jaime has taught students from five to 50 years old.
Hip-Hop – Styles From Beyond
Formed in 2001 as a B-boying crew this group has won numerous accolades including HOP2DABEAT 2008 (in Malaysia), Medicorp’s The Dance Floor - top 8 (2007), MTV’s Street Bliss in the City (2007) and Sony’s Walkasta Street Dance Challenge in KL (2008). Since then they have held many workshops at community centres and helped Lian Hua Primary School win 1st and 2nd prize in Danceworks Junior Category Champion (2006 & 2007 respectively). They know up to five different styles of hip-hop and are looking to mentor young dancers even as they prepare themselves for next year’s World Hip Hop Championships held every year in the US.
MUSIC
Singing - Babes Conde
A double-degree holder of Music (Piano and Music Education) Babes immersed in theatre and the performing arts when she moved here in 1985, working very closely with Dick Lee in productions like “Beauty World”, “ Fried Rice Paradise”, “Sing to the Dawn”, “Forbidden City”, “Teenage Textbook” and “godeatgod” in various capacities as musical director, arranger, choral mistress, composer and pianist. In July 2003 Babes performed at the Istana with the President of Singapore as Guest of Honour for the benefit of Institute of Policy Studies headed by Prof. Tommy Koh. Babes has sought to raise awareness for the less fortunate in her “Babes & Friends” concerts that were in aid of Breast Cancer Foundation, Children Cancer Society and Kids with Aids. She was also the vocal coach for Singapore Idol in 2004 and 2006.
Keyboard & Piano - Music Maestro
Music Maestro was formed by Ms Ernawaty Sorianto to provide quality education in keyboard and piano to children. Ms Ernawaty has been teaching with Yamaha Music School for the past 27 years in Singapore. Prior to that, she was Chief instructress in a top Music school in Indonesia, training many award-winning competition champions, travelling widely to oversee their school operations and developing curriculum for various projects and training materials. Today, Ms Ernawaty offers to other businesses her expertise in music in the form of consultation or facilitation and continues to be a sought-after music teacher and examiner for Yamaha Music School.
Instructor
Ince Kosasih began her piano and organ studies at the age of five in her home country of Indonesia. After teaching piano and music theory for some time, she moved to the United States to study at the world‐renowned Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts where she earned her Bachelor of Music degree. With high aspirations of working in the music industry, Miss Kosasih furthered her studies at the California State University, Los Angeles where she earned her Master of Music degree. She also holds the Orff‐Schulwerk certification for music educators which focuses on music education for children. Miss Kosasih currently resides in Singapore where she continues pursuing her dream as an educator and a composer ‐ arranger.
Percussion - Jean-Gabriel Pophillat
Jean-Gabriel Pophillat is currently a final year student in BA (Hons) in Music programme at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. As a performer, his interests encompass a wide sphere of music, from traditional Chinese music to traditional Javanese gamelan, from the Gregorian chant to the most cutting edge of 20th-century music. In particular, he has made a name for himself promoting local contemporary music, premiering the works of diverse composers from Singapore.
As a pedagogue, he teaches both wind bands and Chinese Orchestras. Recently, he has taken an interest in early childhood music education, seeking to develop a broad-based approach incorporating movement and children’s creative responses to music; an approach aimed at developing great music lovers and musicians, rather than instrumental technicians.
THEATRE
Dramatic Developments
Representing London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art (LAMDA) in Singapore
Dramatic Developments was formed to develop a wider acceptance of LAMDA examinations, set up and administer a teacher training qualification as well as bring highly qualified and experienced teachers to centres looking to train their children to the highest level. Although Dramatic Developments is relatively new, it is managed by the same team who ran “The Helen O’Grady Children’s Drama Centre” in Singapore for a period of 8 years.
Dramatic Developments manages a team of 12 teachers, both local expatriate. Dramatic Developments is the Singapore Representative for the LAMDA examinations here in Singapore and can count on the full support of the London headquarters in the development of the Budding Artists Academy.
VISUAL ARTS
Vincent Twardzik Ching
Vincent Twardzik Ching is a painter whose primary
concern is in creating works that will not simply catch the attention, but
will, like nature, gradually reveal more of their complexity over time. As
an artist who was raised with an appreciation for the natural environment, his
paintings take their cue from the subtle combinations and variations found in
the tropical and garden-like surroundings in which he resides and explores. Vincent has been exhibiting in Singapore since 2000
and was awarded Honourable Mention, Philip Morris Singapore- Asean Art Awards
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