Teacher Profiles

Alvin is an experienced music instructor that has taught for many years in Singapore both privately, and at various music schools and public schools including Motivate Music School, and School of Music and the Arts.

He is currently the head guitar instructor at play by ear music, school and on the guitar faculty at Raffles Music College.

He has a degree in Performance from Berklee College of Music, and a grade eight with distinction in Classical Guitar Performance from the Associated Board of Royal College of Music.

Students can choose to learn anything they have in mind. Topics include, but are not limited to, improvisation, classical guitar technique, sight reading, music theory and general musicianship.

From his earliest years Axel forged a pioneering path in creating new music for percussion. He has given the premier performances of a vast number of new concertos, solo literature and has appeared as soloist with orchestras and ensembles such as the San Francisco Composer Orchestra, San Francisco Youth Symphony, Singapore National Youth Orchestra, Singapore Wind Symphony Percussion Ensemble and Singapore Wind Symphony. He also did a California west coast premiere of the opera, Wozzeck by Alban Berg re-orchestrated by John Rea for chamber ensemble setting with Ensemble Parallel, a French New Music Ensemble. He had premiered Satoshi Yagisawa Marimba Concerto with the Singapore Wind Symphony in 2011 in an acclaimed sold-out performance conducted by Mr Satoshi, in Singapore.

Axel currently serves as the Music Director of the Singapore Wind Symphony Percussion Ensemble since 2011, he has taken the ensemble to greater heights by winning the Gold Award with Distinction, 92.67 at the World Music Contest for Percussion Ensemble (First Division) 2013 in Kerkrade, the Netherlands. He founded Singapore Percussion Ensemble Festival in 2014 to bring more awareness of Percussion Ensemble movement in Singapore.

Axel is a Yamaha artist and coaches the percussion / timpani students at the Singapore National Youth Orchestra.

 Jeremy also leads the Spot Pocket Opera Theatre as artistic director, where he produces touring concerts and promotes community music-making. In support, he was offered a place in the National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre’s S.T.A.R. Mentorship Programme. He was recently featured as the lead character in The Curious Adventure of the Salaryman as part of the National Library Board’s Read! Fest 2021. Together with Yishun Health, Jeremy is involved in the development of a unique vocal programme for individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma. 

Aside from his private voice studio, Jeremy devotes his time as an adjunct lecturer at the NAFA School of Music, Centre for Lifelong Learning, the National Silver Academy and United World College Southeast Asia. He has a Bachelor of Music (Honours) degree from the Royal College of Music and a NAFA Diploma in Music.

Jingyun runs her Know Your Voice private practice where she offers 1-1 coaching and group experiences. Since 2016, she has facilitated voice- and bodymind exploration workshops in partnership with Esplanade Voices Festival, YSTCM-NUS, NAFA, The Voice Company, Orangetheory Fitness and others. She is also an arts performance coach for choirs, music education programmes, and theatre productions. Most recently, she vocal coached for Singapore Repertory Theatre’s Shakespeare in the Park: Macbeth (2025). 

A boldly spirited vocalist, Jingyun traverses western classical opera/new music, sound-and-movement experimental projects, and voiceover engagements. Performance credits include shows with The Opera People, L'arietta, Odyssey Dance Theatre, Madhatter Project, Mervin Wong, Bennett Bay, and KEAT. Past stage roles include Oberto (Handel’s Alcina), Dora (Laitman’s The Three Feathers), Ghita (Zemlinsky’s Der Zwerg), and Leah (Chen’s Laksa Cantata).

She holds a Bachelor of Music (Honours) in Voice Performance with highest distinction from Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music (National University of Singapore); Graduate Certificate of Counselling from Swinburne University of Technology; and is an alumna of School of the Arts Singapore. Jingyun continues to deepen her appreciation of our expansive human experience—through intensive Alexander Technique teacher-training (2019-2023 in Netherlands, U.S., and U.K.); experiential education in arts pedagogy, somatic- and touch-based therapy; and inclusion practices. 

Kim Pin was born in Ipoh, Malaysia in 1991. He studied classical guitar with Hunter Mah Chia Chu and Manuel Cabrera II. He also participated in numerous masterclasses, including ones run by Judicael Perroy, Flavio Cucchi, Pavel Steidl, Berta Rojas, John Mill, Richard Wright, Fabio Montomoli, Grigory Novikov, Hong Tee, Joseph Perez Mirandilla, Matthew McAllister, Nathan Fisher, and Philippe Loli.

May graduated with Masters in Arts and Culture Management, and Bachelor in Music Performance. She studied under renowned virtuosos - Vladimir Markovic (Serbia),  Elizeveta Grushina (Russia) as well as Zhang Zhen Shan and Chua Lik Wuk (Singapore), latter of which were both members of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra.

His career in Asia's jazz scene has expanded widely including some of the biggest jazz festivals in the region Java Jazz , Borneo Jazz , Perth Fringe Fest , Kathmandu Jazz , Johor & KL Jazz fest , North India Guwahati Fest , Koh Samui Jazz , SingJazz Fest just to name a few. Bringing a taste of Cuban music to Singapore with his own band Havana Social Club premiering some of the biggest scale events locally and now as a composer presenting his new project Pablo Calzado's Group with a new sound featuring a combination of World Music & Jazz Fusion.

She has experienced conducting one of the strings ensemble, accompanied students to Vienna to attend summer music camp. ShuahNee works at Dulwich college Singapore as music supply teacher since March 2021.

Apart from teaching music, ShuahNee enjoys traveling and discovering different cultures. Working within international  environment is always what she enjoys the most.

He was also the only string player to represent Singapore in the South-East Asian Youth Orchestra/Wind Ensemble in 2006. He is also the cellist of Chamber Sounds, a local chamber group dedicated to promoting and premiering local works written by fellow Singaporean composers.

Sihan has also worked with world-renowned artists such as David Foster, Andrea Bocelli, Jeff Chang, Nobuo Uetmatsu, Tan Dun, Charice, Natalie Cole, Ruben Studdard and Katherine Jenkins.

Stephanie loves teaching piano and exploring different types of music together with her students. She believes that enjoying the instrument is the most important part of music learning. It is truly rewarding to see students grow and express themselves through music. 

Apart from teaching, Stephanie likes travelling, playing the guitar leisurely and cooking a variety of food from different countries.

In September 2005, she created OperAsia (OA). It is a unique vocal arts company that provides workshops, master classes, vocal education, voice care and audience development for opera arts. The company received The Excellent Organization Award from 2006 Asia Youth Arts Award in Seoul, Korea. Before creating OA, she was the Artistic Director, Acting General Manager, Choral Director of the Adult and Children's Chorus and Touring Company of Singapore Lyric Opera from year 2002 to 2005. International projects she initiated and organised were First World Voice Day Celebration, First Asia Pacific Voice Symposium, young artists opera exchange and workshop programs with the Hungarian National Opera House, The Kodaly Music School in Budapest and Hong Kong Children's Chorus.

A sought after specialist in training young voice, many of Dr Wong's outstanding students were placed at The International Llangollen Music Competition (Wales), The World Chinese Vocal Competition (Taipei), Asia Youth Arts Awards (Korea), Singapore Young Singer's Award and competitive college awards (Australia and USA). As a professional singer, she performed extensively in oratorios, operas and concerts in the United States, Malaysia, Singapore, Italy, Canada, France, the UK and Hong Kong. On many occasions, she collaborated with the Singapore Chinese Orchestra, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Singapore Lyric Opera and Singapore ballet.

Dr. Wong earned many accolades as well as several awards - Singapore National Music Competition, Singapore and Malaysia Vocal Competition, South East Asia Vocal Competition, San Angelo Young Artist Award, Austin Lyric Opera Young Artist of the Year, the 1998 International Donizetti Opera Competition in Bergamo, Italy and in 2000, the special Jury Award for outstanding interpretation at the International French Songs Competition in France. National Arts Council grants were awarded to study Dalcroze Eurhthythmic, Estill Voice Training System, and The New York's Metropolitan Opera Education Programme.

Dr. Wong was a student at The Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, and earned her Bachelor, Masters and Doctorate of Musical Arts (in Vocal Performance) at The University of Texas in Austin. She later pursued a one year Post-Doctorate Opera Studies in Verona, Italy. She also holds the LRSM and FTCL diplomas in piano performance.

As a professional flutist, Terry has represented Singapore in high profile international events and music festivals in China, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Kazakhstan and India. His all-rounded musicality has been heard in a wide array of settings, ranging from performances at the Istana for local and foreign dignitaries, the opening ceremony of the Ministry of Information and the Arts (MITA) Building, to the launching of National Geographic Channel in Bombay and to playing the flute chair for ‘Lion King’ in MBS, considered the most challenging flute parts in all musical due to the varieties of flutes being played.

Aside from his classical background, Terry Ang is also widely regarded as the region’s most successful flutist in the field of commercial music.  He has collaborated with such international artists as Jacky Cheung, Kit Chan, Zhang Hui Mei, FannWong and Stephanie Sun, resulting in numerous commercial recordings and TV productions.  His eclectic ensemble, E-Tree, comprising a sitarist, a tabla player and himself, continues to be an audience favourite in various commercial events.Right now he is playing with his trio ,SBT trio with their most recent performance for the Mosaic Festival 2014 invited by Esplanade.

Terry Ang was the President of Flute Ensemble (Singapore) (2005-2009) , a position that facilitated his presentation of master classes by important flute masters, including the celebrated flutist, James Galway.  He dedicates his spare time to doing extensive research in flute production and design, expanding his knowledge of the instrument’s mechanics and methodology, making him one of the leading flute educators in the country.

In 2006, she relocated to Cairo, Egypt where she worked for 5 years as a member of the Cairo Opera Orchestra in the position of an assistant-concertmaster. During her years in Cairo she taught the violin at the British International School and Modern English School. She became very popular as a tutor especially after one of her students won the first price in “Jugend Musiziert” Competition- Germany. Since 2011, Ms Vera has been teaching the Violin in Singapore.

In 2010, Wayne joined the Tongyeong International Music Festival to take part in the Isang Yun Music Academy, during which he worked with South Korean pianist Kaya Han and French pedagogue Francoise Thinat.

During his time in France, Wayne regularly took masterclasses with Olivier Cazal and Cecile Wang. They have been a profound inspiration to him, radically challenging his conception of music and giving him the ability to find and shape his identity. He obtained the Music Diploma of the State in 2012, the highest French diploma offered by the Conservatoire de Fresnes.

In 2014, he went on to win the 3rd prize at the Thailand International Chopin Piano Competition. In addition to piano, Wayne also holds a Grade 8 Distinction in Classical Singing.