Cheuk Ching T
Instruments: Violin
Styles: Classical, Pop
Cheuk Ching T
Instruments: Violin
Styles:
Classical, Pop
Where I Teach:
Ages Taught: 6-80
2018-2020- Yale School of Music Julia Havemeyer Full Scholarship
2018-2020- Yale School of Music Julia Havemeyer Fellowship
Absolute 1st Prize -- 18th International Music Competition Euterpe
1st Prize -- 17th Valsesia International Music Competition
Finalist -- Queen Sophie Charlotte International Violin Competition
I am a classically trained violinist. I enjoy helping my students to improve and bringing out their full potential. At the age of 15, I was offered scholarship by the British Government's Music and Dance Scheme to study at a music high school, the Purcell School of Music in the UK with Berent Korfker, who was also a professor at Royal College of Music. After spending 5 years at Berlin University of the Arts (one of Europe’s most premier classical music & arts conservatories) earning my Bachelor of Music degree under Latica Honda-Rosenberg, I received full scholarship to study at the Yale School of Music with Hyo Kang. I have been musically and technically trained in both classical European and American styles. I was a first prize winner of numerous competitions, including a few international music competitions in Europe. I speak fluent English, Cantonese, Mandarin, and conversational German.
I have had lots of experiences working with young musicians. I assisted my former violin teacher who teaches at Xinghai Conservatory of Music in Guangzhou supervising some of his students’ practice. I helped my students to prepare for their exams, auditions, performances and competitions and a lot of them achieved satisfying outcomes. I also coached sectionals of a high school orchestra for 2 years and they were awarded 1st prize winner for the first time at the city’s interschool music contest during the second year.
To become a good musician, it is important to have strong fundamentals and also good understanding of different musical styles. I have had the opportunities to study music with top professors across Asia, Europe and the United States. This has brought me valuable perspectives of different musical styles, practice methods and systems. As a result, I have combined and rearranged everything I learnt and created my own system and lesson plans tailored to different students of all levels. In order to keep the lessons fun, I find out what my students' interests are, and use examples drawing from their interests to explain certain things.
I think the violin is very special. It’s such a difficult instrument that requires lots of commitment and dedication. I would have never reached my level now if it weren’t for the teachers who were firm and persistent with me. I translate this back to my own teaching methods so I am a firm teacher but at the same time I do my best to make lessons engaging and that my students take pride in their improvements. I am genuinely committed to my students’ improvement. It is what keeps me going and I take great pride and honestly great joy in seeing my students improve. For more casual learners, I make sure I communicate with my students at the beginning and throughout the journey about what their needs and objectives exactly are and I adapt my teaching methods and expectation.
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