Natalie S
Instruments: Piano, Flute, Keyboard
Styles: Classical, Pop, Folk, Country, Gospel, Musical Theater, Electronic, Spirituals, Marching Band, Avant-garde
Natalie S
Instruments: Piano, Flute, Keyboard
Styles:
Classical, Pop, Folk, Country, Gospel, Musical Theater, Electronic, Spirituals, Marching Band, Avant-garde
Where I Teach:
Ages Taught: 5-80
Master Degree, University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC), Music in Music Composition
Bachelor Degree (with Honors), Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU), Music Composition and Music Production
2018 - Abundant Silence, Innovative Prize for composition “Peach Blossom Spring” (for piano & vibraphone)
2018 - UMKC Women’s Council, Graduate Assistance Fund Immediate Aid Award
Natalie is a composer, pianist and flutist. She is graduated from her Master’s degree in Composition from the UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance. She graduated from Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) for her Bachelor of Arts (Honors) degree in Composition and Music Production. Her composition Peach Blossom Spring for piano and vibraphone just received the innovative prize from Abundance Silence. Her compositions are always inspired by arts and literature and she is also interested in music and dance collaborations. She had experiences to collaborate with choreographers and dancers.
Additionally, Natalie has experiences in composing for drama; she was the music director and composer of “Hang out with HEART” in 2016, which was a drama organized by Hong Kong Children & Youth Services. Natalie is also active in participating in music festivals. She participated in the Thailand International Composition Festival (TICF) 2017 and her composition was performed in the Exchange of Midwest Collegiate Composers (EMCC) 2018. Natalie is currently a flutist in the praise band “Temple Worship” at Midtown Baptist Temple. Her composition teachers include Dr. Chen Yi, Dr. Zhou Long, Dr. Paul Rudy, Dr. Christopher Coleman, and Professor Christopher Keyes.
I have been learning piano for more than twenty years and flute about ten years. I teach individual lesson privately or at a music center; I also teach group lesson at schools or some welfare organisations. Among my students. there are students from less than 3 years old to more than 30 years old. I love teaching both adults and kids. I can always have a deeper conversation while teaching adult ; but teaching children is also so much fun because they are excited in learning new things in music!
No matter how old is the student or how many experiences that they have, one thing I am emphasizing in the lesson is enhancing their interest and motivation in playing the piano. It is because I can offer them the method of practice, musical knowledge, but ultimately it is their decision to practice or devote in music or not. I hope I can do my best to teach piano by giving them fun exercises, interesting listening examples or demonstrations, and different musical knowledge, in order to let them fall in love with music. Thus, learning, practicing or even performing piano will be the most enjoyable thing for them!
I have teaching experiences in piano, flute and accompaniment more than six years. Having a graduate degree in music composition, my objective is teach music with creativity and diverse cultural materials to enhance students interests, initiatives and passions in music; establish goals for students according to their abilities. I love to teach piano comprehensively, meaning not only teaching them piano skills, but giving them knowledge about the composer, composition background and history. It is because I believe these knowledge will actually help the student to interpret the music in the way that it should be.
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