10-year-old obtains distinction in Grade 8 ABRSM

Congratulations to Nicholas Peh, who obtained a distinction in his Grade 8 ABRSM practical exam! Nicholas only came to me in October 2016, having had lessons overseas without having taken any practical exams. Nicholas is an intelligent, hardworking and deligent student. Initially his parents had wanted him to take the exam in March 2017, but I told them that I had no confidence that he would do well given the short time. We then agreed for him to take the exam in July 2017. I am very happy that everything worked out well in the end. The feeling that I have helped yet another young student achieve his potential is both exhilarating and comforting. Nicholas will proceed to further his academic and music education in the UK. Best wishes to him and looking forward to his contribution to the music scene in years to come..

On another note, congratulations too,  to  Sim Zheng Yu who received the Gold award in the Piano Solo - Advance class in the Singapore Performing Arts Festival 2017 (SPAF) 

Some good news

We are happy to announce that Denise Tan obtained distinction in her LTCL (recital) exam in June 2017!  Well done Denise!



Also heartiest congratulations to Alan Chin who obtained his AMusLCM diploma in June 2017. AMusLCM is a theoretical diploma, and is held once every year. Alan obtained 95 marks out of the possible 100. Well done Alan!


And..also congratulations to Rayne Yong for having been selected as a finalist in the Singapore-Asia Youth Piano Competition 2017 in the Junior C category. We wish him the best in the finals which will be held on 19th August 2017.

Our Gold medallists @ Mandeville Festival 2017

Many congratulations to all of them! Every performance is a learning experience. You learn what works for you, what can be improved, what not to do, how to cope with nerves, and above all you learn who you are as a musician and mature with each performance. Many thanks also to teachers Mervin Wee and Li Zhen Qiang for having prepared meticulously for their students' participation.

Student accepted to NAFA

It is with pride and joy that Elias Chew has been accepted to study Diploma of Music (performing) at NAFA (Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts).

He will commence study in NAFA in July 2017. He hopes that he will subsequently proceed to pursue the Bachelors degree course offered jointly by the Royal College of Music and NAFA. We wish him success!

Seminar on new syllabus 2017-2018

Due to requests from several teachers, I will be holding a seminar on the new piano syllabus.


Date: 13th March 2017.(Monday)
Venue: Classical Heritage Music Centre.
Time: 9am-1pm. (tentative)
 Registration fee: $50.


Grades 5-8 will be covered.
The seminar will touch on solving technical problems, awareness of arm technique, wrist technique for specific pieces, creative pedalling, alternative interpretation, alternative fingering for students with small hands, ornamentation, and others. Due to limited time, only 2 pieces from each list for each grade will  be discussed.




Interested participants should email to classicalheritage@yahoo.com.sg for further details.

Classical Heritage Concert 5th Dec 2016

Classical Heritage is holding a Concert at the Library@Esplanade as part of the Young Musicians Festival 2016.
The title of the Concert is Song & Dance Piano Music performed by students and teachers of Classical Heritage. The programme is a mixture of classical and pop music, which is suitable for everybody.
Do come along for a free concert!
Here is a sneak preview of an item in the concert:

Singapore Asia Youth Piano Competition 2016

It is with pride and joy to announce that Oh Hui Xian and Elias Chew won 2nd and 3rd prize respectively in the recently concluded Singapore Asia Youth Piano Competition 2016! (Open Category) It is such a fantastic result considering one of them is in the midst of preparing for the A levels examination which is due to start in Nov/Dec 2016. And the other was away for an overseas school immersion programme in China for 2 weeks prior to the finals and only got back just over a day before the finals!! Below are some pictures of this happy occasion. It is hoped that they will strive to continue to learn and improve their playing. Many congratulations to the both of them!

Sep 2016 ABRSM results. Congratulations!

We are pleased to announce that Clara  Tjon and Jiang NuoYi both obtained distinctions in their recent ABRSM Grade 8 practical examinations! Clara only came to Classical Heritage at the start of 2016. Within this short period, she managed to improve her results from a pass in Grade 7 to a distinction (130) in Grade 8. Similarly, NuoYi had a pass in Grade 6 in 2015, and it took her one and a half years at Classical Heritage to score a distinction (133) in Grade 8. We are so happy we could help realise their full potential in their final graded examination. We wish them well and hope they will continue to explore and enjoy music.


Heartiest congratulations too, to Claris Ling who obtained distinction (137) in Grade 6 and Gareth Goh who obtained distinction (135) in Grade 1.