Clara Ong... Piano teacher, music lover and pianist

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About Clara Ong, Piano Teacher, Music Lover and Pianist

Clara is a music-lover, pianist and full-time piano teacher. She teaches piano and music theory at her private studio in Toa Payoh, located in Singapore. She loves teaching piano, playing the piano and attending masterclasses and concerts.

Music Qualifications and Teachers

In piano performance, Clara holds a Fellowship with the Trinity College of London (FTCL), a Licentiate with the Trinity College of London (LTCL), an Advanced Certificate with the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music and a Diploma from the Mozarteum's Summer Academy in Salzburg, Austria.

In piano teaching, she was admitted Licentiate of the Royal Schools of Music (LRSM) with Distinction while she won a Hedy King Robinson Award for Distinction in music theory.

Her piano teachers include Martina Maixnerova (Czech Republic), Ong Lip Tat (Singapore) and Lim Tshui Fang (Singapore). Her violin teacher was Pavel Prantl (Czech Republic).

She has played in masterclasses with Patsy Toh (Royal Academy of Music, London) and Ruvim Ostrovsky (Petrosavodsk Music Academy, Russia).

Educational Background

Clara is both academically and musically inclined.

She scored 8 distinctions for the 'O' levels including music. At age 13, she was top student in the Music Elective Programme at Tanjong Katong Girls' School.

For the 'A' levels, she scored 5 distinctions and was awarded the College Advisory Committee Award for Academic Excellence at Temasek Junior College.

From Nanyang Technological University, she graduated with a 2nd class upper division honours degree in Accountancy. Upon graduation, she worked with KPMG for 2 and a half years and left KPMG as an audit senior in 2001 to pursue a music career as a piano teacher.

Music Experience

Clara was Chief Music Librarian at Tanjong Katong Girls' School. In her holidays, she worked as a pianist for ballet classes at Yamaha. She also facilitated a teachers' workshop held by the Royal Academy of Dance as a pianist.

In college, she performed as a violinist with the Temasek Chamber Ensemble which was awarded the Singapore Youth Festival Certificate of Distinction in 1993.

Today, besides teaching piano, Clara also performs in concerts with fellow musicians and attends masterclasses and private lessons with accomplished pianists. Additionally, she has started to explore her interest in chamber music as a pianist.

She actively participates in professional development programs organised by the ABRSM and Trinity College.

Other Interests

Clara's other interests include horseback-riding, travelling and reading. She is a member of Faith Community Baptist Church and plays the keyboard and guitar.

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