The Australian International School Malaysia provides the opportunity for yourchild or children to learn a musical instrument with professional music tutors during school hours.

Introducing your tutors........

Instrumental lessons involve private tuition on an instrument of choice. Woodwind, string, percussion, piano and guitartutors provide specialised instrumental tuition and music reading skills.

Being involved in music making requires participation with others therefore students will be invited to join AISM’s musicensembles when they have reached a suitable standard.

Ms. Poh Ciao Chin, Piano TeacherMs. Poh holds qualifications from The Associate Board of the Royal School of Music and Trinity Guildhall. She is currently studying for her Licentiate and Fellowship awards. She has experience in conducting school choirs and bands; a number of years as a piano teacher at Yamaha and has been teaching piano at AISM since 2005.

Associate Board of the Royal School of Music and the National Computing Centre, United Kingdom. He is a qualified guitar instructor in the Yamaha method and has been teaching in private and group settings since 2005.

Albert is a member of the KLPAC Symphonic Band on saxophone and is a guitarist in function and club bands.

At AISM, Albert teaches guitar, bass guitar, saxophone and flute. He has experience in digital audio recording and is pursuing studies in jazz improvisation and composition.

Mr. Albert Loo (Loo Kim Seng), Guitar and Woodwind Teacher

Gan Yee Jian, Piano TeacherGan Yee-Jian graduated with a Degree in Music Performance from Universiti Pertanian Malaysia, where she majored in piano and minored in flute. She has vast teaching experience having taught in Cempaka International School and The Chinese Taipei School. She is also an accomplished Choir accompanist. She also teaches privately in many music academies and music centres. Besides teaching, she is also an active performer and has performed with the KLPAC and UPM Symphony Orchestra among others.

Lau Yew Hann studied music in the Vienna Conservatory and royal conservatory of Ghent in Belgium, graduating from the Guildhall School of music with Bmus (Hons). He has participated numerous music festivals and competitions, among them the prestigious Pacific Music Festival in Sapporo, Japan. He is a regular substitute with the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra and has also appeared as a soloist with the KLpac Sinfonietta and the National Symphony Orchestra of Malaysia. He is a lecturer in universities such as UPM, ASWARA, UITM, and ICOM.

Lau Yew Hann , String Teacher

Mr Jared Cheow, Drum TeacherJared Cheow has played drums for more than 10 years; starting early as a hobby and then as a performer at church talent events, resulting in a win at one of the competitions held in the church. Inspired by this, Jared began formal drum classes and completed Grade 8 Advanced level of Roland Rock School.

Performing for Jared became natural, and he has continued to perform with a variety of performers at venus such as Andrew Netto’s Stand up Comedy, Allan G and friends at Library Mid Valley, the Russell Curtis Band and Nadia Aqila’s album launch. In addition to performing and teaching as a drum instructor at various music schools in Kuala Lumpur, Jared has worked as a sound technician at a variety of Kuala Lumpur music venues, and also in the media industry as a Cruiser Pilot for Hitz FM. Jared believes ‘musical influences have no boundaries but being in the modern times, versatility is what my goal is. Whatever it may be, having fun and playing my best is what makes it worthwhile.’

Ms Lilly is qualified as a Veena teacher from Madras Music College, Chenai by Veena Master Viduwan Sambahsivam Iyer. She has been playing veena for 40 years. She comes from a long line of musicians. She is the great granddaughter of Soosai Pillai, Mridagam Viduwan.

Miss Lilly has been teaching Veena for 24 years as a private tutor. She has been performing since 1977 in various churches, cultural shows, concerts, functions, stage shows, clubs, temples and universities expo throughout Malaysia and has also performed in South Africa. She has been part of local albums produced and performed for RTM Malaysia. Miss Lilly is one of the Panel of Judges for classical music for National Occupational Skills Standard (NOSS), Department of Skills Development, Ministry of Human and Resources, Malaysia.

Ms Lilly , Indian Classical Music Teacher

Gan Kee Huong graduated from the UCSI University, Malaysia with a Bachelor of Classical Music (Hons.), majoring in Classical Voice under the tutelage of Prof. Ian Lim Kean Seng obtaining his Associate Diploma (ATCL – Voice) from Trinity College London. He was selected to sing in Vocal Masterclasses conducted by Dr. Lucas Wong and Baritone Shinichiro Maeda while studying at the university. Kee Huong was a finalist in 2016 at Singapore Lyric Opera-ASEAN Vocal Competition and the Malaysia National Classical Singing Competition. He was awarded First Runner Up at the Malaysian Youth Music Festival (MYOF) in the Open Solo Singing Category.

With the Dithyrambic Singers, Kee Huong performed the Mozart's Requiem, Mahler's Symphony No. 2 and Bizet's Opera Carmen with the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2014, he also represented Malaysia at the Asian Youth Choir for One (AYCO) in Korea.

Gan Kee Huong (Luigi) , Vocal Teacher

AISM Music Academy Fees and Policy:AISM is acting as an agent between the parents and the tutors. As an intermediary, AISM offers the service of enrolling students, arranging schedules, invoicing and collecting payments, which are then paid directly to tutors.

Fees:> RM65 per lesson, RM520 per term = 8 x 35 minute lessons

> Payments to be made at the Accounts Office in advance.

> Cheques to be made out to Australian International School SDN BHD

Enrolment and Procedure:1. Please complete the enrolment form and submit the form to the Performing Arts Department before week 1 of the term.

2. An invoice will be sent week 3.

3. Please pay in advance by the end of Week 4. Non-payment will result in the termination of lessons.

4. Schedules will be posted at the end of week 2 for term 1 and then at the end of week 1 for terms 2, 3 and 4.

5. All schedules will be made on a strictly rotational basis. Special requests for times will not be considered, apart from students in the ELC in consultation with their teachers.

6. Students in the Junior School will be collected from their classrooms by the tutor. Students in the Middle and Senior Schools will be expected to make their own way to the studio as per the schedule.

7. There will be no lessons in lieu for student sickness or absence. Schedules are created based on the school calendar. If there are changes to the calendar such as excursions, lessons in lieu can be arranged or the school will bear the cost for the additional lesson. Lesson in lieu will be provided in the case of tutor absence.

8. Discontinuation of lessons must be made by the end of term, otherwise there will be a cancellation fee of RM 80.00.

9. All students must submit a form for Term 1. Students continuing lessons into the following terms need not submit an enrolment form for every term. They will be automatically included in the schedule.

10.Payments for books and materials are to be made directly to the tutor. Each student will be issued with a lesson journal which outlines term goals, progress and home practice details.

11. All communication should be made to the Head of Whole School Arts or the Performing Arts assistant and not directly to the tutor, the Finance Department.

AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL MALAYSIA22 Jalan Anggerik, Mines Resort City, 43300 Seri Kembangan, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia

Tel: (603) 8949 5000 Fax: (603) 8949 5100 Email: admin@aism.edu.my

AISM Instrumental Music Academy Enrolment Form

A separate enrolment form is required for each studentPlease print clearly when completing form.

Student Details

Name in full _______________________________________

Date of Birth _______________________________________ Class ___________________________

Instrument (please tick)

Parent/Guardian details

Name ______________________________ Phone ______________________________

Email ______________________________

Viola Clarinet Violin Flute Drums ‘Cello

Double Bass Indian Classical Music

Saxophone

Singing

Piano

Bass Guitar Guitar

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