Violin Recital (Celebrate 2021)

Jovan, 9

Plays a ½ Size Violin Total Duration of Learning: 3 Years Started at BVMS Since: December 2021

Jovan has been learning the violin from Vivienne and has been refining some violin technique at a more intermediate level. He will be taking her Grade 4 ABRSM examination soon and has recently achieved a Silver Award at the recent 5th Le Petit Performers’ Festival. We hope to hear more of his concerts as he prepares a duet piece with his twin sister Mele.

Other Favorite Things/Activities: Play badminton, running and reading

Adora, 9

Plays a 3/4 Size Belcanto Violins BV7.7 Series Total Duration of Learning: About 3+ years Started at BVMS Since: April 2020

Adora is at an intermediate level of learning and is in the midst of preparing for her Grade 5 ABRSM Examinations. She has been involved in the latest 5th Let Petit Performers’ Festival and World Strings Day where she was awarded a Silver Placing. She has corrected most of the technical errors that were not worked out when she was at a beginner level with her previous school and we are looking forward to a higher level of learning with her as she expresses much musicality in her playing.

Other Favorite Things/Activities: Keeps active through ballet, swimming and tennis. She loves her cats Muffin and Garfield

Frances, 13

Plays a 4/4 BV 7.5 Violin Total Duration of Learning: 2+ years Started at BVMS Since: January 2019

Frances started as a began her violin journey with Vivienne during her PSLE year. She truly loves the violin and this year is embarking on her Grade 6 ABRSM Examinations. This month she had also joined the 4th Le Petit Performer’s Festival. She is moving steadily through the syllabus though also adjusting to Secondary School life.

Other Favorite Things/Activities: Reading and Drawing Anime Manga, Swimming and Badminton, loves animals especially the Corgi Dog.

Hannah, 6

Playing on a 1/4 Size BV3 Series Special Edition Duration of Learning: 2+ years Started at BVMS Since: January 2019

Hannah is a bubbly and spritely 6 year old who loves music. She picks up tunes very quickly and started the violin when she was three. She has since progressed to an intermediate level of playing being able to play in the 2nd and 3rd and sometime even 5th position on the violin. Vivienne is also currently refining some of her tonal qualities further as she picked up the violin at a young age, before evaluating her to take the Grade 5 Examinations. She also recently participated in the 5th Le Petit Performers’ Festival and World Strings Day held on the same day. We are looking forward to more concerts from her.

Other Favorite Things/Activities: Disney Princesses, Being grown up, and My Little Pony

Jade

Playing on a 4/4 Size Violin with Belcanto Violins BB7 Carbon Fibre Bow Duration of Learning: more than 10 years Started at BVMS Since: September 2019

Despite Jade’s very busy schedule as a Junior College Student and a National Athlete. She perseveres to always put her best foot forward at violin class or any learning goal that is set for her. Not only these but she is also a teacher at Belcanto Violins Music Studios. She has groomed her students such as Kellie in a short span of time in the core technical aspects of the violin which can be seen in their concert recordings. This piece is one of the pieces that she is working on to expand her confidence in taking new notable repertoire, working on the Vitali’s Chaconne by Ferdinand David as well as Sarasate’s Introduction and Tarantella. In December 2021 she participated in the 4th Le Petit Perfomers’ Festival where she played Beriot’s Concerto No. 7 Op. 76, technically a very challenging piece and memorized it in a short span of time. She recently led the 2nd Violins for our studios at the World Strings Day Event.

Other Favorite Things/Activities: Track and Field, High Jump (C division record holder)

Suzanne, 8

Playing on a 1/2 Size BV5 Series Special Edition Duration of Learning: 4 years Started at BVMS Since: 2018

Suzanne started at Belcanto Violins with Vivienne when she was very young however took several breaks due to her family’s travelling schedules. She is currently residing in the US where she has online only classes. Currently she is working on more advanced technique with the Dancla pieces with Vivienne. We look forward having her back at the end of the year.

Other Favorite Things/Activities: Suzanne enjoys reading the Harry Potter novel series and watching her favorite shows on TV. She also loves playing games Pokemon and JustDance

Lifei

Playing on 4/4 Violin Duration of Learning: more than 10 years Started at BVMS Since: February 2021

Lifei’a field of study is in psychology and counselling. She studied the violin as a teenager but recently has the time to come back to complete and learn more. This is her second concert with BVMS since then she has improved on her Left hand technique tremendously and also her tonal concentration is more controlled. She has a good ear for intonation and has since also recently started teaching in 2022 in BVMS. She recently led the Violin 3s at the World Strings Day Event.

Other Favorite Things/Activities: watercolor painting, watching Korean shows and YouTube videos, yoga, nature walks and loves travel.

Leanne, 5

Playing on a 1/10 Size BV1 Gloss Duration of Learning: Few Months Started at BVMS Since: 2022

Leanne has just started adhoc online classes with Vivienne and she has progressed steadily grasping the basic technical concepts of the Suzuki method. Here is a showcase of some pieces she has learnt where she has recorded it from her home in US.

Other Favorite Things/Activities: Leanne enjoys watching TV with her cat. Her favorite show are Elena of Avalor and Descendants. She is an imaginative girl who loves drawing and playing her favorite toys with her elder sister.

Hayley, 8

Plays a 1/4 Size Violin and Belcanto Violins BB7 Carbon Fibre Bow in ½ Size Duration of Learning: 2 + years Started at BVMS Since: December 2020

In a short 6 weeks after Hayley left her previous music school who was preparing her for a Grade 2 Violin Exam, Vivienne prepared and completed her ABRSM Grade 3 Violin examination from scratch with a Distinction. As an added challenge for the examination, Vivienne taught her as the self-chosen 4th piece, Natalja Baklanova’s Concertino in D minor which was a long piece with a cadenza. She continues this challenge in the previous recital in April playing all three movements of Seitz Violin Concerto in G major. With some refining on her technical abilities and posture matters which was not previously properly taught at a beginner level, she is showcases in this concert, all her examination pieces for Grade 5 where she scored a Distinction as well in the same year as her Grade 3. Hayley also won 1st place in the Happy Music Festival Junior Category and a Silver Medal for the SMTA’s 4th Let Petit Performers’ Festival. Due to much improvements in technical ability and her commitment to the violin, she also recently recorded Beriot’s Violin Concerto No.9 for competition purposes only in a few short weeks of learning it. She is a very motivated and hardworking student who also plays the piano competitively. Hayley also represents her school strings in SYF competitions amongst the many piano and violin commitments she has.

Other Favorite Things/Activities: Loves cheesecake, playing piano and tennis, enjoys reading Geronimo Stilton and Roald Dahl series of books.

Adele

Plays an Italian Violin Duration of Learning: 1 year Started at BVMS Since: April 2021

Adele began her violin journey at another music school but soon came over to BVMS as a student of Vivienne’s. She is very interested and passionate about the violin and now is learning the art of making Violins. She is a conscientious student and though work has been a very large hurdle for her to clear every week she has been able to record the concert we have here. We look forward to seeing more of her concerts and progress as she delves into more violin making projects. She also recently took Part in the World Strings Day.

Aloise, 6

Plays a 1/8 Size Violin Duration of Learning: few months Started at BVMS Since: April 2021

Aloise is a new student this year with Vivienne, she is very quick to pick up tunes and also very focused during lessons to get her notes correct and technique understood at her young age. As a very new student in training, she showcased some fundamentals techniques in the previous concert in April in Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Variations from Suzuki Book 1. In this concert after a few months Aloise has almost completed the whole Suzuki Book and also won a Silver Medal in the 4th Le Petit Performers’ Festival in December 2021. In this concert she picks her favourite Minuet to perform. She has also recently taken part again in 2022 playing a Grade 3 Examination piece “Romance” by Natalia Baklanova where she won another Silver Medal in the 5 th Le Petit Performers’ Festival and also participated in the World Strings Day Event with 20 other students from our studio.

Tyler, 11

Plays a 4/4 Size BV7.7 Violin Total Duration of Learning: about 3 years Started at BVMS Since: April 2021

Tyler is a fairly new student with Vivienne, he has a great interest in learning the violin and is determined to achieving better technique on the violin. He is still working on this as he had been learning for a long time before from another music school and will take some time to change over certain habits. He has a marked improvement in this concert with a better sense of intonation and bowing style. It is his busy PSLE year and we hope that he will be able to do more concerts and events. He took part together with 20 other Belcanto students to play at the World Strings Day recently at Gardens by the Bay.

Other Favorite Things/Activities: Sports like Rugby, Badminton and Taewando

Philip, 4

Plays a 1/10 Size Violin Duration of Learning: Few months Started at BVMS Since: Jan 2022

Philip is a student of Zhenglin and in a few short weeks recorded and produced this video as one of our earliest memories of his playing. In this video he demonstrates a good beginner posture of playing Suzuki’s famous Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.

Jacie, 9

Plays a 1/2 Size BV3 Series Matte Violin Total Duration of Learning: 4 years Started at BVMS Since: September 2019

Jacie loves playing the violin. She is always enthusiastic in trying to get something right in class and understand what’s right and wrong. This concert shows some improvement on intonation and she has achieved a good bowing and steady tone. She has also since participated in the 5th Le Petit Performers’ Festival and World Strings Day. As a Primary school student, she is in the Strings Ensemble CCA of her school where she just also participated as an SYF player.

Other Favorite Things/Activities: Making Slime, Musicals, playing board games, Ballet and Swimming

Tiffany, 12

Plays a 4/4 Size BV7.5 Violin with a BB5 Series Octagonal Bow. Duration of Learning: about 6 years Started at BVMS Since: April 2019

For this concert, Tiffany has chosen to try out Accolay’s Violin Concerto which is gearing her to explore longer programmes such as the whole four movements of Handel’s Sonata No. 3 in F Major she had played in the previous concert to explore the acumens of Baroque composition and performance. Tiffany started with Vivienne about a Grade 4 standard, since then Tiffany has shown considerable improvement in technique and position and note recognition. Vivienne is trying to cultivate a more acute sense of musical awareness and styles through the pieces she is working on so that she is able to bring out her innermost voice to an audience. Tiffany also represented Belcanto Violins in a mini concert showcase of the piece “新春乐” and also played for the recent World Strings day event. Tiffany is also in her school’s orchestra.

Other Favorite Things/Activities: Dance, Chinese Dance, reading fantasy novels, bakes with her mom in her free time and would like to be an architect when she grows up.

Naomi, 6

Plays a 1/2 Size BV3 Series Matte Violin Total Duration of Learning: 1+ years Started at BVMS Since: September 2021

Naomi is a new student at our studio and is still getting attuned to the requirements of practise at our school but has shown recent improvements under the tutelage of Teacher Jade. She is moving steadily through the Suzuki method and we hope to be able to include her on more external performances that our studio students take part in besides these recording concerts.

Other Favorite Things/Activities: Naomi likes to watch dinosaur movies, swim and play golf

Laura, 12

Plays a 4/4 BV7.8 Violin Total Duration of Learning: About 6+ years Started at BVMS Since: March 2019

Laura Started learning the violin 2+ years ago with Vivienne at a Grade 4 standard. She has improved on her confidence and technique in the violin and now learns new pieces at a much quicker rate. Laura has just completed her Grade 6 ABRSM Exam in January where she did well. Laura participated this month in the 4th Le Petit Performers’ Festival and is an active member of the Kid’s Philharmonic Orchestra. She is currently working on her Grade 8 ABRSM repertoire after finishing a series of Etudes and played at the recent World Strings Day Event.

Other Favorite Things/Activities: Keeps herself fit by cycling, swimming and participating in Spartan races, likes reading and slime making

Hooi Ngoh

Plays a 4/4 Belcanto Violins Supremo Series, BV Archetier Series Bow. Total Duration of Learning: More than 10 years Started at BVMS Since: October 2019

Hooi Ngoh is currently working on achieving her Grade 8 Exam. She plays a piece without accompaniment here. Despite her busy work schedule being a mother of two young children as well, she is prepared and well practiced each week for the classes. Our aim is to finish up the Grade 8 examinations in the coming months as she has been setting this as her goal for some time. Vivienne is determined to help to her to achieve this. She recently participated in the World Strings Day event.

Other Favorite Things/Activities: Enjoys nature, finds sunny days ideal for practising her violin and is a vegetarian.

Fiya, 5

Plays a BV1 Series Gloss 1/10 Size Violin Total Duration of Learning: few months Started at BVMS Since: September 2021

Fiya has just been learning for a few months, here she showcases her favourite pieces. We hope to hear more from her in the coming concerts!

Other Favorite Things/Activities: Swim, Dance and Paint

Cheryl, 10

Playing on a Belcanto Supremo Violin Guarneri Del Gesu Model Duration of Learning: 4+ years Started at BVMS Since: 2017

Cheryl started violin when she was 7 with Vivienne, last February she did well in her Grade 5 ABRSM Examinations, and this year Grade 7 ABRSM Performance Grade Exams. As one of the earliest students, she has participated in all of Belcanto Violins Music Studios concerts both internally and externally. She has moved steadily through both technique and repertoire and has developed a deep understanding of playing and learning the violin. In this recital she plays Seitz, Friedrich Student Concerto No.4, Op.15 and other examination pieces.

Other Favorite Things/Activities: sports, swimming badminton and cycling, loves animals and wants to be a veterinarian when she grows up

Kellie

Plays a BV3 Series Gloss (Limited Edition) 4/4 Size Violin Total Duration of Learning: few months Started at BVMS Since: September 2021

Kellie has just been learning for a few months at our school under Teacher Jade, here she showcases some pieces that she has learnt. We hope to hear more from her in the coming concerts! She managed to also join in the recent World Strings Day Event as her first public concert since picking up the violin.

Other Favorite Things/Activities: Baking, watching shows, swimming

Zhenglin

Plays a Violin by a German Maker Total Duration of Learning: More than 10 years Started at BVMS Since: September 2019

Zhenglin is an LTCL Student of Vivienne’s he is currently working on expanding his repertoire as much as he can. He is a conscientious student who has a great love for the violin. His violin technique has improved greatly this term which enables him to venture to more pieces. In this Concert he showcases Franck Violin Sonata Movement 1 with Pianist Vivian Reiko Chan and a rendition of the Bach Allemande.

Other Favorite Things/Activities: Spending time with his young son.

Jiaying, 7

Plays a BV3 Series Matte (Limited Edition)1/2 Size Total Duration of Learning: few months Started at BVMS Since: September 2021

Jiaying has just started learning the violin for a few months, here she showcases some pieces that she has learnt. She has also since taken part in the 5th Le Petit Performers’ Festival where she was awarded a Silver Medal and participated in World Strings Day at Gardens By the Bay with Global Strings Federation together with 20 other students in our studio. We hope to hear more of her concerts in the future.

Other Favorite Things/Activities: Baking, watching shows, swimming

Ella, 10

Plays a 4/4 Size BV7.5 Violin Total Duration of Learning: 3+ years Started at BVMS Since: January 2018

Ella began her musical journey with Vivienne at 7 years old. She has a great passion for music and has a genuine keen interest in playing the violin. She practices regularly and is always well prepared for her class. She represented Belcanto Violins with 9 other students at the SMTA 4th Le Petit Performers’ Festival and she has since done her Grade 7 Examinations. She currently is working on several competitions including a duet with another student from our studio.

Other Favorite Things/Activities: Likes Musicals, Theatre, dance productions, movies and creating her own songs.

Maybis, 5

Plays a BV3 Series Special Edition (Limited Edition)1/8 Total Duration of Learning: few months Started at BVMS Since: September 2021

Maybis has only learnt for a few months however as already done two competition performances at the 4th and 5th Le Petit Festival. We certainly love to hear more from her as she masters more technique from the Suzuki Violin Method.

Other Favorite Things/Activities: Drawing, swimming and many activities

Audrey, 7

Plays a 1/4 BV1 Series Gloss Violin Total Duration of Learning: 2 over years Started at BVMS Since: 2019
 

Audrey has mastered the whole of Suzuki Book 1 technically and now has gone on with more technically demanding Etudes and pieces. She continues with some Suzuki pieces from Book 2 in this concert. She is in her International School’s Orchestra as well. We hope that she will have more time to devote in her practises so that she can participate in more performance opportunities that our studio has to offer.
 

Other Favorite Things/Activities: Draw, Dress up and make believe

Ted, 6

Plays a 1/4 BV5 Series Special Edition Total Duration of Learning: 2+ years Started at BVMS Since: January 2019

Ted started the violin with Vivienne at 40 months old, he is now able to do most intermediate technique and will be considering a Grade 5 ABRSM Exam. He has also recently played well and taken part in the 5th Le Petit Performers’ Festival and World Strings Day. He has a very bubbly attitude to his violin classes and enjoys challenges on the violin very much.

Other Favorite Things/Activities: Playing with Toy cars, at the playground, swimming.

Mele, 9

Plays a ½ Size Violin Total Duration of Learning: 3 Years Started at BVMS Since: December 2021

Mele has been learning the violin from Vivienne and has been refining some violin technique at a more intermediate level. She will be taking her Grade 4 ABRSM examination soon and has recently achieved a Silver Award at the recent 5th Le Petit Performers’ Festival. We hope to hear more of her concerts as she prepares a duet piece with her twin brother Jovan.

Other Favorite Things/Activities: Play badminton, doing art & crafts, drawing and reading