Friday, June 28, 2013

Introduction

Seasharp Music Studio MD
932 Hungerford Drive - 16B
Rockville, MD 20850-1751
(301) 526-3870
seasharpmusicstudiomd@gmail.com


Vivian Kwok
Director & Pianist


Vivian Kwok at Seasharp Music Studio, located in Rockville, MD has taught classical music to a variety of young music students for years. Ms. Kwok is a graduate in Music Performance from Peabody Conservancy of Music in Baltimore. Ms. Kwok is a founding teacher of the National Piano Guild.

Classical music is difficult to learn and perform with the endurance, dynamics and variance needed to wow audiences, much less piano judges. Seasharp Music Studio recently in the last two years has had several students win awards at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center music recital halls in NYC.

Just last month, Samuel H. Huie, age 11, won First Place for the State of Maryland in Maryland State Teacher's Association competitions. Samuel H. Huie played Aaron Copland's 'The Cat and The Mouse'. Again on June 15, 2013 at Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., Samuel won a $1000.00 scholarship award.

Another series of students: Elizabeth Yuan (Age 7), Victoria Chai (Age 9) and Evan Xue (Age 7), Alice Shi, (Age 12), Cynthia Sheng (Age 12), Katie Kolodner (Age 11), and Jack Yuan (Age 13) played in NYC at Carnegie Hall or Lincoln Center affiliated recital halls.

Vivian involves both students and parents. Many weeks and months of study require the patience and fortitude to master the dynamics needed to bring their music competitions to a boil !!!

Vivian works by having the parents right in the music studio either watching or shooting video of each piano lesson. She expects perfection!!! The students need to watch others perform and listen to the music while they practice at home or school. The accomplished students are beginning to receive scholarships. Samuel Huie and Evan Xue are the firsts. Many of the others have played just for family and friends.

Seasharp Music Studio students enter into local recitals at Rockville's Montgomery College.  The students are judged by other local music teachers (of course not their own teachers). Next, on to The Maryland State Teacher's Association competitions at College Park, MD in the Performing Arts Center.  

At the end of each school year students are judged and complete certificates for their age level.  A high school diploma is offered to advanced performers. They have to play for some two and a half hours without music scores and play at random various chord progressions.

If they are successful, the student graduates and becomes a certified music teacher in North America. Several of Ms. Kwok's young piano students have graduated the high school piano curriculum years early.  

It is rare to have her students take honors at Carnegie Hall in Music-Fest, MD State Piano Champion at College Park, MD and at The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in The World Invitational Piano Competition. These students have performed beyond their years.

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