教学理念
為什麼要学習音樂？＂音樂是人类文化絕不可少的一部份，对于一個缺少了音樂的人來讲，他的文化是不完善的，沒有音樂的人是不完全的人。＂这是著名匈牙利作曲家，音樂教育家科達伊的名言。
音樂可以陶冶性情，音樂是一個能动能靜的表演艺术，音樂是永遠不变的朋友，我們都聽說過這樣的話，＂音樂讓孩子更聰明，学音樂的孩子不会变坏＂。音樂是离我們心灵最近的東西，为美好的音樂而感动几乎是人類的本能，尤其是孩子，他們在心靈還是一張純淨的白紙時，音樂可以輕易地在這些淳樸孩子心靈裡留下最美好的烙印。
這些從小被音樂滋潤過豐富敏智的小小心靈，他們將來對情感的表達，智慧，善良，敏感度，豐富想像力，創造力，記憶力，時間觀念和精確度，毅力耐性的鍛鍊，團隊精神，優雅的氣質。對孩子的語言（有音樂是國際語言的說法）數理，羅輯能力分析等等…都能通過學習音樂很自然得到加強和提高。學音樂可以健全發展孩子正面自我價值認同感，當孩子發現通過自己的一雙手互相配合，可以創造出新奇好玩的聲音，不但能促進他們大腦的发育，更能让他們身心得到全面發展。
五十年來，我們除了演奏外，教學是让我們最享受的一件事，在教學過程中，讓我們看到和體驗到，孩子从小学小提琴对于美感的薰陶，通過小提琴优雅的演奏姿态，悠揚細膩感人的琴音扣人心弦。小提琴更是輕巧方便攜帶，還有是小提琴不單能獨樂樂，也可以重樂樂。通過青少年樂團的團體訓練，更好地讓孩子們在音樂各方面得到全面發展，不只單純個人练習，團體訓練課程让孩子们之間得到相互交流平台，讓他們更能開拓音樂視野，得到更全面性的個人與團體的表演藝術舞台。
對於如何能使學生们愛上音樂和演奏好小提琴，對待每個不同性格的學生，以不同的教學方法去引導他們，對我們一直都是一個挑戰。我們對待學生如自己孩子一樣，我們盡心盡力盡責去栽培，這就是我們的成功之道，音樂是最好的啓蒙教育，也是人生中最寶貴的資產，學有所成，是我們的目標，無怨無悔地將音樂作为我們終生的志業，培養好孩子更是我們的志向。
Our Teaching Philosophy
Why is it important to learn music? Famous Hungarian composer and violinist Zoltán Kodály once said, “Real art is one of the most powerful forces in the rise of mankind, and he who renders it accessible to as many people as possible is a benefactor of humanity”.
Music is an expressive art form transcending cultural, religious and language differences. As a skill it is lifelong, shaping the temperament of a child early in life and becoming a uniquely individual form of expression for each person. It is not unusual to find children who learn music also gain a sense of discipline, an ease of expression and a self-awareness not seen in those who do not. Further, as alluded to by Kodály, humans have an innate complex emotional response to music from childhood. When our students pick up the violin and draw their bow across strings for the first time, making sound, music, expression, one of our priorities is to ensure the pure joy and wonder they experience in the beginning remain throughout their training.
Music impacts young minds in several ways that should not be underestimated. A child performing the violin has not merely learned to play notes- she would have devoted hours of persistent attention to shaping sounds, all the while learning coordination of bow and fingering. She would have sharpened her motor and musical memory, and learnt to express her unique personality, creativity and imagination without speaking a word. In chamber music, the skills of teamwork and timing further come into play. In performance, the poise and confidence that can only be learnt on the stage while playing to strangers become second nature. Music pedagogy in the FanStudios involves the training of each of these qualities. As teachers, we emphasize emotion, motion, and expression in the child learning the violin.
Over the past five decades, while we have experienced much joy as professional violinists performing all over the world, it is our pedagogy work that continues to give us deep satisfaction. We have had the privilege of guiding our students as they take their first uncertain step into music lessons, and eventually maturing over time to become deeply sensitive and confident award-winning performers in their own right. Our students have become music professionals, teachers and solo and/or chamber performers, passing the craft on to the next generation. Our greatest joy lies in the achievements of our students.
As teachers, our biggest challenge is to recognize that every child has a unique personality. We strive to seek and apply the best teaching approach that may interweave perfectly with a particular child’s temperament, with the goal of maximizing their motivation and dedication to the violin. As parents of daughters who perform to this day, we hold fast to an unchanging teaching philosophy- that is, each child deserves not just a music instructor, but a musical ‘parent’ who recognizes their potential and guides them towards a lifetime of musical fulfillment in any form or shape. Music is but our chosen instrument in our life’s work of nurturing and shaping the next generation.
With over 250 students in the past 40 years, FanStudios is proud to nurture some of our generation's best musical talents. Our students are encouraged to participate in national and international competitions, as well as music festivals and concerts around the world.
Music Festivals ｜古典音乐节
Academie Internationale de Musique de Flaine
Kirishima International Music Festival
Chautauqua Institution, New York
Kiwanis Music Festival of Toronto
Music competitions ｜音乐比赛
Singapore National Piano and Violin competitions
Chautauqua International music competition
Lions Club Music Festival and competition
Yips Music Festival and competition