Piano Teacher

Arthur Athan

Piano/Theory/Musicianship Lessons and VCE Music Performance Tuition

I HAVE VACANCIES FOR VCE OR DIPLOMA MUSIC STUDENTS (PIANO PRACTICAL AND THEORY) FOR 2017. CONTACT ME ASAP at arthur.athan@gmail.com

Arthur has been teaching for over 7 years with experience with students as young as 4 years old, to teaching undergraduate music students, and adult learners. He has taught standards ranging from beginners to AMEB diploma level students. Arthur takes special interest in VCE Music Performance tuition (theory and practical). All lessons are conducted from his private studio. His students have been very successful in AMEB exams (all of whom have been awarded a Pass with Honours or higher) and competitions/eisteddfods around Melbourne (see student achievements below). Arthur was awarded the 1st Prize for the Senior Section Teacher at the 2015 Bernstein National Piano Competition.

Arthur is a passionate music teacher with a teaching philosophy that is based in a strong belief in every student’s potential to excel in music. With regards to piano/theory/musicianship, Arthur emphasises the development of his students’ aural and sight reading skills as well an overall musical development including general knowledge and music analysis dependent upon the student’s age.

Arthur has extensive experience with AMEB exams, the AMEB piano for leisure course as well as the Suzuki teaching method. In addition, Arthur offers his students many performance opportunities, particularly with the Music Society of Victoria Blackburn centre, which he helps to run.

Arthur is very familiar with the current VCAA study designs of Music Performance (Solo) after having gained a perfect score (50) in 2011. His commitment to tutoring students extends past tutoring lessons with the provision of notes as well as phone/email services as communication and learning tools.
Arthur has a valid Working With Children’s Safety Check as well as current membership with the VMTA (Victorian Music Teachers Association) and MSV (Musical Society of Victoria).

Arthur Athan

Contact me ASAP at arthur.athan@gmail.com if you are inquiring about lessons next year (2017)! Spots are filling up really quickly!

Experienced piano teacher (Beginner to VCE/Diploma levels). Please see the services tab and my website for more information regarding lessons/tutoring.

Bio:

Winner of the first prize and the Audience Choice Award at the 2015 Australian Vocal and Concerto Competition, Arthur Athan is a pianist and teacher from Melbourne. He is currently studying a Bachelor of Music majoring in piano performance under Tamara Smolyar, Coordinator of Piano at the Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music, together with a Bachelor of Laws and a Diploma of Languages (Indonesian) at Monash University.

He achieved his AMusA with Distinction and his LMusA during his secondary studies. He completed his VCE at Scotch College in 2011 where he achieved a perfect score in Music Performance under the tutelage of Majella Drew.

An accomplished performer, Arthur presents recitals and performs on radio regularly. In 2014, he was awarded first prize in the 3MBS live performance series ‘The Talent’ Season 1. Other accolades include the Open Piano Recital and the Fred McCubbin Open Piano Concerto Prizes of the South Eastern Arts Festival (2010 and 2015 respectively), the MSV Nehama Patkin Memorial Award (2011), first prize in the Knox Piano Awards Open (2014) and the Highway Press Award.

In 2015, Arthur was selected for and participated in the Lev Vlassenko Piano Competition in Brisbane. Further to the aforementioned first prize and Audience Choice Award at the 2015 Australian Vocal and Concerto Competition, Arthur was also awarded the John Hopkins Performance Fellowship.

Arthur’s excellence in his university music studies have been recognised with the inaugural Spivakovsky Prize (2015), Concerto Award (2014), Anna Chmiel Memorial Award (2014) and the Joan Earle Prize for best first and second year recitals (2013, 2014) awarded by the Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music (Monash University).

Arthur made his concerto debut in 2014 performing Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No 1 with the Old Scotch Symphony Orchestra under John Ferguson. He reprised this performance with the Monash Academy Orchestra under Fabian Russell in 2015 to a sold-out audience in the Robert Blackwood Hall, Monash University.

During his studies, Arthur has participated in masterclasses with eminent pianists and pedagogues including the legendary Paul Badura-Skoda (Austria), Leslie Howard (UK/Australia), Professor Stephen McIntyre, Professor Max Cooke, Natasha Vlassenko, Roberto Prosseda (Italy), Nicolas Hodges (UK), Philippe Cassard (France), Dr Dorian Leljak (Serbia), and Associate Professor Junghwa Lee (Korea/USA).

Aside from performing, Arthur has been teaching for over 6 years and has taught beginners up to fellow undergraduate students. In 2015, Arthur was the sole adjudicator of the Kerang Music Eisteddfod.

Arthur has affiliations and has given recitals or concerto appearances with the Musical Society of Victoria, Music Lovers Society, Botted Snail Productions, the annual Missionvale charity events, the Monash Academy of Performing Arts, the Old Scotch Symphony Orchestra, the Austral Salon, the annual Alliance Francaise ‘Fete de la Musique’ as well as the Bohemian Rhapsody Social Club. He also serves in the music ministry at Donvale Presbyterian Church.

Arthur has upcoming recital engagements with the Austral Salon, Bohemian Rhapsody Club and the Music Lovers Society. He will appear with the Barrier Reef Orchestra in Townsville and the Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra in Perth playing Rachmaninoff in the 2016-2017 season. He has also been selected for the 2016 Keri Keri International Piano Competition in New Zealand and the semi-finals of the 2016 UCSI Festival and International Piano Competition in Malaysia.

Arthur serves as the current Treasurer and was part of the founding committee of the Monash Music Students’ Society (est. 2015).

Soli Deo Gloria

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Qualifications -

• AMusA (dist) (pianoforte)

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