Monica Tong

Member, Choral Directors’ Association (Singapore)

Conductor of:

Ghim Moh Primary School

Woodlands Ring Primary School

Si Ling Primary School

Monica Tong graduated with a Piano Teacher’s Diploma (LTCL) from the Trinity College of London. She also obtained a Master of Church Music (MCM) from the Singapore Bible College. She had been actively involved in church music for twenty years and had ten years’ teaching experience in Yamaha Music School. She conducts group lessons and enjoys nurturing children as young as three years old. She is also an effective teacher in individual tutoring. Most of her piano students obtained Distinctions in their ABRSM music examinations. These students also participated in the Singapore Music Teachers’ Association (SMTA) Performers Festival 2006.

Monica is a member of the Singapore Music Teachers’ Association (SMTA) and Choral Directors’ Association of Singapore (CDAS). She is very passionate about nurturing young talents. She attends pedagogy symposiums and teachers’ workshops seeking continually to explore effective and creative ways to enhance her teaching. As has been said: “There is no end to learning”. This applies to students as well as to teachers.

In 2007, One of her seven Primary School Choirs was awarded the Bronze Diploma in an International Choral Festival in Pattaya, Thailand. Her school choirs performed in two fundraising projects for the Kidney Dialysis Foundation and the Lupas Assocation. They performed in RC block Parties, Residents’ Fest and Community Centers’ National Day dinners.

In the recent 2008 SYF Central Judging, Monica brought Rulang Primary School Choir to achieve a Silver Award.

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