About
Hai Chi is a classically trained piano instructor, professional chamber musician with a master's degree, and music producer taught by Berklee College of Music.
Ms. Chi is a certified Suzuki Piano Teacher and the Royal Conservatory of Music teacher in piano, a Steinway educational partner. She works as a faculty member of the International School of Music, Potomac, MD, an active member of the Maryland State Music Teacher Association affiliated with the Music Teacher National Association, and a lifetime member of the Suzuki Association of the Americas. She was a chair of Ribbon Room from the Plano Music Teacher Association affiliated with the Texas Music Teacher Association. Also, Ms. Chi worked as a church musician for the children's choir in the Stonebriar Community Church in Frisco, TX. Except for being a private piano and voice teacher in Plano, TX, She was also a Piano and Voice Faculty member in the highly-rated Music School in Frisco, TX.
Ms. Chi has more than 15 year's experience teaching all genres of music in China and the United States (Illinois, Texas, Ohio, and Maryland) to any level of students aged five and up. She can teach students music both in English and Chinese. Ms. Chi has taught students from different cultural backgrounds and countries like China, the United States, India, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Germany, and Mexico. After studying piano lessons with her, an increasing number of Ms. Chi's students genuinely fell in love with playing piano, and some of her students became professional musicians. Each student in her studio has equal performance opportunities, such as annual recitals, several music festivals, music examinations in the USA, and competitions
Hai Chi's piano teaching philosophy inspires and encourages all students' potential abilities and hearts to love music. In her piano studio, the process of teaching music is listening, singing, playing, and improvisation, respectively, which imitates learning a native language. So, her students can learn piano enjoyable and progress confidently and gradually.
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Frequently asked questions
What is your typical process for working with a new student?
Before starting a piano lesson, I would love to have a short interview to know my future student's necessary learning background and target and share my teaching philosophy and policy. Importantly, I will offer a simple knowledge background test to evaluate students' levels and write them down. Also, it can help me to find an effective teaching method and some good method books to begin.
My student will learn piano playings, music theory, ear training, sight-reading, and sight-singing in the piano lesson.
I will have a more advanced knowledge background test at the end of each semester to record. Then, let students compare their history tests to know what they make progress on clearly and what they have to work even harder next semester.
My thoughts working with a new student become my students' listener, observer, and professional instructor with my personalized, fun, resourceful teaching method.
What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
A Professional Certificate in Music Production, Berklee College of Music
Her Master of Music degree in Piano Performance and Collaborative Piano with full graduate assistantships and the top of international students' tuition waiver from the School of Music, Illinois State University.
Her bachelor's degree in Music Education was majoring in piano and minoring in bel canto(Voice Music) from the School of Music, East China Normal University with Excellent Student Scholarship.
What types of students have you worked with?
Ms. Chi has more than 15 year’s experience teaching all genres of music in China and the United States (Illinois, Texas, Ohio, and currently Maryland) to any level of students age five and up. She can teach students music both in English and Chinese. Ms. Chi has been instructing students from different cultural backgrounds and countries like China, the United States, India, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Germany, Mexico. After studying piano lessons with her, an increasing number of Ms. Chi’s students genuinely fell in love with playing piano, and some of her students became professional musicians. In her studio, each student has equal performance opportunities such as annual recitals, several music festivals, music examinations in the USA, and different kinds of competitions.