Melinda specialises in Classical Piano at Melody Land music school.
Melinda started learning classical piano when she was 5 years old. She has 16 years experience in teaching piano and 6 years as a registered Music Therapist (RMT). She holds a M.A in Music Therapy, B.A in (Music), G.Cert in Education (Special Needs), and the Associate in Music (Classical Piano). Melinda is our early childhood music specialist, special needs piano teacher, and founder of the Talented & Gifted (T.A.G) piano program.
Melinda is extremely passionate about Music Education and thrives on developing teaching strategies so that learning music is successful, engaging, motivating, and fun for children. She has successfully developed piano teaching method which combines the traditional route of learning (note reading) with the Suzuki method (listening, technique, and imitating the teacher's playing).
Melinda realises the importance of Quality and Excellent teaching based on the student's learning style and which embraces the total development of the child. Her teaching is very personal, heart-to-heart, and student-centered ("When love is deep, Much can be accomplished" - Shinichi Suzuki). Her areas of interest include Early Childhood Piano Pedagogy, Gifted Pedagogy, Music Education, and Special Needs Piano Pedagogy.
Melinda oversees all the program implementation, program planning and progress of the students of Melody Land Music School. She is also a teacher mentor, passionate about equipping the next generation of excellent instrumental music teachers.
For Melinda, teaching piano and being principal is not just a job, it is a calling, and she finds great joy from seeing Melody Land music school's students develop into fine musicians. She also plays the guitar, flute, violin and enjoys songwriting.
Chad heads our Blacktown location as principal teacher and team leader. An accomplished classical pianist, music composer and arranger, Chad began his journey with Melody Land in 2021 as one of our piano instructors. Having proven himself in integrity and excellence, he is now entrusted with leading the team in Blacktown.
Chad specialises in teaching Classical and Contemporary Piano at Melody Land Music School. Having a passion for music at an early age, Chad started learning the piano at the age of 12 and has been classically trained since then. Being raised in a family that attended church and for the most part, was brought up within the music ministry, music has always been a part of his life. Now as a permanent member of the music ministry, Chad serves as a piano accompanist for the congregational singing, as well as for the special music.
Chad holds a Bachelor of Music after completing tertiary education at Academy of Music and Performing Arts (AMPA), where he further developed his technical and performance ability. He is knowledgeable in the genre of Classical music, having studied and trained in the genre for about 10 years. As part of his degree, Chad was also been further exposed to pop and jazz music.
Throughout his tertiary education, Chad had consciously developed a passion to teach the younger generation and showcasing the joy and fun that music can bring. His experiences allows him to provide a comprehensive and engaging learning experience for beginner to advanced piano students, imparting correct piano techniques, fundamentals and practice methods.
Samuel is Melinda's father, administration manager and wise counsellor at Melody Land Music School.
A family-oriented, kind, practical and wonderful person with a heart of gold, Samuel welcomes the students and helps the school to run smoothly. Although mainly working "behind-the-scenes", his presence and kindness is most felt with a rippling and lasting influence on our community members . Ensuring that day-to-day various needs, challenges and tasks are met, always on hand to assist for the good of the school community. Although Samuel does not teach a musical instrument at the school, he plays the guitar and sings daily.
Dion is our Administration Support at Melody Land Music School. A highly intelligent, capable and kind individual, Dion works behind the scenes to support our music school community. Dion has worked as a software engineer back in Indonesia, and is currently pursuing his Masters in Software Engineering at UTS. Dion loves to work with systems, and problem solving. Always wanting to learn new things and to make things efficient. Dion plays the piano and guitar. He also enjoys listening to J-Pop.
Magdalena is our Administration officer extraordinaire at Melody Land Music School. Magdalena assists Melinda and offers support behind-the-scenes for our music school community. Highly organized, empathetic, creative, kind, bubbly and energetic, her presence is a bright sunshine in the life our music school!