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A Journey Through the History of music 

  • Time: 10:00- 11:30am

  • Venue: Coronation Music School, Coronation Shopping Plaza, 587 Bukit Timah Road, #03-10, S269707

  • For All Instruments

  • Ages: 6-13

This workshop aims to bring about awareness of the origins of Western music, the prominent composers, as well as the instruments which were used during these composers’ lifetime.

Students will get acquainted with the main epochs of music – Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Romantic and 20th Century – by
learning how to identify the main characteristics of music in the respective eras.

Gerald Lim currently divides his time between performing and teaching. He has been a piano teacher at Coronation Music School for three years, and his varied teaching career included stints at Secondary and Junior College institutions. Gerald’s diverse performing career has taken him to various parts of the world, including the UK, The Netherlands and Belgium. In Singapore, he has collaborated with The Philharmonic Orchestra and ADDO Chamber Orchestra to name a few. Gerald is a first-class honours graduate of the University of Birmingham. He later completed his master’s with distinction at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He was awarded the academic prize at Birmingham, as well as winning the early music prizes at both institutions. He is a keyboard specialist and plays the harpsichord and fortepiano in addition to the modern piano.