About

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Min Min TAy

Pianist, collaborative musician and coach, Singapore.

Portrait of pianist Min Min Tay

In four Movements

  1. Beginnings

    My first piano lessons came from my mother, in her own piano studio. At thirteen I began studying with Ong Lip Tat, and for five years he shaped how I listen, practise and perform.

  2. America

    I earned my Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance at Ohio Wesleyan University, and my Master of Music in Piano Performance at the University of Washington in Seattle. I studied with Prof. Béla Siki and Dr Cameron Bennett, and was guest soloist in the Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor at the Central Ohio Symphony's President's Concert in Gray Chapel. I played chamber music too — Brahms's Piano Trio No. 2 at the Mid-American Chamber Institute — and accompanied vocal, string and woodwind recitals.

  3. The Singapore stage

    At Victoria Concert Hall I performed two-piano works by Infante and Lutosławski with Ong Lip Tat, and played in a Rotary Club charity concert. I still love ensemble playing, from accompanying flute finals at ACS International to an eight-hands, two-piano performance with three friends.

  4. Today

    After more than 23 years of teaching, I divide my time between performing, accompanying, and coaching musicians who are ready to go further.

On perfect pitch

I hear every note as a named pitch — the way most people see colous.

In a lesson or a rehearsal it lets me hear precisely where intonation, balance or voicing has slipped — and that makes it much easier to explain what to change.

Teachers who shaped Me

Pianist Ong Lip Tat at the piano

Ong Lip Tat

My teacher from the age of thirteen. Concert pianist, trained at the Royal Academy of Music and in Hamburg.

Min Min Tay with Dr Cameron Bennett

Dr Cameron Bennett

My professor at Ohio Wesleyan University. Pianist and collaborative chamber musician.

Min Min Tay with Professor Béla Siki

Prof. Béla Siki

My professor at the University of Washington. Concert pianist and author.

Creden-
tials

  • Master of Music, Piano Performance — University of Washington, Seattle
  • Bachelor of Music, Piano Performance — Ohio Wesleyan University
  • LTCL — Trinity College London
  • Guest soloist, Grieg Piano Concerto — Central Ohio Symphony
  • Two-piano recitals with Ong Lip Tat — Victoria Concert Hall, Singapore
  • Member, Mu Phi Epsilon
Singapore · Ohio · SeattleListen to performances

Kind woRds

“I am glad to give a testimonial to my former student, Min-Min Tay. She certainly is well qualified to teach and guide students in the right direction.”

Prof. Béla Siki
Concert pianist · former Professor, University of Washington

“在十年没有碰过钢琴的情况下……在从师 Min Min Tay 一年后拿到了英皇的五级乐理90分的好成绩。她的踏板技巧教学使我第一次理解如何正确的使用踏板。”

哲寓
Student · Grade 5 Theory, 90 marks

“Even though we had only 11 weeks to the exam, her systematic approach has made it easy for an 11 years old child to understand and score really well. We appreciate her patience and dedication.”

Robin Lim
Parent · Grade 5 Theory, 89 marks after 11 weeks

“Miss Tay is a patient, helpful, understandable and friendly teacher. With her guidance, I managed to pass both my Grade 8 Practical and Theory.”

Alicia
Student · Grade 8 Practical and Theory, passed

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