Teaching Staff

Prior to joining Pacifica Music Academy, Liuyi had 7 years of experience coaching youths and young children. Her individual teaching approach derives from traditional methods of her teachers Lillian Wang and Lin Erjia. Group teaching experience includes coaching peers and juniors from Hwa Chong and Nanyang Girls’ String Ensembles, HKMOY and NUSSO. Liuyi also received her pedagogy training from the Jacobs School of Music Retreat for Violin and Viola teachers, an intensive pedagogy program offered by Indiana University String Academy based on teaching methodologies of Suzuki, Paul Rolland and Mimi Zweig.

Liuyi believes that violin playing is never an exclusive joy, but a happiness that can be shared in many different ways. During her participation with the Hong Kong Music for Our Young Foundation from 2012 to 2017 in Singapore, Hong Kong and the UK, Liuyi mentored and coached children from diverse family backgrounds. As these children learnt the violin, they ultimately enjoyed what was beyond a specialized skill: friendship, confidence and compassion. Liuyi also performed for a fund-raising event for The Singapore Association for the Deaf, and through her violin playing, brought music to members of Lions Befrienders and TOUCH Young Arrows.