About Me

Samuel E. Pang is the first Singaporean to receive a Full Graduate Teaching Assistantship from the renowned Piano Pedagogy program at The University of Oklahoma, where he is a MM student. He is also sponsored by Trailblazer Foundation Singapore for his studies.Prior to this, Samuel received a Bachelor of Education, 1st class honours, (Piano Pedagogy) from the Royal College of Music, London on the NAFA Scholarship and Shariff-Vaidhya Arts Scholarship at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, where he was subsequently conferred the Best Graduate Award (BEd) and was the first-ever recipient of The NAFA President Award (Degree).His grounding in piano pedagogy was established by mentor Julie Tan (President of The Singapore Music Teachers’ Association). His principal teachers include Jeongwon Ham, Kim Bo Kyung, Rena Phua, and Nellie Seng. He also studied piano with Penelope Roskell, Richard Uttley, and Loo Bang Hean. His research supervisors were Rebecca Kan, Miranda Francis, and Eleanor Tan.

As a Teacher

As a teacher of music, he values the holistic development of the musician-pianist across all ages. He believes that empowering students to be self-sufficient learners of music is important hence, he provides and equips them with the necessary skills needed to become musically-thinking pianists!

• Testimonials

Courses

Graduate Teaching Assistant
School of Music | University of Oklahoma
PIAN 4000 - Seconary Applied Piano Lessons
MUTE 2311 - Group Piano Class - Level 3
MUTE 2321 - Group Piano Class - Level 4

As a Pianist

Samuel has a keen interest in late-19th and early-20th century literature.He was selected by Ursula Oppens (five Grammy Award nominee and Distinguished Professor at Mannes School of Music and CUNY Graduate Center in New York City) to receive mentorship after his performance at the Nanyang International Music Competition 2019. Similarly, at the Nanyang International Piano Academy Competition 2019, he was deemed one of the top scorers that year and accepted an invitation to perform for You Xi (Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing). He clinched the Gold Award at the Nanyang International Piano Academy Competition 2022 under the Open category.He has performed in other masterclasses by renowned pianists and pedagogues– Lilya Zilberstein (University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna), Claudius Tanski (Mozarteum, Salzburg), Andrjez Pikul (Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Krakow, Poland), Melody Quah (Penn State University, USA), and Louis Schwizgebel (Leeds International Piano Competition).

• Performances

AffiliationMember
Music Teachers National Association; Oklahoma Music Teachers Association; Norman Area Music Teachers AssociationMember
OU MTNA Collegiate ChapterMember
The Singapore Music Teachers' Association

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