FAMA RESULTS:
Last 3 years
2025: 3 Distinctions
2024: 1 Distinction, 1 B
2023: 3 Distinctions
Personalised O Level, A Level / MEP & IB Music Tuition
Every student has different strengths, challenges and learning goals. Lessons are carefully tailored to help each student overcome specific weaknesses, build confidence and achieve their full potential. With over 20 years of teaching experience, I specialise in helping students master the areas that they find most challenging.
O Level Music
How I Can Help
Many students struggle with composition, listening skills and unfamiliar musical styles. Lessons focus on practical strategies that make these topics clearer, more manageable and easier to apply in examinations.
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Composition & Music Creation – Turn ideas into well-structured, creative and exam-ready compositions.
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Listening Paper – Master effective listening and answering techniques for Western Classical, Jazz, Pop and Asian Music.
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Aural Skills – Learn to recognise musical features quickly and accurately.
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North & South Indian Music – Confidently identify the distinctive characteristics of each tradition.
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Jazz Styles – Learn to differentiate jazz styles using the key musical features examiners expect.
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Programme Notes – Write clear, engaging and well-structured programme notes for performance assessments.
A Level Music / MEP
How I Can Help
Many students feel overwhelmed by the depth of content and the demands of higher-level musical analysis. Lessons provide clear frameworks that simplify complex concepts and improve examination performance.
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Composition & Music Creation – Develop musical ideas into convincing and stylistically appropriate compositions.
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Music Commentary – Learn a proven analytical framework to write clear, detailed and high-scoring commentaries.
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Essay Writing – Organise knowledge into logical, well-supported arguments that address examination questions directly.
IB Music
How I Can Help
IB Music requires students to think critically, analyse music in depth and communicate ideas effectively. Lessons are designed to develop these skills while meeting the assessment requirements of the IB curriculum.
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Exploring Music in Context – Develop deeper musical understanding through analytical, cultural and historical perspectives.
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Musical Analysis – Strengthen analytical skills and express musical ideas with clarity and confidence.
Try some of the O Level Music Quiz here
Testimonial:
"Under Ms Lin's tutelage at FAMA, I grew immensely as a musician. The opportunities created by Ms Lin for me to perform publicly helped overcome my initial lack of self-confidence and was crucial in my development as a performer. Ms Lin never hesitated to encourage me and to provide me with a stage on which to perform. She emboldened me to work towards mastering pieces I had thought infeasible by giving insightful feedback and advocating ways of practicing effectively – all of which contributed to my vast improvements. She also prepared efficacious resources to aid me in my preparation for the "O" Levels where I achieved an A1 with a Distinction in Higher Music, over and above receiving the Subject Prize for MEP. I continued in the MEP in junior college and found the "A" Level syllabus demanding at first. However, with Ms Lin's abiding dedication and guidance, I attained my diploma as well as obtained the A grade for "A" Level Music. As a student at Temasek Junior College, I was awarded the MOE Music Elective Scholarship. To me, this award is recognition less of my own achievements, but more of the efforts of the teachers I have had. Although I will not be pursuing a musical career, music will certainly remain a big part of my life thanks to the love for music which Ms Lin has inspired within me."-Jane Seah, former Diploma Piano & MEP Student of Ms Lin