After over 4 years with my beloved cello teacher, I'm finally getting a change.

The reason I'm leaving is because I don't think I can depend on him anymore.
He doesn't have a proper lesson plan in mind, and at J1, I still get the feeling that he treats me like his primary/secondary school kids.
Under him, playing notes is enough, maybe a little expression here and there, but shaky intonation is still okay.
I can play the entire piece rather out of tune and he doesn't say anything..
I need a teacher who can scold me and keep me on the right track, who seeks perfection as much as I do.
Well, basically, I feel that I've outgrown his teaching style. After I finished grade 8, he doesn't seem to have any plans of what's going on anymore.. It's like all his students stopped at grade 8 or smth

But still, it has been a great 4 years, and even though sometimes I really do feel super flustered and pissed with him sometimes, he has still done a lot for me all these years.
I wouldn't have gotten a grade 8 distinction within 3.5 years if not because of him..
(Hmm maybe another teacher could also do the same, but that's not the real point haha)

Yup, so thanks Mr. Lee! To be frank, I think I'll miss you..
(Aw.. . ><)

Anw, my new teacher is Mrs Ilano.
I've already called her last week, after Mrs Chee recommended her to me, and she's agreeable to teaching me.
I should meet her sometime this week.
And her fees is like 225% of my previous cello fees O.o
But suprisingly my mum relented, and supported me.
I guess she knows how much I want to excel in the cello and go into music in the future
She's a bit like YTYT lah haha xD, she's has our best interests at heart, but the method of expression is rather screwed and sometimes easily misunderstood.
Yep thanks mum. (:

Hehe and I'm also getting my first cello student soon! (:
He's sec 1 this year, and learning cello from scratch.
Basics are the hardest to teach lah, I'm a personal real-life example with screwed foundations, but I'll make sure my student would never be like me.
Haha and I'm already picking books from Esplanade on learning and teaching cello!
I don't really care how much the music school pays me.. money isn't important, I teach to spread the art of cello playing and the love of music and not for the cash.
Lessons should start weekly from June onwards..
And if things goes on smoothly, the intake might increase.. there are a few other interested participants too (:

And yes, I rmbred yesterday during Council investiture, the Guest of Honour said something that kinda struck me.
Dream big.
Nothing is impossible.
I'm going to start learning under the ex-SSO principal cellist in a few days time, and perhaps I can move on to the present principal cellist next time, and I would be the future principal cellist.
I was the only upper secondary guy who didn't went with RISE to Carnegie hall..., but I'll be back. As a soloist.
Dream big.
=D