Piano
Piano lessons are taken by our new team of dedicated tutors Debora Haig, Ching Yee Koo and Kristian Rasmussen. Debora, Koo and Kristian cover a wide range of styles and have great experience of playing on acoustic and electric pianos and keyboards.
Debora Haig - Principal Piano and Woodwind Tutor
Debora has worked for Aberdeen city council teaching these same Instruments for over 12 years, and has been employed as a professional oboist in the north east since she was 15 years old.
As well as teaching both Piano and the full range of woodwind instruments, Debora performs in musical ensembles, both classical and contemporary, and offers accompaniment services to students undertaking exams. She also writes, records and performs her own songs, and can be seen often performing at the Carmelite hotel or with the function band stone cold sober, where she sings lead female vocals and plays the saxophone.
She has met and learned from many highly skilled and prominent local musicians, and considers herself fortunate to still be able to call on them for advice and support. Through them, and her own aspirations, she considers herself to have a patient and supportive approach to teaching.
Debora also coaches Musical Ensembels both classical and contemporary.
Ching Yee Koo - Piano
My name is Ching Yee Koo. I was a full time piano teacher in Hong Kong having 20 years teaching experience from 2002.
Hong Kong is a British colony so the music system is the same - ABRSM and Trinity.
I like to understand each unique student as an individual, with understanding so I can tailor make the lessons, it’s challenging and fun to teach in this way. My piano students are from beginner to advanced level, I teach music theory as well, also I’m an experienced piano accompanist for exam and competition.
Kristain Rasmussen,MMus,BMus (with honours)
Kristain Rasmussen is a Scottish composer, performer and conductor based in Aberdeen, pursuing a PhD in Composition at The University of Aberdeen, studying with Dr.John De Simone and Dr.Jonathan Hicks.
His research is ‘Reorienting Towards the Self: New Sentimentality’
He graduated in 2022 from Aberdeen with an MMus with Distinction. Kristain started his composition journey late into 2020, where a slight interest ignited into passion and obsession.
At Aberdeen University Kristain is currently the music director and conductor of Spectrum Ensemble, which serves as the University’s new music ensemble, and works to premier student compositions which are performed by student performers, he has also had several works premiered by Spectrum.
He also has worked with Red Note, Any Enemy and performers from The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, and more recently Kristain worked with Orkest de Ereprijs for their 30th Young Composers Meeting in Apeldoorn. As well as composition, Kristain performs regularly as part a jazz ensemble across the North East.
Kristain teaches a diverse range of abilities at AML, from complete beginners and hobbyists needing guidance, to those who wish to pursue musical examinations. With this dual background in classical and jazz he can teach a whole range of styles and techniques.
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