by Simon Cheong If you have problems in trying to learn to play a piece of music, here is what you can do – ask yourself these questions and sort each one of them out separately. 1. Notes a. Can I read the notes? A student should ask themselves if they are able to read […]
I found this article written on the American Laboratory Theatre website that was put up by Abhijit. It was an email interview that I had replied to his questions. Here’s the url (http://www.americanlabtheatre.com/#!artist-lab/c10kt) write up by Abhijit on Simon Cheong on American Lab Theatre web site. Here’s a pdf of the web page – […]
Here is the write-up in Business Economics magazine January 2015 –
Reproduced with permission from a report on Nordhorn Guitar Festival 2014 by Mark de Gooijer from his website www.dosamigos-homepage.nl Concert Simon Cheong Before dinner we got a nice piece of music to get hungry! The guitarists from the Far East are terra incognita for me, so it was a lucky coincidence that this afternoon we were […]
I had met Nadini Sudir (from India) at the Thailand International Guitar Festival & Competition 2012. She was a competitor and I was a guest artiste at the festival/competition. She took a master class with me then and we met up again at Gitarrenfestival Nordhorn 2014. When we met she was really excited to show […]
Written by Simon Cheong Monday, 02 October 2006 22:16 This article written by me was published in the Classical Guitar Society Malaysia‘s website and is reproduced here. The composer Arnold Schoenberg had triskaidekaphobia – he was afraid of the number 13. It turns out he was right to be too – he died aged 76 […]
Written by Simon Cheong Thursday, 02 April 2009 00:41 This article written by me was published in the Classical Guitar Society Malaysia‘s website and is reproduced here. On 20 November 2008, I was invited to teach an ensemble from St Gabriel’s Secondary School from Singapore at the Grand Season’s Hotel, Jalan Pahang, Kuala Lumpur. […]
Written by Simon Cheong Tuesday, 18 August 2009 18:08 This article written by me was published in the Classical Guitar Society Malaysia‘s website and is reproduced here. Keeping fingernails and the problems students face in Malaysian public and private schools :- First and foremost, classical guitarists need to keep fingernails on the right hand […]
In memory of John Duarte (1919 – 2004) Written by Simon Cheong Wednesday, 26 January 2005 23:51 This article written by me was published in the Classical Guitar Society Malaysia‘s website and is reproduced here. It is with great sadness that I learned of Jack’s passing when I received an e-mail from one […]
Tone Written by Simon Cheong Sunday, 25 July 2004 23:32 This article written by me was published in the Classical Guitar Society Malaysia‘s website and is reproduced here. What is a good tone? I will conclude that any tone is a good tone. It is more how each tone is used and in what situation […]