Hark Music (School of Pop) - Founding Principle

5 'MUST-KNOWS' to Make Your Song a Radio-Hit!
THE SONGWRITER ENTHUSIAST'S WORKSHOP

Learn it from the professionals! After this workshop, we're sure you'll be inspired to write more songs!

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29 August '10 (SUN)
2-5pm

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ACOUSTIC GUITAR
12 Sep (Sun) 1pm
20 July (Tue) 8pm
19 July (Mon) 8pm
10 July (Sat) 3.30pm
30 May (Sun) 4pm

13 Apr (Tue) 8pm

CONTEMPORARY VOCAL
28 Sep (Tue) 8.30pm
30 Aug (Mon) 7pm
21 Aug (Sat) 2pm
25 July (Sun) 12pm
10 July (Sat) 4.30pm
10 Jun (Thu) 7pm
29 May (Sat) 12.30pm
18 May (Tue) 8.30pm
8 May (Sat) 3pm
6 Apr (Tue) 7pm

POP PIANO
25 Sep (Sat) 5pm
*Early Bird Discount till 29 Aug!
23 Aug (Mon) 8.30pm
1 Aug (Sun) 4pm
11 July (Sun) 2pm
7 Jun (Mon) 7.30pm
29 May (Sat) 2.30pm
16 May (Sun) 3pm
2 May (Sun) 5.30pm

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We are located at:
62 Prinsep Street
Singapore 188660
(Opp. POMO formerly known as Paradiz Centre)

Nearest MRT:
Dhoby Ghaut Interchange

Hotline:
6333 0733/6339 0100

Email:
info@harkmusic.com

"Music Learning Redefined."

Though not given the chance to go through formal training, the burning passion in music has not deterred Mr. Amos Teo, the founder of Hark Music, to pave his own way to develop his musical skills and continue to help others develop theirs.

Despite music education is something his family could not afford, at the age of 14, he took his entire savings of $600 and bought his first musical instrument, a Yamaha keyboard. He then started playing, singing and even composing solely based on what “sound right and nice”. Along the way, he was given various performing opportunities and soon propelled his musical skills to another level.

He started to lead a group of young performers, sharing his experience and musical journey of over 10 years with them. Through this process, he realised that a few important elements in learning music have been neglected in the conventional way of learning music as most people follow the 'old ways' blindly.

This led to the birth of Hark Music, which for Amos allowed him to impart his knowledge and experiences to music enthusiasts who wanted easy-to-understand teaching methods allowing them to fulfil their musical dreams quickly and with ease.

With his experience in performing publicly, Amos was certain that exposure was a key factor in being able to realise your true potential in music. Having a group of like-minded friends sharing the same passion is also a pushing factor in motivating oneself to excel into higher grounds.

Hence, he created a Performing Studio in Hark Music for him to conduct Live Shows and workshops regularly where students can gain the exposure and experience needed. On top of that, Hark Music also has a CD Resource Library for students to gain exposure to different kinds of music. That’s where Learning beyond Classroom starts!

History - The milestones of Hark Music

Dec 1999	Hark Music started humbly in a 3rd floor of a terrace house in Serangoon
Jan 2000	First batch of Hark students presented their maiden performance in a local music café.
Jun 2000	In a humble setting with just 2 classrooms and no reception and admin staff, Hark Music built to a strength of 50 students in about 6 months time. Through website marketing and words of mouth from our satisfied students!
Jul 2000	Held our very first Course Preview to a crowd of 100 participants. It was a successful event, after which we conducted it every twice a year, which many always looked forward for fabulous promotions.
Sep 2000	Hark Music moved to a 1000 sq ft space at New Bridge Road. Now, we have a total of 3 classrooms and a proper reception table. We started to differentiate ourselves by providing students value-added services like Music Resource Facilities, CD Library and Performing Exposures in other than just attending music lessons. This is what we call as Beyond Classroom Learning.
Oct 2000	Hark Music was invited to give a Vocal Workshop to HDB employees who love singing.
Jan 2001	Our 7 selected students did their first external performance at a charity event in Nanyang Technological University
Feb 2001	Hark Music was invited to give a performance at National Library music@library
Oct 2001	Hark Music moved to its new and bigger premises where we still are today at Prinsep Street. With 2000 sq ft, there are 4 classrooms, a small recording studio and an in-house stage for students’ performances.
Nov 2002	An interview of Y.E.S. 933 DJ Weibin with our exclusive in-house instructors, Amos Teo and Wilson Kwa. Showcases original compositions - collaborations between our talented students and their instructors.
Dec 2002	Our exclusive in-house instructors, Amos Teo, Wilson Kwa, Yoong Xin Yun performed original compositions - collaborations between our talented students and their instructors in Youth Park, Orchard. An event to promote local talents/bands.
Jan 2003	Organised NUS Talentquest 2003 - Nationwide Singing and Song writing Competition
Sep 2003	For the first time, we stepped out to an education exhibition at SUNTEC Convection Hall to promote our new music learning concept.
Jan 2004	Hark Music was mentioned in The Straits Times' article - 'Going for a Song'.
Feb 2004	Hark Music was invited to give an evening performance at Waterfront Esplanade to celebrate the romantic month of February!
Mar 2004	Hark Music gave a musical opening to celebrate OG’s new addition to its established group in Orchard.
Jun 2005	Hark Music opened its very own music performing café! Acquiring another 2000 sq ft premises, we aim to give our students and more talented Singaporeans a performing stage to showcase their talents.
Aug 2005	Hark Music Cafe was featured in The Sunday Times - Bencoolen's Hip!
Aug 2005	Hark Music Cafe was featured along with Pop Taiwan Girl Duo - Sweety in Mediacorp's iWeekly magazine.
Sep 2005	Hark Music Cafe held a Y.E.S. 933 Mini Concert for HK Singer-Songwriter - Chet Lam.
Sep 2005	Hark Music first introduced Unplugged Karaoke to Singapore, which is already widely popular in US, Japan and Korea.
Jan 2006	Hark Music Cafe was featured in Xin Min Wan Bao for revolutionary sensation - Unplugged Karaoke which has attracted many singer-enthusiasts to sing on stage with professional musicians.
Jan 2006	Started a weekly Unplugged Singing competition, with a crowned Champion at the month-end. An astounding success which ran for 15 months!
Feb 2006	The Weekly Unplugged Singing Competition-"Let's Challenge!" was featured in Zaobao's NOW.
Mar 2006	The February "Let's Challenge!" winners was featured in Xin Min Wan Bao. The champion was Diya Tan who went on to win Mediacorp Project Superstar2 Female Champion.
Oct 2006	Introduced <Weekly Singer> Performing slot every Friday and Saturday at prime-time for aspiring singers to hold their mini-concert.
Nov 2006	Many of our participants & winners of Unplugged Singing Competition excelled in Mediacorp Channel U’s Project SuperStar 2. Diya Tan (Female Champion), Charlotte Loh, Jeff Teay (Top 12) were all winners from our competition where they gained valuable performing experience.
Dec 2006	Launched our very own Hark Video Channel, to share music performances videos captured LIVE! at our music café. With this, our website gathered more than 10,000 hits every day!
Apr 2007	Hark Music undergoes a major transformation.
May 2007	Officially revealed the new Hark Music - Our new corporate identity, new tagline, new website, new Performing Studio. Launched Hark Artistes Division, Artiste Development Course.
Jun 2007	Hark Music and its artiste-in-progress (AIPs) was featured in Mediacorp Channel 8 News at 6.30pm and 10pm. The story was covered in www.xin.sg too. Click here to view the video.
Aug 2007	Our Music Director, Mr Amos Teo was interviewed by Mediacorp's Radio Singapore International (RSI) on Chinese Pop Schools in Singapore and the local music scene. The interview was broadcasted in different segments, aired on 25 Aug, 1, 8, 15 September.
Aug 2008	Hark Music held its very own Hark Student Singing Competition. More than 160 entries were received.
Oct 2007	First batch of Artiste Development Course Students graduated. 3 students were signed by Hark Music to manage their music careers.
Dec 2007	Hark Music gathered 20 of our outstanding students from all courses to form our Hark Performing Team. Monthly performances and mini-concert was arranged for them to hone their performing skills, and showcase their talents.
Feb 2008	Hark Music, together with Lunar Asian Fusion Bar present Singapore's first-ever Live Singing PK Challenge for a consecutive 8 weeks, from 8 March to 27 April 08.
Jun-Sep 2008	Hark Music is proud to be the 'Offical Artiste Management' for Miss Earth Singapore 2008 ! Hark Artiste - Leonard Tang is invited to be the Guest Artiste for Miss Earth Singapore 2008 Swimsuit Competition & Coronation Night, witnessing the crowning of Miss Earth Singapore 2008.
Sep 2008	Hark Music was featured in Art Jam magazine. Click here to read the article.
Sep 2008	Hark Music is invited to present an unplugged performance at AMK Hub to celebrate its 1st Anniversary, featuring Hark Instructors, Hark Artiste and Hark Students.
Oct 2008	National Library Board invited Hark Music to conducted a workshop - "Perform To Inspire" at library@esplanade.
Jun 2009	Officially launched a 3-month Skills Improvement Programme to our initiative - "Hark Performing Team (HPT)" which provides weekly performances, monthly feedback session, quarterly director's workshop & quarterly grading.
Sep 2009	Successfully launched a revolutionary programme - Accelerated Guitar Mastery 3-day Programme, jointly organised with SPEAK For Life. The introductory 3-hr workshops attracted over 150 participants in just 2 weeks of publicity.
Oct 2009	Co-organised a nationwide singing competition with SAFRA - <SAFRA PK Challenge>! Attracted over 300 entries; Top 12 singers were selected to vie for the top prize of $1000 CASH on top of hampers and vouchers. An unconventional competing format, it also invited local indie singers as 'External Challengers' to add excitement to the event!
Mar 2010	Held a song composing sharing session for an upcoming Beijing-based singer-songwriter Jiang Yang. Special guest appearance by Zhang Lesheng, 2 times' winner of Mediacorp STAR AWARDS '04 & '07 for Best Drama Theme Song.

Some Facts about Hark Music

• Hark Music is established in 1999.

• Current student strength: 460 students (as of Mar 2009)

• Total students benefited from our courses in the past 10 years: Over 10,000 (as in 2009)

• Age group of our students: From 13 years old onwards

• We are open everyday except public holidays

• Main genre of songs introduced: English & Chinese Pop

• No extra charges for Lesson Materials, Music Resource Facilities, CDs Library

• How are we different from the others?

1.	We are specialised in teaching music the "modern way" for adults and teenagers.
2.	We have developed our exclusive syllabus, which has proven to be effective and acceptable by our students.
3.	We do not make use of "artiste-illusion" to attract aspiring singers. However we provide a realistic learning path to help them achieve their goals.
4.	We do not act like an agent who would just engage any part-timers to teach our students. All our music instructors are exclusively contracted. They are committed to their professional teaching in Hark Music and no other places. Their other roles include Performing Artiste, Music Composer and Arranger.