Joshua Murray is 10 years old and is currently studying at St. George Christian School, Sydney. He started learning “Snowman's Dream”™ piano method in February 2005 while preparing for the level 3 AMEB Exam. A few months into the program, he passed grade 5 AMEB exam in May 2005 and is now able to play Concertos including George Gershwin’s Porgy n’ Bess and Rhapsody In Blue, as well as Mozart's piano concerto A Major K.488.

Joshua has recently passed his audition to enter the Sydney Conservatorium of Music – Open Academy, and is preparing for his AMEB grade 8 exams. This shows how the “Snowman’s Dream” can improve not only sight reading, but speed up the learning processes by establishing more networks within the brain.

Joshua suffers from Asperger's Syndrome. “Snowman's Dream”™ has made a wonderful improvement in Joshua’s life - even his academic performance has improved greatly. He is learning Liszt Piano concerto to prepare the upcoming concert. Joshua enjoys outdoor sports, especially basketball and soccer.     


Edith Claudia Atmadja, was born in Surabaya, in 1985. She is currently an undergraduate student of University of Sydney, where she is studying for a Bachelor of Commerce degree. She is also a teacher in IBA, Sydney.

Some of her achievements include: representing Indonesia to perform her own composition in “Asia Oceania Junior Original Concert” in Tsumagoi, Japan; 1st prize of National Yamaha Piano Competition; performing Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 “Emperor” with Surabaya Symphony Orchestra in J.W. Marriot, Surabaya, and performing in many concerts with Prof. Wei Tsin Fu in Surabaya and Jakarta.

In August 2005, Edith performed in Sydney and Melbourne, with a program that included an audience’s free choice. The choices were picked from the following list of 8 difficult Piano Concertos: Beethoven No. 5, Liszt E flat major, Grieg, Tchaikovsky B flat minor, Shostakovich No.2, Rachmaninoff No.2 & “Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini”, Prokofiev No.3. In February 2006, in a concert held in Jakarta she prepared 11 pieces. In addition to the ones above, the following were also included: Gershwin’s Rhapsody In Blue, & Porgy and Bess, and Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3. All were to be played by memory.

Manuel Zeh, born in Germany and is a teacher at IBA teaching “Snowman’s Dream” as well as his own Jazz/Rock-Piano Method in all Australian and Asian Academies.  He studied the piano and brain functions with Prof. Wei Tsin Fu as well as improvisation with some of the best Jazz pianists in Germany, such as Ull Moeck, Martin Schrack, Rainer Tempel, Dirk Schiborn and Mark Rosenberger.
Manuel graduated both from the American High School and the German Abitur with high honours -  as the best graduate out of 400 students. After travelling the world as a pianist for 5 years, he is fluent in 7 languages and has conversational skills in 5 more languages. His international musical appearances include concert tours throughout Brazil and Hungary as well as performances at 5-star resorts around the world. His most recent concerts include several appearances on Indonesian TV.     

Kevin Chen is 7 years old and studying at Hurstville Public School. Kevin enrolled at the IBA academy as a beginner in May 2005.

Kevin has had several teachers during his progress, proving that progress can be continuous even with changes of teachers.

Kevin performed Haydn Divermento in C at the Sydney Opera House in June 2006 and he is currently learning Mozart Concerto Kv 415.
    
 

Hillary Lee. Hillary is 5 years old and is now in Year 1 at Girraween Public School.

She enrolled at IBA 8 months ago as an absolute beginner. With her great interest in playing piano and the snowman’s dream method, after just 9 weeks of learning she managed to perform "Fur Elise" as her first debut in October 2006 at the ABC Studio . She moved further to learn piano concerto "Haydn in D" and managed to finish the 12-page song in 2 months, ready to perform in IBA's April Concert. She is eager to learn more challenging pieces in the near future. Besides playing piano, Hillary also likes reading and swimming.
    
 

Madeline Lee. Maddie is 10 years old, currently in Year 5 at Girraween Public School.

She has completed her 2nd Grade AMEB before started learning IBA's snowman dream method in August 2006, after spending 3 years learning the traditional method. She has found her enjoyment in playing piano concertos, especially the fast and dramatic pieces, she learnt her first piano concerto “scarmouche” and she just finished her second piano concerto Schostakovich 3rd movement for her piece at the April concert.  Maddie is an active girl who likes dancing, singing, swimming, soccer, bike-riding and playing flute.
    
 


Iris & Rebbeca Fan. Iris and rebecca are twins who suffer CMV Disease which is an intellectual disabled that has held back both their mental and physical development. They currently attend the special unit at Kingswood High School. Before they joint IBA their fingers were so stiff and immobile that they could not bend them. They started taking lesson in August 2006 and now will perform “Fur Elise” at the April 2007 Concert. Here is their mum's testimonial for daily life:

For a more detailed report on the twins progress, please visit our page on how our programs can help those who suffer from CMV disease.