Affiliates

Baba Education Foundation is a non-profit organisation that is founded on 8th August 2001. The mission of this foundation is to involve in 88 voluntary projects around the Asia countries within 10 years time. One of the main focus is to build “School of Hope” for children living in GuiZhou, China. An estimated fund of S$30,000 - S$40,000 is needed to build one school for them. Therefore, Baba Education Foundation hopes to gather everyone’s love & support to bring hope to needed families.

To date, we have 6 “School of Hope” which have been built successfully: Pearl River School of Hope, Young Chang School of Hope, Xian Ju School of Hope, Ya Hu School of Hope, Zi Qiang School of Hope and Yu Ming School of Hope. Baba Education Foundation encourage individual or company to make donation of S$20,000 or more in build the “School of Hope”, with the name of the donor. The donations received will 100% used to build the “School of Hope” which excluding the administration & transportation fees. This foundation also constantly organized reading forum for their members to share their opinion on the book.

新加坡八八文教基金会是由社会上的一批热心人士于2001年8月8日成立的一个以新加坡为活动基地的非盈利组织。基金会的主要活动是到 亚洲各国的穷乡僻壤参与自愿自费性质的“希望工程”项目。

基金会目前致力于在中国的落后地区建设希望小学。已竣工的六所希望小学包括位于中国贵州的珠江希望小学、英昌希望小学、贤菊希望小学、 雅沪希望小学、自强希望小学及育民希望小学。其他项目还包括为自强希望小学修建风雨桥与四川赈灾。

不聚江河，无以成大海，基金会希望结合大家的爱心与力量，共襄盛举，为这些贫困地区的家庭带来希望。基金会协助并鼓励个人、企业或团 体，以个人或企业的名义，资建“希望工程”学校。所有的赞助将100% 用于希望工程，其他行政、义工出差费等全由义工自行负责。

八八文教基金会也定期举行读书会，与会友分享好书， 共享书香， 丰富心灵。

www.baba-edu.sg

The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) is the world's leading music examining board. Candidates from more than 90 countries around the world take their music exams every year. CRISTOFORI Music School has adopted the ABRSM syllabus for our graded piano, violin and guitar courses. The Practical Exam will be held in July while Music Theory Exam is conducted twice yearly. We are also one of the designated ABRSM examination centres in Singapore.

Under London’s Thames Valley University’s Faculty of Arts, London College of Music LCM is an international examinations board offering graded and diploma qualifications in music and in speech, drama and communication. Examinations are held at over 250 centres worldwide, and are unique in the graded examinations world in that its qualifications are awarded by a university. CRISTOFORI Music School offers the LCM syllabus for our graded guitar and electronic organ courses.

Formed in Melbourne in 1983, the Australian & New Zealand Cultural Arts Limited (ANZCA) is a non-profit examining body of performing arts. ANZCA aims to provide teachers and students with an examination system that is both accessible and innovative, combining the security of a proven format with an exciting range of repertoire. CRISTOFORI Music School is the designated exam centre for the ANZCA music examinations in Singapore.

TOASTMASTERS INTERNATIONAL

Toastmasters International is a non profit educational organization that teaches public speaking and leadership skills through a worldwide network of meeting locations.

The original headquarter is in California, housing 220,000 members in 11300 clubs in 90 countries. Since 1924, Toastmasters International has helped people of all backgrounds become more confident in front of an audience.

The names “Toastmasters International”, “Toastmasters” and the Toastmasters International emblem are trademarks protected in the United States , Canada and other countries  where Toastmasters Clubs exist. Unauthorized use is strictly prohibited.

Singapore has an estimated of 165 chartered toastmasters clubs and CRISTOFORI is one of the authorized club. 

CRISTOFORI Toastmasters Club

CRISTOFORI Toastmasters Club (CTC) was registered under the United States in April 1999, which had continued ever since till present.

CTC provides a mutually supportive and positive learning environment in which every member has the opportunity to develop communication and leadership skills, which in turn foster self confidence and personal growth.  The CTC is a platform for CRISTOFORIans to:

• Learn and practice communication skill
• Increase self-confidence
• Improve personal expression with organized and quick thinking
• Receive inter-personal relationship training / PR training / Leadership training.
• Learn all kinds of knowledge in a relaxing environment,
• Make more friends.

Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) is a member of the national Music Council.  The National Music Council was founded in 1940 to provide a forum for the discussion music affairs, to act as a clearnng house for the joint opinion and decisions of its members, and to word as a force to strengthen the importance of the music in our society and culture.  Operating under a charter from Congress in 1956, the council has a membership of some fifty national music organization encompassing every form of professional and commerical music activity.

Founded in 1901, USA NAMM is the trade association of the international music products industry with the mission to unify, lead and strengthen the global music products and increase active participation in music making. With more than 9,000 members in United States, and 100+ other countries, NAMM deeply believe in music and is dedicated to expand the market to bring more people to experience the benefits of making music.

Singapore Retailers Association is the non-profit independent / non-governmental retail trade body in Singapore. Founded in 1977, by 10 leading retailers, with one of the main objectives to improve the business standards, professionalism and productivity of retailers.

Genius Music Center, a subsidiary of CRISTOFORI Music School is established in 2009 to introduce the accelerated learning technique, enhancing a child's learning potentials to the maximum. Like the music lesson we provide, it is also based on the holistic approach towards whole person development. It was based on the research done more than 20 years in United States of America based on “Accelerated Learning Techniques” a proven technique and had been long practiced in United States of America which had just made its entry to Singapore.