My son studied to play piano since 4 years old because his grandmother of piano professior. He disliked to play at first, but we pushed him to play due to free teaching and meet her grandmoter's desire at that time. He passed level 9 in China before we moved to Canada.
On the second year in Canada, we asked him if he likes to continue to study, he said yes, we so bought a second hand piano here and paid money for his piano teaching fee and music theory fee monthly which is total free in China for us. He got the certificate for level 10 in piano pratice and theory in his grade 12 in high school.
He also takes the piano couses in each term in university now, although he chose his subject in computer science, and continues to play when he comes home each time.
Playing piano is his hobby now, and sometimes he can express and release his emotion from playing. From his case, I totally think that studying to play piano is benift to him.
On the second year in Canada, we asked him if he likes to continue to study, he said yes, we so bought a second hand piano here and paid money for his piano teaching fee and music theory fee monthly which is total free in China for us. He got the certificate for level 10 in piano pratice and theory in his grade 12 in high school.
He also takes the piano couses in each term in university now, although he chose his subject in computer science, and continues to play when he comes home each time.
Playing piano is his hobby now, and sometimes he can express and release his emotion from playing. From his case, I totally think that studying to play piano is benift to him.