Tomas Music Consultants Pte Ltd, Tomas Music Centre, Tomas Music School, Niibori Guitar Singapore

Tomas Music in Katong brings together four related ventures under one roof at 865 Mountbatten Road, #02-43/44 Katong Shopping Centre: Tomas Music Consultants, founded in 1994, which promotes the regional music scene through festivals, competitions, masterclasses, workshops and events; Tomas Music Centre, opened in 2000, stocking quality guitars, books and accessories; Niibori Guitar Singapore, formed in 2005 with Japan's Niibori Guitar Academy; and Tomas Music School, set up in 2013 and registered with Singapore's Ministry of Education since July 2013. Lessons specialise in guitar and ukulele, with classical, popular and electric guitar courses plus music theory, arrangements and compositions, and the shop also carries banjos and cajons. Teaching is personalised and tailored, aimed at leisure and enjoyment as well as preparation for internationally recognised certificates and diplomas. Founder Thomas Liauw holds an MA in music from NIE NTU, a BA Honours from Kingston University London and a Trinity licentiate in teaching, and has taught for over three decades. Contact is 6344 3671.