ProgrammeMusic

2013-2014

Contents

Overview of Music Programmes 3

Assessment and Reporting 3

Ensembles and Performance Schedule 4

ABRSM Examinations 4

Instrumental Music Tutors 2013-2014 5-9

Further Information 9

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Overview of programmesDespite its relatively short history Dulwich College Shanghai has already established a reputation for excellence in music education. We are fortunate enough to have some of Shanghai’s finest practitioners on staff. Our teachers are performers in their own right and know what is required to achieve excellence in music. We offer individual instrumental tuition on an extensive variety of instruments from standard orchestral instruments through to traditional Chinese instruments.

Our goal is to develop a high quality music curriculum and instrumental tuition programme that utilises cutting edge teaching practices and resources and provides students with a multitude of performance and formal qualification opportunities. We recognises the importance of nurturing well-rounded students. Music can play a vital role in the development of time management and organisation skills, increasing reasoning capacity and bringing about an improvement in memorisation skills.

This year, Instrumental Tuition Programme students will have the option of having lessons on a rotating basis from Monday to Friday 8:00 – 5:30 or at weekends as part of the Dulwich Weekend Music School. The weekend school is not exclusive to our students. The duration of the standard lesson is 30 minutes although we advise more advanced students to take a weekly 1-hour lesson. Our students participating in the mid week programme will be scheduled into a rotating roster to avoid missing too much of any one subject. It is strongly advised that students missing classes should buddy up with another music student to help with catching up on any work missed.

Curriculum, Assessment and ReportingTo guide their instrumental lesson, students will work from either the ABRSM syllabus or the DCS syllabus. Each term the Music Department will provide parents with a detailed written report outlining their child’s progress throughout the term and provide suggestions for improvements and to make the most out of their musical experiences at the College.

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Ensembles and Performance OpportunitiesIt takes a lot of hard work and discipline to learn an instrument. Many hours are spent practising new repertoire preparing for an upcoming examination or performance. We offer an extensive variety of ensembles and students will be made fully aware by their instrumental teachers of the benefits of joining one or more of them. One of the greatest pleasures that music offers is the experience of making music with other people and forming long lasting relationships with like-minded people and learning to work as part of a team. Performing with an ensemble is an opportunity to put all of that hard work into practice and display your new talents and confidence.

This year we will offer the following ensembles:

• Dulwich College Shanghai Orchestra (DCSO)

• Allegro Strings (Advanced string ensemble)

• Zheng He Orchestra (Intermediate Orchestra)

• Boehm Ensemble (Intermediate Wind Band)

• DCS Jazz (Advanced Jazz Ensemble)

• Chamber Choir (Advanced audition choir)

• Senior Choir

• Mei Lan Fang Choir

• Lao Zi Choir

• Mu Lan Choir

• Rock Bands

• Chinese Ensemble

These ensembles are only available to DCS students.There will be a major concert each term to showcase the wonderful work the students have been doing. Performance opportunities are also available for Instrumental Tuition Programme (ITP) students at various soirées. Students sitting ABRSM examinations will perform at an ABRSM Concert prior to sitting their examination. All of our students will have the opportunity to participate in the annual Founder’s Day Gala Concert in May.

The Dulwich Festival of Music, hosted by Dulwich College Beijing, will take place in October. This will be a showcase of student talent from the Dulwich Colleges throughout the region. Students from Years 7 to 13 will participate in intensive workshops guided by experienced practitioners to prepare for a Gala concert. In February 2013, Dulwich College Shanghai participated in the International Schools Choral Music Society performance at the Busan Cultural Centrel. Our students revelled in the opportunity of being part of this extraordinary show involving some 400 Choristers and orchestral musicians. We will again be part of the ISCMS Festival, this year in Beijing. For more information, visit http://www.iscms.net

During June and July a group of Dulwich students jetted off to Europe for the annual Vienna Tour. This year’s tour was again a huge success. Our students participated in workshops at the Vienna Boys Choir under the direction of Gerald Wirth, Musical Director of the Vienna Boys Choir. The tour was highlighted by performances with the Vienna Boys Choir at Palais Augarten and St Stephan’s Cathedral. Students who participate in any choir during the year will have the opportunity to take part in 2014. More information will follow in October.

ABRSM ExaminationsDulwich College Shanghai is an examination centre for ABRSM (Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music) examinations. Each student’s instrumental teacher is best placed to advise on suitability for taking an examination. For more information on ABRSM examinations visit http://www.abrsm.org/en/regions/south-east-asia/china/

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Meet the staff

Mr. Matthew Goss, Director of Music Piano, SaxophoneDirector of College MusicMatthew Goss graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, Australia; receiving a Bachelor of Music Performance in Improvisation. He has worked performing both as a pianist and saxophonist with various groups ranging from Latin Jazz Orchestras to various Jazz ensembles. Following several years of performing Matthew returned to education at Deakin University where he was awarded a Bachelor of Teaching. Since then Matthew has led Music and Arts departments in Melbourne, Singapore and Shanghai. In his capacity as a Musical Director, he has conducted at Hamer Hall in Melbourne. He recently

conducted the ISCMS Orchestra at Shanghai Oriental Arts Centre. Matthew is the Head of Senior School Music and the Instrumental Music Coordinator at Dulwich College Shanghai. As an instrumental teacher, he has prepared many students for Australian Music Examination Board examinations.

Ms. Polly Osborn, Head of Junior School MusicOriginally trained on the clarinet and saxophone, Polly has developed piano, guitar and drum kit skills over the years. Polly is a big fan of blues, traditional jazz, reggae and rock. She majored in improvisation and has performed in various musical ensembles. Polly has orchestral experience, playing clarinet and leading the woodwind section. She enjoys performing and is passionate about composing and arranging and has written a number of original compositions. This year, as well as taking on the role of Head of Junior School Music, Polly will be overseeing the Junior School Choirs and Junior Orchestra programme.

Ms. Rodica Hategan, Head of DUCKS MusicEarly Years Music TeacherYear 1 and 2 Music TeacherDriven by the desire to teach young people to learn to see the beauty in themselves and in the world around them, Rodica Hategan pursued a career in education. Teaching is a way for her to share her talents and creativity while introducing her students to music. Rodica comes from Romania where she was working as both a music teacher and as a professional musician.

She started studying cello and piano at a young age, but over the years has developed guitar and percussions skills.

Before graduation she played as a cellist in the Music Academy Orchestra, was a part of the Antifonia Choir, performed many concerts in Austria, Germany and France and recorded four CDs as a choir member. In 2000 she graduated from “Gh. Dima” Music Academy, Cluj Napoca, Romania, receiving a Bachelor of Musical Pedagogy and Cello.

After graduation she moved from Cluj Napoca to Bucharest, where she began teaching elementary and middle school music in 2001. In addition to teaching, Rodica has enjoyed her role as a part of Sensor, a percussion band of non-conventional instruments, performing on several stages, out of which most outstanding was the theatrical season at the National Theatre of Bucharest and also at the Bulandra Theatre.

Having joined Dulwich College Shanghai in 2011, “Ms. Rodi” continues to engage her students with interesting and challenging lessons on a daily basis. She strives to create a safe comfortable environment in which students respect and value one another, while learning through hands on experience.

“Teaching music to young people and witnessing the growth in my students is fulfilling for me. I have learned that watching a student achieve success in something that they were sure they would never be able to do is very inspiring. I have learned that if students know their teacher really believes that they can do something, they can do it. I have learned that no matter how young or small someone seems or feels they really do have something big to contribute and an important and valuable role to play.”

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Mr. Tim Parker, Voice/CelloTim moved from the UK to Shanghai with his family in August 2012. He spent his formative years in the world famous choir of St Johns College Cambridge with numerous TV and radio broadcasts and tours to his name before he left the choir aged 13. After attending St Edmund’s School Canterbury, he went on to study music at the University of Leeds where he held a choral scholarship and directed the university chamber choir as well as holding the post of Senior Bass Layclerk at Leeds Minster. He has since sung for many of the famous choirs of British cathedrals and churches including Canterbury Cathedral, St Brides Fleet Street, St Peters Eaton Square, All Saints Margret Street, Holy Trinity Prince Consort Road and, from 2009 to 2012, was a Layclerk of Rochester Cathedral.

As a soloist, Tim has appeared with many choral societies in the south east of England and nationwide and has a wide repertoire of Oratorio roles. Tim has also sung in Opera notably as a student in partnership with Opera North in Leeds, with Opera Sonnerie at the Wigmore Hall, London under Monica Huggett and with Canterbury Cathedral Garden Opera in roles as diverse as Manuel in Falla’s La Vida Brieve to Aeneas in Purcell’s evergreen Dido and Aeneas and Wilfred Shadbolt in Gilbert and Sullivans’s Yeoman of the Guard. Tim has also made appearances as a recitalist most notably in a recital of English song at the 2012 Hythe Festival in Kent.

Tim qualified as a teacher in 1999 and has worked as a music teacher in London and the south east of England and has been Head of Music at several large secondary schools. From September 2010 Tim was an instrumental teacher for Kent Music, teaching voice, cello and recorder. He also plays the cello to a high standard having played for orchestras and operatic societies across the south east of England.

Ms. Stephanie Grafe, Senior Music Teacher Head of Year 11Director of Chamber and Senior ChoirsStephanie started studying piano and singing at a young age and picked up the saxophone in her early teens. During her school years in Korea, China and Singapore, she was part of numerous choirs and jazz bands and at the age of 16 started tutoring IGCSE & IB students in music.

She went on to graduate from the University of London receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Musicology and German Literature. After this she moved to Oxford to continue her studies,

receiving her Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching followed by a Masters in Education. Here she officially started her teaching career at a local secondary school after having worked part time as a teaching assistant during her university years. In Oxford Stephanie was also a member of several semi-professional city choirs and was a co-conductor for a youth and adult orchestra. In 2008 she became Acting Head of Department at her secondary school.

In 2010, Stephanie moved to Shanghai where she is now a Senior School Music Teacher and continues into her third year as Head of Year 11.

Stephanie continues to work with student vocalists on various solo and ensemble performances and supports students with the theory and aural elements of their instrumental examinations. She has prepared students for various Trinity, ABRSM Diploma/LRSM/FRSM and Chinese Examinations. Past students have been accepted to Cambridge, Oxford, The Royal Academy, Royal Northern College and Berklee.

Mr. Jake Eades, Senior Music TeacherRock BandsJake Eades graduated from Leeds University in 2003 receiving a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Popular Music Studies. Upon graduation he became a full time musician touring Europe for two years and releasing an album on a small independent label as part of a 5-piece rock band. Alongside this he has played in several other successful rock and pop bands playing at events such as the welcoming ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi and several festivals across the United Kingdom as well as writing and releasing a wide range of music. Jake then went on to gain a teaching qualification from Sheffield Hallam University in 2006 and has taught and developed music and drama programmes in

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England, India and now Shanghai. Recently Jake scored a big success, his students winning several battle of the band contests in New Delhi. He has continued in the same vein at DCS and we now have several impressive rock bands and performers.

Mr. Patrick Sabberton, StringsPatrick Sabberton began to play the violin at the age of three and gave his first public performance aged four. In 1992, Patrick was awarded a UK government scholarship to study at the Royal Academy of Music where he won the Kreisler prize for three consecutive years. In 1997 he was awarded a full scholarship to continue his studies at the Royal Academy under Maurice Hasson. Having won numerous trust awards and prizes, he worked under musicians such as Sir Colin Davis, Maxim Vengerov and Joznd Joji Hattori.

After graduating with Honours in 2001, Patrick lived and worked in London as a freelance chamber and jazz musician, performing regularly at venues such as the Royal Festival Hall, Purcell Room, Wigmore Hall, St James’s Piccadilly and St Martin in the Fields. Patrick also held teaching posts in the UK for over 10 years, which include Oakfield’s Preparatory

School, The Bela Bartok Center for Musicianship, the University of Reading and carried out syllabus performance demonstrations for the Associate Board Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM). Patrick has been teaching at Dulwich College Shanghai for 5 years, having moved to Shanghai in 2006. He is a regular performer with the Shanghai Pro-Musica Chamber Orchestra and the Yulan ensemble.

Ms. Lucy Thomas, WoodwindLucy Thomas began studying the clarinet at the age of 9 with teacher John Miller. She also studied piano and saxophone. At Colston’s Girls’ School in Bristol, Lucy started a clarinet quartet and toured Germany as a solo clarinettist with the choir. She played in the Bristol Schools Symphony Orchestra and for the Avon Light Opera Club and Acta Community Theatre.

She was a member of the National Youth Wind Orchestra and at the age of fifteen joined The Junior Welsh College of Music and Drama where she studied theory and musicianship while continuing her clarinet studies with John Cooper.

It was at Chetham’s School of Music, Manchester where, as a sixth form student, she had the opportunity with the Chetham’s Symphony Orchestra to perform with the Halle Orchestra Conductor Mark Elder and with the BBC Philharmonic conducted by Yan Pascal Tortelier. Lucy then went on to study for four years at Trinity College of Music in Greenwich, London under the tuition of Joan Enric Lluna, Michael Whight and Fiona Cross and was a founding member of The Boehm Quartet. She gained a BMus (Hons) in performance.

Lucy then moved to Shanghai where she is currently the Woodwind Specialist at DCS. She has been teaching here for 5 years and has become both well regarded and sought after. She also conducts the College’s Woodwind group, The Boehm Ensemble. As a clarinettist she is a freelance musician and has performed with The Yulan Ensemble and The Baroque String Orchestra. Each Summer Lucy returns to the UK to perform around the Bristol area.

Mr. Cheng-Yu Wu, WoodwindCheng-Yu Wu is born in Taichung, Taiwan. He began his musical education at the National First Senior High School and studied with Li-Ming Chen. He went to National Taiwan University where he studied philosophy and in the meantime worked under Anders Norell and Yi-Hui Lin.

Cheng-Yu Wu was the principal flute of The Ministry of National Defence Symphony Orchestra from 2003 until 2004. After completing military service Cheng-Yu Wu went to Europe and studied with Harrie Starreveld, Marten Root, Marieke Schneemann, and Ellen Vergunst at Conservatorium van Amsterdam and participated in masterclasses with Peter-Lukas Graf, András Adorján, Emily Beynon, and Kersten McCall. Cheng-Yu Wu got his Master’s Diploma of Music from Conservatorium van Amsterdam in 2011.

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Cheng-Yu Wu is well known as a flautist who is capable of various styles of music. He studied contemporary music with Harrie Starreveld and baroque flute with Marten Root. He formed his chamber music group, The CVA Trio, with violist Victor Gil Gazapo and harpist Anna Steinkogler in 2009; they were invited for concerts in the Netherlands and Austria. The Goudsbloemduo with pianist Harimada Kusuma was formed in 2008, until now they have performed concerts in the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy and Taiwan.

In 2012, Cheng-Yu Wu started an experimental solo flute recital project “Just Flute?!”. The project was very successful and soon he got invited to the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, and Taipei International New Music Festival. Beside concerts, Cheng-Yu Wu also gives lectures to flute or composition students. Cheng-Yu Wu is now active as a soloist and teacher in Amsterdam, Taiwan and Shanghai.

Ms. Chris Qian, PianoMs. Chris Qian is an ABRSM registered piano teacher with over 14 years of experience teaching beginners through to adults. She trained at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. She attained an outstanding service award working in Kong Xiang Dong Music Centre in 2004. She has had extensive experience preparing students for ABRSM and Trinity Guildhall music examinations. Her students are regularly awarded the highest honours. Ms Qian has been teaching at Dulwich College Shanghai for 6 years.

Ms. Polina Chmil, Piano“Through personal experience, I believe that music classes are an integral part of cultural education and help form future development as a person. I am dedicated as a piano teacher to open student’s hearts to the music and understand role of the music in our lives.” Ms. Polina Chmil was born near Moscow and began to learn piano and voice in the choir when she was six years old. At the age of 15, she passed the examination to enter the Gnessins State Music College, which gave her the chance to study in the extremely creative atmosphere of a great school with fantastic music traditions and a famous school of pianists. She was awarded a Master’s Degree from Gnessins Music Academy, having participated in many master classes and international competitions throughout Europe. In 2009 she became a member of Culture Foundation ‘Young Talents of Russia’

Her teaching experience includes working with many Music and Arts Schools as well as the philosophy school “Acropolis” in Moscow, which provided her with the opportunity to create and develop her music education philosophy for children of all ages.

Ms.Catherine Lu, Piano and StringsMs. Lu gained her Bachelor of Music Degree from University of Victoria. Shortly after, she also earned a Bachelor of Education Degree (Secondary) specialising in music from University of British Columbia, and she is currently a qualified teacher in British Columbia.

Over the years, she has gained much experience working with children of various ages. She is particularly passionate about teaching young children. She taught group violin classes with students ranging from ages 4 to 6 years old at Shadbolt Centre for the Arts in the City of Burnaby in British Columbia. In addition, she has over 10 years of experience tutoring private lessons for both violin and piano students from 4 to 25 years of age. In addition to annual recitals, her students have also participated in many music festivals such as ones arranged by the British Columbia Conservatory of Music.

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Mr. Ryan Baird, Acoustic Electric Guitar and BassRyan began playing guitar around the age of 10, and composing at 13. His deep interest in jazz music began at the unique Maine Jazz Camp, where he encountered some of the New York City jazz scene’s most influential performers and composers. His studies at the camp lead to opportunities to play his original compositions, as well as performances with faculty members Bill McHenry and Tony Malaby.

After completing two years of the jazz curriculum at the University of Maine while still in high school, Ryan went on to study jazz performance and composition at the University of

Southern Maine and the City College of New York. His teachers have included guitarists Pete McCann, Rez Abassi, Sean McGowan, and Bob Thompson. Ryan has performed throughout the United States with many projects including jazz quartet “Post No Bills”, “The Get Band”, and a trio under his own name. He has shared the stage with many talented musicians such as Adam Chilenski, Sam Caldwell, RJ Miller, James Tweedie, Devin Gray, and Adam Frederick at such events as the Maine Jazz Festival, the Deer Isle Jazz Festival, and Portland Maine’s “Dimensions in Jazz” series.

As a composer, Ryan is not only inspired by a wide range of world music (most notably by the American minimalist composers of the late 20th century), but also by the philosophic principles of the ancient Chinese Book of Changes or “Yi Jing”, which he began studying regularly in 2002. Most of his recent work reflects his on going study of this important work. Ryan also composes music for advertising, film, and spoken word projects and is the lead composer at Apogee Creative Studio.

In order to further his studies of ancient Chinese philosophy, Ryan moved to Shanghai, China in 2008, where he currently resides. Ryan is a teacher at the JZ school and Dulwich College Shanghai, and can be seen performing regularly at venues like JZ Club, Melting Pot, and Wooden Box Cafe.

Mr. Jose Antonio, GuitarOriginally from Portugal, Jose received his major in Music Education & Performance from Berklee College of Music (Boston, Massachusetts). He also completed a Diploma in Musical Pedagogy in Belgium. In 2011 moved with his wife to Shanghai, where he has taken up several teaching positions.

José has worked with Tim Steiner, Paul Griffiths and Sam Mason of Guildhall School of Music in London. In Portugal and U.S he provided homework tutorials, music and language lessons to primary and secondary school students.

He has performed with several international artists and bands such as Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple, Black Sabbath), Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Limahl (Kajagoogoo), and the L.A American rock band Mr. Big.

Mr. Sergey Tyuteykin, TrumpetCurrently based in Shanghai, Sergey is an alumnus of Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory. After winning a world-wide audition in 2009 he was appointed by Maestro Long Yu to serve as Principal Trumpet for the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra’s 130th Anniversary season, where he is currently playing. He is also well known as recording artist.

His career includes Principal and Guest Principal Trumpet positions in numerous orchestras such as Moscow Symphony, “Helikon” Opera House, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra and Shenzhen Symphony. As an orchestral musician Sergey has performed under numerous world

renowned conductors like Vladimir Ashkenasy, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Charles Dutoit, Neeme Jarvi, Kurt Masur, Lan Shui, Yury Bashmet, Riccardo Muti, Myung-Whun Chung, Claus Peter Flor, Mikhail Pletnev and Christian Ehwald.

Further informationFor the last three years, a very generous annual donation has been made by a parent from DCS to set up a music programme for disadvantaged students. We are partnered with Tang Si Migrant School and Home Sweet Home to give music tuition to students from both of these organisations. We are hoping to build on this programme this year and

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are looking for volunteers to help during the regular rehearsal times – Wednesdays from 3.30-4.30pm. Volunteers who read music are encouraged and especially those who speak fluent Mandarin.

We look forward to seeing you very soon and hope you and your children get involved in some music making with us. Please visit our website for information.

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