ProgrammeMusic

2012-2013

Contents

Overview 3

Assessment and Reporting 4

Ensembles and Performance Schedule 4

ABRSM Examinations 4

Instrumental Music Tutors 2012-2013 5-8

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Overview of programmeDulwich College Shanghai has a rich history of excellence in music education. We offer individual instrumental tuition on an extensive variety of instruments from standard orchestral instruments through to traditional Chinese instruments. Dulwich College Shanghai is 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.

The upcoming academic year promises to be another exciting chapter in the Dulwich College Shanghai Music Department. We are committed to continuing our improvement in organisation and communication. There are a number of initiatives to be implemented this year to support our goals of creating a high quality Instrumental Tuition Programme that utilises the cutting edge in teaching practices and resources and provides students with many performance and formal qualification opportunities.

This year, students will have the option of having lessons on a rotating basis Monday to Friday 8:00 – 5:30 or on a Saturday. Dulwich Saturday Music School is open to anyone; not exclusively to Dulwich students. The duration of the standard lesson is 30 minutes and it is advised that more advanced students take a weekly 1-hour lesson.

The Dulwich College Shanghai Music Department recognises the importance of nurturing well rounded students. Music can play a vital role in the development of time management and organisation skills, increases reasoning capacity and an improvement in memorisation skills. Dulwich 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 the 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 ScheduleIt 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. Dulwich College offers an extensive variety of ensembles for students to become part of. Their instrumental teacher will advise that joining one or more of these ensembles will provide them with many benefits. One of the greatest pleasures that music offers is the experience of making music with other people and forming long lasting relationships with people of like-mind 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 Dulwich College Shanghai will offer the following ensembles:

• Dulwich College Shanghai Orchestra (DCSO)

• Allegro Strings (Advanced string ensemble)

• Junior 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

• Guitar Ensemble

• Rock Bands

• Percussion 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 the ABRSM Concert prior to sitting their examination. All Dulwich students will have the opportunity to participate in our annual Founder’s Day Gala Concert in June.

November will see the inaugural Dulwich Festival of Music, hosted by Dulwich College Shanghai. 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 and the Dulwich Rockfest. In February 2012, Dulwich College Shanghai participated in the International Schools Choral Music Society performance at the Forbidden City Concert Hall. Many students from Dulwich College Shanghai participated and experienced the feeling of putting together an extraordinary show with some 400 Choristers and orchestral musicians. We will again be part of the ISCMS Festival, this year in Busan, South Korea. 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 a huge success again. 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, Schönbrunn Chapel, St Stephan’s Cathedral, St. Sebastian’s (Salzburg) and live radio performance, Stimmbogen Concert at Konzerthaus. Students who participate in any choir during the year will have the opportunity to take part in 2013. More information will follow in October.

ABRSM ExaminationsFor many students the structure of an external examination assists them in organising their time to meet the important deadline. Dulwich College Shanghai is an examination centre for ABRSM (Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music) examinations. Your child’s instrumental teacher is best placed to advise on suitability for taking any examination. For more information on ABRSM examinations visit http://www.abrsm.org/en/regions/south-east-asia/china/

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Meet our staff for 2012-2013Mr. Matthew GossHead of Senior School Music Instrumental Studies CoordinatorPiano, SaxophoneDirector of Dulwich College Orchestra and JazzMatthew 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 year 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 as the International School Choral Music Society. Matthew is the Head of Senior 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. Stephanie GrafeSenior Music Teacher Head of Year 11Director of Chamber and Senior ChoirsStephanie Grafe 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.Stephanie 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 has taken on the pastoral responsibility of Head of Year 11.Stephanie continues to work with student vocalists on various solo and ensemble performances and has prepared students for various Trinity, ABRSM and Chinese Examinations. Past students have been accepted to Cambridge, Oxford, The Royal Academy, Royal Northern College and Berklee.

Mr. Jake EadesSenior 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 England, India and now Shanghai. Recently Jake scored a big success by winning several battle of the band contests in New Delhi with students he had worked with in a rock band programed and produced a number of strong performances with the rock band programme at Dulwich College Shanghai.

Ms. Polly OsbornHead of Junior School MusicPolly Osborn is the new Head of Junior Music at Dulwich College Shanghai. She is a clarinetist and saxophonist but over the years has developed some piano, guitar and drum kit skills. Polly is a popular music styles musician by training and is a big fan of blues, traditional jazz, reggae, 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 Music, Polly will be overseeing the Junior School Choirs and Junior Orchestra programme.

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Mr. Ivan MishuninPianoHailing from Russia, Ivan Mishunin was born into a family of professional musicians in 1979 and began studying the piano at the age of 4. By the age of 12 years old, he had won the junior round of the Tchaikovsky competition.By 2005, he had gained a Master/Doctor degree at the prestigious Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory in the class of the legendary pianist Victor Merzhanov and went on to win international piano competitions in Europe, Greece, Sweden, Ukraine and Russia.

Ivan is currently a member of staff at the Chopin State Moscow College as piano & chamber ensemble professor and a member of the Rachmaninov Society, USA & Scriabin Society in Russia. From 2004-6 Ivan was an assistant of the world famous pianist Yuri Didenko at summer school at Rachmaninov Estate in Tambov Russia. Both Ivan and his students have actively taken part at many Piano festivals in Russia, Denmark, Germany, USA, Malta, Japan and China.He has performed with orchestras and chamber ensembles in venues such as the Great Hall of Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Rachmaninov & Maliy Hall and Kennedy Hall in the US. The Beijing, Xinghai, Liaoning & Harbin concert halls in China. The Yamaha Center & Kawasaki Citizen Hall in JapanIvan has been working in China since 2005 as professor & Art-director of the Liu Shi Kun Piano & Art Centre, in Guangdong and Hong Kong whilst being a Judge member of the Liu Shi Kun International Piano competition in 2007 and 2008. He is currently in collaboration with the Shanghai Conservatory and runs a teaching studio in Shanghai. Ivan is delighted to be able to work with the students at Dulwich College Shanghai.

Ms. Chris QianMs. 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. 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, Lucy 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. Lucy was a founding member of The Boehm Quartet. She gained a BMus in performance.

Lucy then moved to China where she is currently the Woodwind Specialist at Dulwich College, Shanghai. As a clarinetist she has performed with The Yulan Ensemble, Shanghai Pro Musica and as a soloist in different venues around Shanghai.

Mr. Al GordonBrass and PercussionBorn Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Studied drums with Joe Harris, Roger Humphries and Babe Fabrizi . Studied trumpet with Pittsburgh Symphony ‘s Principal Trumpeter Anthony Pasquerelli. Performed with both the Gene Ludwig and the Danny Fogel organ trios. Father Jack owned Red Raven Jazz club in the Northside of Pittsburgh.

Al is looking forward to working with both brass and percussion students at the College.

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Mr. Ryan BairdAcoustic 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” (易经), 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, and can be seen performing regularly at venues like JZ Club, Melting Pot, and Wooden Box Cafe.

Mr. Patrick SabbertonStringsPatrick 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, Joshua Bell and 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 syllabus performance demonstrations for the Associate Board Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM).

Patrick has been teaching at Dulwich College 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.

Mr. Pranayam AquinoDrum Kit and Percussion Pranayam began playing music in the Philippines when he was 9 years old. His first interest was the guitar but soon discovered his talent lay in playing drums. He performed with his father’s band at the age of 15 and then went onto perform and work with local and international bands.

In May 2004 Pranayam came to Shanghai with a group of Filipino musicians. Having worked with musicians from all over the world he has had the opportunity to perform in the Philippines, China & Hong Kong. He plays and performs all genres of music, but Fusion, Standard Jazz and Latin Music are

what he enjoys the most. To enhance his musical knowledge and drumming technique Pranayam takes a keen interest in listening to, and studying new music.

Currently, Pranayam plays with Carlton J. Smith, Dana Shellmire (former House of Blues and Jazz Singer), Song Dynasty Band, and in various venues in Shanghai. He also freelances with various artists in and around Shanghai, at venues that include Fly, The Melting Pot, Luna, Park 97, Muse, Cotton Club, JZ Club, Brown Sugar, Brix, Wooden Box, CJW and many others. He is also a teacher of drums and percussion at JZ School, Pu Xi and British International School Shanghai, Pu Dong campus.

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Ms. Katrina BarryVoiceDubbed as “The little girl with the big voice”, her vocal range, energy on stage and natural charisma, has earned her Australia’s prestigious ‘Contemporary Singer of the Year Award’, voted by industry leaders. She has travelled and performed across the world, and has a recording contract with a joint venture of Universal, Ministry of Sound and NuFirm Records.

Mr. Tim ParkerVoice/CelloTim moved from the UK to Shanghai with his family in August 2012.Tim 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 Purcells evergreen Dido and Aeneas and Wilfred Shadbolt in Gilbert and Sullivans’s Yeoman of the Guard. Tim has also made appearance 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.

Further informationWe look forward to seeing you very soon and hope you and your children get involved in some music making here at Dulwich College Shanghai. Visit Dulwich College Shanghai online for information and upcoming performances. http://www.dulwich-shanghai.cn/ and follow the links to Music or visit the Music Office.