Owen H.
Private tutor in London, United Kingdom
Education
IB (with Bilingual Diploma) | St. Paul's Co-educational College [Score: 43/45, with a level 7 in Music (HL) & full mark in Extended Essay (Music)] Bachelor of Arts (Music) | University of Hong Kong (2014-18) [First Class Honours] Full-year Exchange Programme | University of Manchester, UK (2016-17) Master of Music in Composition (Distinction) | Royal College of Music, UK (2018-20) Doctor of Music (Composition) | Guildhall School of Music and Drama, UK (2020-2026) He is fluent in Cantonese, English, and Mandarin. Owen is a composer and conductor. As a composer, his interest lies in composing out the aesthetics of romanticism. This forms part of his current doctoral research at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. His oeuvre includes works for orchestra, chamber ensemble, choir, voice, solo instrument, dance, film, and electroacoustic music. He is a prizewinner of numerous composition competitions, such as the AESS Song Writing Competition, the Arcubus Ensemble Call for Scores, and the Hong Kong International Composition Competition for Chromatic Harmonica. He has also received honourable mention in the IOCSF Choral Composition Competition and was a finalist in the Hendrix College Candlelight Carol Competition. Owen’s music is performed across the UK, Europe, USA, and Hong Kong. His music has been published by the UCLA Music Library, Goodmusic Publishing, and listed on the CoMA Library. He is grateful to the financial support of the Sir Richard Stapley Educational Trust, the Macfarlane Walker Trust, the Goodenough College Bursary, the Golsoncott Foundation, the Sergei Rachmaninoff Foundation, and the GSMD Financial Award. Equally active as a conductor, Owen is the Artistic Director of Ensemble Matters, a London-based group dedicated to collaborating with creatives in and outside the field of music as well as performing traditional concert staples in a new light. In parallel with his commitment in new music and cross-artistic collaborations, Owen serves as the Music Director of the Goodensemble Orchestra, a cross-conservatoire orchestra that focuses on works from the common practice period. Owen has obtained an ATCL in Piano Performance and ABRSM Grade 8 in Music Theory.
Experience
One-to-one Tuition | Group Lesson (Max. 2 Ppl) Expertise: IB Music | IGCSE Music | Music Composition | Music Theory | Music Analysis (including Schenkerian) | Harmony & Counterpoint | Orchestration & Instrumentation | Music History | Piano Performance | Essays | Things He Knows Enough: Film Music Composition | Conducting (Orchestral & Choral) | Music Production (Sibelius, Logic Pro, Protools) | Vocal & Choir Performance | Music Psychology | Opera | Aesthetics & Philosophy | Fine Art History | He has abundant experience in working with young students or aspiring musicians mainly as an orchestral conductor who conducts weekly rehearsals. On top of that, he also has ample experience in private music tuition, whether it be piano, theory, composition, or musicology/history.
Availability
Any day at any time
Can Meet
Up to 5 minutes away for no additional charge
Hobbies
I believe to be a well-rounded musician, and indeed a proper man or woman in general (let's face it, not all who study music would become professional musicians), one should not limit one's vision within just a subject of knowledge. Rather, because the world is connected in various ways and on numerous levels, in the end, the process of studying music would also enable one to get to better understand our own culture, and even the world at large. Indeed, apart from what I am professionally trained in, I'm also a keen thinker about philosophies, aesthetics, art history, etc., and how all these relate to our contemporary world. This is a way to become more knowledgeable about the world we currently live in, and is surely too a way to become a more informed and creative person.
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