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- Music Theory
- Composition
Derek - Central Edinburgh - Piano, Music Theory, Composition, Arranging, Orchestration, Conducting, Music Technology.
- Music Theory
- Composition
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Derek is a respected member of our tutor community. He is highly recommended for his commitment and the quality of his lessons. An excellent choice to progress with confidence.
About Derek
- What kind of experience do you have?
Alongside my lifelong career as an educator in schools, universities and privately, I have been self-employed variously as composer, conductor, musical director and record producer for a range of international clients, including The University of Edinburgh and Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, EMI Music, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Caroline O'Connor, Sir Robert Helpmann, Sir Howard Morrison.
My work has featured in performances at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Royal Albert Hall and Garrick Theatre (London), Sydney Opera House and Melbourne Hamer Hall (Australia), the Australian Embassy (New York), Sala Accademica di Santa Cecilia (Rome) and Edinburgh University.
I am credited as orchestrator, associate composer, conductor or musician on 27 feature films, television documentaries, mini series, and have 33 recording credits.
I have been a frequent conductor of studio orchestras, including Melbourne Symphony Orchestra for the feature film Frauds. Many of the media to which I have contributed have themselves achieved critical and popular acclaim, including BAFTA Award (The Making of Longbird), Best Film Score (Crush), an Oscar (The Adventures Of Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert), Triple Platinum record sales (Come In Spinner - ABC) and an Australian Aria Award nomination (Cash Landing – EMI Music).
Stars in films I have orchestrated include Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving, Phil Collins, Josephine Byrnes, Lee Majors, Jack Scalia, Bob Peck, Guy Pearce, Terence Stamp. I worked with Torvill & Dean as arranger and pianist for their album Here We Stand. I have performed extensively as keyboardist, including over 400 performances of Andrew Lloyd Webber's show Cats (Really Useful Theatre Company) and Phantom of the Opera (Cameron Mackintosh Limited), and as musical director for independent productions.
My more recent commissions have been to arrange, conduct, mix and master the vocal and orchestral music for the Glenfiddich 21yo Whisky ad campaign, so far reaching 1.7 million hits, viewable on my YouTube channel below, and to score the music for Ruaridh M Turner's multi award winning short thriller, 'The Beast in the Storm'.
My current commissions are to compose a new 4 movement symphony for The Orchestra of the Canongait in Scotland, and a new trio for the Hindemith Trio in Parma, Italy.
Do you have an up-to-date DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service, formerly CRB) Certificate? Current DBS Enhanced Disclosure certification - all ages
Where and with whom did you train? Professors Nigel Osborne and Peter Nelson (PhD supervisors, The University of Edinburgh, Scotland) 2006-2011 Professors Charles Nalden and Peter Godfrey (BMus, The University of Auckland, New Zealand) 1971-1973 Mary Nathan (Piano, New Zealand) 1966-1977
Do you belong to any professional organisations? European Piano Teachers Association (EPTA) Musicians Union British Academy of Songwriters, Composers & Authors (BASCA) Edinburgh University Graduates' Association (EUGA) Wagner Society of Scotland (Chair) Royal Geographical Society Australasian Performing Right Association Ltd (APRA) Music Arrangers Guild of Australia (MAGA). I am also a board member of the Richard Wagner Verband International.
Tell me about some of your current students. All my current Piano and Theory students passed their 2017 ABRSM exams with Merit or Distinction. Many choose the Jazz option. I also have Music Technology students studying for the SQA.
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I teach Piano and Theory from level Grade 5 upwards to ABRSM and Trinity Diploma level syllabus, including Jazz, Popular Music and Improvisation. I specialise in advanced Classical and Jazz Piano, Composition and Arranging, as well as fundamentals of Theory of Music for students from ABRSM Grade 5 to Diploma level. I offer substantial discounts for families and for bundles of 5 or 10 lessons. I have a well-equipped studio with a new grand piano as well as other keyboards and music tech gear, and teach both in-person for students living in Edinburgh, and online internationally. As many of my students are from Edinburgh university, where I also teach Orchestration and Screen Composition, daytime lessons can be flexible from week to week. My classes are helpful to students seeking to pass the higher performance and theory grade examinations, as well as to university undergraduates seeking to fill knowledge gaps and to explore composition and orchestration in greater depth. Students I have taught invariably achieve excellent results, as high as 144/150 in recent ABRSM practical piano examinations, and as high as 100% in Theory of Music. I also teach Music Technology, specialising in Cubase DAW as well as Sibelius and Dorico scorewriter applications. - Which subject(s) do you teach? Piano, Theory, Jazz, Composition, Arranging/Orchestration, Music Technology (Cubase) and Score Programming (Sibelius) - Tell me about your qualifications. PhD in Music Composition from The University of Edinburgh BMus (1:1) from The University of Auckland, New Zealand. Winner Hollinrake Memorial Scholarship and Senior Scholarship for best student in graduate year. DipEd from Auckland Secondary Teachers' College, New Zealand. FTCL in Pianoforte & Composition from Trinity College of Music, London LMusTCL in Composition from Trinity College of Music, London DipTeach in School Education from the New South Wales Department of Education & Training, Australia DipTchg in School Education from the New Zealand Department of Education - How much do you charge? Details of discounts for advance block bookings at (concealed information) Free initial consultation. For one-off lesson: £30 per half hour or £45 per hour, reducing to £36 per hour if booked in a block of 10 lessons - Where do you teach? Edinburgh, Scotland or online anywhere - When are you available? Late mornings, afternoons and early evenings. - Which ages and levels do you teach? Grade 5 and above, or beginners who have already achieved equivalent on another instrument. - Which qualifications do you prepare your students for? All ABRSM and Trinity College London University courses in Music - Describe your arrangements for online tutoring. (concealed information)
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- PKR 16,708
Pack prices
- 5h: PKR 70,543
- 10h: PKR 133,661
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