Music Lessons Online: Theory, Technology and Composition
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I am a professional composer of contemporary classical music, studying at the Royal Academy of Music (MMus) and the University of Oxford (BA). I can teach both composition and music theory at all levels. As part of my practice use many elements of music technology to produce my own music and as such can teach many programs including Sibelius, Musescore, Logic Pro X, Final Cut Pro.
Location
Online from United Kingdom
About Me
Freddie is a composer based in South London. His music has been performed in the UK on BBC Radio 3 and by several professional ensembles including the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Aurora Orchestra, Royal Northern Sinfonia, and Oxford Philharmonic. He has also received premieres abroad in Palestine, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia. In November 2017, Freddie conducted the premiere of his first opera A Sketch of Slow Time. The 90-minute, one act work, traces the affair of Mathilde Schönberg (wife of the composer Arnold Schönberg) with the artist Richard Gerstl and the tragic events that unfold.
The visual arts have played a substantial inspiration for much of Freddie’s recent work. Atlas for large symphony orchestra that was premiered in September 2019, imagines music as sonic sculpture. Rather that creating a sounding narrative that progresses through time, the piece creates an objective depiction of the mythological titan Atlas, viewing him from different angles and perspectives.
More practically, Freddie’s music over the past year has developed alongside visual art as part a growing collaboration with artist Rachel Gadsden. The duo have now created several performance pieces that combine live painting and music. Much of the score is constructed using structured improvisation and as such, the music is able to respond to the art being created, while the art can respond to the sounds. These works are a fusion of both mediums, co-mingling sight with music and sound with space. Three of these pieces, All at Sea, Ships of the Desert, and Displaced Voices, were created in as part of Narrative of Displacement, a University of Birmingham led project, working with refugees from both Syria and Iraq. These pieces were scored for a mix of western and Arabic instruments and included London based Syrian Oud player Rihab Azar and Syrian percussionist Jamal Al-sakka.
Freddie graduated with a BA (Hons.) in music from St Hilda’s College, Oxford, studying composition with Martyn Harry. He is currently completing an MMus in composition at the Royal Academy of Music, studying with Morgan Hayes. Freddie has had lessons with composers based in both the UK and abroad including Hans Abrahamsen, Tansy Davies, Rolf Wallin, Huw Watkins, and Anna Meredith.
Education
MMus in Composition (Under Completion), Royal Academy of Music (London), 2018-2020
LRAM (Teaching Diploma, Under Completion), Royal Academy of Music
BA (Hons.) in Music, St Hildas College, University of Oxford, 2015-2018
LRAM (Teaching Diploma, Under Completion), Royal Academy of Music
BA (Hons.) in Music, St Hildas College, University of Oxford, 2015-2018
Experience / Qualifications
Selected Compositions and Commissions:
Atlas for Large Orchestra, Academy Symphony Orchestra, 2019
British Academy Commission, Narratives of Displacement, (Jordan/London), 2019
British Council Commission, It Was Paradise, (Palestine), 2019
MISK Art Festival, Ships of the Desert, (Saudi Arabia), 2018
A Sketch of Slow Time, 90 minute Opera in One Act, 2017
Prize Winner in the Royal Northern Sinfonia, Mozarts of Tomorrow Competition, 2016
Commission for members of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, broadcast BBC Radio 3, 2014
Finalist in the NCEM Young Composers Award, 2014
National Youth Orchestra, Composer, 2013
Three Apparitions performed by the Aurora Orchestra, Winner of the BBC Inspire Young Composers Competition (broadcast BBC Radio 3), 2012
Atlas for Large Orchestra, Academy Symphony Orchestra, 2019
British Academy Commission, Narratives of Displacement, (Jordan/London), 2019
British Council Commission, It Was Paradise, (Palestine), 2019
MISK Art Festival, Ships of the Desert, (Saudi Arabia), 2018
A Sketch of Slow Time, 90 minute Opera in One Act, 2017
Prize Winner in the Royal Northern Sinfonia, Mozarts of Tomorrow Competition, 2016
Commission for members of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, broadcast BBC Radio 3, 2014
Finalist in the NCEM Young Composers Award, 2014
National Youth Orchestra, Composer, 2013
Three Apparitions performed by the Aurora Orchestra, Winner of the BBC Inspire Young Composers Competition (broadcast BBC Radio 3), 2012
Age
Children (7-12 years old)
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Duration
30 minutes
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The class is taught in
English
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