South Bank Music Tuition

In his new studio in the heart of London's South Bank, Walter Fabeck is now offering personal, tailor-made programmes of music tuition.
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Drawing on 20 years of professional performing and teaching, Walter brings a combination of experiences together to illuminate the subject. His method is based on developing an understanding of music from its primary elements - melody, harmony, rhythm and tone - which cross the borders of genre, period and culture.
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Walter's pupils range in age from five to seventy-five, and thanks to his broad musical interests he can nurture skills and illuminate styles ranging from the classical repertoire to contemporary music. With wide experience as a private teacher, he's fully qualified to enter students for graded exams in Classical Piano, Jazz Piano and Theory, from 'Prep Tests' to advanced Diplomas. Students of all abilities are welcome, from beginners upwards. Tuition is friendly and informal, but always focussed on realising the potential of each student to the maximum.
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Walter can also teach all aspects of contemporary composition, including exploration of creative music technology, centred on the Logic software environment
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After gaining an Honours degree in music from Surrey University, Walter began a career as a pianist and composer which has taken him around the globe and into a diverse range of musical worlds. These include working in contemporary music with orchestras such as London Sinfonietta; accompanying silent films with Harmonie Band; regular engagements as Musical Director at the National Theatre, and numerous recording sessions for Film and TV. He has broadcast new solo piano works on BBC Radio 3. Walter has recently been working with The Michael Nyman Band, The Hilliard Ensemble and the cutting-edge ensemble Icebreaker in Italy, Poland, Czech Republic, Germany and Holland.
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As a composer he has created many scores and soundtracks for a wide range of media including contemporary dance, video, theatre and live performance. He has also researched and developed a revolutionary electronic musical instrument, the Chromasone, which has been seen around Europe and on BBC1's Tomorrow's World.
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Walter has extensive experience in all areas of Music Education, having held many posts ranging from schools workshop leader around the UK to Guest Professorships at the Royal Conservatory of the Netherlands.
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Teaching Experience:
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2007 Initiated BANKSIDE KEYS: a teaching studio in London’s South Bank for piano, music theory and composition.
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2006 onwards Ensemble leader for Kingston Interactive Media Ensemble, Kingston University, London.
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2005 Music Director and Workshop Leader for Young Masters of Art, St.Hilda’s School, Bushey;
Associate Lecturer in Keyboards, Arranging and Improvisation, West Herts College.
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2004 Assessor and workshop leader for Channel 4 TV’s Ideas Factory Soundtrack Workshops.
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2003 onwards Private music tutor at home studio.
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2001 Guest Lecturer, University of East Anglia, Norwich.
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Jan - Mar 1999 Composer in residence at Morpeth School, Bethnal Green, for London Education Arts Partnership project, creating Musical Theatre piece Rumplestiltskin.
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1998 - 1999 Visiting piano tutor at Tuba Talk Music School, Watford.
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1998, 2001, 2004 Guest Professor at the Institute of Sonology, Royal Conservatory, The Netherlands, presenting the Chromasone instrument and leading workshops involving Sonology students.
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1991 External Examiner for University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate, marking A-level composition folios.
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1990 – 1992 Associate Lecturer at Middlesex University. Responsibilities included preparing new Music Information Technology programs for the Modular Degree Scheme, lecturing to students from all courses within the Faculty, devising teaching and administering new modules in contemporary Electro-Acoustic and instrumental composition and analysis, invigilating examinations, accompanying performances, participating in staff/student liaison meetings, organizing special lectures and giving private instrumental tuition.
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1988 onwards Participation in Music, Film and Video Educational Workshops with Harmonie Band at many schools, colleges and Arts Centres in Britain including the South Bank Centre, London. Overseas workshops include Thomas More College in The Netherlands and Certaldo School in Italy.
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1986 – 1988 Director of the Water Lane Studio, Watford — a centre for education and composition involving new music technology.
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1986 Piano tutor for dance students at The London Contemporary Dance School, The Place, London.
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1985 – 1986 Adult Education Lecturer: taught An Introduction to Computer Music for City University Adult Education Department.
1984 – 1990 Visiting tutor in Keyboards and Electro-Acoustic Music at Middlesex Polytechnic, Trent Park, North London.
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1984 - 1985 Peripatetic piano tutor for Hertfordshire County Council.
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1983 – 1985 Part-time secondary school music teacher at St. Clement Danes’ School, Chorleywood, Hertfordshire. Taught C.S.E. and G.C.E. “O” and “A” level syllabuses.
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1981 Private piano tutor whilst reading Music at University of Surrey.
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