Paul Tucker Music
Composer. Pianist. Teacher. Performer.
Based in London.
Paul Tucker is a composer/pianist currently teaching, performing and writing in West London.
He first started playing the piano at the age of 7, thanks to his Grandfather’s musical influence.
After obtaining all of the ABRSM piano grades, Paul proceeded to study for a BTEC in Performing Arts in Torquay, where he had the opportunity to write music for theatre productions such as Oedipus Rex, The Dark Tower and My Father He Ate Me, and The Divide in the Dergate Theatre in Northampton.
From 1996 Paul studied under Gwendolyn Mok and Dr. Michael Schreider at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama where he also attended masterclasses by Evgenny Malinin (former head of keyboard at the Moscow Conservatoire) and Paul Roberts (head of keyboard at the Guildhall).
He graduated in 1999 with a Licentiate Diploma in Piano Performance and then moved to London to continue his education.
He studied under Nigel Clarke at the London College of Music and Media, and in November 2001 he was awarded a Masters degree in Composition for Film and TV.
Since graduating, Paul has been teaching alongside Mrs. Shelagh Hunt and his former piano teacher Dr. Michael Schreider, in the North London Piano School.
He has also entered and won many piano competitions in the Ealing, Richmond and Ruislip Music Festivals, and achieved the only prize awarded for the ABAC Premio Franz Liszt
Since graduating, Paul has been teaching alongside Mrs. Shelagh Hunt and his former piano teacher Dr. Michael Schreider, in the North London Piano School.
He has also entered and won many piano competitions in the Ealing, Richmond and Ruislip Music Festivals, and achieved the only prize awarded for the ABAC Premio Franz Liszt International Competition for Composers, held in Grottammare- Italy.
Paul has performed in many shopping centres in Cardiff and in London including both Westfields and for weddings, Funerals and private events.
Paul’s compositions vary greatly in style and mediums, include pieces for solo piano; chamber ensembles; music technology; full orchestral works (most of which are set to short films, from LCMM and LFS); theatre music; musicals; a cappella choral pieces and songs set to Pushkin Poems.
He has also been playing prepared Piano for dance projects in LAMDA for 13 years, has had a choral piece performed around the country by the Vocal Ensemble, "Seraphim" that was played on BBC R3, he is also the orchestral pianist for the West London Sinfonia for the past 16 years and now that his Preludes for the Piano Vol.1 with the score is released, he is now preparing Studies for the Piano Vol.1 and Preludes for the Piano Vol.2.
Paul continues to teach Piano and Music theory in London.
Digital Album is now available for download. The 10-track album is available in many formats including MP3 320, FLAC. Take a Listen to the album or individual tracks released 07 January 2011.
Recorded at Vestry Hall South Ealing London on 20 February 2010.
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