Qualifications

Current Courses

 

I am currently studying for a BSc in Audio Engineering and Media Production at on online international German college called HOFA GmbH. It's a top up degree. This means there are 2 parts to it an HND Diploma with all the practical elements that constitutes the first two years of the course and then an academic year at Triagon Academy in Innesmanning near Munich. Triagon is also associated with the Music and Media School there, so I'm going to be studying for a Certificate of further Education in Composition concurrently from September which can build into a second artistic degree in composition.I could do an MA or PhD with them, but I'd like to get a degree in Creative Writing from Oxford as well so I can produce my own talking books and poetry podcasts. But I PhD in Production would be a massive achievement at the end of my career. I'm just worried that I won't be able to make substantial amounts of money from music alone and I might need to write as well. I used to teach English Language to fund my studies abroad and have a masters degree in that as well. I don't do that now, but I'd like to continue that side of my career by developing my creative writing as a professional skill to go with the music to have more than one string to my bow. I feel I'm only really a genius at composition the playing might develop that way on piano. I've got some good results in online competitions recently. I wasn't a countertenor despite my best efforts, but I'm a prizewinner at singing. I just have experience enough to survive as a half decent singer I'm not the best at that but pretty good all the same I've sung over 400 times live. A diploma in Vocal Teaching from ABRSM might be possible and or Piano Performance and Teaching.

Fact :

'The first external qualification I ever did was a musical one. In 1989, just before I went to secondary school I took my ABRSM Grade 1 violin I played the theme from Judas Maccabaeus by Handel and two other pieces'.

Recording

 

This is a recording of me singing the associated hymn Thine Be The Glory with the same tune with my own production on. The production consists of pan, EQing, compression, delay, and a custom designed reverb using my home studio and sequencer or DAW Apple Logic Pro X. For the Miking I used a trusty industry workhorse, The Shure SM58 Supercardioid Dynamic Microphone and a Scarlet musical interface from Focusrite with my Mac Mini.

List of Current Qualifications

 

This is a list of all the term papers and qualifications I hold in music so far.

 

Table of Examination Results in Music Hugh Gregory Waldock

Professional Course in Audio Engineering

HOFA College GmbH, Karlsdorf, Germany

Running Now

Running Now

Short Course : Harmony in Practice

Oxford Continuing Education / Peter Copley

Running Now

Running Now

Short Course : The Beethoven Sonatas

Oxford Continuing Education / Jonathan Darnborough

Results Pending

Results Pending

Online CPD course : Reflecting On One’s Practice

ABRSM Teacher Hub

04/03/2023

Pass

15 CPD Hrs

German Certified Audio Production Assistant

HOFA College GmbH, Karlsdorf, Germany

24/02/2023

Pass

15 ECTS Credits equivalent to 30 CATS points at level 4

Topic Certificate in Digital Audio Production

HOFA College GmbH, Karlsdorf, Germany

24/02/2023

Pass

70% average in 7 theory exams in Audio Engineering

Short Course : Analysing Classical Music : An Introduction

Oxford Continuing Education / Jonathan Darnborough

25/11/2022

Pass

10 CATS points at level 4 awarded

Harmony and Theory of pop and Jazz for Audio Engineers

HOFA College GmbH, Karlsdorf, Germany

25/11/2022

Pass

5 ECTS Credits or 10 CATS points

Short Course : Film Music Composition for Beginners

GSMD London with Barbara DI Biasi

24/03/2022

Certificate of Completion

For Professional Development

Grade 3 Piano

ABRSM : Teacher Hugh Waldock

Spring 2021

Pass

115 pts

Grade 8 Theory of Music

ABRSM : Teacher Hugh Waldock

2013

Pass

21 Pts at QCF Level 3 with 73/100

Grade 7 Theory of Music

ABRSM : Teacher Hugh Waldock

2011

Pass

73/100

Grade 6 Theory of Music

ABRSM : Teacher Hugh Waldock

2010

Pass

67/100

Second Study Piano Certificate

Cologne Conservatoire Wuppertal Campus with Jan Ehnes

2004

Pass with 3.5

German C- in conservatoire level playing and accompaniment

 

Term Paper in Musicology 1.5 hrs talk in German on Glück’s Operatic Reforms

Cologne Conservatoire Wuppertal Campus with Lutz-Werner Hesse

2004

Pass with 2.0

A 2:1 for that paper

Term Paper in Aural Training

Cologne Conservatoire Wuppertal Campus with Petra Obenaus

2004

Pass with 3.0

C in 1 part Atonal, 2 Part Contrapuntal and 4 part harmonic dictation

Term Paper in Form Studies

Cologne Conservatoire Wuppertal Campus with Petra Obenaus

2004

Pass with 3.0

C in the basics of forms in Classical Music exam in German

Term Paper in Harmony Studies

Cologne Conservatoire Wuppertal Campus with Petra Obenaus

2004

Pass with 3.0

C in Functional Analysis, 4 part chorales and an oral exam in German

Term Paper in 2 part Renaissance Counterpoint

Cologne Conservatoire Wuppertal Campus with Petra Obenaus

2003

Pass with 2.0

A 2:1 for that paper

Term Paper in General Music Thoery

Cologne Conservatoire Wuppertal Campus with Lutz-Werner Hesse

2003

Pass

On Pass/Fail Basis

Grade 8 Singing

Patrick McCarthy

1997

Pass

117/150

A Level Music at Ipswich School

London Board Syllabus B

1996

Pass with Grade D

D

Grade 2 Piano

Judith Inge

1995

Pass

109/150

Grade 5 Theory of Music

ABRSM with Alison Daniels BA

1995

Pass

Unknown

GCSE Music at Ipswich School

London Board

1994

Pass with Grade B

92% in Performance

Grade 5 Singing

ABRSM : Ipswich School

1993

Pass with Merit

128/150

Grade 4 Violin

Katherine Horlock

1992

Pass

100/150

Grade 1 Theory of Music

Katherine Horlock

1992

Pass with Distinction

Unknown

Grade 1 Violin

Katherine Horlock

1989

Pass

118/150