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> CAREER HIGHLIGHTS - PHOTOS - REVIEWS - RESUME

Personal ID and address info available on request
Email: info [at] steve-tromans.co.uk

QUALIFICATIONS (most recent first):

> Honorary Membership of Birmingham Conservatoire: HonBC
Awarded in June 2006 by my former place of study in recognition of my outstanding achievement in the field of the arts since my graduation from Birmingham Conservatoire in 1997.

> Birmingham Conservatoire of Music (1993 – 1997)
Graduated 1997 with 1st Class BMus(Hons) - First Study Composition

> Halesowen College of Further Education (1990 – 1993)
4 A-levels: Music (A), Physics (C), Communication Studies (C), Mathematics (E)

> Leasowes High School, Kent Road, Halesowen (1985 – 1990)
8 GCSE’s: Music (A), English Literature (A), English Language (A), Mathematics (B), Physics(B), French (C), Geography (C), Chemistry (C)

WORK HISTORY (most recent first):

> COURSE DIRECTOR AND PRINCIPLE LECTURER
UB Jazz Academy, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia: July 2006 – April 2007

The UB Jazz Academy is the first of its kind in Mongolia, offering Jazz Theory, Practical, History and Musicianship lectures to Mongolian students that, until the Academy’s founding, had only been able to study Jazz music independently.

The aims of the UB Jazz Academy are to provide learners with:

1. High standards of jazz improvisation and performance
2. An open-minded and sensitive approach to creative music making
3. Theoretical background and support to the practice of improvisation
4. The ability to understand and use historical information to enrich performances
5. The necessary standards in instrumental technique
6. Composition skills appropriate to the jazz musician
7. The analytical skills required to inform and develop the practice of improvisation techniques
8. The leadership and directing skills required of the Jazz performer
9. Active encouragement for artistic originality and scope for individual stylistic direction

> PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN AND TEACHER
UK and abroad: June 1997 – date

I have worked professionally as a pianist, arranger, composer and private music teacher since graduating from Birmingham Conservatoire (UK) with First Class Honours in June 1997. I have toured extensively in Europe and also in India and Japan, since 1991.

OTHER SKILLS

I have written articles for The Wire new music magazine (“A Global Ear from Ulaanbaatar”, March 2007), Fanfare magazine (for Birmingham Conservatoire alumni, Spring 2007), and the Mongol Messenger (weekly English language newspaper in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, February 2007).

I am able to hand-code HTML (this is how I created my own website and two others for clients):

www.steve-tromans.co.uk
www.introducingtheincredible.com
www.johnmayercomposer.co.uk

I have a working knowledge of the following software packages:

Microsoft Office (in particular Powerpoint, Word and Excel)
Adobe Photoshop CS-2
Creating and editing scores using “Sibelius 3”
A general knowledge of Audio Editing Software

TEFL Qualification (more info):

I obtained the Certificate of Educational Studies in TESOL (Level 2) with Merit from www.englishtc.co.uk, accredited by www.actdec.org.uk at the start of February 2006. This certificate qualifies the holder to teach learners of English at all levels. This 150 hour course covered the following areas of study:

Methodologies and approaches in language teaching - Classroom Management - Awareness of the structure of English - Issues in presenting language - Issues in teaching the four language skills areas (speaking, listening, reading and writing) - Integrating the four language skills - Planning lessons - Teaching vocabulary - Practical language activities - Testing in the classroom.

Course Director: Paul Simmonds BA, PGCE, MA (TESOL)
Personal Tutor: Philip Treece BA, RSA Dip, MA (App Lings)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

I am a full-time member of:

Musicians’ Union (MU)
Performing Rights Society (PRS)
Mechanical Copyright Protection Society (MCPS)
Society for the Promotion of New Music (SPNM)

REFEREES

Available on request