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Selected Qualifications and Awards

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This page lists selected academic degrees, higher education recognition, music qualifications, fellowships, awards, and professional development relevant to Dr Eugene Seow’s work in contemporary higher music education, practice-led research, assessment, ensemble pedagogy, and artistic practice.

Academic Degrees

Doctor of Music Education (High Distinction) — Liberty University School of Music (Lynchburg, VA)​​​

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Master of Music in Jazz Studies: Performance Track — Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College (Queens, NY)

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Bachelor of Music (Summa Cum Laude); Majors in Jazz Composition & Professional Music; Minor in Music and Society: Global Studies Track — Berklee College of Music (Boston, MA)

Selected Music Diplomas and Fellowship Awards

London College of Music Examinations (UK)

Fellowship in Professional Achievement

FLCM

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Victoria College of Music and Drama (UK)

Fellowship (Honours) in Composition

FVCM(Hons)

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Trinity College London (UK)

Licentiate Diploma in Performance (Drum Kit) (Distinction)

LTCL

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Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) (UK)

Diploma in Performance (Piano)

DipABRSM 

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Rockschool (RSL) (UK)

Diploma in Performance (Electric Bass)

DipRSL

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The TENG Company / Confucius Institute, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)

Certificate in Professional Performance (Percussion) (Distinction)

CIPP

Higher Education Recognition

Advance HE (UK)

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

FHEA​

Awards & Distinctions

Blue Man Group NYC Drum-Off — Semi-Finalist
 

Berklee North American Scholarship Tour — Scholarship Recipient
 

Berklee Writing and Composition Scholarship
 

Benny Golson Award — Jazz Composition Department, Berklee College of Music
 

Best of Jazz Composition — Selected Works, Fall 2014 & 2015
 

Esterhazy Quartet Student Composition Reading — Selected Composer
 

Duke Ellington Award — Jazz Composition Department, Berklee College of Music
 

Steve Gadd Award — Percussion Department, Berklee College of Music
 

Professional Music Academic & Performance Excellence Award — Berklee College of Music
 

Singapore Drum Fest 2008 Drum Challenge — Quarter-Finalist
 

ABRSM High Scorers’ Concert — Grade 5 Jazz Piano, Singapore

Professional Development

WSQ Advanced Certificate in Learning and Performance (ACLP 2.0) — Institute for Adult Learning, Singapore

In progress; expected completion 2026

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Personal Development for External Examiners — Advance HE, United Kingdom

Registered; October 2026

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Governance for Outstanding Organisation Directors 2.0 (SGOOD 2.0) — Singapore Institute of Directors and National Council of Social Service, Singapore

In progress; expected completion November 2026

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For current appointments, teaching, supervision, editorial service, and examining work, see Current Academic and Professional Appointments.

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