Dr Eugene Seow — DME, DMus, MMus, BMus, FRSA, FHEA, FVCM(Hons), F.Dip.SCSM, FNCM, FTCSM, F.Perf.ASMC, F.Musicol.ASMC, FGMS, FFSC, AFNCollM, LTCL, DipABRSM, DipRSL, CIPP
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Music
Department: Department of Music
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.eugeneseowmusic.com
IDs: ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0002-4113-9829 • ResearcherID https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/OCK-8479-2025 • Google Scholar https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=WZa0ePkAAAAJ • ResearchGate https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Eugene-Seow-2
Biography
Dr Eugene Seow is a Singapore-based music educator, composer-arranger, and multi-instrumentalist whose work centres on rhythm pedagogy, ensemble fluency, and curriculum innovation. He holds a Doctor of Music Education (Liberty University, High Distinction) and a Doctor of Music in Contemporary Performance (European-American University) and serves as Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Music at JHPCU. He lectures in contemporary performance and pedagogy at LASALLE College of the Arts and Singapore Raffles Music College, supervises BA dissertations and MMus capstones, and examines for international boards including SCSM and ASMC.
Seow’s portfolio spans practice-led research, teaching, and performance. He is the only known musician to hold performance fellowships across the three core rhythm-section instruments: percussion (F.Perf.ASMC), electric bass (FNCM), and contemporary piano accompaniment (FTCSM). Forthcoming publications include: Decolonising the Rhythm Curriculum: Integrating Global Groove Practices in Undergraduate Aural Skills (Music Education Research, 2025); The Intentional Pocket Project: A Jazz-Informed Workshop Series for Emerging Ensemble Musicians (Jazz Education in Research and Practice, 2026); and Creative Health Through Music Pedagogy: Case Studies in Identity, Listening, and Cultural Belonging in Higher Education (International Journal of Arts Education, 2025).
He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA), Community Leader (Singapore Chapter). Dr Seow also serves as Southeast Asia Representative and Fellow of the Guild of Musicians and Singers (FGMS). His broader research interests include decolonising aural skills and embedding creative-health frameworks into higher education music curricula.
Education
PhD in Music (Curriculum Innovation and Pedagogic Design), Victoria College London — in progress
DME, Liberty University — High Distinction (2024)
DMus (Contemporary Performance), European-American University (2025)
MMus (Jazz Studies: Performance), Queens College, CUNY (2018)
BMus (Jazz Composition & Professional Music, Summa Cum Laude), Berklee College of Music (2016)
FVCM(Hons) (Composition), Victoria of College of Music, London (2025)
F.Dip.SCSM (Teaching), Saint Cecelia School of Music (2025)
FNCM (Electric Bass Performance), National College of Music (2025)
FTCSM (Contemporary Piano Accompaniment), Three Counties School of Music (2025)
F.Perf.ASMC (Percussion), Australian Society of Musicology and Composition (2025)
F.Musicol.ASMC (Ethnomusicology), Australian Society of Musicology and Composition(2025)
LTCL (Drum Kit, Distinction), Trinity College of Music, London(2012)
DipABRSM (Piano), Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (2013)
DipRSL (Electric Bass), Rockschool (2013)
CIPP (Percussion, Distinction), TENG/NTU CI (2022)
Research interests
• Rhythm-section pedagogy & ensemble fluency
• Cross-cultural integration in aural/performance training
• Curriculum design & assessment (HE music)
• Practice-led research; creative health and community music
• Decolonising music curricula
Publications (selected)
Seow, E. (2025). Doctor of Music in Contemporary Performance: Portfolio Submission. Zenodo.
Seow, E. (2025). Integrating World Percussion into Graduate Jazz Training: A Practitioner Reflection. CUNY Academic Works.
Seow, E. (2025). Decolonising Music Education Across Diverse Institutions. Music in Africa.
Seow, E. (2025). Arts Are Essential: Reframing Music Education as Infrastructure for Human Resilience. RSA Circle.
Seow, E. (2024). Teaching Aural Skills in Undergraduate Music Using World Music Concepts: A Narrative Inquiry. Liberty University.
Seow, E. (2022). Music on Screen – Reflections on Livestreamed Concerts. In Whateley, West, & Chanda (Eds.), Things Will Never Be the Same – Or Will They?
Forthcoming: Decolonising the Rhythm Curriculum… (Music Education Research, 2025); Creative Health Through Music Pedagogy… (International Journal of Arts Education, 23(2), 2025); The Intentional Pocket Project… (Jazz Education in Research and Practice, 7, 2026).
Creative works / performances (selected)
Bassist · Percussionist · Pianist, The TENG Ensemble — live shows & recordings; Endorsing Artist (Drum Kit), Pantheon Percussion; Former Principal Drummer, Singapore Armed Forces Band.
Upcoming: A Night of Jazz with the MPO — Dewan Filharmonik PETRONAS, Kuala Lumpur, 4 Oct 2025 (Julian Chan Jazz Orchestra).
Recent SG highlights: Marina Bay Sands CNY Light-Up (2025); NParks Rockestra (2024); VivoCity Once Upon A Time (2023).
Professional affiliations
Lecturer, LASALLE & SRMC
Dissertation Advisor (LASALLE, BA)
Postgraduate Supervisor (SRMC, MMus)
Tutor, NUS Voices & NTU Jazz/Blues
Professorial Fellow & Professor of Contemporary Music, EAU
Community Leader, RSA (FRSA)
Advisory Board Member, Media Discourse and Society (VUP)
External Examiner, PhD in Mass Communication (VUP)
Music Examiner, SCSM & ASMC
Fellow & Southeast Asia Representative, GMS
Fellow, FFSC
Associate Fellow, AFNCollM
Department: Department of Music
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.eugeneseowmusic.com
IDs: ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0002-4113-9829 • ResearcherID https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/OCK-8479-2025 • Google Scholar https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=WZa0ePkAAAAJ • ResearchGate https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Eugene-Seow-2
Biography
Dr Eugene Seow is a Singapore-based music educator, composer-arranger, and multi-instrumentalist whose work centres on rhythm pedagogy, ensemble fluency, and curriculum innovation. He holds a Doctor of Music Education (Liberty University, High Distinction) and a Doctor of Music in Contemporary Performance (European-American University) and serves as Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Music at JHPCU. He lectures in contemporary performance and pedagogy at LASALLE College of the Arts and Singapore Raffles Music College, supervises BA dissertations and MMus capstones, and examines for international boards including SCSM and ASMC.
Seow’s portfolio spans practice-led research, teaching, and performance. He is the only known musician to hold performance fellowships across the three core rhythm-section instruments: percussion (F.Perf.ASMC), electric bass (FNCM), and contemporary piano accompaniment (FTCSM). Forthcoming publications include: Decolonising the Rhythm Curriculum: Integrating Global Groove Practices in Undergraduate Aural Skills (Music Education Research, 2025); The Intentional Pocket Project: A Jazz-Informed Workshop Series for Emerging Ensemble Musicians (Jazz Education in Research and Practice, 2026); and Creative Health Through Music Pedagogy: Case Studies in Identity, Listening, and Cultural Belonging in Higher Education (International Journal of Arts Education, 2025).
He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA), Community Leader (Singapore Chapter). Dr Seow also serves as Southeast Asia Representative and Fellow of the Guild of Musicians and Singers (FGMS). His broader research interests include decolonising aural skills and embedding creative-health frameworks into higher education music curricula.
Education
PhD in Music (Curriculum Innovation and Pedagogic Design), Victoria College London — in progress
DME, Liberty University — High Distinction (2024)
DMus (Contemporary Performance), European-American University (2025)
MMus (Jazz Studies: Performance), Queens College, CUNY (2018)
BMus (Jazz Composition & Professional Music, Summa Cum Laude), Berklee College of Music (2016)
FVCM(Hons) (Composition), Victoria of College of Music, London (2025)
F.Dip.SCSM (Teaching), Saint Cecelia School of Music (2025)
FNCM (Electric Bass Performance), National College of Music (2025)
FTCSM (Contemporary Piano Accompaniment), Three Counties School of Music (2025)
F.Perf.ASMC (Percussion), Australian Society of Musicology and Composition (2025)
F.Musicol.ASMC (Ethnomusicology), Australian Society of Musicology and Composition(2025)
LTCL (Drum Kit, Distinction), Trinity College of Music, London(2012)
DipABRSM (Piano), Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (2013)
DipRSL (Electric Bass), Rockschool (2013)
CIPP (Percussion, Distinction), TENG/NTU CI (2022)
Research interests
• Rhythm-section pedagogy & ensemble fluency
• Cross-cultural integration in aural/performance training
• Curriculum design & assessment (HE music)
• Practice-led research; creative health and community music
• Decolonising music curricula
Publications (selected)
Seow, E. (2025). Doctor of Music in Contemporary Performance: Portfolio Submission. Zenodo.
Seow, E. (2025). Integrating World Percussion into Graduate Jazz Training: A Practitioner Reflection. CUNY Academic Works.
Seow, E. (2025). Decolonising Music Education Across Diverse Institutions. Music in Africa.
Seow, E. (2025). Arts Are Essential: Reframing Music Education as Infrastructure for Human Resilience. RSA Circle.
Seow, E. (2024). Teaching Aural Skills in Undergraduate Music Using World Music Concepts: A Narrative Inquiry. Liberty University.
Seow, E. (2022). Music on Screen – Reflections on Livestreamed Concerts. In Whateley, West, & Chanda (Eds.), Things Will Never Be the Same – Or Will They?
Forthcoming: Decolonising the Rhythm Curriculum… (Music Education Research, 2025); Creative Health Through Music Pedagogy… (International Journal of Arts Education, 23(2), 2025); The Intentional Pocket Project… (Jazz Education in Research and Practice, 7, 2026).
Creative works / performances (selected)
Bassist · Percussionist · Pianist, The TENG Ensemble — live shows & recordings; Endorsing Artist (Drum Kit), Pantheon Percussion; Former Principal Drummer, Singapore Armed Forces Band.
Upcoming: A Night of Jazz with the MPO — Dewan Filharmonik PETRONAS, Kuala Lumpur, 4 Oct 2025 (Julian Chan Jazz Orchestra).
Recent SG highlights: Marina Bay Sands CNY Light-Up (2025); NParks Rockestra (2024); VivoCity Once Upon A Time (2023).
Professional affiliations
Lecturer, LASALLE & SRMC
Dissertation Advisor (LASALLE, BA)
Postgraduate Supervisor (SRMC, MMus)
Tutor, NUS Voices & NTU Jazz/Blues
Professorial Fellow & Professor of Contemporary Music, EAU
Community Leader, RSA (FRSA)
Advisory Board Member, Media Discourse and Society (VUP)
External Examiner, PhD in Mass Communication (VUP)
Music Examiner, SCSM & ASMC
Fellow & Southeast Asia Representative, GMS
Fellow, FFSC
Associate Fellow, AFNCollM
