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Alex Thio: SCSS Choral Accompanist
Upon completion of the Bachelor of Music degree in piano performance at Grace College in Indiana, Alex Thio pursued his graduate degrees at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Mr. Thio, a native of Singapore, holds the Master of Music degree in Piano Performance and is a doctoral candidate in Piano Performance at the Conservatory. He has been the choral accompanist for Sycamore Junior High choirs for the last ten years and toured with the Sycamore Community Summer Singers in 2005. This is his second time touring with this choir as choral accompanist.
Mr. Thio started studying the piano at a young age and received his Licentiate Teaching Diploma from the Trinity College of Music, London. He has traveled extensively throughout the United States also as a collaborative artist to Tim Zimmerman & King’s Brass, a 10-member brass group incorporating brass, percussion and piano/keyboard. He has recorded with the ensemble and appears in their “Christmas” and “Americana” albums, performing his original compositions and arrangements for piano and orchestra. His current recording project entitled Symbiosis (release date, Fall 2009) is a collaboration with renowned brass soloists Gail Robertson (euphonium) and Stacy Baker (tuba), exploring and premiering repertoire for euphonium, tuba and piano. Mr. Thio also serves as competition accompanist for the North Atlantic Brass Band Association and the International Women’s Brass Conference.
Besides his collaborative work with performing artists, Alex Thio is also an active adjudicator for piano festivals and competitions including those organized by the American Guild of Music.
Mr. Thio has continued to be an instructor of piano and music theory in the Cincinnati area. He is a Founding Teacher for the National Music Certificate Program, a division of the Royal Conservatory of Music (Toronto, Canada), dedicated to providing American students with nationwide opportunities for achievement and evaluation in the performing arts.
In his free time, Mr. Thio works on website authoring and design, and blogs about piano studies and music coaching on his website, The Musician’s Coach.
