I am Sheldon King, a guitarist, composer, and educator with a long-standing career as a performer and creator for television, theatre, and dance.
I am Sheldon King, a guitarist, composer, and educator with a long-standing career as a performer and creator for television, theatre, and dance. I enjoy sharing my experiences and knowledge through large-scale workshops in composition and improvisation, masterclasses in guitar, and one-to-one lessons.
I have collaborated with major ensembles and organizations and enjoy mentoring students and professionals to nurture creativity and technical skills through practical projects and education programs.
I have written a huge amount of songs for and with kids often with refugees and non English speakers as well as in mainstream school settings.
I created the songwriting course for ARTS LIVE and have run workshops for the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne University and The Song Room
Here is a short selection of music created for a documentary about the Himalayas
A created a suite of pieces for SATV - which is a the music library for SKY TV.
These pieces have been used by:
The Great house giveaway, Irish pickers, Countryfile, Gardeners world, Bargain Hunt, Simply Raymond Blanc, Skinner and Mina’s literary road Trip, Help we bought a village, A New life in the Sun, Pooch Mooch, and many other.
You can hear some of this music below, but please don’t use it (unless you are subscribed to the SATV music library) as it is licensed to SATV.
For the last two years a large proportion of my work has been in creating ambient music-primarily through youtube.
My work typically involves extended guitar instrumentals but also other elements such as flutes keyboards, singing bowls handpans etc may sometimes be used.
Collaboration with Alex Lupo for Travel and Nature Documentary set in Australia.
Example of music created for digital gaming
Leadinf workshops for the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra for 9 years including creating music for the Poppy Kettle festival
I created the songwriting course for the Arts Live website which is used in schools throughout Australia. I also created the guitar course for the seame platform
Worked on post doc research with Dr Gillian Howell on projects involving using music and the arts in Conflict management.
Leading sessions in music making and creating with early years students
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