Biography

Dr. Charlie Han is a composer, producer, and instructor, and has been active in the commercial music field internationally since 2010. His music seeks to inspiration from different cultures and music genres, creating beautiful music driven by attention to melodic, rhythmic, timbre, and playful investigation of sounds. Dr. Han works in multiple capacities with many different idioms and styles, from world fusion and classical, to industrial, rock, and pop. He composed numerous works
worldwide, including San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade, Tencent Online Game Series, Unilever Commercials, and CNN TV Program Music.

Dr. Han is also a great classical composer. His music has been played by renowned groups in the US and abroad, such as the members of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Nashville Symphony, and Shanghai Symphony Orchestra.

Charlie has taught courses in Commercial Music, Music Composition, Production, Technology, and Music Theory worldwide. As a music instructor, he is always inspiring and supports students' broad aspirations while using his skills as well as knowledge from the real music industry world to help students achieve success.

A native of China, Dr. Han holds a B.A in Music Composition & Theory from the Shanghai Theatre Academy in China, an M.F.A in Music Production & Sound Design for Visual Media from Academy of Art University, and a D.M.A in Music Composition at Michigan State University. His major teachers have included Grammy-nominated composer Zhou Tian and the Emmy and Academy Award Winning composer Gunnard Doboze.

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