Millan Sachania

Millan Sachania FRSA is a British music scholar, editor and educator. He represents the UK’s independent schools on the Council of UCAS.^[1]

Career[edit]

Sachania graduated with double first-class honours and subsequently completed a doctorate in musicology at Christ's College, Cambridge.^[2]

He edited a five-volume collection of Leopold Godowsky’s arrangements and original music for the New York publisher Carl Fischer between 2001 and 2004,^[3] the essays in which draw upon and expand his The Arrangements of Leopold Godowsky: An Aesthetic, Historical and Analytical Study,^[4] one of the first critical studies on Godowsky’s corpus of arrangements.

Sachania has published widely, including articles on music aesthetics,^[5] new editions (with historical and editorial commentaries) of Poulenc’s Sonata for Clarinet and Piano^[6] and Sonata for Oboe and Piano,^[7] Poulenc's Three Novelettes for Piano,^[8] Stravinsky's Les Noces (in associate editorship with Margarita Mazo),^[9] Stravinsky's 1919 version of Les Noces,^[10] Stravinsky's Les Roi d’étoiles,^[11] Stravinsky's Renard,^[12] Sir Malcolm Arnold's Fifth Symphony,^[13] and thirteen volumes of Otakar Ševčík's Violin Studies.^[14] He was also editorial co-ordinator for Peters Edition's new Chopin edition.

Sachania has been interviewed in British newspapers on educational matters, such as the London Evening Standard,^[15] and has frequently contributed pieces to national newspapers, particularly often in The Times and The Daily Telegraph.^[16]

As an educator and schoolmaster, Sachania has worked extensively in the independent sector since 1999, and is on record as a critic of British state schools.^[17] He is also an advocate of promoting traditional skills, not much encountered in modern pedagogy, such as précis-writing.^[18] In 2007 he became Deputy Head Master of Immanuel College, an HMC school in north London, where he was previously director of the sixth form. Since January 2012 he has served as Head Master of Streatham & Clapham High School in south London.^[19]

Music publications[edit]

Millan Sachania. ‘Improving the Classics’, The Music Review, 55 (1994): 58–75.

Millan Sachania. The Arrangements of Leopold Godowsky: An Aesthetic, Historical, and Analytical Study. 2 vols. Ph.D. thesis, University of Cambridge, England, 1997. RILM citation: 1998–07340–dd. BLDSC Microform No. D197866. DDM code: 61keSacM.

Sir Malcolm Arnold. Symphony No. 5, Op. 74. Edited with a Foreword by Millan Sachania. London: Novello & Co. Ltd., 2000.

Peter Gammond. Obituary, The Guardian, 7 July 2019.

Philip Glass. String Quartet No. 3. Edited by Millan Sachania. London: Chester Music Ltd., 1998.

Philip Glass. String Quartet No. 4 (‘Buczak’). Edited by Millan Sachania. London: Chester Music Ltd., 2000.

Philip Glass. String Quartet No. 5 (‘Mishima’). Edited by Millan Sachania. London: Chester Music Ltd., 1998.

Philip Glass. Melodies for Saxophone. Edited by Millan Sachania. London: Chester Music Ltd., 2000.

Philip Glass. Dance No. 2 for organ. Edited by Millan Sachania. London: Chester Music Ltd., 1998.

Philip Glass. Dance No. 3 for organ. Edited by Millan Sachania. London: Chester Music Ltd., 1998.

Philip Glass. ‘Trilogy’ Sonata. Edited by Millan Sachania. London: Chester Music Ltd., 2001.

Leopold Godowsky. Piano Music. Volume 1: The Original Compositions. Edited and compiled with an Introductory Essay and Biographical Notes by Millan Sachania. New York: Carl Fischer, LLC, 2001.

Leopold Godowsky. Piano Music. Volume 2: Arrangements and Transcriptions. Edited and compiled with an Introductory Essay and Biographical Notes by Millan Sachania. New York: Carl Fischer, LLC, 2001.

Leopold Godowsky. Piano Music. Volume 3: The Chopin Arrangements. Edited and compiled with an Introductory Essay and Biographical Notes by Millan Sachania. New York: Carl Fischer, LLC, 2002.

Leopold Godowsky. Piano Music. Volume 4: Arrangements and Transcriptions (2). Edited and compiled with an Introductory Essay and Biographical Notes by Millan Sachania. New York: Carl Fischer, LLC, 2003.

Leopold Godowsky. Piano Music. Volume 5: The Miniatures. Edited and compiled with an Introductory Essay and Biographical Notes by Millan Sachania. New York: Carl Fischer, LLC, 2004.

John Joubert. Six Miniatures after Kilvert, Op. 140, for violin and viola. Edited by Millan Sachania. London: Novello & Co. Ltd., 1997.

Francis Poulenc. Sonata for Clarinet and Piano. Edited with a Foreword by Millan Sachania. London: Chester Music Ltd., 2000. Revised edition, 2006.

Francis Poulenc. Three Novelettes for Piano. Edited with an Editorial Preface by Millan Sachania and a Foreword by Caroline Potter. London: Chester Music Ltd., 1999.

Francis Poulenc. Sonata for Oboe and Piano. Edited with a Preface by Millan Sachania. London: Chester Music Ltd., 2005.

Otakar Ševčík. School of Violin Technique, Op. 1. 4 vols. Edited with an Editorial Preface by Millan Sachania and an Introduction by Simon Fischer. London: Bosworth & Co. Ltd., 2000.

Otakar Ševčík. School of Bowing Technique, Op. 2. 6 vols. Edited with an Editorial Preface by Millan Sachania and an Introduction by Simon Fischer. London: Bosworth & Co. Ltd., 2000–01.

Otakar Ševčík. Forty Variations, Op. 3. Edited by Millan Sachania with an Introduction by Simon Fischer. London: Bosworth & Co. Ltd., 2001.

Otakar Ševčík. Violin Studies, Op. 8: Changes of Position and Preparatory Scale Studies. Edited by Millan Sachania with an Introduction by Simon Fischer. London: Bosworth & Co. Ltd., 2004.

Otakar Ševčík. Violin Studies, Op. 9: Preparatory Studies in Double Stopping. Edited by Millan Sachania with an Introduction by Simon Fischer. London: Bosworth & Co. Ltd., 2005.

Igor Stravinsky, Les Noces (1919 version). Edited with a Foreword by Millan Sachania. London: Chester Music Ltd., 2010.

Igor Stravinsky, Les Noces: Study Score. Edited by Margarita Mazo, Millan Sachania. London: Chester Music Ltd., 2005.

Igor Stravinsky, Les Noces: Vocal Score. Edited by Margarita Mazo, Millan Sachania. London: Chester Music Ltd., 2005.

Igor Stravinsky, Renard. A new scholarly score taking account of all available sources. Edited with a Critical Commentary and Source Filiation by Millan Sachania. London: Chester Music Ltd., 2014.

Igor Stravinsky, Le Roi des étoiles. Edited by Millan Sachania. London: Chester Music Ltd., 2012.

Select publications on educational topics[edit]

‘Poor practice’ (about Surrey County Council LEA’s publications), The Times, Thursday 22 March 2001.

‘Don’t abolish traditional English lessons, just make them interesting’, The Daily Telegraph, Monday 17 November 2014.

‘Why the Chinese still choose a British education’, Independent Schools Council blog, 7 January 2015.

‘Homework stress’ (arguing against the abolition of homework), The Times, Monday 8 June 2015.

‘Be imperfect’ (about the dangers of promoting perfectionism in schools), The Daily Telegraph, Friday 7 August 2015.

‘Exam proposals are missing the mark’ (arguing against proposals to make examining for GCSE and A Level courses compulsory for all teachers), The Times Educational Supplement, Friday 7 August 2015.

[The challenge of recruiting expert mathematics teachers], The Times, Wednesday 26 August 2015.

‘Lesson in variety’ (about the dangers of a uniform curriculum across the nation’s schools), The Times, Thursday 17 September 2015.

‘Empathy through reading’ (about how reading is essential to promoting empathy, and Streatham & Clapham High School’s annual Children’s Book Festival, STREAM), Independent Schools Council blog, 5 November 2015.

[How the arts are intrinsic to an enlightened education], The Daily Telegraph, Friday 20 November 2015.

‘Concerns over a new concert hall in London’ (about the need for school leaders to understand music education), letter, The Times, Tuesday 22 December 2015.

‘Ignorant and proud’ (about widespread mathematical illiteracy), The Times, Wednesday 3 February, 2016.

‘A culture of ignorance’ (about illiteracy and mathematical illiteracy), The Daily Telegraph, Wednesday 3 February 2016.

‘Over-egging A-levels’ (about the changing landscape of university entrance procedures and schools’ predicted grades), The Daily Mail, Tuesday 9 February 2016.

‘Independent minds’ (expounding the reasons that independent schools are so successful in terms of Oxbridge admissions and arguing against quotas and state regulation with regard to admissions), The Times Higher Education, Thursday 10 March 2016.

[Why assisted places should be resurrected], The Daily Telegraph, Friday 22 July 2016.

‘Diminishing the arts defies logic’, The Times Educational Supplement, Friday 7 October 2016.

[On a Chinese mathematics lesson], The Times, Saturday 3 December 2016.

[On parents seeking term-time holidays], The Daily Telegraph, 8 April 2017.

‘Social mobility tale’, The Times, Tuesday 18 April, 2017.

‘Libby Purves’s article on revising for exams’, The Times, 3 April 2018.

‘Maybe’ [on Enoch Powell’s interview technique], The Times, 1 June 2018.

‘IGCSEs are not the easy option’, The Sunday Times, 2 September 2018.

Appointments[edit]

Head Master, Streatham & Clapham High School
Fellow, Royal Society of Arts
Vice-Chairman of the HMC/GSA Joint Universities Committee
Member, UCAS Council
Governor, Halliford School, Shepperton
Liveryman, Worshipful Company of Musicians
Court of Assistants, Royal Society of Musicians
Chairman, London Region Girls' Schools Association
Director, Girls’ Schools Association

References[edit]

↑ See https://www.ucas.com/file/94796/download?token=c2mXNUUg.
↑ See Cambridge University Reporter, 4 March 1998 and 13 May 1998.
↑ Leopold Godowsky, Piano Music, Volume 1: The Original Compositions, edited and compiled with an Introductory Essay and Biographical Notes by Millan Sachania, New York: Carl Fischer, 2001); Volume 2: Arrangements and Transcriptions, edited and compiled with an Introductory Essay and Biographical Notes by Millan Sachania, New York: Carl Fischer, 2001); Volume 3: The Chopin Arrangements, edited and compiled with an Introductory Essay and Biographical Notes by Millan Sachania, New York: Carl Fischer, 2002); Volume 4: Arrangements and Transcriptions (2), edited and compiled with an Introductory Essay and Biographical Notes by Millan Sachania, New York: Carl Fischer, 2003; Volume 5: The Miniatures, edited and compiled with an Introductory Essay and Biographical Notes by Millan Sachania, New York: Carl Fischer, 2004.
↑ 2 vols, PhD thesis, University of Cambridge, England, 1997; RILM citation: 1998–07340–dd; British Library Document Supply Centre Microform No. D197866.
↑ For instance, "'Improving the Classics': Some Thoughts on the "Ethics" and Aesthetics of musical Arrangement", The Music Review, 55 (1994), pp. 58–75.
↑ Edited with a Foreword by Millan Sachania, London: Chester Music Ltd., 2000
↑ Edited with a Preface by Millan Sachania, London: Chester Music Ltd., 2005.
↑ London: Chester Music Ltd., 1999.
↑ London: Chester Music Ltd., 2005.
↑ London: Chester Music Ltd., 2009.
↑ London: Chester Music Ltd., 2009.
↑ London: Chester Music Ltd., 2014.
↑ London: Chester Music Ltd., 2000.
↑ London: Bosworth & Company Ltd., 2000-2005.
↑ e.g. 14 October 2014; 14 February 2019.
↑ For instance, The Times, Thursday 22 March 2001; The Daily Telegraph, Monday 17 November 2014; The Times, Monday 8 June 2015; The Daily Telegraph, Friday 7 August 2015; The Times Educational Supplement, Friday 7 August 2015; The Times, Wednesday 26 August 2015; The Times, Thursday 17 September 2015; The Daily Telegraph, Friday 20 November 2015; The Times, Tuesday 22 December 2015; The Times, Wednesday 3 February 2016; The Daily Telegraph, Wednesday 3 February 2016; The Daily Mail, Tuesday 9 February 2016; Times Higher Education, Thursday 10 March 2016; The Daily Telegraph, Friday 22 July 2016; The Times Educational Supplement, Friday 7 October 2016; The Times, Saturday 3 December 2016; The Daily Telegraph, Saturday 8 April 2017; The Times, Tuesday 18 April 2017; The Daily Telegraph, Tuesday 29 August 2017; The Times, Saturday 9 September 2017; The Times, Tuesday 3 April 2018; The Times, Friday 1 June 2018; The Sunday Times, Sunday 2 September 2018; The Daily Telegraph, Saturday 8 December 2018.
↑ See his 'Poor practice', The Times, Thursday 22 March 2001, p. 19.
↑ See 'School introduces long-lost exercise in revamped 11+ exam', The Daily Telegraph, 13 October 2015 (online edition only), available at The Daily Telegraph, accessed 24 July 2016.
↑ See front page of GDST website, accessed 15 October 2011.

External links[edit]

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Preceded by Susan Mitchell	Head Master of Streatham & Clapham High School 2012-	Succeeded by Incumbent

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[1] See https://www.ucas.com/file/94796/download?token=c2mXNUUg.

[2] See Cambridge University Reporter, 4 March 1998 and 13 May 1998.

[3] Leopold Godowsky, Piano Music, Volume 1: The Original Compositions, edited and compiled with an Introductory Essay and Biographical Notes by Millan Sachania, New York: Carl Fischer, 2001); Volume 2: Arrangements and Transcriptions, edited and compiled with an Introductory Essay and Biographical Notes by Millan Sachania, New York: Carl Fischer, 2001); Volume 3: The Chopin Arrangements, edited and compiled with an Introductory Essay and Biographical Notes by Millan Sachania, New York: Carl Fischer, 2002); Volume 4: Arrangements and Transcriptions (2), edited and compiled with an Introductory Essay and Biographical Notes by Millan Sachania, New York: Carl Fischer, 2003; Volume 5: The Miniatures, edited and compiled with an Introductory Essay and Biographical Notes by Millan Sachania, New York: Carl Fischer, 2004.

[4] 2 vols, PhD thesis, University of Cambridge, England, 1997; RILM citation: 1998–07340–dd; British Library Document Supply Centre Microform No. D197866.

[5] For instance, "'Improving the Classics': Some Thoughts on the "Ethics" and Aesthetics of musical Arrangement", The Music Review, 55 (1994), pp. 58–75.

[6] Edited with a Foreword by Millan Sachania, London: Chester Music Ltd., 2000

[7] Edited with a Preface by Millan Sachania, London: Chester Music Ltd., 2005.

[8] London: Chester Music Ltd., 1999.

[9] London: Chester Music Ltd., 2005.

[10] London: Chester Music Ltd., 2009.

[11] London: Chester Music Ltd., 2009.

[12] London: Chester Music Ltd., 2014.

[13] London: Chester Music Ltd., 2000.

[14] London: Bosworth & Company Ltd., 2000-2005.

[15] .g. 14 October 2014; 14 February 2019.

[16] For instance, The Times, Thursday 22 March 2001; The Daily Telegraph, Monday 17 November 2014; The Times, Monday 8 June 2015; The Daily Telegraph, Friday 7 August 2015; The Times Educational Supplement, Friday 7 August 2015; The Times, Wednesday 26 August 2015; The Times, Thursday 17 September 2015; The Daily Telegraph, Friday 20 November 2015; The Times, Tuesday 22 December 2015; The Times, Wednesday 3 February 2016; The Daily Telegraph, Wednesday 3 February 2016; The Daily Mail, Tuesday 9 February 2016; Times Higher Education, Thursday 10 March 2016; The Daily Telegraph, Friday 22 July 2016; The Times Educational Supplement, Friday 7 October 2016; The Times, Saturday 3 December 2016; The Daily Telegraph, Saturday 8 April 2017; The Times, Tuesday 18 April 2017; The Daily Telegraph, Tuesday 29 August 2017; The Times, Saturday 9 September 2017; The Times, Tuesday 3 April 2018; The Times, Friday 1 June 2018; The Sunday Times, Sunday 2 September 2018; The Daily Telegraph, Saturday 8 December 2018.

[17] See his 'Poor practice', The Times, Thursday 22 March 2001, p. 19.

[18] See 'School introduces long-lost exercise in revamped 11+ exam', The Daily Telegraph, 13 October 2015 (online edition only), available at The Daily Telegraph, accessed 24 July 2016.

[19] See front page of GDST website, accessed 15 October 2011.

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