Joe McGowan

Joe McGowan is a music tutor, composer, professional musician and author of education books, biography and fiction, including five music books for Hodder Gibson's 'How to Pass' series. His first book, 'How to Pass Standard Grade Music' (2005), won the Times Education Supplement Scotland (TESS) and Saltire Society Academic Book of the Year Award, and each subsequent book has achieved best-seller status in its category.

He also founded jm-education - www.jm-education.com - a website dedicated to providing free (mainly music) education resources to teachers and students, as well as supplementary material for his music books.

His online tutoring service - www.yourmusicmentor.com - offers a range of helpful services from single consultations and lessons to long-term mentoring.

Joe can be contacted by email at joemcgowan35@gmail.com