Career Highlights
Dr. Fueanglada (Organ) Prawang Carlson is a lyric soprano, singing teacher, and lecturer at Mahidol University, Thailand. She earned her doctorate in Voice Performance from Bangor University, United Kingdom, following a bachelor’s degree in Performance Voice from the College of Music, Mahidol University. She was the first Thai singer to pass the entrance examination for the master’s degree in Music and Drama (Opera) at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Austria, where she graduated with distinction. Both her master’s and doctoral studies were supported by full scholarships from Thailand’s Office of the Higher Education Commission.
Her research achievements include winning Best Research in the Arts at the Anglo-Thai Education Awards 2019 in London and a Popular Award in the Samaggi Samagom Abstract Competition 2020. She has presented her research internationally, including in Russia, Spain, and the United Kingdom.
As a singer, Dr. Carlson has received numerous international awards. She won Second Prize at the 7th Osaka International Music Competition in Japan in 2007, where no First Prize was awarded, followed by Third Prize in the same competition in 2008. In Thailand, she received the First Golden Prize at the Settrade Music Competition in 2008 and First Prize in the Thai-Chinese Vocal Competition in 2009. In 2010, she won Second Prize at The Barry Alexander International Competition in New York, United States. She later received a nine-month scholarship through the Austrian Agency for International Cooperation in Education and Research (OeAD) to study in Vienna.
Education
2016-2021 – Bangor University (Wales) – PhD Research and Performance
2014-2016 – University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna (Austria) – Master in Music and drama (Opera)
2008-2012 – College of Music, Mahidol University. (Thailand) – Bachelor Performance (Voice)
