Asst. Prof. Col. Choochart began studying both Thai and Western music with Navy Lieutenant Yanyong Dangkul at the age of nine, and continued his violin studies with Sutin Tesaraksa. Later he pursued his music studies in England, Germany, and Portugal. During his overseas studies, Col. Choochart was twice the first prize winner of the violin competitions in London. Asst. Prof. Col. Choochart had a great opportunity to study advanced violin playing with Prof. Maxim Jacobsen who was one of the greatest violin pedagogues as well as violinist at the time. He also received valuable advicefrom Lord Yehudi Menuhin, the legendary violinist.
He was chosen a concertmaster of the London College of Music Orchestra and the Addison String Orchestra and was conductor of the North Kensington Symphony Orchestra. He received G.L.C.M and A.R.C.M. diplomas from The London College of Music and The Royal College of Music, respectively.
Asst. Prof. Col. Choochart also studied music composition under George Berkowitz, who was a student of Kodaly and Bartok, and studied conducting with Joseph Pilbery and Bruno Walter. He later studied jazz and film music composition with Restituto Umali in the Philippines.
Upon returning to Thailand in 1962, he joined the military service and served in the Royal Thai Army Orchestra before resigning in 1976 and later the Department of Arts, Music and Dance, Faculty of Education, Chulalongkorn University as a full-time instructor as well as a part-time faculty member at the Faculty of Fine and Applied Art, Chulalongkorn University.
During his years at the Royal Thai Army, Asst. Col. Choochart was invited to conduct several symphony orchestras abroad and was decorated with the Silver Cross of Merit for the Distinguished Service by the President of Austria. He also received a Golden Record Award for outstanding arranger and conductor from His Majesty the King of Thailand.
He had been conductor with various local orchestras including the Ibycus Chamber Orchestra for four years, Chulalongkorn University Symphony Orchestra and the National Symphony Orchestra.
At present, Assistant Professor Col. Choochart has retired but still serves as Chulalongkorn University Artist-in-Residence and Music Director of Chulalongkorn University Symphony Orchestra. He also teaches part-time at the Department of Arts, Music and Dance, Faculty of Education and Department of Music, Faculty of Fine and Applied Art, Chulalongkorn University; the Faculty of Humanity, Kasetsart University; Conservatory of Music Rangsit University, College of Music, Mahidol University and a member of the Executive of Board of the Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra. As a pedagogue, he has taught violin, viola, Harmony, Orchestration, composition and conducting for more than 40 years.
