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Farah Wu is a Singaporean violinist, pianist and conductor known for her versatility and authenticity. She holds a Master of Music degree in Violin Performance from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign under the tutelage of Dr. Salley Koo and Megan Freivogel, as well as Bachelor of Music (Hons) from the Royal College of Music, where she studied violin with Michal Cwizewicz, Itzhak Rashkovsky, and Berent Korfker, alongside piano with Kathron Sturrock. Before her international studies, she trained under Marietta Ku (violin) and Timothy Ku, Paul Liang, and Alice Ng (piano).Farah’s artistry is shaped by her passion for diverse musical styles, commitment to education, and innovative programming. She actively explores contemporary and lesser-known works, having collaborated on projects such as FestivALL and Metamorphosis. In 2023, she organized Musical Movements, an interdisciplinary concert for children that explored the relationship between music and movement through dance, theatrics, animation, and play. Her musical interests also extend to the Baroque, leading her to study baroque violin with leading experts at the 2024 Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute. Farah has distinguished herself in competitions, placing Third in the 2025 Krannert Debut Artist competition and Second at Happy Music Festival 2021.As an active orchestral musician, Farah performs regularly with the Asian Cultural Symphony Orchestra, Musicians’ Initiative, and the Orchestra of Music Makers. In the United States, she was Acting Principal Second Violinist and Section First Violinist in the Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra and held multiple leadership roles in the University of Illinois Symphony Orchestra.Beyond performance, Farah is a dedicated educator, teaching violin, piano, and music theory to students of all levels in Singapore and London. She also served as the conductor for the Nanyang Primary String Ensemble (Junior) from 2022 to 2023.Farah continues to push artistic boundaries through performance, education, and creative exploration. Whether premiering contemporary works, delving into historical performance practices, or mentoring young musicians, she is dedicated to making music accessible and engaging for diverse audiences. With a deep passion for storytelling through sound, she strives to inspire and connect with listeners across genres and generations.

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Jessie Chua is a Singaporean pianist and educator known for her technical brilliance and musical dedication. She was awarded the Kenneth and Violet Scott Scholarship to study at the Royal College of Music (RCM) in London, where she graduated First Class for her Bachelor’s of Music (Honours). At the RCM, she trained under Professors Dina Parakhina and Dinara Klinton, who have been significant and lasting influences on her development as a pianist, and to whom she credits all her expressive musicality. As a young pianist, she also studied at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) School of Young Talents under the tutelage of Miss Yao Xiao Yun, who was instrumental in honing her technical skills and building the foundation of what would become her career.Jessie’s dedication to her craft has won her first prize in the Young Pianists’ Competition 2012, first prize in piano ensemble competition Vivace 2016, and second prize in the Singapore International Classical Piano Competition 2018. Over the years, she has also played for masterclasses by Dr Kenneth Hamilton and Martin James Bartlett, and performed in prestigious venues across Singapore and the UK, such as the Esplanade Concert Hall, Steinway Gallery, and in other concert halls in London, Birmingham and Cardiff.As an educator, Jessie strives to make music accessible to all. She has had the privilege of learning from Dr Adam Ockelford at the Roehampton University for two years, where he taught students with physical impairments and learning difficulties such as blindness, autism and ADHD. Now based in Singapore, 10 years of teaching experience has brought Jessie students of vastly differing ages and backgrounds – from 3 to 62 years old, including students with special needs. She hopes that music, being a universal language, will help bridge gaps that words cannot fill.Jessie’s versatility as a musician extends into collaborations with other musicians. As a piano accompanist, she has worked with various instrumentalists and singers, performing with them in both London and Singapore. She often accompanies students, from ABRSM practical grades to Cambridge “A” level Music exams, and has played for local school choirs for the Singapore Youth Festival (SYF) competitions. Jessie is herself an avid chorister of 12 years, and has sung in notable performances such as Mozart’s and Faure’s requiems. She also has experience stage managing, having been engaged for concerts such as Piano Concertos in Perspective (IV) at the Victoria Concert Hall, and Esplanade Presents: Spectrum – Seeds at the Esplanade Recital Hall.Whether in performing or teaching, Jessie seeks to reach others in deep and meaningful ways. She hopes that her work will speak to people on a personal level and inspire a genuine and lasting love for music in anyone who hears it.

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Dr. See Ning Hui is a pianist-researcher recognised for her creative approach to music by underrepresented composers. Her concerts have been praised for her ‘refined touch, voluminous sound, and all-rounded musical personality’ (The Straits Times). Ning Hui has concertised throughout the UK, including the Steinway Hall, St James’s Piccadilly, Austrian Cultural Forum, and Victoria & Albert Museum in London. She has also performed in France, Belgium, Italy, Sweden, and the Harris Hall at Aspen, Colorado. Ning Hui has presented her research at international conferences in the UK, US, and Europe. In her spare time, she writes programme notes for the Singapore Symphony Orchestra.Ning Hui is presently an Adjunct Lecturer at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (University of the Arts Singapore) for principal study piano, chamber music, and academics. She was previously a Teaching Assistant at the RCM for BMus Historical Studies. Since 2013, she has maintained a private studio of diverse students, first in London, and now in Singapore and online. Her students’ achievements include prizes at the Stratford & East London, North London, and Woking Festivals in the UK, the SMTA Le Petit Festival in Singapore, and successful auditions into the City of London School (11+) and Royal College of Music London (BMus).Earlier in her career, Ning Hui was a laureate of the ‘Citta di Padova’ and Cesar Franck International Piano Competitions, a 2014 BBC Young Musician keyboard finalist, and Grand Prize Winner of the 2012 Singapore Steinway Youth Competition. At the RCM, Ning Hui won the Esther Fisher Prize for best undergraduate at the Chappell Gold Medal and was a finalist in all the major keyboard and concerto competitions. She attributes her artistry to the guidance of Profs John Byrne, Dmitri Alexeev, Sergio de Simone, Deniz Gelenbe, and Albert Tiu, as well as her childhood training at NAFA-SYT.

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Hailed as a “gifted young artist” (Fanfare Magazine, USA) with a “dazzling technique and bravura” (The Straits Times, Singapore), Singaporean pianist and composer Nicholas Ho has appeared throughout Asia and North America in both capacities. Notable performances in recent seasons include a New York City debut at Steinway Hall, and an American concerto debut with the Rachmaninoff Third Piano Concerto at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance in Chicago, and recitals in Singapore, Phnom Penh, Munich, Texas, and Missouri.In 2006, Nicholas appeared in the Channel NewsAsia mini-documentary series, “Wonder Kids of Asia”, and went on to have his concerto debut with Mozart’s 14th Piano Concerto in 2007. He had subsequently made several concerto appearances with various orchestras in Singapore, with works including Prokofiev’s Third Piano Concerto, Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano Concerto, and the world premiere performance of Robert Casteel’s Concerto pour piano et orchestra de chambre. His performance of Prokofiev’s Third Piano Concerto was described by The Straits Times as “electrifying”. Also an avid recitalist, Nicholas has given numerous recitals in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, for various charitable causes. In addition, he has also given Asian and American premieres of new solo piano works. Mr. Ho was a Piano Fellow at the 2018 Manchester Music Festival, where he performed major chamber works including Schumann’s Piano Quintet, Shostakovich’s Piano Trio no. 1, and Milhaud’s La Creation du Monde.Nicholas holds a Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano Performance from the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, where he received a full-tuition scholarship. He also holds a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance (Distinction) from the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, as well as a Master of Music in Piano Performance from the Chicago College of Performing Arts. His teachers and mentors include Ong Lip Tat, Tedd Joselson, Edward Auer, and Ran Dank. Amongst various accolades, Nicholas was awarded the Jury Special Prize at the 5th Asian Youth Music Competition Open Category in 2012, Second Prize at the 2018 Young Concert Artists International Auditions, and First Prizes at both the CCPA and CCM Concerto Competitions.Also a composer, Nicholas studied composition with eminent Singaporean composer Tan Chan Boon. His output includes two sets of art songs, a Sonata for Violin and Piano, and a Piano Sonata. Recently completed compositional projects include a monumental set of 12 Études for solo piano, which will soon be released commercially. Eminent pianist, composer, and writer Sir Stephen Hough describes Nicholas’ Twelve Etudes as “an important addition to the repertoire…full of invention, colour and virtuosity, combining intellectual rigour with emotional warmth.” The Straits Times also declares the etudes as “musically and technically substantial when performed alongside the masters’.”Nicholas is an Arabesque Records artist, having released his debut commercial recording, Illumine, consisting of works by Carter, Ho, and Rachmaninoff on the New York based label. Huntley Dent on Fanfare proclaimed Nicholas as an pianist possessing a technique that is “powerful and fluent” and as an artist with a “poetic nature”. A second recording on Arabesque, Interplay, exploring sonata-form works by Schumann, Ho, and Barber, has also been released in September 2022. His recordings have been broadcast on important radio stations over the globe, including WQXR and WGXC in New York, WFMT in Chicago, WGUC in Cincinnati, KMFA and WRR in Texas, and KUSC and KALW in California.Nicholas also enjoys solving puzzles; he developed the "Sandwich Method", a direct-solving method for higher order Rubik's cubes (4x4x4 and above).

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An experienced music educator and practitioner, Muqiao divides her time between teaching and accompanying. Her teaching journey started at Peicai Secondary School, where she pioneered the General Music Programme (GMP). She then taught Music Elective Programme (MEP) and GMP at the Methodist Girls’ School, where she guided both internal and external classes. After leaving MOE, she continued to guide O Level and A Level music students in all aspects of the curriculum, and students have consistently achieved high standards. Her piano students range from preschool children to octogenarians, and aspirations vary from serious learners of the classical repertoire to jazz practitioners who wish to complement their skills with classical technique and theory knowledge.As an accompanist, Muqiao works with both individuals and groups. She has aided final prize winners of the Symphony 92.4 Young Talent Project and Asia Arts Festival, and regularly accompanies for events such as the Singapore Raffles International Music Festival, the National Piano and Violin Competition (NPVC), the President’s Young Performers audition etc. In ensemble accompaniment, she has helped the CHIJ Toa Payoh Primary School Choir and the Raffles Girls’ School (Secondary) Choir to achieve Distinction at the Singapore Youth Festival. She is regularly engaged for local competitions, exams such as ABRSM and O/A Level exams and composition recordings, and auditions.Muqiao started her formal music education with the MEP, which led to her studies at the Royal College of Music (London), fully supported by the MOE Teaching Scholarship (Overseas) and the RCM Study Award. Under the tutelage of Andrew Ball, former Head of Keyboard at the college, as well as Elizabeth Burley and John Blakely who taught collaborative piano, she graduated with First Class Honours upon graduation. In addition, she has taken masterclasses with musicians including Michel Beroff, Victor Rosenbaum, Alexander Kobrin, and Roy Howat. She was a semi-finalist in the Artist Category of the NPVC in 2015 and a finalist in the NomadPlay Competition in 2020.

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Evelyn Ng is a pianist who holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Birmingham and has been teaching since 2016. She brings years of experience working with students of various ages, with a particular strength in guiding young children through their early musical development. Evelyn works with students of diverse learning goals, whether preparing for examinations and performances or learning music for personal enjoyment. She believes in teaching with clarity, patience, and encouragement, creating engaging lessons that build strong technical and musical foundations. Through a structured yet nurturing approach, Evelyn aims to develop confident, independent musicians and inspire a lasting appreciation and love for music

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In high demand as an orchestral violinist, Wei Ken has performed alongside professional orchestras like the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and the Sun Symphony Orchestra (Vietnam). Wei Ken is one of the most active violinists with Re:Sound Collective and Metropolitan Festival Orchestra (MFO). Amongst the many local orchestras he has performed with include the Asia Virtuosi, Asian Cultural Symphony Orchestra (ACSO), Musician’s Initiative (MI), Orchestra of the Music Makers (OMM), The Philharmonic Orchestra (TPO), re:mix society, BASE Philharmonic Orchestra, New Opera Singapore (NOS), and the Singapore Lyric Opera (SLO) Orchestra.Outside orchestral music, Wei Ken has performed with the T’ang Quartet and has made appearances in musical shows. He was the lead violinist for Broadway Beng: Fukien Special and 1st violin for the sold-out Wild Rice production Tunggu Sekejap. In July 2022, he has performed a sold-out solo recital at the Steinway Gallery Jakarta alongside Indonesian pianist Wilson Chu.A pupil of Foo Say Ming, Wei Ken made his first public debut with the Singapore National Youth Orchestra (SNYO) as soloist on the Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto at the Esplanade Concert Hall for the 2008 Singapore Youth Festival at the age of 14. As a member of SNYO from 2007 until 2012, Wei Ken has performed in ChildAid concerts, the 2009 Asian Youth Games, toured to Italy for the 10th Florence International Music Festival and to Scotland for the 39th Aberdeen International Youth Festival.Wei Ken obtained his Bachelor’s Degree from the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music (YSTCM) under the tutelage of Mr Ng Yu-Ying and a Masters in Music (Violin) degree at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS) under the tutelage of Andrea Gajic, Joseph Swensen and Daniel Pioro. In the UK, Wei Ken was always one of the top picks to perform with the Brodsky Quartet and Scottish Ensemble, also scoring sessions with the Scottish Opera, Royal Scottish National Orchestra and BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.Wei Ken is the 2nd Prize winner in the Hilda Bailey Violin Prize in his first year at the RCS. His string quartet was awarded the Mary D Adams Prize for chamber music, an award only given to the ensemble that has performed consistently to a high standard through the year. Wei Ken is also an alumni of the prestigious Heifetz International Music Festival, a 6 week summer course in Virginia where top conservatory students gather to study solo and chamber repertoire with world renowned faculty. Wei Ken was assigned to study under Alon Goldstein, Yael Weiss, Ilya Kaler, Hagai Shaham and Mark Kaplan.Outside performance, Wei Ken runs a private violin studio of talented students. Most of his current students are high merit/distinction scorers in the ABRSM exams and some have won prizes in competitions. Wei Ken has also served as competition jury to the 15th Sekolah Musik Elyon (SME) Open Music Competition (Surabaya), the 3rd Staccato International Piano and Violin Competition (Singapore) and the Happy Music Festival 2024-2025 (Singapore).
Wei Ken is currently an adjunct faculty (violin) at the Capital College of Arts, Management and Technology (CCAMT). He is a community writer for Gramercy Music, one of Singapore's longest established string shops. He owns violins by Marcello Villa and Vittorio Villa and uses bows by W. E. Hill and Sons, Paul Goh, Howard Green, and C. N. Bazin.

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Denise Tan is a Singaporean cellist, who graduated with a Masters of Music in Performance at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, where she was awarded the Alan Niekirk and Loveday Scholarships, studying with Professors Derek Aviss and David Kenedy. She previously completed her Bachelor of Music (Honours) in Cello Performance at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, National University of Singapore, under the studio of Mr Leslie Tan.Passionate about orchestral playing, Denise has been regularly engaged in Singapore’s performance scene since 2018, playing both Western classical and Chinese traditional music. Ensembles she has worked with include the Musicians’ Initiative, Metropolitan Festival Orchestra, Asian Cultural Symphony Orchestra, Ding Yi Music Company and The Philharmonic Orchestra. Recent highlights include a number of solo recitals, leading Strauss’ Also Sprach Zarathustra and playing in the opera productions Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria and Le Villi.Denise was a member of the Singapore National Youth Chinese Orchestra from 2016 to 2019, holding the position of principal cellist from 2018. During this time, she participated in international concert tours and festivals, such as the Macau International Youth Music Festival. She was also selected to study at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music as part of the SNYCO’s Immersion Programme, under the tutelage of Professor Li Jiwu, where she subsequently received the conservatory’s Scholarship for International Students and was invited to perform as a guest musician with the Chinese Traditional Orchestra of SHCM, as part of the 36th Shanghai Spring International Music Festival.Aside from the cello, Denise also holds licentiate diplomas in violin and piano performance. She currently freelances as a performer and teaches both private lessons and music CCAs.

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Weiying is a Singaporean soprano and a graduate of the Royal College of Music, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA), and the Wales International Academy of Voice. She made her operatic debut in 2019 as Susanna in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro as a Singapore Lyric Opera Leow Siak Fah Artist.Her recent engagements include Voluptua (La Pizza con Funghi) and Contessa di Ceprano and Paggio (Rigoletto) with New Opera Singapore; Priestess (Iphigénie en Tauride) with The Opera People; Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel) and Sister Constance (Dialogues des Carmélites) at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama; and the roles of the Pied Piper (The Pied Piper of Hamelin), the Elder Magician (The Crab That Played with the Sea), and First Spirit (Cendrillon) with Welsh National Opera.Upcoming engagements in 2026 include Annina (La Traviata) and recitals with Singapore Lyric Opera, The Opera People and New Opera Singapore.An avid recitalist, Weiying has appeared in recitals both locally and internationally. She is the recipient of the Janet Price Opera Prize, the Valetta Iacopi Memorial Prize, and the Philippa & David Seligman Awards for Excellence.

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Angelo Fallaria is a Classical Tenor of Filipino heritage. Having come from a choral background, he was offered formal training upon entering secondary school. He has since developed a voice with great height and extreme flexibility, that is able to grasp a variety of styles of music with both strength and sensitivity.Outside of performance, he has engaged in outreach and community work such as assisting in workshops at schools and for the Royal Opera House Youth Council Group coaching graduates from their Youth Opera Company. As an educator, he was engaged as a vocal coach at Brentwood School to tutor students on the Specialist Music Programme.Angelo has graduated with a Masters in Performance from the Royal Academy of Music under the tutelage of Ryland Davies, Raymond Connell and James Cheung.

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Benedict Goh is a conductor, educator, arranger, vocalist, and accompanist with over 20 years of experience shaping choirs across Singapore. He holds a Fellowship in Conducting from the London College of Music, an LTCL diploma in Piano Performance, and a distinction in Grade 8 Singing. With a background in linguistics and literature from the National University of Singapore, Benedict brings both musical precision and textual insight to his work.His career has taken him from the podium of chamber choirs and international festivals to classrooms filled with bright-eyed beginners. A former member of Singapore’s pioneering jazz a cappella group Key Elements, Benedict now directs A Cappella Anonymous, The Crescendos, and school choirs at Raffles Girls’ Primary, Nan Chiau Primary, and Waterway Primary. His arrangements are published with MuzikSea, showcasing Southeast Asian voices on the global stage.Passionate about nurturing the next generation of singers, Benedict believes that music-making should be equal parts discipline, expression, and joy. Whether refining blend and diction, building confidence in shy young singers, or drawing out stories hidden in the text, he creates rehearsals that are focused yet full of energy and laughter. For him, the greatest reward is watching singers grow in skill and spirit — and leave every rehearsal smiling.

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Kee Ruihan moved to the UK to study with Andrea de Flammineis at the Royal College of Music, where she graduated with honours in 2016. She then completed her Masters of Music degree at the Royal Academy of Music under the tutelage of Robin O’Neill and Jonathan Davies, and holds a Licentiate of the Royal Academy of Music in teaching.In London, she collaborated with esteemed conductors such as Edward Gardner, Ludovic Morlot, and Philippe Herreweghe. Notably, she performed as Principal Bassoon at the Royal Festival Hall with Semyon Bychkov. She played alongside prestigious orchestras, including the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Philharmonia Orchestra, and was a fellow at Southbank Sinfonia for the 2022-23 season, making regular appearances in London and across Europe.Recently returned to Singapore, she is freelancing regularly with groups like Metropolitan Festival Orchestra, Orchestra of The Music Makers and Resound Collective. She shares her musical ideas through various platforms, teaching bassoon and piano privately while working as a bassoon instructor in various schools including Raffles Institution, Catholic High School, Temasek Polytechnic, Dulwich College and more.Ruihan strongly believes that classical music is for everyone. Alongside her performing work, she actively engages in the community arts, most recently with the Royal London Hospital and Singing with Friends at Wigmore Hall. Her passion in early years music development accompanies her training with Wigmore Hall’s Chamber Tots: Early Years Training and Development Scheme.She is honoured to be one of the Yamaha Music Europe Foundation scholars for 2022 and named Winner of the Florence Woodbridge Bassoon Prize 2022.

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Natasha graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree (Honours) from the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, National University of Singapore with Distinction. Her flute journey first began when she joined the primary school band, and later became a member of the Singapore National Youth Orchestra for the next 7 years. Playing in ensembles and making music with others has since taken up a big part of her musical endeavours, such as being a founding member of the video game music ensemble JDN Party Quest, and performed with various orchestras such as the Asian Youth Orchestra, Orchestra of the Music Makers, re:sound Collective, and The Philharmonic Orchestra. Her musical interest does not only lie within the classical genre, but also in pop and jazz, offering lessons for all learners from different backgrounds with a variety of interests.

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Andy is an accomplished music educator and performer whose musical journey began at the age of nine with the Dizi in the Mayflower Primary School Chinese Orchestra. This early foundation in traditional music evolved into a mastery of the Western concert flute and piccolo, leading him through the Nanyang Polytechnic Symphony Orchestra and eventually into a distinguished professional career. Andy holds a Bachelor of Music Education which serves as the foundation of his teaching practice, alongside the Fellowship (FTCL) and Licentiate (LTCL) Recital Diplomas from Trinity College London and an ABRSM Grade 8 in Music Theory.As an educator, Andy is driven by the conviction that every child has the capacity to learn and appreciate music. His pedagogical framework is defined by the intentional integration of Orff and Kodály methodologies, ensuring that his students develop a strong rhythmic and melodic foundation through proven, research-based techniques. He views the flute as a deeply intimate instrument, noting that its range mirrors the human voice, and he encourages his students to use it as a primary tool for personal expression. By allowing students to explore the genres they love, Andy creates a high level of engagement that serves as a gateway to mastering essential technical fundamentals and academic rigor.Andy’s teaching is enriched by his extensive experience as a professional musician and regular with the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) Central Band. During his tenure, he represented Singapore on the global stage, performing at international military tattoos in Canada, Russia, Germany, Switzerland, and Japan. A career highlight includes the 2014 Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, where he was featured as a solo Dizi artist in a display performance for an international audience.Throughout his career, Andy has had the privilege of studying under the tutelage of Ms. Wang Tong for flute performance and Ms. Josephine Koh for music theory. He has performed under the baton of world-renowned maestros such as Tim Reynish, Douglas Bostock, Ito Yasuhide, and Satoshi Yagisawa. Today, Andy brings this wealth of international performance insight and pedagogical expertise to his faculty role, dedicated to nurturing the next generation of musicians through a holistic, student-centered approach.

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Amanda Kye Tan is a Singaporean conductor and violinist whose work spans performance, education, and entrepreneurship. Currently a conductor of the Kids’ Philharmonic Orchestra (Singapore) and the Singapore University of Social Sciences Philharmonic, she earned her Master of Music (Conducting) from the Boston Conservatory at Berklee (USA), where she studied with Bruce Hangen, alongside studies in violin with Lynn Chang and dance conducting with Geneviève Leclair. She also holds a Bachelor of Music (Violin) from Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Singapore) and the Royal College of Music (London), and a Specialist Diploma in Orchestral Conducting from NAFA. Amanda is a 2022 recipient of the Singapore National Arts Council Arts Scholarship.Amanda made her conducting debut in 2019 at the Singapore Chinese Orchestra’s workshop-concert, under the mentorship of Tsung Yeh. The following year, she was appointed Conducting Fellow of the Braddell Heights Symphony Orchestra. Expounding upon her interest in community music-making, in 2023, Amanda founded the Last Minute Orchestra, a venture orchestra dedicated to performance and networking opportunities beyond traditional boundaries. Internationally, Amanda has participated in masterclasses by Jorma Panula, Sian Edwards, Neil Varon, Peter Stark, Apo Hsu, Sarah Ionnaides, and Dianne Wittry, and assisted Codrut Birsan in Chicago Summer Opera’s 2023 production of Le Nozze di Figaro.During her time in the US, Amanda worked closely with Boston Symphony Orchestra musicians Robert Sheena and Owen Young by conducting and assisting their orchestral repertoire classes. She also co-founded the Boston Conservatory Pops Orchestra, leading concerts of film and video game repertoire, in collaboration with Berklee College of Music’s Screen Scoring Department.
Besides freelancing as an orchestral violinist, Amanda is also active as an educator, teaching music history and conducting at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, and writing scripts for the classical duo Twoset Violin.

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Singaporean composer Tan Yuting explores the interaction of different sounds and the manipulation of rhythm, texture, and timbre to create evocative soundscapes. Her music has been recognized with awards including First Prize in the Macht Orchestral Composition Competition (2018), First Prize in the Virginia Carty DeLillo Composition Competition (2018), and Third Prize in the Prix d’Été Competition (2017) at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, and has been performed in Singapore, USA, UK, China, Thailand, Malaysia, Finland, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, and Italy. Past collaborations include performances by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, American Composers Orchestra, Peabody Symphony Orchestra, Megalopolis Saxophone Orchestra, Sandbox Percussion, Ekmeles, National Sawdust Ensemble, Tacet(i) Ensemble, Aspen Contemporary Ensemble, Ensemble Dal Niente, Ding Yi Music Company, The Opera People, IHClars, K⼝U, Quince Ensemble, Empyrean Ensemble, ~Nois, Alarm Will Sound, Now Hear This, Unassisted Fold, and Ensemble Soundinitiative.Yuting also enjoys working with artists from other fields and creating music in collaboration with other art forms. In 2019, she performed her original live score for the USA premiere screening of Chinese film pioneer Shouju Zhu’s 1925 film “Stormy Night” (Fengyu zhi ye). Yuting often looks to poetry when she is composing as she is interested in the tactile or visual associations between the text and the music that she is writing. Her doctoral dissertation composition, Amnesia, was based on a poem she wrote of the same title. She has also performed improvisations and compositions on the piano to accompany poetry recitals.Currently, repetition, memory, and groove are common themes in her research and artistic practice. As part of her doctoral research, Yuting’s paper “‘Music is pictures of music’: Seeing Double/Hearing Double in Hans Abrahamsen’s Schnee” relates principles of visual perception to Abrahamsen’s construction of the piece and explores the ways repetition and repetitive structures affect temporal experience in the hour-long work.Yuting received her PhD in Music Composition from the University of Chicago where she was supported by a full fellowship from the Division of the Humanities. She also holds Master of Music degrees in Music Composition and Music Theory Pedagogy from The Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, and a Joint Bachelor of Music Degree in Music Composition with Honours (Highest Distinction), awarded jointly by the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music (National University of Singapore) and the Peabody Institute. Apart from composition, Yuting also plays the piano and occasionally writes poetry. Yuting currently teaches at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, National University of Singapore.For more information, please refer to www.tanyuting.com.

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Yu Hng is an award-winning Singaporean composer, pianist and teacher. His music was performed in 18 countries across Europe, Asia, North America and the Middle East. He read his Master’s degree at the Royal Academy of Music under Morgan Hayes, supported by the Countess of Munster Trust scholarship. Previously he studied at King's College London with Edward Nesbit, achieving the Purcell Prize in Music. He holds an LRAM Teaching Diploma in piano.Over the past 5 years, his music had been performed at the Dartington Festival (UK), International Viola d'amore Congress (Italy), the Esplanade (Singapore), Asian Music Festival (Japan), Bled Contemporary Music Festival (Slovenia), Oxford and Cambridge universities, Sibelius Academy, Norwegian Academy of Music and the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, among others. He has written for renowned ensembles such as the Fretwork Viol Consort, Singapore Chinese Orchestra, Mivos Quartet, Black Pencil Ensemble, Abeceda New Music Ensemble, Wessex Baroque Collective, Meitar Ensemble, Lontano, CHROMA, George Fu and Juan Cerezo among others. His music is published on NIBIUS Records (Spain), CoMA (UK), and Spotify.Besides composing, Yu Hng has extensive experience teaching piano, music theory, GCSE and A-levels Music to students of all ages and abilities, including neurodivergent and blind students. Having taught 4 years of school-based and private teaching in the UK, he has prepared students for ABRSM exams and also taught intensive lessons for competitive university music admissions. His students mostly acquire Distinction or Merit grades for Grade 1 to 8 piano, and one of his students went on to pursue her Masters in Music at New York University.He is occasionally engaged as a guest speaker in tertiary educational settings, such as talks at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA), the Composers Society of Singapore and at the Stamford Arts Centre (Youth Composer Festival). His music was featured in academic papers/conferences, at the National Early Music Association (UK) and Western University Graduate Symposium on Music (Canada). He has also written music articles for the classical music magazine The Strad, and the Composers Society of Singapore

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Darren Sng is an award winning composer, orchestrator, and conductor. His compositional work ranges from music for concert halls, to various genres of film and media. Having been occasionally talked out of writing overly-ambitious music in his early student years, he remains ironically driven by a stubborn urge to challenge musical conventions in extreme yet meaningful ways.His recent composing work include the scores to the BAFTA Yugo nominated documentary ‘Orchids: Darwin's Conundrum’. Darren’s passion in multi-disciplinary art forms extends to his work for the stage, having written two chamber operas ‘My Days As A Zombie On Earth’ premiered by Tête-à-Tête Opera, and ‘Livestream: @friendlyfisherman meets giant talking SEASHELL?!?! :o’ commissioned by the Singapore Lyric Opera.Darren is a Master of Arts Graduate of the National Film and Television School, where he received the Avid Award For Excellence In Composition. Prior to that, he graduated with a Bachelor of Music (Honours) degree from the Royal College Of Music, where he read composition under Kenneth Hesketh and Dai Fujikura, and was twice awarded the Elgar Memorial Prize In Composition.

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Tan Tiag Yi is a multi-faceted Singaporean musician. He completed his Bachelor of Arts in Music with First Class Honours at the University of Oxford in 2021, where he studied composition with Professor Martyn Harry and violin with Caroline Balding with the support of the National Arts Council Arts Scholarship (Undergraduate). As a composer, he is fascinated by the semiotic resonances of sounds and the ways time is experienced. His compositions play off a multiplicity of influences whose concordances and dislocations productively interact to create fragile and compelling sound worlds. Tiag Yi was most recently a finalist at the 2024 National Association of Teachers of Singing Art Song Competition. Other prizes include Special Commendation at the 2021 Henfrey Prize for Composition and First Prize at the 2021 Benslow Young Composers’ Competition (19-25 years category). Recent world premieres include The Fruits of Decay (2025, Lithuania) for mixed ensemble and Between Ground and Sky for soprano and piano (2023, Singapore). He has also arranged music for various ensembles spanning different genres. Apart from composing, Tiag Yi is active as a chamber musician. As the violinist of Duo Tarenna, a violin-viola duo based in Singapore championing uncharted repertoire, Tiag Yi has premiered five new works by Singaporean composers to date, with plans for more to come.

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Chen Wei (Chris) is a versatile guitarist and educator with over 10 years’ experience in Singapore and Los Angeles. He graduated from Musicians Institute (MI) with a Bachelor in Guitar performance. he teaches acoustic and electric guitar across different styles from rock and funk to jazz and Latin, and is known for engaging, well-rounded lessons that prepare students for both exams and performance.

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Marianne Huang Yueyin is a Master of Music graduate from the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM). She studied the piano with Graham Scott, Head of Keyboard Studies. She did her Bachelor of Music (Honours) studies at the Royal College of Music (RCM) with Leon McCawley and Gordon Fergus-Thompson. Her studies were supported by several scholarships, including the Margaret Allen Piano Award (RNCM) and William Mealings Scholarship (RCM).Accomplished in both solo and chamber music, Marianne made her London Wigmore Hall debut in 2024, showcasing works by John Adams (solo) and Cheryl Frances-Hoad (piano quintet). She also performed at Singapore’s Victoria Concert Hall atrium during the ‘NPVC Talents & Friends’ concert at the Light to Night Festival 2023. Another highlight was performing Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dances, Op. 45, with the RNCM Concert Orchestra, conducted by Sir Mark Elder in 2022. Marianne has given numerous recitals across the UK, and has benefitted from masterclasses and lessons with renowned musicians such as Dmitri Alexeev, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Philippe Cassard, Juan Lago, and Jackie Jaekyung Yoo.Marianne has succeeded in competitions including First Prize in both the 3rd Hong Kong Pacific Piano Open Competition (2020) and RNCM Chopin Prize (2023), Third Prize in the RNCM Beethoven Competition (2023), as well as the Avril Coleridge-Taylor Second Prize and Amanda Ira Aldridge Third Prize in the RNCM Williams-Howard Prize (2024) for singers.Currently based in Singapore, she teaches piano at NAFA School of Young Talents and Music Salon Emmanuel, Esplanade.