Happy February from the Composers Society of Singapore! Check out the latest news on our members you may have missed:

Siong Leng Musical Association collaborates with WANG Chenwei on New Arrangement of Trotting Horses《走马》

Check out CSS Member WANG Chenwei’s arrangement of (Trotting Horses) for Siong Leng Musical Association, music video now available on YouTube!

CSS also congratulates Chenwei on his recent Lianhe Zaobao feature article written by Zhang Heyang. You may read the full article in print (shared by WANG Chenwei via Facebook), or online here.

You may also read this blog post where Chenwei reflects on the process of arranging this piece and working with Siong Leng Musical Association, particularly his balanced approach in preserving the essence of traditional music and introducing new, creative elements.

NG Yu Hng’s work Kintsugi premiered at Luna Collective’s New Sounds Concert

CSS Member NG Yu Hng had his work Kintsugi digitally premiered by Luna Collective at its New Sounds Concert held on 13 Feb 2022 (Su) in London, UK.

Watch the performance of his work by Mikaela LIVADIOTIS (piano), Jonathan PHILLIPS (percussion) and Blair SHEPPERD (bassoon) on Luna Collective’s YouTube page, including a pre-performance interview (timestamp 01:11:19) with Yu Hng on his inspirations behind this piece!

HOH Chung Shih’s work to be premiered by C-Camerata Taipei

CSS Member HOH Chung Shih’s new work will receive its world premiere by C-Camerata Taipei today, 18 Feb 2022 (F) at the National Concert Hall, Taipei as part of their concert (‘Reverberant Strings‘) focusing on music for the Guzheng. This concert is supported by the National Cultural & Arts Foundation (NCAF), Taiwan.

Read this article to find out more about the programme and composer line-up, as well as the inspirations behind this concert!

Performances of Emily KOH’s works Si fallor, sum and  saturation point!

CSS Member Emily KOH’s work saturation point! will be performed by pianist Eunmi Ko today, 18 Feb 2022 (F) at Dancz Center for New Music, University of Georgia.

Her work Si fallor, sum (2008) for piano will also receive its Australian premiere by Forest Collective on 24 & 26 Feb 2022 at Abbotsford Convent (VIC), as part of their concert Shifting 1 (get your tickets here)!

Women of UNHEARD featured on The Straits Times

Singapore’s women composers were recently featured on The Straits Times as part of their upcoming concert UNHEARD: Celebrating Singaporean Female Composers, in collaboration with L’arietta Productions!

Read this article to find out more about the UNHEARD series, as well as the concert programme including a newly commissioned work Emanate by LEE Jia Yi, mentored by Emily KOH!

Featuring CSS Members Emily KOH, Yuting TAN, Cheng Jin KOH and LEE Jia Yi!