Overview of Projects

 A mentorship programme for young composers. Participants will be guided through a 6-month creative period, writing and workshopping new pieces under the tutelage of senior composer mentors, to be premiered by the year’s ensemble in residence at the Singapore Composers Festival. The 3rd edition of the YCF is currently ongoing and features a partnership with the SYC Ensemble Singers.

A biennial competition featuring a different theme and partner each time. The ongoing 2025 Giam-Lim Composition Prize is jointly organised with the award-winning TENG company, seeking entries under the theme of Chinese-Western fusion. The winner will receive a $2,000 commission fee and will be added to The TENG Ensemble’s composer repertoire for future performances.

CSS Connects (previously known as CSS Presents) is a platform for CSS composers to share their expertise with each other and with members of the public.  Through these workshops, we provide members of the community and beyond with not just the opportunity to gain exposure and deepen their craft, but also to connect with and engage in creative exchange with other professionals.

Taking place between 2019 and 2023, Say Say Borak was a series of musical discussion-seminars on new music in Singapore. Originally meant as a monthly gathering of artists seeking inspirations, the project later expanded to include the wider public, encouraging them to engage with musical scholarship through accessible online seminar-discussions hosted on our YouTube channel.

A celebration of Singapore composers and regional new music. Consisting of a vivid line-up of workshops and performances, the opening concert typically premieres works from the Young Composers Forum, while the closing concert draws together members of our society with a regional composers collective.

Last hosted in Singapore for its 31st edition, composers from the ACL’s 14 member states flew to Singapore for the three-day festival, which featured a symposium and eight concerts organized in collaboration with Singapore Chinese Orchestra, Philharmonic Winds, and other prominent music groups.

 A monthly series showcasing the lives and works of living Singapore composers. Here, you will find short interviews featuring Singapore’s best and upcoming CSS composers, where they share their journeys, inspirations, heroes and hobbies as they pursue their journey of creating new sounds.

CSS Reviews is a CSS writing initiative, providing reviews of concerts and events featuring new music, as well as “what-to-expect” guides for audience members who are interested in attending these events but feel daunted by new music!