Singapore Youth Festival 2023: Arts Presentation for (Secondary School & Junior College / Millennia Institute) Secondary School Bands & Ensembles 11 – 14 April, 17 – 20 April, 3 – 5 May Venue: TBC /… Read More »SYF 2023: What You Need to Know
Kicking start a 3-year LANXESS SNYO Classic mentorship programme was Stewart Rose, Principal Horn with the New York City Opera Orchestra. He performed as a soloist with the SNYO in its recent concert.
David Zechariah Kwek graduated from the Royal College of Music, London, with First Class Honours in collaboration with Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore. He has performed internationally in various ensemble settings, putting up well-received… Read More »Going Abroad: David Zechariah Kwek
The Philharmonic Youth Winds presented “Redefining Classiques!” featuring Johan de Meijs’s Casanovo for Cello and Wind Orchestra, and Concert for Horn and Symphonic Band with Lewis Poh as soloist. Deborah reviews.
Our writer, Gary, attended a concert by the SAF Central Band featuring Ticheli’s ‘Angels in the Architecture’. Learn about the work which portrays a conflict between the two extremes of human existence — divine and… Read More »Interview with Lau Wen Rong
In the first part of Understanding Reeds, we focused on what to do with reeds right out of the box. In the second part, we will explore ways to improve the performance of reeds once… Read More »Grainger Fest!
Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) Central Band appoints Douglas Bostock as Honorary Guest Conductor With effect from 1st September 2022, Douglas Bostock has been appointed as the Honorary Guest Conductor of the SAF Central Band. Since… Read More »Honorary Guest Conductor: Douglas Bostock
Paying tribute to its late Music Director, Adrian Tan, the Braddell Heights Symphony Orchestra led by Taiwanese conductor Apo Hsu returns to Esplanade Concert Hall on 11 September. “We were all saddened and taken by… Read More »A Tribute to Adrian Tan
Darren Sng is a Singapore-born composer living in London, whose works span a range of genres and medium including film, orchestral, electronic and experimental concert music. Having been occasionally talked out of writing overly-ambitious music… Read More »Featured Composer: Darren Sng
Many say, “The secret to a good performance rests in a good reed”, but what really makes up the reed? How do you break in the reed? What are the problems with reed water-logging? Read… Read More »Understanding Reeds
