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THE COMPOSITION DEPARTMENT
The programme recognizes music technology as an integral component of contemporary music making and is integrated into the curriculum from the very beginning. Computer-based music scoring, recording, and production tools and skills are introduced in the first year while computer music composition, synthesis, signal processing, and interactive techniques are covered in year two. The Music Technology Lab and Computer Music Studio facilities provide workstations for students working on composition, scoring and related projects. Software includes Finale, Pro Tools LE, Peak Pro, Max/MSP/Jitter, Csound, Tassman Studio, Reason/Recycle, Cubase, SuperCollider, Ableton Live, SoundHack, and Audacity. There are a number of performance opportunities for student works at the conservatory. As part of a year-long course on orchestration, all third-year students participate in an orchestral reading session with the Conservatory Orchestra. Student works are also programmed on the concerts performed by the conservatory's New Music Ensemble. Other opportunities for performance include the weekly noon recitals as well as concerts dedicated to student compositions each semester on the Soundbites series. A state-of-the-art recording studio is available for professional recording of student works. Students are also encouraged to take advantage of performance opportunities available within NUS and Singapore. Increasing the vibrancy of contemporary musical activities at the conservatory are frequent visits by internationally-recognized figures of contemporary music. These provide exposure to the current, diverse trends pursued in contemporary music. Students of the composition program have gone on to top graduate programs and received performances at festivals around the world. Selected Students Performances and Composition Activities: Diana Soh (Alumnus) • Doctoral student at State University of New York, Buffalo • Takefu International Music Festival (Japan) Sep 2010 • Young Musicians Society "Site-Things" (Singapore) Aug 2010 • Acanthes 2010 Festival (France) Jul 2010 • BBC Radio 3 Hear and Now Program (UK) - Interview Mar 2010 • Wolfgang Rhim and Arditti String Quartet Workshop (UK) Mar 2010 Yuan Peiying (Alumnus) • DMA in Composition in Cornell University • New work for Singapore Symphony Orchestra in April 2011 • Libby Larsen Prize, International Alliance of Women in Music, 2010 • Sage Fellowship, Cornell University, 2010/11 • 2010 ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award • Missouri Music Teachers Association/Kansas Music Teachers Association (MMTA/KMTA) Commission Competition, Winner, 2010 Emily Koh (Alumnus) • 2nd prize winner of the Virginia Carty deLillo prize and Peabody Career Development Grant, 2010 • June in Buffalo - performed by SIGNAL ensemble, Buffalo, NY, June 2010 • After Igor for orchestra, commissioned by the Philharmonic Orchestra (Singapore) Nov 2010 • Generations a chamber opera, staged by Peabody Opera Department, Apr 2010 Chen Zhangyi (Alumnus) • Toward Dawn won the Compose Singapore! 2010 competition, performed by the Philharmonic Winds, Singapore, in April 2010 • Four Reflections for Viola performed by composer, Peabody institute, Apr 2010, violin version premiered in London, Jul 2010 by violinist Wu Bingling • April Showers (...bring May Flowers) a chamber opera, staged Peabody Opera Department, May 2010 • Choral work commissioned by the Singapore Lyric Opera Children's Choir for 2011 • Wind piece commissioned by Temasek Junior College Symphonic Band for 2011 Thatchatham Silsupan (Alumnus) • M.A/Ph.D in Composition at University of California, Berkeley, 2010 • 3rd prize in Goethe Southeast Asian Young Composer's Award, 2010 • Invitation from Goethe Institute to attend the International Summer Course for New Music Darmstadt, 2010 • Yogyakarta Contemporary Music Festival 2009 & 2010, Indonesia Wong Kah Chun (4th Year) • Premiere of new work by the Singapore Chinese Orchestra, Mar 2011 • Premiere of Symphony No.1: Vox Stellarum, commissioned by the Peabody Wind Ensemble, Dec 2010 International wind band contest of Friuli Venezia Giulia in Bertiolo, Italy, May 2010 • Premiere of Krakatoa, commissioned by the Philharmonic Winds, Singapore, 2010 • International conducting masterclass with Marin Alsop and Gustav Meier at the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, USA, 2010 • Composition and conducting (Zoltan Pesko) seminars at the Bartok Seminar in Szombathely, Hungary, 2010 Chow Jun Yan (3rd Year) • Exchange in Peabody, 2010 • Finalist at the KL Contemporary Music Festival Young Composers Competition 2009 • Invitation from Goethe Institute to attend the International Summer Course for New Music Darmstadt 2010 Syafiqah 'Adha binte Mohamed Sallehin (2nd Year) • Gejolak II: Mencari Arah - Malay Theatre with Live Music - arranger and composer, Victoria Theatre, 2010 • Received the Mendaki's Goh Chok Tong Youth Promise Award, 2010 Visiting Artists
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