The Seen and the Unseen: Acousmatic and Multimedia Works

Works for multi-channel playback as well as multimedia works by composers from the PAMS member institutions will run continuously on Friday, 8 April and Saturday, 9 April 2016. Pop in to take a listen when you have a chance!

Music and Machines: A Panel Discussion

Technological advances of the last 100 years have changed our daily lives, but they have also changed the lives of artists. New technologies yield new possibilities and new ideas. They change where we can experience art works and how we can interact with these works. At a fundamental level, they change the very stuff with which art is made. Join us for this panel discussion where composition faculty from PAMS institutions share the many ways in which technology has changed their artistic process and the means with which they share their work with the world.

PAMS Summit Opening Concert

A concert featuring works by faculty composers from some of the PAMS member institutions.  Performing the works will be YSTCM staff, students, and alumni, as well as new music specialists from the region. Programme information and registration for tickets: Click here!

The Seen and the Unseen: Acousmatic and Multimedia Works

Works for multi-channel playback as well as multimedia works by composers from the PAMS member institutions will run continuously on Friday, 8 April and Saturday, 9 April 2016. Pop in to take a listen when you have a chance!

Tradition and Innovation: A Panel Discussion

Before new music there is known music, familiar traditions, styles, a history of techniques and aesthetic approaches that influence and shape the music of contemporary composers. And in an age of global information sharing, composers often seek inspiration from foreign traditions. But cultural borrowing and transcending of one's own culture raise questions, some personal and occasionally ethical. Join us for this panel discussion with composition faculty members from PAMS institutions sharing the ways in which their work has been shaped by the dynamic interaction of the traditions they admire and the innovations that they seek.

PAMS Summit Young Composers Concert

A concert featuring works by student composers performed by students from some of the PAMS member institutions.

Music in the Museum

An evening of contemporary works performed in the National Gallery of Singapore by students at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music.  Performances will take place throughout the galleries, including excerpts from John Cage's Six Melodies performed on the lipstick red Steinway used by Chinese virtuoso Lang Lang in his Sing50 performance.

7:30pm @ Padang Atrium

Richard Heyman: Arc of Continuous Sounds

Year 2 YSTCM Students

Peter Edwards, director

8:05pm @ Singapore Courtyard

Salvatore Sciarrino: Il silenzio degli oracoli (1989)

Kim Dan Yi (B.Mus3) flute

Mathilde Marie Urga Villeviere (M.Mus2) oboe

Jang Zion (B.Mus2) clarinet

Ivy Fung Ai Wei (B.Mus2) bassoon

Amir Sharipov (B.Mus1) french horn

John Cage: Six Melodies (1950)

Jeong Han Sol (B.Mus2) piano

Yu Chieh An (B.Mus1) violin

Samuel Barber: Adagio from String Quartet, Op. 11 (1935-36)

Orest Smovzh (B.Mus4) violin

Peh Ren Yu Martin (B.Mus4) violin

Ho Qian Hui (B.Mus1) viola

Christopher Mui (B.Mus4) cello

8:50pm @ Padang Atrium

Fabian Obispo: Mamayog Akun

Daud Kosasih: Rindu Kepada Kediaman Allah

David Childs: O Magnum Mysterium

Leong Yoon Pin: Love Quatrains

Year 1 YSTCM students

Chong Wailun, conductor

In View of Distant Lands - Yong Siew Toh New Music Ensemble

Chen Zhangyi, conductor

Christoph Wichert and Martin Jaggi, coaching

In View of Distant Lands is a curation of works that are inspired by culture of foreign lands. The programme features the Asian and Singapore premiere of Jonathan Harvey's Vajra (Thunderbolt), which invokes the Buddhist symbol. Also featured are Liza Lim's The Ear’s Heart, Evan Ziporyn's Gamelan-influenced string quartet Eel Bone and Jo Kondo's Words. The Conservatory also proudly presents the premiere of Dawn by 3rd-year composition student Chen Fang-Chi, who describes her piece as a musing upon sunrise. This concert will be conducted by Conservatory faculty Chen Zhangyi.