REVERBRANCE

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REVERBERANCE is a new Chinese wind-percussion ensemble comprising top award winning local musicians.  Many of the members in the ensemble are graduates of Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts who have received advanced music training or are holders of master degrees under the auspices of National Arts Scholarship schemes.  

 

In 2020, Reverberance clinched first place in the ensemble category of the Singapore Chinese Music Competition (SCMC).  In May 2019 the wind-percussion ensemble was also invited by the Guangxi Arts University in China to present a full-length concert as a part of the University’s 8th China-ASEAN Music Festival – a well-known festival in Guangxi province to celebrate ASEAN music.

 

Reverbrance aspires to excite and empower audiences with diverse sounds of wind and percussion music through the play of traditional Chinese instruments. The wind-percussion ensemble also hopes to extend their music making and connect to the community, in particular to enable senior citizens to enjoy the music of Reverbrance and enrich their lives.   

 

回响 • 吹打团简介

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回响 • 吹打团是由一群本地年轻音乐家组成的乐团 。

乐团曾在新加坡华乐比赛 2020 中脱颖而出, 荣获合奏组的

总冠军。在 2019 年 5 月期间, 回响应广西艺术学院邀请参与

第八届中国 - 东盟音乐节, 并在广西举办一场专

场音乐会。

 

乐团大部份团员都是新加坡国家艺术奖学金赞助

下的音乐硕士毕业生。每位年轻优秀的团员也在各自的

音乐道路上获得过各类奖项。身为新加坡南洋艺术学院的校友,

他们拥有共同的目标: 致力于创新和推广不同类别的音乐,

带领乐团探索无限的演奏可能。他们一直对传统艺术怀揣着一颗炽热的心,而正是这份热忱,深深地感染了听众和观众们。

 

作为一个崭新崛起的乐团, 回响在创作音乐之

余亦不忘积极回馈社会。他们希望音乐能在社区中萌发和

普及, 特别是让年长人士也能享受音乐为人生所带来的快

乐。回响展望美好的未来 , 意愿成为一支世界顶级、

优秀的吹打乐团, 呈献更卓越的音乐表演, 并将吹打乐形

式呈献给普罗大众。

 

COMPOSER 

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Dr Zechariah Goh Toh Chai 吴多才

 

Zechariah Goh Toh Chai writes music ranging from choir, symphonic band, wind ensemble, chamber music to large scale orchestral works. He often fuses Southeast Asian-Chinese tradition and that of Western European musical practices with cultural sensitivity in his music creations.     

He received the David and Gunda Hiebert Scholarship in 1999 to study for a Master in Piano and later Doctorate in Composition, both degrees at the University of Kansas.  While studying in Kansas, United States, he was also awarded the prestigious Anthony Cius Prize for outstanding student composer for the academic year of 2001 and 2002.   In his early music study days, Toh Chai received close tutelage from many well-known Singapore pioneer composers and musicians like Pianist Ong Lip Tat, Composers Leong Yoon Pin and Phoon Yew Tien.  

Toh Chai receives frequent commissions to write music for symphonic bands and choirs.  He is also an active speaker at international music conferences such as WASBE, ISME, APSME.  He is now senior lecturer at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, specializing in Composition, Orchestration, Aural and Sight Singing, and Choir.

For his artistic excellence in the field of music, Zechariah was conferred the Young Artist Award (Music) in September 2003 by the National Arts Council, Singapore. The award was presented by the President of the Republic of Singapore at Istana.