UE composers from Singapore

A graduate from University of West London, Chunyuan is currently an assistant secretary with Association of Composers(Singapore) & holds two other professional memberships with Composers Society of Singapore & Composers & Authors Society of Singapore (COMPASS), which specializes in royalties. As a composer, Chunyuan specializes in writing art songs & song cycles .In his strive to push Singapore works in the form of art songs and song cycles, he has collaborated with various poets in the form of English & Chinese languages, including ex-National University Of Singapore Dean for English Language & Literature who is also cultural medallion recipient for the years 1979-1980 Professor Edwin Thumboo, 1996 Cultural Medallion recipient Madam Lew Poo Chan, 22nd COMPASS Artistic Excellence recipient Mr Yeo Poh Chuan, Professor Wong Yoon Wah, Zhou Can and the late Mr Arthur Yap. Besides art songs & song cycles, he also composes genres in piano & chamber music.

Jenny ROMPAS is a soprano, composer, pianist, teacher, and founder of Jenny Stanford Publishing since 2005. Ms Rompas studied education in 1997 before pursuing music at the University of Wales and she also read law at the University of London. Prior to that, she was awarded the Associate as well as Licenciate in Music (Piano Performance) within six months. She is largely self-taught as a pianist and composer, though received advice from Soetarno Soetikno, John Sharpley, Eric Watson, Slamet Sjukur, Henri Dutilleux, Éric Antoni, and Phoon Yew Tien. Apart from teaching piano, theory, and music composition, Ms Rompas also teaches English language. She usually prepares learners for accelerated advanced classes, promotes self-directed learning, and actively champions music for diverse audiences.

Shao Suan LOW is a classically trained pianist and self-taught composer from Singapore. A graduate of the famed École Normale de Musique de Paris - Alfred Cortot in France, she has performed numerous times with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra as a double piano soloist. As a chamber musician, she has collaborated with world-renowned musicians such as flutist Davide Formisano, trombonist Jörgen van Rijen, saxophonist Claude Delangle, and tubist Øystein Baadsvik. Her pop songs have been sung by Asian pop singers such as Vivian Hsu (Taiwan) and Mink (South Korea-Japan).

Shao Suan's instrumental compositions have been performed in countries such as Singapore, China, South Korea, Taiwan, Austria, Brazil, Italy and USA. A few of them have won awards such as "Runner Up" and "Winner" at the 2009 and 2021 UK Songwriting Contest" respectively, "Honorable Mention" award at the 12th USA Songwriting Competition, and "3rd Prize (Category B)" at the International Composition Competition "Maurice Ravel" in Bergamo, Italy. In 2014, "Romance in the City", Shao Suan's joint debut album featuring original works by her an her twin sister, Shao Ying, received the "2014 Artistic Performance Album of the Year" award at the 10th Hi-Fi Album Awards 2014 in Guangzhou, China. The sisters subsequently released two more albums of their own works, "Music Diaries" and "Summer Vacation", of which the latter was ranked no. 1 on iTunes' "Top 100 Classical Albums Chart", as well as no. 3 on iTunes' "Top Music Albums Charts" in Singapore. Shao Suan's solo piano single, "Soulmates", was recently released on Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube Music, KKBox, Mymusic, friDay Music and Line Music.

Shao Suan is co-founder of local chamber ensemble, Ensemble de la Belle Musique (www.ebmusique.com). Her music has been aired on radio stations in Canada, USA and SIngapore, and is available on Apple Music, Amazon Music, Spotify, Deezer, KKBox, MyMusic, friDay Music and Line Music. Please visit her website at https://www.lowshaosuan.com for more information.

I am an award-winning professional classical pianist, as well as a self-taught composer from Singapore. My compositions have won awards at international and online competitions, such as Runner-Up at the 2005 UK Songwriting Contest, "Instrumental" category for Serenade No.3 (violin and piano), the winner of the 2007 monthly "Soundtrack" contest on Broadjam.com for In My Dreams (easy listening), Honorable Mention Award at the 13th Annual USA Songwriting Competition for Winter Flower (New Age piano solo), as well as one of Asia Top 10 on Broadjam.com for A Drop of Dew and The Ballet Dancer (easy listening piano) in 2012 and 2015 respectively. My compositions are performed all over the world at festivals and concerts such as the 2017 Calne Music & Arts Festival in UK for Reflections (clarinet, horn and piano), and the "Ballerinas" Piano Duo Concert in Shenzhen, China for Souvenirs de Paris (two pianos). In October 2021, Reflections and By The Fireplace (string quartet) reached No. 2 and No. 3 on Classical-Contemporary Top 10 and Asia Top 10 on Broadjam respectively. At The Carnival (string quartet) was also featured by renowned TwoSetViolin for their Fan Composition: String Quartet Edition online video in April 2022. My compositions have been broadcasted on radio stations in Canada, USA and Singapore. For more information about myself, please visit my personal site at www.lowshaoying.com.