“Jaunty and imaginative, Chinese yet Western, contemporary yet emotionally accessible” — Erika’s winning entry, Around The Bend We Go, received unanimous praise from adjudicators for its jaunty and imaginative blend of Chinese and Western elements, varied harmonies, and vibrant sense of color.

Thank you to all composers whoo submitted an entry for the Giam-Lim Composition Prize, jointly organised by The TENG Company and the Composers Society of Singapore!

Rehearsals were led by Cultural Medallion recipient and SYC Ensemble Singers Artistic Director, Jennifer Tham and was attended by the young composers, their mentors, and interested members of the music scene and general public. Be sure to catch us at the next open rehearsals and join us for the final premiere at the 2026 Singapore Composers Festival!

“Hauntingly beautiful”, “introspective” and “unapologetic” were some of the words Tan Zheng Rui, a member of the CSS writing team, used to describe this daring production by the SYC Ensemble Singers.

This concert, titled “the body electric”, is the ensemble’s legacy-memory project, celebrating the ensemble’s 60th anniversary. It featured two older works, Joyce Koh’s Nona Sensilia and Hoh Chung Shih’s Variations (on a brink), and a premiere of a new piece, the body electric by Americ Goh, Diana Soh, and SYC Artistic Director Jennifer Tham.

Dan Albertson discusses the history of Singapore’s contemporary music scene and its composers. Since 2000, Dan has worked on The Living Composers Project, an ever-growing catalogue of information on the lives and works of more than 5000 contemporary composers from 100 countries.