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| Robert Fernando |
| Jamming with friends like Jacintha, Pat and Mark Chan marked Robert's beginnings as one of Singapore's most respected and sought-after vocalists. Since starting the group Stardust with them in 1978, Robert hasn't stopped singing with the very best musical talents. Lauded as the James Ingram of Singapore, Robert has recorded with Tracy Huang, played with Dewey Bunnell & Gerry Beckley from the band America and best of all, with the man himself, James Ingram at the Hard Rock Cafe. Other significant contributions to the local music scene include performing with Singapore Symphony Orchestra in "An Evening with Andrew Lloyd Webber", guests on several Gold 90.5 Concerts in the Park, recording with gospel group Onesimus Principle under WEA label, and lending lead vocals to the 1987 national song "We Are Singapore". Robert Fernando's distinctive voice is about emotional depth and uncommon romance. |
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| Babes Conde |
| A double-degree holder of Music (Piano and Music Education) Babes flowed into the mainstream of the Singapore music scene when she moved here in 1985. She immersed in theatre and the performing arts, working very closely with Dick Lee in productions like " Beauty World", " Fried Rice Paradise", "Sing to the Dawn" and "Forbidden City" in various capacities as Musical Director, Arranger, Choral Mistress and Pianist. As a Composer, she has written for "Teenage Textbook", "My Lonely Tarts", "24 Hours", and "godeatgod" for which she received Honorable Mention DBS Life Theatre Awards 2003. In 1995, her composition "A Place Called Home" was translated into "Mi Casa" shortlisted in the Children's Festival "Vecchino D' Oro" performed in Italy. Her television and commercial credits include composing themes for "Rolling Good Times' and "Extraordinary People", "KCTV" (kids show on TV12) jingles (which she sang) "8 days", "i-weekly", "Lime" and "manja". As a vocal coach, she worked with Fann Wong and Kit Chan for their Indoor Stadium concerts. She was the vocal coach for Singapore Idol in 2004. |
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| Tama Goh |
| Tama Goh, born and grew up in Singapore, has been playing with the Jeremy Monteiro Jazz Band for several years. He is a much sought after 'live" session drummer and has played in numerous musicals, both local and international. He has performed all over ASEAN, Japan, the U.S., Canada and Europe. Besides being an accomplished drummer, he is also adept at playing orchestra, ethnic and Latin percussion. He has also appeared regularly with local and regional stars, Dick Lee, Jacintha, Francis Yip, Eric Moo, Sandy Lam and Pan Mei Churn. He has performed and recorded with Ernie Watts on his album 'Stand Up". Tama has performed at top regional jazz festivals such as the Jak Jazz Festival of Jakarta, The ASEAN Jazz Festival 1990 in Kuala Lumpur and the Malaysian International Jazz Festival in 1992. Among the big name jazz acts he has played with are, James Moody and Chick Corea's saxophonist, Eric Mariental, Ernie Watts, Terumasa Hino, and Alice Day. He participated in a three week performance at the Hong Kong and Kowloon Dan Ryans Autumn Jazz Festival 1995, with Eldee Young, the original bass player of Remsy Lewis trio, and Jeremy Monteiro in September 1995. He was also a featured percussionist in "CITY OF THE SLEEPLESS ANGELS", a Chinese Latin musical, under the direction of Chris Babida, toured Tapei, Tai Chung, Tai Nan and Kaoshiung with popular Chinese female Vocalist Tsai Ching. The Volvo World Music Festival was held in Kuala Lumpur in September 2000. Ethnicity folk and jazz quartet, lead by Tamagoh performed with leading percussionist, Manium to an international crowd, with musicians from as far as Cuba. Currently, Tamagoh writes percussion works for company events and product launches. He leads Ethnicity Folk & Jazz Ensemble, a group of ethnic and cultural instrumentalist blending Jazz and Asian culture. Ethnicity currently performs for Singapore State Events at Istana. Tamagoh has gone on world tour with Hong Kong pop artiste, Sandy Lam as percussionist and drummer. He too travelled with Jacintha for the NZ International Festival of Arts in Wellington, and also for Singapore & American Business Association in San Francisco. Tama Goh will be involved in the Olympic Conference this as percussion director for the official opening event at Esplanade Theatre. |
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| Khor Ai Ming |
| One of the most sought after contemporary music vocalists in Singapore, Khor has been invited to perform for the closing ceremony of International Computer Music Conference(2003), hosted by National University of Singapore Centre for the Arts, and has successfully premiered the award-winning composition SPIRITUS by Irish composer Paul Wilson. She sang the role of Claire Zachanassian in Gottfried von Einem's Der Besuch der alten Dame, a modern Swiss opera, premiered at the Durrenmatt's Festival(2004) organised by The Swiss Embassy, Singapore. Actively involved in promoting modern works and local compositions, Khor has premiered Berio?s O KING, Gaslini?s MAGNIFICAT and Schoenberg?s PIERROT LUNAIRE and has performed Goh Toh Chai's SHUI MU, Phoon Yew Tian's SEPARATION OF THE NEWLY WED with The Magnetic Band, a contemporary music ensemble hosted by Young Musician Society, Singapore. She has sung cabaret songs by Duke, Britten and Walton in All That Jazz, a new chamber series presented by Esplanade. As a chamber musician and recitalist, Khor was featured in Singapore Chamber Music Festival(2005) premiering works by Cantaloube, de Falla, Poulenc, Ravel and Bernstein. In The Arts House's 2nd Anniversary Celebrations this year, Khor has premiered 20th century works by Cage, Stravinsky, Rorem, Carter, Ives, Berners, Takemitsu and Milhaud. Khor has directed and performed in Vocal Associates, Female Expressions, Caravan Jazz Band with The Three Mezzos, Autumn Reminiscence, Romance of the 80s and the yearly Christmas Caroling for Esplanade. She was the vocal coach to the Singapore Youth Choir and Singapore Armed Forces Choir, and is currently teaching voice to students in the Singapore Music Elective Programme. She has also trained many successful primary and secondary school choirs, winning awards from the Singapore Youth Festival Central Judging of Choirs. In July 2005, Khor performed the Olympic Anthem in Greek during the 117th International Olympic Committee Session, and trained the 100 strong choir for the official opening ceremony in Esplanade. Khor Ai Ming is a graduate from Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Singapore), Khor is a holder of Fellowship in Voice (FTCL), and Licentiate in both Voice and Piano (LTCL) from Trinity College of London, UK |
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| Nickson Fong |
Nickson is the Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of ESCP. Graduating from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 1994, Nickson first started as a CG Animator for Future Pirates, a games developer in Tokyo, Japan. In 1996, Nickson joined Dream Works SKG and was one of the first few CG Animators involved in the early pre-production for Shrek, which won an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film in 2001. In the late 1990s, Nickson worked with several of Hollywood's largest and renowned visual effects companies, including Sony Picture Imageworks, where he was the Lead Compositor for Starship Troopers (Academy Award nominee for Best Vis ual Effects in 1997). At Centropolis Effects, he was the Lead Light/Render Technical Director for Godzilla and The 13th Floor, as well as the Technical Supervisor for Stuart Little (Academy Award nominee for Best Visual Effects in 1999). Nickson later supervised a team of FX technical directors and headed up the Effects Department for The Patriot (Academy Award nominee for Best Cinematography, Music and Sound in 2000). He was also the Senior Technical Director for 8 Legged Freaks and The Scorpion King. At ESC Entertainment, Nickson was the FX Technical Director for the Matrix Reloaded and Shot Development Technical Director on Matrix Revolutions, both sequels to The Matrix. Nickson has started an animation school last year in Singapore; the school is situated at Middle Road. |
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| Erick Guansing |
He won the solo category in the “Best of the Best Awards” Singapore Street Festival 2004 and thereafter also claimed the prize to be the Overall Winner of “Best of the Best Awards” in Singapore Street Festival 2004, in the combined categories (against duo/groups & band groups). A pharmacist by profession, Erick wowed many as the finale singer at the 2005 117th International Olympic Committee opening ceremony at the Esplanade with his performance. He became a favorite for commercial events; Erick performed for Christian Dior’s Fashion Press Party, APB CEO CNY Dinner, & at Sincere Watch’s Golden Jubilee Gala Charity Dinner event at the Ritz-Carlton Millenia hotel - where he sang with “Rent” actress Anna Fegi. Music veterans have given their thumbs up to this talented newcomer in Singapore entertainment. “Erick is sincere, positive and humble person. As a singer, these qualities will find and keep him in a good work,.” says homegrown jazz diva Jacintha Abisheganaden. Show producer Annie Pek says “His love of music is in his blood. As a singer, he is like a rare jewel with many facets, and is able to execute different genres of music. With his warm style and sincere personality and a beautiful voice to match, he will naturally woo the audience.” Erick had guest in two concerts, first in Essence of Harmony with 25 student concert of Soprano Khor Ai Ming and the second with Babes Conde in her concert A Blast from the Past. Due to popular request for Erick in vocal training, he started his vocal training classes in September 2006. He also believes in contributing his efforts to social responsibility in community and volunteering work Erick held his first solo concert in September 2007 at Drama Centre. In 2008, Erick returns to SSF08 as one of the mentors of the festival. He will be holding a concert for his students in August 2008. |