#thesingingbalcony (from home edition) welcomes Singaporean countertenor, Chan Wei En @weiencountertenor in Dowland’s “Can She Excuse My Wrongs?” and Purcell’s “Sound The a Trumpet”, both virtually during COVID lockdown.
Wei En performs internationally and highlights include the title role in Handel’s Oreste with Singapore International Festival of Art, Bach’s St. Matthew Passion with Bachfest Malaysia, directed by David Chin, Bernstein's Chichester Psalms with the NEC Philharmonia and Concert Choir, directed by Hugh Wolff, and alto solos in B Minor Mass with the American Bach Soloists and Bachfest Malaysia.
Wei En enjoys the challenge of both standard repertoire and contemporary premieres. He has premiered many works composed by his peers and performed Ligeti’s virtuosic Nouvelle Aventures in Boston with the NEC Contemporary Ensemble and Callithumpian Consort, conducted by Efstratios Minakakis. He sang the successful Boston premiere of Stefan Weisman’s The Scarlet Ibis with Boston Opera Collaborative and was involved in the workshop premiere of Pulitzer Prize winner, Cerise Jacob’s videogame opera, Permadeath.
Wei En holds a M.M. in Voice Performance from New England Conservatory, where he studied with Dr. Ian Howell, and a B.M. in Voice Performance from Ithaca College, where he studied with Professor Carol McAmis. In Singapore, Wei En studied with Toh Ban Sheng.
Wei En's love for music began in choirs. He was a member of Hallelujah Oratorio Society, directed by Rev. Lee Chong Min, and sang with the Amoris Singers, directed by Toh Ban Sheng.
Follow Wei En on facebook@ChanWeiEnCountertenor and Instagram@weiencountertenor
A native of Taiwan, Yi-Li Chang @yilichangmusic has been recognized by Boston Musical Intelligencer as a baroque
violinist and gambist with “confident virtuosity, deliver with fluid and engrossing flair and serious
acuity, and blend as necessary, adding a rich warmth to the group’s sound.”
A well-rounded musician, Yi-Li’s knowledge of music goes beyond the modern violin, baroque violin,
viola da gamba and keyboard. Yi-Li has received Doctor of Music and Master of Music in violin
performance from the National Taiwan Normal University. Besides modern violin performance, she
also has received Graduate Performance Diploma, and Master of Music degree in Early Music from the
Longy School of Music of Bard College. During her studies at Longy she was the winner of the Honors
Competition at Longy and granted the prestigious Roman Totenberg Award.
Yi-Li was the faculty at Arlington Public School and New School of Music in Massachusetts, and the
staff harpsichord accompanist at Longy School of Music of Bard College, U.S.A.
Yi-Li is now Senior Lecturer at music department of University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Catch Yi-Li in the upcoming #thesingingbalcony -from home edition-, where she will team up with classical guitarist YS Tang @ys.tang.music and soloists from #klmadrigalsingers Sharlene Rani @sharlenerani, Darrel Chan @dcyc92 , Scott Woo @scottwoo79 and Paul Khoo @khookp, in a virtual collaboration in quarantine, of “Can she excuse my wrong?” Aka “Captain Piper’s Galliard” by John Dowland.
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Welcome to our new soprano, Asha Menon. Asha is from Alor Setar. She started singing in school and haven't stopped since. While studying medicine in Australia, she skipped a few lectures and studied music history concentrating on medieval and renaissance music. In KL, she feels lucky to have sung (and still singing) in both classical and contemporary choirs, including a Barbershop chorus. Asha loves cats, coffee and Downton Abbey.
While she has not performed live with VerSeS yet, you can catch a glimpse of her in 2 of our previous Covid Lockdown virtual Dowland with the Kuartet TPJ (Tak Pernah Jumpa) in our IGTV “of light & shadow series” here: https://www.instagram.com/versespj/channel
Here’s to more singing to come!
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