While residing in the United States, Siaw Sing received the Freeman Foundation Grant that brought him to Asia for lectures and performances. He was an exchange music faculty scholar with the Central China Normal University, and guest artist at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. During his studies, he won first prizes in the Wanda K. Eastwood Music Competition and the Mu Phi Epsilon State Competition. He was recognized as the “Outstanding Performer in Keyboard” from the University of Oregon. His musical talents also earned him the Sadie Zellen Piano Prize from the Cleveland Institute of Music, Yean Boon Tan Piano Prize from the Northern Illinois University, and the piano teaching fellowship from the University of Oregon. He also received the Kenneth S. Ghent International Scholarship for his academic excellence during his doctoral studies at the University of Oregon.
Siaw Sing was the former president of the Singapore Music Teachers’ Association. During his presidency, he expanded the Seventh Singapore Performers’ Festival, which had over 650 young musicians who came from nineteen different nationalities, participating in the adjudicated performances in the areas of piano, strings, voice, chamber music and composition. The festival also included masterclasses and workshops conducted by twenty internationally acclaimed artists and university professors.
Siaw Sing’s other professional commitments include adjudicating local and international music competitions, acting as an external music examiner and an association advisory panel, and conducting piano masterclasses at music colleges.