In view of current health and travel advisories, this event has been cancelled. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
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STEVEN SCHICK, percussion
MAX RIEFER, percussion
CHRISTOVEN TAN, viola
YST FACULTY & STUDENTS
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE

PROGRAMME

FRITZ HAUSER
Schraffur

Improvisation

LOU HARRISON
Threnody for Carlos Chavez

ABOUT THIS EVENT
Launching the Sounding Now Festival 2020, this concert features contemporary percussion music with musical influences as well as musicians from throughout the world. The resulting combinations brings traditions where they rarely ever go. Sundanese gamelan meets microphone feedback. Traditional Zimbabwean mbira music transforms into improvisation with electronics. More than a dozen scraped gongs paint the air in slowly changing sound colors. Performers include the eminent Steven Schick, Bani Haykal, Max Riefer, Christoven Tan, staff from the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory and percussion students from conservatories throughout the world.

ABOUT SOUNDING NOW FESTIVAL

Update: Cancellation of Festival 2020
In view of current health and travel advisories relating to the ongoing COVID-19, YST is implementing safety precautions consistent with NUS policy. Coupled with the increasing number of international travel bans, the organizers have decided to cancel this year’s festival. However, a select number of events are still slated to happen independently. Please see refer to the events listing below for more information. 

We apologise for the inconvenience and seek your kind understanding as we work to ensure a safe environment for all.

Sounding Now is a festival of contemporary music that brings together divergent contemporary practices with the goal of connecting people from different artistic communities in order to explore the ways their shared interests intersect. Presented by the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, the festival brings together contemporary music of different approaches – concert music, installation, electronics, and improvisation. This year’s festival will have a particular focus on contemporary percussion music. Special guests are Steven Schick, percussion, and the Swiss-based piano quartet Mondrian Ensemble. Singapore-based contemporary music ensembles OpusNovus and Wu Xian will perform as well several of the top experimental music improvisers from Singapore. Additionally, percussion students from Yong Siew Toh; UiTM, Shah Alam; and Western Australian Academy of the Performing Arts (WAAPA) will perform along with their teachers Mario Choo, Max Riefer, and Tim White. The festival takes place from 15-19 April 2020 and is presented by Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music.

TICKETING INFORMATION
• Free admission
• All event information is correct at time of print.
• Out of respect for other concertgoers, no children under 6 years of age will be allowed admission. Photo credits:

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