Syc.org.sg Website Review

This August, the SYC Ensemble Singers and Jennifer Tham change tracks, climbing aboard the folk-rock-gospel-jazz train that is the music of Steve Dobrogosz. Sweeping in on warm winds, urgent with the energy of the jazz piano, Steve himself will accompany the choir on a ride © 2013 SYC Ensemble Singers. All rights reserved. Best viewed with the latest version of Chrome Starting out life as a combined schools’ choir and then christened the Singapore Youth Choir in 1964, the choir – in its current incarnation as the SYC Ensemble Singers – is no stranger to change and reinvention. Helming the vanguard of Singapore’s choral scene, we are committed to the exploration of what music can be, taking our bearings from a bravely contemporary repertoire that crosses borders Essentially nomadic, we globetrot the musical dimensions of the world to map the synapses between music, experience and memory. From the historic win at the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod in 1974 to the latest installation of THREE in Sapporo in January 2013, all the while working closely with local and international composers and promoting music education for the youth, this decades-long trip has been continually marked with a sense of collaboration and community. Yet, as all journeys do, every traipse down a newly-forged path is an adventure that brings us back home. And home, for us, is our unwavering dedication to The Music in its demanding and rewarding complexities, to give it voice and preserve musical spaces for the The average percentage of males who join SYC is 26.85% or a female to male ratio of slightly more than 2:1. Jennifer has directed the Singapore Youth Choir (now the SYC Ensemble Singers) since 1986. In her hands, the SYC has earned several prizes and awards, as well as a reputation for being the composer’s choir, malleable to the demands of contemporary choral music. Jennifer is also Artistic Director of the Young Musicians’ Society, the arts company responsible for the Asia South Pacific Symposium on