'Schools I've attended
Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary School
1988 - 1993 -- PSLE Cert.
The Chinese High School
1994 - 1997 -- GCE O'Levels
Raffles Junior College
1998 - 1999 -- GCE A'Levels
National University of Singapore
2000 - 2003 BA (English Language and Literature)
'Music experience (education)
LRSM Piano Performance (Distinction) 2003
DipABRSM Piano Perfomance
2001
ABRSM Grade 8 Piano (Merit)
1996
'Music experience (performance)
*all as pianist
Ong Lip Tat Students' Concert 1999
Victoria Concert Hall
(Bach: Sonata for 2 pianos)
RJC Alumni Noteworthy Concert 2000
Young Musicians' Society
(Mozart: Piano Trio K.502,
Weber: Flute Trio)
RJC Alumni Noteworthy Concert 2 2001
Young Musicians' Society
('Bessie's Song' from Jane
Eyre - own composition)
RJC Alumni Noteworthy Concert 3 2002
Chijmes
(Mozart: Piano Quartet,
Bach: Sicilienne)
RJC Alumni Noteworthy Concert 4 2004 The
Arts House
(Mozart: Piano Trio K.502)
Sylvia Ng Piano Studio Recital
01/2005 YMS Auditorium
(Bach: Chromatic Fantasy
&
Fugue)
Favourite works for Violin & Piano 05/2005 Esplanade
Library
(with Low Ying Ning and Duana Chan) (Beethoven: Vln Sonata
No.1, Dvorak: Vln Sonatina
,
Bach: Double Concerto
for
2 violins)
RJC Alumni Noteworthy Concert 5 06/2005
RJC Performance
Arts
Centre
(Beethoven Piano Trio
Opus 1 No.2)
Love & Life: A Musical Journey
08/2005 YMS Auditorium
(Beethoven 'Spring'
Sonata)
Conversation:Recital by students of 10/2005
Alliance Francais
Lim Tshui Fang (forthcoming) (Schumann:
Abegg Var.)
'Mozart at 250' by the
08/2006 NUS Theatrette
Quartet des Amis (as part of the (Mozart: Violin Sonata in E
Exxon Mobil Campus Concerts)
Minor, 2 Piano Quartets)
'Soaring Melodies, Romantic Spirit' 10/2007 UCC Theatre,
NUS
by the Cantilena Chamber Players (Mendelssohn: Piano Trio
(as part of the Exxon Mobil Campus
in D Minor, Schumann:
Concerts) ~forthcoming Piano Quintet)
'Music experience (others)
Regular piano accompanist for singers
Violist in secondary and JC school orchestras
Aspiring composer of songs (both classical and pop) and hopes
to write for the orchestra and music theatre one day :)
'Music interests
Primary
Piano repertoire of the Classical and Romantic periods (esp Mozart,
Beethoven, Schubert and Schumann)
Chamber music
Orchestral music of the Romantic period
Secondary
Lieder (esp. Schubert, Schumann and Brahms)
Opera (esp. Mozart, Bellini, Weber and Verdi)
Gilbert and Sullivan operettas
Sentimental pop songs/ballads
'Literary interests
Reading and study
The poetry of Heinrich Heine, Emily Dickinson, Christina Rossetti
Drama, especially Ibsen, Wilde, Feydeau
Creative Writing
Writing of stage plays
Current thematic preoccupations in writing
Family relationships
Innocence vs Experience
The idealistic individual in a realistic world
The value and perceptions of the Arts in Singapore
'Playwriting activities
Playwriting involvements
Participant of Play:Write - a playwriting course organised by Central Singapore CDC
and TheatreWorks, conducted by Robert Yeo (2002)
2nd prize winner of Singapore21 Playwriting Contest, organised by NUS (2002)
Member of TheatreWorks Writers Lab 2003 led by Tan Tarn How
Participant of Intermediate Playwriting Course @ TheatreWorks led by Desmond Sim (May
- June 2003)
Production history of individual plays
1. To be or not to be, a comedy in 2 scenes
Dramatised reading:
September 2002, Esplanade Library (produced by Theatreworks ; directed by Jeffrey Tan)
18 January 2004, Centrestage Arts School (produced by Tabby Cat Theatre ; directed by Jack
Tan)
Performance:
23 November 2002, Esplanade Outdoor Theatre (produced by Theatreworks ; directed by Jeffrey
Tan)
2. Ah Kong at the Esplanade, a monologue
Dramatised reading:
13 December 2003, Theatreworks Black Box (produced by Theatreworks ; directed by Norlinah Mohammed)
3. Ballet Shoes, a tragedy in 1 Act
Dramatised reading:
18 January 2004, Centrestage Arts School (produced by Tabby Cat Theatre ; directed by Jack
Tan)
