Date: 16 November 2006 (Thursday)
Time: 8.01pm
Venue: Esplanade Recital Studio

To conclude the aftereight Series for 2006, YMS was pleased to present Young Artist winner Zechariah Goh Toh Chai (piano) with Prof Vincent Gnojek (saxophone).

In addition to works from Latin America, the duo premiered an original composition by Zechariah Goh and perform Bach’s Flute Sonata in G minor, transcribed for saxophone and piano. Gnojek also presenedt 3 unaccompanied solo works for saxophone.

Date: 28 September 2006 (Thursday)
Time: 8.01pm
Venue: Esplanade Recital Studio
Tickets:$15

For the second installment of the year, YMS once again featured accomplished pianist, Albert Lin. Since returning to Singapore, Albert has been actively involved in promoting and performing works by local composers. He has performed at events such as the International Computer Music Conference, the 1st Ong Teng Cheong Concert at the Esplanade, and has accompanied French singer Emma Shapplin at her private concert at Chijmes. In April 2005, he gave a sold-out solo recital presented by YMS dedicated solely to works by local composers. He has also appeared with the Braddell Heights Symphony Orchestra as guest soloist and his trio The Han Piano Trio and made a successful debut as the opening performance for the Musica da Camera organized by The Arts House.

An avid supporter of new music, Albert presented an evening of works by both foreign and local composers. Singapore premieres for the music by Ho Chee Kong, Leong Yoon Pin, John Sharpley, Joyce Bee Tuan Koh, Nikolai Kapusti, and the world premiere of Goh Toh Chai’s Miniatures.

Date: 27 July 2006 (Thursday)
Time: 8.01pm
Venue: YMS Auditorium
Tickets: $12

What started as a chamber concert and recital series held at the YMS Arts Centre, has evolved into the aftereight Series, a planned regular feature of the Young Musicians' Society that is a collection of chamber music recitals, talks and workshops. This series of 60-minute concerts and lecture-demonstration sessions serves firstly to provide a less-formal introduction to different instruments and ensemble configurations, as well as an understanding of the music performed.

Starting off the aftereight Series for the year, YMS was proud to feature the InClarion Clarinet Choir. The group comprises of enthusiastic clarinet players in Singapore. The clarinet choir uses the entire range of the clarinet family, ranging from the petite “E-flat Clarinet” down to the gigantic “Contrabass Clarinet”. The clarinets bring the audience transcriptions of familiar classical music, evergreen tunes, swing as well as original clarinet choir works.

InClarion performed works by Bach, Mozart, Handel, Rossini, Irving Berlin, Keith Amos and Gordon Jacob.

Date: 30 March 2006 (Thursday)
Time: 8.01pm
Venue: Esplanade Recital Studio
Tickets: $16 (Includes SISTIC fee)

Tickets available from all SISTIC outlets from 31 January 2006.
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Once again, YMS will be collaborating with leading bassoonist Lim Tee Heong in an aftereight Series Concert to be held at the Esplanade Recital Studio.

Once again, YMS collaborated with leading bassoonist Lim Tee Heong in an aftereight Series Concert held at the Esplanade Recital Studio.

Following a successful performance at the YMS Auditorium in 2001, Tee Heong sought YMS' assistance to present a bassoon recital featuring works by Australian composers, George Dreyfus, Larry Sitsky, Stuart Greenbaum, Peter Webb and James Ledger. Having graduated from the University of Melbourne in 2003, Tee Heong was keen to showcase the modern music of Australia.
In line with the aftereight Series aimed at educating concert-goers, the one-hour lecture performance featured James Ledger's Liberty . Equality.Karaoke: for Bassoon and CD. This work, interestingly, can literally be considered a "karaoke" piece for the bassoon. A work that merges with technology, the bassoon will be played over a recording of manipulated sounds prerecorded by Australian bassoonist Wendy Cooper. The piece was commissioned by Cooper and first performed at the 2001 International Double Reed Society Conference. It was the Singapore premiere of the unique composition.

28 April 2005

Albert Lin celebrated the works of local composers. He performed Goh Toh Chai's Variations on Rasa Sayang and Ripples 2 for Piano and the Singapore premiere of Joyce Bee Tuan Koh’s Edenkobener Bagatellen, a series of eight short pieces that are commentaries to and "musical offspring" of the "Elf neue Bagatellen" by Ludwig van Beethoven.