Completed compositions & performances to date

2018

parting
Composed for Royal College of Music New Perspectives Concert Dec 2018
for fl.(=pic.), ob., 2 cl. (2/bcl.), 2 sax. (alt., ten.), bsn. – hn., tp., b. tbn. – perc. – str. (1.1.1.1.1)
duration: c. 10'
Premiere – 4 Dec 2018 – conducted by Timothy Lines, Royal College of Music, London, UK.

2015

短奏曲 “Short Piece”
for 1 bangdi, 1 qudi, 1 gaoyinsheng – 1 yangqin, 2 pipa, 2 zhongruan – 4 erhu, 2 vc.

duration: c. 6’

Premiere – 13 Mar 2016 – Cambridge University Chinese Orchestra Society – West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge, UK.

2013

听说… heard that…

Commissioned for Raffles Institution String Ensemble & Chinese Orchestra joint concert 2013

for 8 vln.(div.), 3 vla., 3 vc., 2 cb. – 2 gaohu, 2 erhu, 2 zhonghu

duration: c. 5’20

Premiere – 14 Nov 2013 – Raffles Institution String Ensemble & Chinese Orchestra (combined strings ensemble), conducted by Wei Shing Chan – School Of The Arts Concert Hall, Singapore.

2011

黑光 Dark Light

Composed for Singapore International Competition for Chinese Orchestral Composition 2011; Won the Singaporean Composer Award

for 2 bangdi, 1 qudi, 2 xindi – 2 gaoyinsheng, 2 zhongyinsheng, 1 diyinsheng – 2 gaosuona, 1 zhongsuona, 1 disuona, 1 guan – 2 yangqin, 2 liuqin, 4 pipa, 4 zhongruan, 2 daruan – perc. – huqin (7.14.7), 6 vc., 3 cb.

duration: 8’

Premiere – 25 Nov 2011 – Singapore Chinese Orchestra, conducted by Tsung Yeh – Singapore Conference Hall, Singapore.

Discography available on Spotify.

2021

our dreams take flight

for 2 violins
duration: c. 1’

Premiere – 6 Aug 2021 – Eunoia Junior College, Singapore.

2018

想起贾爷爷 Thinking of elder Jia

for xindi, clarinet (Bb), soprano sheng, alto sheng, vibraphone, 2 vln., vc.
duration: c. 7’

Premiere – 23 Nov 2018 – Shanghai Conservatory of Music, China.

moments : Dartington

Composed for the Tritium Trio, at Dartington International Summer School for clarinet trio

duration: c. 5’

Premiere – 24 Aug 2018 – Dartington Hall, Totnes, UK.

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Composed for the Heath Quartet, at Dartington International Summer School for string quartet

duration: c. 6’

Premiere – 24 Aug 2018 – Dartington Hall, Totnes, UK.

rococo (For Laura, Erin, Lucy & Chris)

for three violins & cello

duration: c. 4’15

Premiere – 19 Jun 2018 – Girton College, Cambridge, UK.

Tari Ratoh Jaroe (“Ratoh Jaroe Dance”)

for saxophone quartet (soprano, alto, tenor, baritone)

duration: c. 6’20

Unperformed.

repose I

for baroque flute, baroque viola & harpsichord

duration: c. 4’40

Premiere – 16 Mar 2018 – Royal College of Music, London, UK.

repose III

for Baroque chamber ensemble (of any number of players)

duration: c. 4’

Premiere – 16 Mar 2018 – Royal College of Music, London, UK.

EXCITATIONS

for flute, clarinet (B b), tenor saxophone, guitar, viola & cello

duration: 8’30

Premiere – 1 Mar 2018 – conducted by Jonathan Cole, Royal College of Music, London, UK.

2017

Technically Dancing (in progress)

for wind quintet (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn)

i. 'free three' Premiere – Dec 2019 (location uncertain).

2016

kinetic – Four studies for String Quartet (String Quartet No. 1)

duration: c. 6’25

Unperformed.

2015

Trio for Clarinet (Bb), Violin & Piano
in 4 movements

duration: c. 6’40

Recorded by David McGregor (clarinet), Konrad Bucher (violin) and Ji Heng Lee (piano) – Apr 2015 – Girton College, Cambridge, UK; unperformed.

2012

Quintet
Commissioned for the Ensemble MusikFabrik project (for the Raffles Institution student ensemble)

for trombone, vln., vla., vc., cb.

duration: 5’

Premiere – 2 Jan 2013 – conducted by Peter Veale, Raffles Institution (Secondary), Singapore.

2011

2019

"Future"

Composed for Singapore Youth Festival 2019 Festival Concert

for SATB, synthesised backing track and electronics

duration: c. 4'

Premiere – 5 Jul 2019 – Esplanade Theatre, Singapore.

2018

aḍḍā আড্ডা

Won ‘Two performances and publication’ in the Diaphonia Edizioni • Associazione Musicale “Bellini” of Messina • Minelli-Dacey Duo ‘Flute-like-Voice’ Call for Scores

Published by Diaphonia Edizioni

for soprano and flute

duration: c. 10’

Premiere – 21 Oct 2018 – Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto, Messina, Italy.

Dream-Time (To Isabelle Tett)

for solo soprano

duration: c. 4’

Unperformed.

Mother’s lullaby (“Wiegenlied der Mutter” / “母亲的摇篮曲”)

for SATB choir (a cappella)

duration: 4’

Unperformed.

the caged bird sings...

for mezzo-soprano, oboe & horn

duration: 6’30

Premiere – 15 May 2018 – Royal College of Music, London, UK.

2017

pe_ple_sc_ns

Composed for Taylor-Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize Exhibition Concert, in response to Kurt Hoerbst’s People Scans

for soprano, baritone & electronics

duration: 3’

Premiere – 8 Dec 2017 – National Portrait Gallery, London, UK.

The Snow Queen

for two sopranos & one alto

duration: c. 4’30

Unperformed.

The Ocean Breathes

for 12 solo voices (4 S., 2 A., 2 T., 4 B.) & 3 suspended cymbals (7’, 13’, 16’)
duration: 6’10

Unperformed.

still changes

for soprano & piano

duration: c. 9’20

Unperformed.

2016

“...-ing a sound-...”

setting of three poems by members of the Girton Poetry Group

for mezzo-soprano, counter-tenor, bass, vln., pno. & synth. sounds

duration: c. 7’20

Premiere – 24 Apr 2016 – Girton College, Cambridge, UK.

2015

Maranâ thâ (“Come, O Lord”)

Won the Ely Consort 2015 Advent Carol Composition Winners Prize

for SATB choir (a cappella)

duration: 3’20

Premiere – 28 Nov 2015 – Ely Consort Choir, conducted by Matthew Rudd – Ely Cathedral, Ely, UK.

Videntes stellam

for SATB choir with piano

duration: c. 3’30

Unperformed.

2012

2019

Three tunes from Teo-chew operas (For Olivia Chuang)

for solo cello

duration: c. 6’30

Unperformed.

2018

sometimes we try to shoot the moon (For Marianne Huang)

for solo piano

duration: c. 5’

Unperformed.

through the | thicket |

In response to Nathanael Gubler’s |thicket /-/-/ gesträuch|

for solo alto flute

duration: 5’20

Recorded by Carla Rees – Oct 2018; unperformed.

strips

for solo flute

duration: 6’40

Workshopped by Sara Minelli – 2 May 2018 – Royal College of Music, London, UK.

2017

deca-

Composed for the 10th anniversary of the Composers Society of Singapore
for solo piano

duration: c. 1’15

Premiere – 17 Aug 2017 – Moritz Ernst – NAFA Lee Foundation Theatre, Singapore.

Three Movements for Organ (For Lucy Morrell)

duration: 8’10

Recorded by Lucy Morrell – Apr 2017 – Girton College, Cambridge, UK; unperformed.