REICH Pulse (Singapore Premiere)
REICH City Life
BARTÓK Music for Strings, Percussion, Celeste, Sz. 106

Minimalist. Poignant. Evocative. Words to measure the pulse of city life. Instruments of the contemporary + sounds of the urban: street speech, car horns, subway chimes, pile drivers, door slams. A cityscape sinfonia. Get to know Steve Reich, one of America’s greatest and most influential living composers, in 60 minutes.

Masterclass by Clarence Lee.

Free admission. For ticket reservations, please email piano-SGP@music.yamaha.com

The Harry Potter™ Film Concert Series returns to the Esplanade Theatre with Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban™ in Concert, the third film in the Harry Potter series.  On march 1st and 2nd, 2019, the Metropolitan Festival Orchestra will perform this magical score live from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban™ while the entire film plays in high-definition on a 40-foot screen.

In their third year at Hogwarts™, Harry, Ron and Hermione meet escaped prisoner Sirius Black™ and learn to handle a half-horse/half-eagle Hippogriff, repel shape-shifting Boggarts and master the art of Divination. Harry must also withstand soul-sucking Dementors™, outsmart a dangerous werewolf and deal with the truth about Sirius and his relationship to Harry and his parents.

Duration:
Approximately 3 hours
(20 minutes interval)

Clarence will be performing Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11 as concerto soloist at private workshop for Young Conductors conducting by SSO conducting.

To commemorate the 200 years founding of Modern Singapore, The Special Edition of Young Virtuoso Concert Series “Piano Extravaganza 2019” will feature four young and talented pianists namely Song Ziliang, Clarence Lee, Azariah Tan and Gabriel Hoe with solo, four-hands and eight-hands piano works which include: Liszt Dante Sonata, Rachmaninov 2nd Piano Suite, Beethoven Sonata in E Op. 109, Lutoslawski Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Milhaud Scaramouche, Bach-Busoni Chaconne, etc...

Duration:
Approximately 2 hour 15 minutes
(With 15 minutes interval)

Clarence will be one of the Jury Members for the 5th Edition Ars Nova Fest. Ars Nova Fest is a non-competitive performance platform cater to the general music lovers to perform in public without the competitive stress. The festival is for all instruments including voice (except drum).

All participants will receive either Bronz, Silver or Gold Certificate upon completion of the selection round. Selected GOLD award winners will be invited to perform in the Gala Performance at the Esplanade Recital Studio on 1st September, 2019. To register, please go to Ars Nova Fest website.
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Gala Performance ticket price at $15.00 per head.

Clarence will be one of the Jury Members for the2nd Hong Kong International Music Competition for Young Pianists 2019.

Clarence will be one of the adjudicator for the upcoming Harmony Hour 2019.

Clarence will be one of the adjudicators for the upcoming Ars Nova Festival 2019 Gala Performance.

Performance Session:
Gala I - 2.30pm to 5.30pm
Gala II - 6.30pm to 9.00pm

To purchase a ticket, please visit www.arsnovafest.com/galatickets.

Note: Tickets for Gala I & Gala II are sold separately.

Singapore Chinese Orchestra will be running its 2019 edition of Conducting Workshop this November. This workshop is led by SCO Music Director, Tsung Yeh. This 5^th run of the workshop is part of SCO’s overall talent developmental plan for the music industry.

FEES:
The workshop is free for all active participants and observers. Not restricted to nationalities; however, participant will need to bear all necessary travel expenses.

TIMELINE:
July - Sep: Registration (Refer to SCO’s website for details)
End of Sep: Notification of selected participants
17 – 22 Nov: Conducting Workshop

Program Flow:
9.30am - 10.00am      Sonata Op.31 No.3, 1st movement by Beethoven
10.00am - 10.30am     Un Sospiro by Liszt
10.30am - 11.15am        Sonata Op.31 No.2, 1st movement, "Tempest" by Beethoven
Break
11.30am - 12.00pm      Allegro Grazioso, 2nd movement from Sonatina in C, Op.55 No.3
12.00pm - 12.45pm      French Suite No.5 by Back, Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, Gigue

Fee for Observer: $20

Venue:
MW Fine Arts Academy
185A Upper Thomson Road
Singapore 574333

For more information and registration, please contact +65-81883366.