Sparking Regional Synergies
From 11-16 March 2019, Ilysia Tan Jiayng (Year 3, Composition – front row, fifth from left) and Nigel Foo Shi Rong (Year 3, Harp – back row, sixth from left), took part in the 2019 Southeast Asian Directors of Music (SEADOM) Congress at the Institut Seni Indonesia Yogyakarta. The students networked with other students, educators and music institution leaders from the region and beyond. They participated in a Gamelan Project alongside students from Singapore, Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand. Outside of performances for the SEADOM Congress, they also engaged in presentations and discussions alongside educators and institutional leaders, where they shared and openly debated on topics in quality assurance and professional music training, as well as others such as leadership, communication and advocacy, quality in teaching and learning, and Southeast Asian music traditions. The YST Conservatory is grateful to the Chenter Foundation for its kind support of our students’ attendance at the 2019 SEADOM Congress, as part of a gift towards our community outreach projects in Singapore and Southeast Asia. At the 2019 SEADOM Congress General Assembly, Prof Bernard Lanskey (Dean) was re-elected as President of SEADOM for 2019-2021. Ms Jenny Ang (Deputy Director, Artistic Administration & Strategic Development) was elected to serve on the Executive Council.
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Nigel in a group discussion session.