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Originally from Thailand, Nuttapong Veerapun graduated with honor in trumpet performance at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, National University of Singapore. He has been active as a chamber and orchestra musician, having performed with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Singapore Festival Orchestra, China Philharmonic Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra of Malaysia, Bangkok Symphony Orchestra, Siam Philharmonic Orchestra. As a chamber musician, he was a member of Conservatory Brass Quintet which performs regularly. He has performed in masterclass with Edmund Cord, James Thompson, Barry Tuckwell, Boston Brass Quintet. Period before coming to Singapore, he studied and graduated in Trumpet performance at Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand. He appeared as solonist with Kasetsart University Wind Symphony in many occasions. He was a principal in both Kasetsart Wind Symphony and Kasetsart Symphony Orchestra. In 2002, he was chosen by the music director of Kasetsart Wind Symphony to performed a solo trumpet recital at Kasetsart Cultural Center Hall. |
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Wai Lun Chong is currently a fourth year student at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music at the National University of Singapore. Previously an amateur trumpeter, Chong self taught his way to a full scholarship at the school, where he studies under Bill Theis, co-principle trumpeter at the Malaysia Philharmonic Orchestra. His involvement in ensemble playing includes the Conservatory Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Wang Ya-Hui and Brass Quintet under Brett Stemple. Besides his training as a classical musician at the conservatory, Wai Lun is also an aspiring singer. Ever since he joined the Singapore Youth Choir Ensemble Singers in year 2005, he has been actively singing as a bass and serving as a conducting assistant under the guidance of Jennifer Tham. Also, currently a member of an award winning (Talent Quest 2005; A cappella Championships 2005) a cappella group called Verve Enharrmonics, Wailun's love for a cappella music is nurtured during his involvement in Resonance, an a cappella club in NUS, where he later served as the Music Director. Songs featured on youtube.com includes Wo Shi Zhen De Fu Chu Wo De Ai and Belaian Jiwa. Prior to his education at the conservatory, Wai Lun was an advertising major at Taylor's College, School of Mass Communication in Selangor, Malaysia. He hopes to venture in to Jazz playing and choir conducting in the near future. |
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Chakrit is a French horn player. He graduated at Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, National University of Singapore. Since taking up the horn at age thirteen, he has been active as a chamber, winds band and orchestra musician, playing with the Thai Youth Orchestra, Bangkok Orchestra of Thailand, Malaysia, Bangkok opera Singapore Festival Orchestra and many chamber orchestras. Chakrit attended the 2nd and 3rd Canton International Summer Music Academy (CISMA) and Australia international summer orchestra. He has performed with the renown conductors such as Maestro Charles Dutoit, Maestro Yan Pascal Tortelier. He has performed in master class with Berry Tuckwell, Stefan Dohr, Gerd Seifert, Han Xiao Ming, Laurence Davies, Hans Pizka, Kerry Tunner, Boston Brass Quintet, and many others. Before coming to Singapore, he had studies at Kasetsart University with Mr.Surapol Tunyavibul and Prasert Ratchamanee, Assistance principal horn of Thailand Philharmonic. Later, He was given a full scholarship from The Yong Siew Toh Conservatory in 2004 and studies with Han Chang Chou, the principal horn of Singapore Symphony orchestra. |
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Songyos graduated with honors in trombone performance major from the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, National University of Singapore. Since taking up his trombone, he has been active as a chamber and orchestral musician, performing with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Bangkok Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra of Malaysia, Siam Philharmonic Orchestra and many chamber orchestras and ensemble groups. He currently studies under Allen Meek, the principle trombonist of Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Prior to music education in Singapore, he had studied in the faculty of Find and Applied Arts, Chulalongkorn University and graduated with an honor in trombone performance major studied under Arunkorn Chaisubankanok, the principal trombonist of Bangkok Symphony orchestra. He has masterclasses with Peter Sullivan, Jorgan van Rijen, Maciek Walicki, and many great brass players. Songyos attened the 1st and 2nd Canton International Summer Music Academy (CISMA) during the summers of 2005 and 2006 and recently touring with Asian Youth Orchestra in summer 2008. |
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Kittiwut graduated the tuba performance major from Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, National University of Singapore. Since taking up the tuba at age eighteenth, he has been active as a chamber and orchestral musician, playing with the Thai Youth Orchestra, Kasetsart Symphony Orchestra, Kasetsart Wind Symphony, and many chamber orchestras. Kittiwut attended the 1st Australian International Summer Orchestra Institute in Hobart, Tasmania in Australia during the summers 2006. He has performed in master classes with Steve Rosses, Michael Bertoncello, Edmund Cord, Boston Brass Quintet, and many others. |
