Speakers

Prof. Andre de Quadros (Boston – USA)

Conductor, music educator, Director of the School of Music at Boston University and Artistic Director of the Boston University Tanglewood Institute.

Thomas Caplin (Norwegia)

Clinician, music educator, conductor, book author, professor & leader of choral activities at the College of Education, Hamar, Norway, also the Music Director for the Norwegian Choir Association.

Anne-Charlotte Lundell (Swedia)

Director of Operations for the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, she was a singer and co-director with Eskil Hemberg in the Stockholm Academic Choir and main director for the Stockholm Academic Choir. Working regularly as a conductor with a special interest in children’s choirs.

Jennifer Tham (Singapura)

Jennifer conducts the SYC Ensemble Singers, and is Artistic Director of the Young Musicians’ Society. She is a Board member of the International Federation for Choral Music, and represents Singapore on the World Choir Council. She has been on competition juries in Austria, Germany, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, China and Indonesia and will be on jury at the 6th World Choir Games (Shaoxing, China).

Soprano Stella Zhou (Singapura)

London College of Music ~ FLCM, Won the 1st , both the Hong Kong Classical Song Competition as well as the Asia Professional Competition. Gold medal at the 2005 North Korea International Spring Festival. Vast performing experience includes operatic roles,concert soloist and recitals. Teaches in Singapore Lasalle College of Arts , Music Director for the Society of Charis Singers etc.

Tommyanto Kandisaputra (Indonesia)

Founder and President of Bandung Choral Society. Founder, Coductor and Artistic Director of Studio Cantorum Choir and Orchestra. Chairman of INTERKULTUR Indonesia. Choral Clinician, Speaker and adjudicator. Artistic Advisor of Church Choral Symposium in Indonesia, 2003, 2005, 2007.

Daud Kosasih (Indonesia)

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Jamie Hillman (Boston – USA)

Hillman is a multi-faceted musician who has won awards as a singer, pianist, composer, and conductor. He holds a Performer’s Diploma (Piano Performance) from the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, the Bachelor of Music degree (Honors Music Education) from the University of Western Ontario, and the Master of Music degree (Choral Conducting) from the University of Illinois. Hillman is currently pursuing a doctorate at Boston University, where in addition to his studies, works as a research assistant to Professor André de Quadros and teaches in the Composition and Theory Department. Before moving to Boston, Hillman served as Lecturer in Voice at Prairie Bible College in Alberta, Canada, where he taught voice, vocal pedagogy, and conducted both the women’s choir and the Masterworks Chorale & Orchestra.