Malaysian Composers Collective

Young composer Sayyid takes 'journey of life' to Manila's ACL Festival

MCC - 11/01/2015

KL-born Sayyid Shafiee will represent Malaysia at the young composers competition at the ACL Manila festival that starts on 6 Nov 2015. Sayyid, who is currently doing his masters at the Birmingham Conservatory, said he is excited to attend the festival as it is a "chance of a lifetime". The festival also features a number of Malaysian works including Johan Othman's choral work, the five-movement 'the dancing mouse', Ainolnaim Azizol's Meta VI for tape and dancer and CH Loh's 'A Queen, A Mother' for …

Likha-Likas: ACL Festival in Manila this November

MCC - 11/01/2015

Manila hosts the 33rd ACL Conference & Festival from November 6 - 11, 2015, themed ' Likha-Likas : Reconfiguring Music, Nature, and Myth'. Representing Malaysia at the Young Composer's Prize is Kuala Lumpur-born Sayyid Shafiee with his Jinsei Kouru for trumpet, bass clarinet and percussion. The festival also features a number of Malaysian works (in order of appearance): Johan Othman: the dancing mouse for SATB chorus CH Loh: A Queen, A Mother for soprano and piano Tee Xiao Xi: Life's Dukka (Shenghoubaku): art song …