Malaysian Composers Collective

Call for scores for Asean Youth Orchestra @ Seamex 2017, Kuala Lumpur

MCC - 4/22/2017

In conjunction with SEAMEX 2017 (Southeast Asia Music Education Exchange), Spectrum Culture Exchange is requesting new music scores from composers residing in the ASEAN region as part of ASEANYO’s debut in September 2017 (8 - 10 Septemer in KL), at SEAMEX2017**. Each original work (score) in application must be a new or pre-existing work, no older than 5 years, and no longer than 10 minutes in duration. It must reflect the theme: ‘Architecture of Desire’ and that of the SEAMEX occasion; a sharing of cultures, skills and ideas. The work …

Remembering Jack Body: Interview rewind

MCC - 4/12/2017

New Zealand's leading composer Jack Body passed away exactly two years ago next month. We remember Jack with an interview he made in the region a decade ago when he brought his enthusiasm to our shores. Mountains of Molehills: A chat with Jack Body Off The Edge, June 2006 Rewind: Off The Edge caught up with leading composer Jack Body, whose work has been feaured on Kronos Quartet’s CD, while he was in Singapore. Is the remarkable growth of contemporary music in New Zealand a reflection of our own possible future? NEW ZEALAND…

Interweaves and Connections: Threading Ideas Across New Works - A talk by Adeline Wong

MCC - 3/03/2017

Composer Adeline Wong will be giving a talk on her latest compositional approach that has spanned several of her latest opuses. Prime example of her direction is her latest string quartet Interweaves, which was premiered on a recording by MCC's second Malaysian composers anthology of the same name, featuring four Malaysian women composers. Wong then took elements from Interweaves to give birth to her next work, Nexus for low brass, which was premiered in KL and then in Singapore this month. The talk will be presented at Sin…

Call for scores - Asian Music Festival 2017, Tokyo.

MCC - 1/05/2017

The Asian Music Festival 　 (AMF) 2017 in Japan will be held on November 2and 3, 2017 in Tokyo, two days of events aimed at providing enjoyment for a broad variety of audiences, composers and musicians on the theme ”Prayer”. For this festival, the JFC, are seeking compositions from member countries of the Asian Composers League (ACL). When: November 2, 3 2017 (2 days, 4 concerts) Venues: Tsukiji Hongwanji Temple (Chuo City), Anyouin Temple ( Itabashi City) Performers: undecided Eligibility 1. 　　 Each entrant is allowed …

Adeline Wong's Nexus for brass premieres at MPO

MCC - 12/13/2016

Catch the premiere of Adeline Wong's Nexus for low brass quintet, performed by the MPYO and MPO musicians at Dewan Filharmonik on Dec 14, Wednesday for their 2016/17 season. Nexus is scored for alto trombone, tenor trombone, bass trombone and 2 bass tubas. According to Wong, the work is a continuation of the ideas explored in her previous works Interweaves for string quartet and Longing , for quartet, solo cello, electronics and multimedia premiered in 2012. Longing was first premiered as Lengt in Norway, a collaboration with Norwe…

Slamet jalan, mas: A belated farewell to Slamet Sjukur

MCC - 10/19/2016

'Being a composer is amusing; no one cares about his living or his usefulness.' - Slamet Sjukur, October 2009 I had the pleasure of meeting the most intriguing Asian composer some years back, Indonesian veteran Slamet Sjukur . Unlike many, he had no airs about him, and did not think of himself as particularly important or notable to the new music profession. We met twice, once in Wellington in 2007 and later when I invited him to come to Kuala Lumpur for the KLCMF 09 but Slamet spoke as if we had always been old friends.…

Interweaves CD launched in Penang, 4 Oct 2016

MCC - 10/06/2016

Malaysia's first ever CD anthology of six works by women composers ' Interweaves ' was launched at Penang Deputy Chief Minister II P Ramasamy's office in Komtar, Penang on 4 October, 2016. Present at the cheque presentation ceremony was the cosponsor foundation Pertubuhan Masyarakat Sihat Tanpa Alkohol Pulau Pinang, members of the national media, the composer and the artist of the cover CD Susan Loone. At the launch Cho talked about her long held dream to produce a CD of women composers from the time she began researching …

Celebrating six works by Malaysian women composers

MCC - 9/20/2016

Interweave: to bring together, to marry different strands, to create a fabric of delightful colours. This is the theme of the new CD compilation of six works by Malaysian women composers to be released this month. The CD will be launched at an official press conference in at Komtar, Penang on 4 October, 12.30pm. Venue: Penang Deputy Chief Minister II P Ramasamy's office. ABOUT THE CD: Women composers have made an indelible mark on Malaysian contemporary music. On this CD, they are shown in all their colourful diversity, from modern art …