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Catch the premiere of David Hamilton's Wood Haiku

MCC - 8/25/2017

Pianist-composer Jessica Cho will premiere award-winning New Zealand composer David Hamilton's new piece specially written for her, Wood Haiku, part of a series of piano works after he composed Water Haiku for the Malaysian Composers Collective's 15 minutes of Fame project. He was inspired after listening to Cho's performance of Water Haiku to compose one haiku each for the other elements - Gold, Wood, Fire, Earth - to make up his suite Elemental Haiku. The piece is mysterious, earthy and meditative, in contrast to the fluid,…

Push the limits at KLEX 2017: Crossing Over, in November

MCC - 6/05/2017

The eighth edition of KLEX, the KL Experimental Film, Video and Music Festival, is looking for submissions! This year, our theme is “Crossing Over”. Crossing Over is the journey of departing from one point to another point. In genetics, the mechanism of crossing-over will result in genetic diversity. The process of crossing over brings information from one place to another. It can also refer to the transformation from one form to another. It signifies change, with recognition of the sources. It embraces traits from both ends, and w…

Ankur Ensemble presents 'Under The Kayon Tree'

MCC - 6/04/2017

“Under the Kayon tree” is a musical performance using elements of theatre and dance to share well-loved Malaysian legends and stories. These stories are our adaptations of the legends of Parameswara, Hang Tuah, Hang Li Po and Mahsuri. The Ankur ensemble performs original compositions under the musical direction of TFA’s award winning composer, Jyotsna Nithyanandan. The word Ankur comes from Sanskrit and means “sprout”. The sprout is an analogy of the various people who came to settle here and how their seeds of culture, language and tradit…

Seamex 2017 call for Asean choral works, big band

MCC - 6/03/2017

As one of the main activities in SEAMEX 2017, ASEAN YOUTH CHOIR invites submission of choral scores for performance and possibly live recordings. Composers must be nationals or residents of the ASEAN region, and each composer can submit only a maximum of TWO pieces. There are no age restrictions. Each submission must be a new or pre-existing work no older than three years, and no longer than 5 minutes in duration. It should allude to the sound and spirit of the ASEAN region, and that of the SEAMEX occasion – a sharing of cultu…

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 …