The Instrument Selection Process

The Instrument Selection Process

Every band member will have to go through the process of being sorted into different sections at the very beginning of their ensemble music-making journey. Most students will have an instrument in mind before they even know name of the instrument or the sounds they...
My Band Journey: Teo Kay Min

My Band Journey: Teo Kay Min

Teo Kay Min (Singapore) Tubist/ Woodgrove Secondary School Ngee Ann Polytechnic Concert Band Ngee Ann Polytechnic Alumni Band West Winds My music journey began when I was in secondary school. I remembered my choice of instrument was the Double Bass but as there was...
Singapore Low Brass Festival 2016

Singapore Low Brass Festival 2016

Jointly organized and presented by Music Elements, The Band World and Music Gear Singapore, the Singapore Low Brass Festival 2016 is a 3 day ticketed event. As the biggest gathering for low brass musicians in the region, the festival runs from 16 – 18...
SYCW with Rodney Winther

SYCW with Rodney Winther

The Singapore Youth Chamber Winds (SYCW), under the baton of Professor Emeritus Rodney Winther, will be presenting its inaugural concert on 5 June! The SYCW is made up of youth musicians selected from an audition held earlier this year, who are going through a...
Learning Tuba Is As Easy As “Flubbling”

Learning Tuba Is As Easy As “Flubbling”

Tuba players are generally a forgotten lot, located next furthest from the conductor to the percussion and visually impaired from him by our prized tool of music making. It is no wonder that the conductor pay less attention to us. To economically use the...
Daniel Kiang

Daniel Kiang

Daniel Kiang first started out playing the Trombone. At the age of 14, he picked up the Tuba while studying at Xinmin Secondary School. In 2001 he was appointed as the band’s drum major and band advisor in the following year. After graduation, he continued to pursue...
Aaron Yong

Aaron Yong

A Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts diploma graduate, Aaron Yong is presently pursuing his degree in Tuba Performance at the Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University. Currently under the tutelage of renowned soloist and pedagogue Prof. Daniel Perantoni, Aaron has had the...
Interview with Timothy ‘Buzz’ Buzbee

Interview with Timothy ‘Buzz’ Buzbee

A proud native of Texas, Tim Buzbee didn’t realize he wanted to play the tuba professionally until he was almost twenty-one. After attending Texas A&M University in Commerce he was appointed Principal Tuba of the Acapulco Philharmonic. Shortly after, he won...