Malaysian Choral Composers Series

Juliette Lai was awarded the prestigious Federal Scholarship by the Malaysian Government to further her studies at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama from where she graduated, winning prizes for Best All-Round Student and for Harmony & Counterpoint.

While Head of the Music Department at the Malaysian Teachers College in Johor Bahru (Malaysia), she also served as Chairman of Committees for Curriculum Planning for Malaysian Teachers Colelges & Schools as well as the Chief Examiner for the Malaysian O-Level (Secondary School) Music Examinations.

Vivian Chua studied piano and violin at the Royal College of Music London from September 1994 to July 1996. She transferred to the Royal Academy of Music London in September 1996 to continue with her piano professor Frank Wibaut where she graduated with honours in piano performance in 1998.

Vivian’s first foray into composition began by being one of six young composers for the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra’s (MPO) Young Composers Forum and this resulted in ‘Water – Moods and Reflections’ for chamber orchestra, premiered on 30 March 2003 at the Dewan Filharmonik Petronas conducted by Kevin Field.

Geneviene Wong Jen-Pei graduated from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (formerly known as Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (RSAMD), Scotland) with First Class Honours and received the “Rhona Reid Scholarship” to pursue the MMus (Performance) in Piano Accompaniment with Jean Hutchison. Upon completion of the Masters, she was awarded the “Broadwood Junior Fellowship for Piano Accompaniment” at the RSAMD. 

In Glasgow, she accompanied the Glasgow Youth Choir and the Glasgow Philharmonic Male Voice Choir, performing in various venues throughout Britain, Germany and the Czech Republic.