YST STORIES Kris Foundation Viola Masterclass Fund Energises New Possibilities People Academics On 13 October 2020, the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music (YST) at the National University of Singapore (NUS) launched the new Kris Foundation Viola Masterclass Fund – an endowment fund from the Kris Foundation supporting masterclasses by visiting artists in viola held […]
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2020/21 YST Modules Open to NUS Students
YST STORIES 2020/21 YST Modules Open to NUS Students Academics For the 2020/21 academic year, YST is pleased to announce that 23 Conservatory modules are available to NUS students in Semester 1, and 30 modules in Semester 2. Current NUS undergraduate students may select these modules through ModReg from Round 2 of the Module Registration […]
Forging Paths of Their Own
YST STORIES Charting Pathways 2020: Forging Paths of Their Own Musical Journeys People This year, we are pleased to celebrate our first graduating cohort of Music & Society (MS) and Music, Collaboration & Production (MCP) majors! Both majors were announced in 2018 and enable students to realise their leadership potential and identities in a range of different emerging contexts, in addition to their […]
2019/20 Semester 2 YST Modules Open to NUS Students
YST STORIES 2019/20 Semester 2 YST Modules Open to NUS Students Academics For Semester 2 of the 2019/20 academic year, YST is pleased to announce that 25 Conservatory modules are available to NUS students. Current NUS undergraduate students may select these modules through ModReg from Round 2 of the Module Registration exercise, unless otherwise stated. […]
Composing With Courage
YST STORIES Composing With Courage Academics “Composition goes beyond just knowing its grammatical structures or having a wide vocabulary – it requires you to understand music as a language.” This statement speaks not only to Ding Jian Han’s craft as a composer, but also a deep personal journey in composition. He shares, “The first time […]
A Grounded Tone
YST STORIES A Grounded Tone Academics Originally from Uzbekistan, Cello graduate Jamshid Saydikarimov will join the Singapore Symphony Orchestra alongside fellow Violin graduate Kong Xianlong – an exciting new step in his extensive musical journey from childhood. Growing up in musical family with his father a singer and his mother a cellist, Jamshid began his […]
2019/20 Semester 1 YST Modules Open To NUS Students
YST STORIES 2019/20 Semester 1 YST Modules Open To NUS Students April 9, 2019 Academics At YST, we seek to open up platforms and pathways for people to pursue their musical aspirations. For Semester 1 of the 2019/20 academic year, we are pleased to announce that 20 Conservatory modules are available to NUS students. Current […]
2018/19 Scholarship Recipients
YST STORIES 2018/19 Scholarship Recipients Academics People We are pleased to announce that Luong Khanh Nhi and Mervyn Lee (both BMus Year 4, Piano) have been awarded the 2018/19 Steven Baxter Memorial Scholarship, and Ding Jian Han (BMus Year 4, Composition) has been awarded the 2018/19 S R Nathan Music Scholarship. The Steven Baxter Memorial […]
2018/19 Semester 2 YST Modules Open To NUS Students
YST STORIES 2018/19 Semester 2 YST Modules Open To NUS Students Academics At YST, we seek to open up platforms and pathways for people to pursue their passions and aspirations in music. For Semester 2 of the 2018/19 academic year, we are pleased to announce that 20 Conservatory modules are available to NUS students. Current […]
Going Global
YST STORIES Going Global Musical Journeys Academics International exposure adds immense value to an artist’s development, and at YST we support our students as they go places. In the last academic year, nine students took part in semester-long exchange programme with our partner schools, and four students have been on exchange this semester. In addition, […]
