We are delighted to announce the appointment of Ms Natalie Hennedige to the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music’s Governing Board, effective November 2025. Her extensive contributions to the arts scene will bring invaluable insights and perspectives to the Conservatory.
Natalie Hennedige is the founder and Artistic Director of CAKE, a performance company committed to creating works and excursions that embody the experience of performance and art. Beyond its main season productions, CAKE presents the Running with Strippers series – an exploratory platform for investigating contemporary modalities of artistic expression. As a performance director and writer, Natalie is known for her singular artistic language and creative vision exploring complex states through highly constructed heightened worlds with collaborators from diverse artistic disciplines and cultural backgrounds.
Ms Vivien Goh, Sole Proprietor of the Goh Soon Tioe Music Studio and longstanding supporter of YST, has stepped down from the Board as of 31 October 2025, after 8 years of service since 2017.
We warmly welcome Natalie to the YST Governing Board and look forward to her insights in shaping the Conservatory’s artistic and educational direction for our students and community.
YST Governing Board members (from 1 November 2025)
* listed in alphabetical order by surname
Ms Chong Siak Ching (Chair)
Chief Executive Officer, National Gallery Singapore
Mr Nicholas Chan
Director, PIFINvest Limited
Dr June Goh
Senior Consultant & Director, Neuro-Anaesthesia, Singapore General Hospital
Ms Natalie Hennedige
Artistic Director and Founder, Cake Theatrical Productions
Mr Kok Tse Wei
Director, Community Impact, Singapore Symphony Group
Mrs Clara Lim-Tan
Director, Arts Education, Student Development Curriculum Division, Ministry of Education
Mr Low Jia Hua
Managing Director, Metropolitan Festival Orchestra
Mr Nicholas Nash
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Asia Partners
Ms Jennifer Tham
Artistic Director, SYC Ensemble Singers
Mr Julian Wong
Senior Executive, Centre for Music and the Arts, Institute of Technical Education
Prof Aaron Thean (Ex-officio)
Deputy President (Academic Affairs) and Provost, National University of Singapore
Prof Peter Tornquist (Ex-officio)
Dean, Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music
More information about the Board members can be found here.
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