Intune Music

Zuo En is a music instructor with Intune Music, specializing in pop vocals, pop keyboard sing and play, as well as youth pop vocals. She is certified in Popular Music Vocals, having achieved a Diploma certification (Dip-LCM) from the London College of Music Examination Board! Zuo En has also achieved a Certificate in Figure Proficiency (CFP) from Estill Voice International, and is currently pursuing further learning from Estill Voice International through discussion groups and follow-up lessons with their instructors.

As a musician and artiste, Zuo En released her very own EP in 2010, featuring one of her original compositions, “幻想” (Phantasm), as well as a demo version of this original song. Her EP was well received and even praised by a local DJ for her singing and stylistics. Zuo En also posts video recordings of her singing on instagram very regularly, and has fans who tune in just to hear her sing.

As an instructor, she has 7 years of teaching experience, coaching students from a young age of 7 years old, up to even ages of 30 – 40 years old too! She is a patient and fun instructor, often infusing many pop elements into her lesson content, making lessons interesting and engaging for her students. Zuo En also has a great passion for pop music, and her students are often inspired to follow in their teacher’s footsteps!

Zuo En is an extremely experienced performer, having performed at various locations like Esplanade Concert Hall, Esplanade Waterfront Outdoor Theatre, Esplanade Recital Studio and The Arts House. She is currently performing regularly at O Bar in Punggol, and attracts a loyal following there!

Si Ming is one of the instructors here at Intune Music, and she specializes in pop vocals, pop keyboard sing and play as well as Encore Music for children, and youth pop vocal courses too. Si Ming has a Grade 8 Certification in London College of Music’s Popular Music Vocal Examinations, and has attended the Level 1 & 2 Voice Workshop conducted by Estill Voice International.

As an instructor, Si Ming is patient and detailed, often giving students more personal attention and making sure that students understand what is being taught. She certainly aspires to be an excellent music instructor, and to inspire her students to be able to sing and play on the keyboard as well as her! Si Ming has also conducted singing lessons at Pathlight School for a full semester, and this experience has greatly enhanced her teaching ability, as well as her empathy for students who are autistic or even non-verbal.

Si Ming has a BA Degree in Music Technology from Lasalle College of the Arts, and is currently one of the regular performers for Intune Music at our annual performances in public, for example, our annual Chinese New Year events at Esplanade Waterfront Outdoor Theatre. This gives her actual experience in performance, and adds an extra dimension and level of experience to her vocal teaching here at our school. Si Ming is also a regular performer at O Bar in Punggol.

Zhi Hui specializes in teaching pop vocals as well as youth pop vocal classes at Intune Music. She also teaches pop singing and other music related subjects at various MOE Schools in Singapore. Zhi Hui holds a Bachelor of Honours in Music from the LASALLE College of the Arts, majoring in Vocals.

As a singer, Zhi Hui opened for the Heritage Festival Music Performances at Pulau Ubin in May 2016, sang for Pop-Up Noise: Riverside Flow 2016, was featured in Noise SG in 2015, and she also did a solo show at the Esplanade Waterfront Outdoor Theatre in June 2015. Zhi Hui has also performed at various venues in Singapore, including Singapore Art Museum (SAM), 15 Minutes Cafe at LASALLE College, Ben & Jerry’s, Esplanade @ The Waterfront, Jewel Box and more.

Zhi Hui is also an avid songwriter, and she wrote the tune and lyrics for the theme song for Pink Ribbon Walk 2013, organised by the Breast Cancer Foundation. She also participated in the NEA Eco Music Challenge Songwriting Competition 2012.

Sia Yeun (夏韵) started performing at Singapore Street Festival and SHINE festival since the year 2004, driven by her undying passion and desire to sing. Her repertoire covers a wide variety of song genres including Pop Ballads, R&B, Blues, Jazz, Soul, Musicals, and Classical Opera, and multiple languages like Chinese, English, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Cantonese and Hokkien. In 2014, Sia Yeun decided to quit her full time job to pursue her dream in singing.

Sia Yeun is the only Singaporean contestant to have successfully made it through to the big stage on 梦想的声音 (Sound Of My Dream) 2016, and she chose to PK international superstar JJ Lin in front of an international audience, consisting of judges like singer A-Mei, popular music duo 羽泉, and singer Jam Hsiao! Sia Yeun is now an instructor at Intune Music, teaching singing and performing to young children and adults.

Huan Cheng is an extremely friendly and patient instructor who has more than 16 years of teaching experience, specializing in teaching children and youth vocals, as well as keyboard playing too. She gets along well with students of all ages, because of her bubbly and cheerful nature and her meticulous approach towards teaching. Some of her student alumni include local singer Kelly Poon and Hong Kong singer Vincy Yong-Er.

As a performer, Huan Cheng has performed at various venues like The Substation, Riverside Hong Bao Show, Esplanade Concert Hall and other places. Huan Cheng has achieved Grade 8 qualifications in Piano and Music Theory with the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM), and also a Grade 8 in Popular Music Vocals with the London College of Music (LCM).

Wang Tong is a singing instructor with Intune Music School, specializing in Classical Singing as well as Broadway Singing. She has been studying voice for the past 10 years, and graduated with a Master in Music, Voice, from the Royal Danish Academy of Music, Copenhagen.

Below are the details of Wang Tong’s achievements and performances:

EDUCATION/MASTERCLASS
2011-13 Master in Music, Voice, Royal Danish Academy of Music Copenhagen
2003-06 Bachelor in Music, Voice, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts Singapore
2012 Bel Canto Institute, Firenze Italy with Eva-Hess Thaysen, Professor
2008 Vienna Mesiterkurse with Kristina Laki as professor

PERFORMANCES
2013 Globo Beats by Gert Mortensen, Soprano Soloist with Marimba Duo, Copenhagen
2012 Soprano Soloist, Missa Brevis KV275, Mozart,Svenska Kyrkan Copenhagen
2012 Givera in “Transit” a new opera by Peter Bäckström, Royal Danish Academy Opera
2012 Liu in “Turandot”, Puccini, Royal Danish Academy Opera
2007 Ortlinde in The Valkyrie, Wagner (Bangkok Opera)
2005 Soprano soloist in Schubert’s Mass in G Major under Maestro Lim Yau Accompanied by
NAFA Orchestra (Lee Foundation Theatre, Singapore)

COMPETITIONS
2007 Winner (6th Asian Youth Music Competition, Singapore Malaysia Indonesia Region)
2007 Second Prize (6th Asian Youth Music Competition)
2005 First Prize (Sin Tai Vocal Competiton)
2005 Bronze Prize (Trinity College of London Music Competition)

TEACHERS
Åsa Bäverstam, Soprano Soloist, Professor, Royal Danish Academy of Music Copenhagen
Nancy Yuen, Soprano Soloist, Singapore Lyric Opera
Chen Xing, Soprano Soloist, Artist Faculty, Shanghai Conservatory of Music
Zhang Liping, Soprano Soloist, Artist Faculty, Central Conservatory of Music Beijing (China)

Felicia is a graduate of Manhattan School of Music, New York, with a Master of Music in Voice Performance, 2012-14. She teaches students at Intune Music to sing Classical Opera as well as Broadway Musical repertoire.

As a performer, Felicia has sung at many professional venues like Carnegie Hall and American Opera Theatre, as well as Singapore performance venues like Esplanade Theatre and Victoria Concert Hall. She also sings at various private functions and events, and has many years of performance experience.

David is a classical singing instructor at Intune Music, and he has sung various operatic repertoire with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra as well as the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) Vocal Department. He has work experience in many different fields, and he brings this experience to his lessons, through his ability to communicate well with people from all walks of life and make them feel comfortable and at ease during his lessons.

David has not only performed in operas like ‘Don Giovanni’, ‘Hansel and Gretel’, but he is also an accomplished flute player, having performed with the Philharmonic Orchestra and Chamber Choir, The Singapore National Youth Orchestra, the Singapore Wind Symphony and many more. David has a Diploma in Vocal Performance from NAFA, as well as a Grade 8 in Music Theory from ABRSM, and he is certainly also a singer to look out for in the local operatic scene!

Singaporean tenor Jonathan Charles Tay is one of the leading opera singers to emerge from his home country in this generation. His clear lyric tone and commitment to text and drama have contributed to his increasing presence on the opera and concert stages in Singapore and the United States.

This season, Singaporean Tenor Jonathan Charles Tay performs the role of Ah Niu in SCO’s Liu San Jie, Ferrando in Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte with the Esplanade, Dvorak’s Stabat Mater with BHSO, Parpignol in Puccini’s La Boheme with SSO and The Messenger in Verdi’s Aïda with SLO.

Previous credits include Nemorino in Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore with SLO, Steuermann in Singapore’s first Wagner’s Der fliegende Holländer, garnering praise from OPERA! as “excellent and very lyrical”. Also, Orpheus in Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld, Peppe in Donizetti’s Rita, Peter Quint in Britten’s Turn of the Screw, Hussar in Stravinsky’s Mavra, Astolf in Schubert’s Die Versworenen, Edoardo in Rossini’s La cambiale di matrimonio, Muley Graves in Ricky Ian Gordon’s Grapes of Wrath, Laurie in Mark Adamo’s Little Women and Ferrando in Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte. Jonathan also performed as Re Gonzaga and L’araldo in Franco Faccio’sAmleto. His performance with Opera Southwest was listed in Opera News best of 2016 recordings.

Mr. Tay attained his Bachelor of Music at the Manhattan School of Music, studying with renown tenor Neil Rosenshein and following that his Masters of Music at Northwestern University, studying with professor W. Stephen Smith. He is also a recipient of the 2013 Eckstein Merit Scholarship Award, a New Horizon Aspen Music Festival Award in 2014 and recently was award a scholarship to the 2017 Richard Wagner Stipendienstiftung in Bayreuth, Germany, representing the Richard Wagner Association of Singapore.

Upon his return to Singapore, Tay has also responded to his passion for teaching and sharing music with the next generation. His endeavours in teaching has paid dividends with his students achieving distinctions and awards in the ABRSM singing examinations, as well as gaining entry into music degree programs. Jonathan is currently an instructor at Intune Music, teaching classical and broadway singing.

Charmaine is a lovely and energetic lady with a great personality and love for singing that is infectious to all her students and friends. She has a Masters of Music in Vocal Performance in 2015 from Mannes College The New School for Music, New York. She was also previously locally educated at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA), graduating with a Diploma in Music in Vocal Performance in the year 2008.

Charmaine is currently teaching Classical / Broadway Singing here at Intune Music. As a voice teacher, Charmaine has taught at many different music schools in Singapore, and even taught at Aureus Academy, Nexus International School, teaching private voice lessons to students with ages ranging from the young age of 4, to mature ages of 60 and onwards. She has extensive teaching experience and performance experience, but she never forgets to also give back to the community, doing charity work and community service for organisations like MINDS (Singapore), Soup Kitchen (Singapore), Food Bank (NYC) and NYC Rescue Mission.

Natalie is a bright and bubbly instructor who has wonderful energy when teaching students, communicating well with children and adults alike. She has a Postgraduate Diploma from the Royal Academy of Music (Musical Theatre), and also a Distinction for Grade 8 Musical Theatre from the London College of Music.

As an instructor, Natalie has taught at the LASALLE College of the Arts as a Singing Technique teacher for their Musical Theatre students. She has also taught at various locations like NUS, Hwa Chong International School and SRT, guiding her students in singing as well as speech and drama.

Natalie has also attended workshops by Estill Voice International, completing a workshop for Estill Voice Technique Levels 1 and 2. She is currently teaching Broadway Singing and Classical Opera at Intune Music.

Praised for having the “passion and projection that will fill concert halls” (The Straits Times), Shaun Lee is fast becoming one of the leading opera singers in Singapore. He has received rave reviews locally and internationally.

He has appeared in leading roles all over the world since he made his New Opera Singapore debut in 2011. Shaun is one of the most versatile singers and has performed a wide repertoire ranging from Britten to Wagner. In 2019, he made his German debut in Berlin in the role of Froh in Richard Wagner’s Das Rheingold. In 2017, he made his Italian debut with the Mediteranean Opera Studio and Festival as Ferrando (Cosi fan tutte) and Count Almaviva (Il Barbiere di Siviglia). With the Mark Oswald Summer Opera Programme NYC, he has appeared as Tamino (Die Zauberflote) and covered Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni). Also, he has performed in Turandot with the Manhattan Opera Ensemble. In 2016, he appeared as Rodolfo in La Boheme with the East Meets West Opera Programme. In 2015, he also covered the role of the Borsa (Rigoletto) with Hubbard Hall Opera Theatre.

With New Opera Singapore, he has appeared in numerous roles including Lysander (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Chevalier de la Force (Dialogue of the Carmelites), Mercury (Orpheus in the Underworld), Prologue (Turn of the Screw), Alfred (Die Fledermaus), Spirit (Dido & Aeneas). He has also appeared in Concert with Daegu Opera.

Shaun is also an active recitalist, performing such works as Dichterliebe (Schumann), Spanish Liebeslieder (Schumann), Die Schone Mullerin (Schubert), Folksong Arrangements (Benjamin Britten), Spanish & Italian Liederbuches (Hugo Wolf) with New Opera Singapore. He has also performed selections from Songs by F.P Tosti and Composizioni da Camera (G. Verdi) with Belle Epoque Singapore.

Shaun has had the pleasure of working with many orchestras including the Mediterranean Opera Studio Orchestra with Gregory Buchalter, New Opera Singapore Orchestra with Chan Wei Shing, Kids Philharmonic Orchestra with Wong Kah Chun, Orchestra of Music Makers with Chan Tze Law, the Singapore Chinese Orchestra with Tseng Yeh and Maria Sensi Sellner with Hubbard Hall Orchestra.

Shaun is currently studying with renowned teacher Mark Oswald. He was previously studying under Jeong Ae Ree and Dr Wong Su Sun. He has also been in masterclasses with Salvatore Fisichella, Jack Livigni (Royal Opera House), Darren Woods (Fort Worth Opera), Larry Edelson (Opera Saratoga) and Shin Seon Seop (NobleArt Opera, Korea). He has also worked with various coaches including Gregory Buchalter (Metropolitan Opera), Fabio Cerroni (Bayerische Staatsoper), Felice Venanzoni (Oper Frankfurt), Caroline Dowdle (Royal Opera House Covent Garden) Christopher Vazan (Paris Opera), Sara Chiesa (Opera Saratoga, L’atelier lyrique de L’opera de Montreal) and Jonathan Kelly (Metropolitan Opera).

Shaun is a graduate of the Manhattan School of Music Masters Programme.

Benjamin specializes in teaching pop vocals at Intune Music School, and also has extensive performance experience from doing many local gigs and shows. He is qualified as a Level Two instructor in Speech Level Singing (SLS), a singing technique that allows you to sing more effortlessly and powerfully and is used by more than 120 Grammy winners in the US!

Benjamin also attends vocal master-classes and instructor workshops conducted by SLS professionals both locally and overseas, in order to upgrade his teaching and singing skills. He also has a Grade 5 qualification in Theory of Music with the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM).

As a performer and artiste, Benjamin started off as a member of a local boyband in the year 1998, recording 3 audio CDs under Sony BMG. He joined the SAF Music and Drama Company while he was serving his National Service, and this helped to build him up as a performer and singer. He was also later offered a recording contract with Hype Records.

Benjamin has performed for various Mediacorp functions and programmes, and he was one of the regular singers and performers at St. James Power Station (Dragonfly), doing shows almost 4 – 5 times a week!

As an instructor, Benjamin is extremely experienced and able to pick out your vocal problems almost instantaneously, employing quick and effective techniques to achieve the quickest results. He is the only instructor at our school who is able to utilize the Speech Level Singing technique in his teaching and guide students towards their desired singing voice. Try his lessons and experience the difference!

Travis Minjan is a musician and instructor who specialises in teaching guitar and ukulele to adults and teenagers alike. He is currently teaching Acoustic Guitar and Ukulele at Intune Music, and has attained certification for the London College of Music (LCM) Popular Music Vocals Grade 6.

As a guitar and ukulele instructor, Travis has taught at various MOE schools in Singapore. These include Ang Mo Kio Primary School, Choa Chu Kang Primary School, Chongfu Primary School, Raffles Girls Primary School, Innova Primary School, as well as Teck Whye Secondary School and Tanglin Secondary School.

Travis is also currently teaching at Intune Music, and gets along very well with students of all ages, including young children, teenagers and working professionals. He is currently pursuing a course in music arrangement and songwriting, and is embarking on a career as a professional songwriting, music arranger and producer.

Sek Jhia is one of our more popular guitar instructors at Intune Music. With his easygoing personality and great sense of humour, he is able to get along well with young children and teenagers as well as working adults too. He teaches acoustic pop guitar as well as ukulele, and has attained certification for the London College of Music (LCM) Electric Guitar Grade 8. He also has a Grade 5 certification in Theory from the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) from the UK in 2010.

As a performer, Sek Jhia was first talent spotted at the NEA Eco Music Challenge 2011 by Intune Music Director Peng Chi Sheng, who was one of the mentors and judges of this nationwide songwriting competition. Since then, Sek Jhia has been upgrading his playing and teaching skill, and he played an important role in arranging music for a song composition to secure a finalist placing in the Eco Music Challenge 2012.

Sek Jhia is also an accomplished music arranger, and he recently arranged the music for a charity song in 2012 entitled ‘Lean On You’, which featured up to 40 local singers and artistes coming together to record their voices and also film a music video to raise funds for cancer research in Singapore.

Deomar is a local guitarist and songwriter who has been making music and teaching guitar for the past 10 years or so. He is registered with the Registry of Guitar Tutors (RGT), and is one of the instructors for the Acoustic Guitar Programme at Intune Music School. He has played as a session musician in Malaysia in 2002 for industry veteran Sharrie Aljunied for various functions. His playing style ranges from blues, rock & roll, to jazz and top 40′s.

Deomar is part of a function and club group Aqal that has played in venues across Singapore, Malaysia and Cambodia. The group started playing in Millie’s Restaurant (Singapore) as the resident band, and has moved on to performing at leading 5-Star Hotels as well as top nightspots in countries as far as Cambodia, Indonesia and Malaysia. In Singapore, Deomar has played at Club 9, Aranda Country Club, Hollandse Club, The British Club, Fullmoon Beach Bar, Cairnhill Cockpit Hotel Lounge as well as other performance venues.

With his extensive performance experience as well as commitment to making music, Deomar is able to ensure that his students not only learn the basics of playing the guitar, but also get a sense of the passion and the inspiration that drives him everyday to make music!

Evan is an extremely versatile instrumentalist who can play a great number of instruments, including acoustic guitar, ukulele and many more! He is currently a guitar and ukulele instructor with Intune Music, teaching at various MOE schools in Singapore.

As an instructor, Evan is highly experienced and has a great ability to control his classes well, and also to engage their attention during lessons. He has taught at MOE schools like Anchor Green Primary, Yuhua Primary and Jurong West Primary, as well as Teck Whye Secondary and National Junior College, just to name a few.

Evan is certified as an instructor under the Art and Music Instructor Scheme (AMIS), as well as the Programme for Active Learning (PAL) and Social and Emotional Learning (SEL).

Evan has performed at many venues in Singapore, including places like Esplanade Concourse, Rochester, as well as many private performances and wedding gigs too.

Tinghui is an extremely experienced pianist, and he has a Diploma in Piano Performance (2012) as well as a Grade 8 in Music Theory (2007) and Practical Musicianship (2009) from the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM). He currently teaches classical piano at Intune Music.

As a piano instructor, Tinghui is very patient and kind, and always treats his students as friends, guiding him with kind words and helping them understand the technicalities in piano playing, and also inspiring them to love music and to appreciate the classical piano more.

Tinghui is also an avid songwriter, and he has achieved top results in competitions like NTU Impresario 2013, Xin Qing Rong Ji （心情溶剂）Songwriting Competition 2013, 19th Music Express Songwriting Competition 2013, NEA Eco Music Challenge 2014 and many more. Tinghui was also the music director of NUS Voices, a pop music and singing club in NUS, during 2013 and 2014, directing their performances and managing their rehearsals as well as other performance requirements.

With his extensive experience in songwriting as well as performing, Tinghui is well poised to be an excellent classical piano instructor who can also inspire his piano students to be able to express their musicality in ways that go beyond the regular classroom!

Adrian is a music educator and vocal coach with a passion for singing and piano performance. He holds Grade 8 certification in Piano, Singing and Music Theory from the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. He has experience teaching singers and pianists of all ages.

Adrian has a special passion for choral singing and conducting. He has taken primary school choirs for Singapore Youth Festival competition, as well as guided the Nanyang Technological University choir through an international choral competition in 2016.

Adrian sings with several internationally-recognised choirs, including the Raffles Singers (under the baton of Mr Toh Ban Sheng), with whom he won the Grand Prix prize at the 3rd International Copernicus Choir Festival in Torun, Poland, in 2015.

Adrian is currently teaching classical piano, and classical and broadway singing at Intune Music.

A dedicated and creative individual who is passionate about teaching and education. Nigel is ever willing to accept feedback and gather experience while imparting knowledge and skills to students of all ages and backgrounds. Being open-minded and flexible, Nigel is not afraid to utilise non-traditional methods and materials to capture his students attention and cater to their requests.

Classically trained since young, Nigel has achieved qualifications in Grade 8 Practical (Violin) and Grade 5 Theory from the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM).

A music lover since childhood, music composition came as a natural step for Derrick to express his creativity & Stories. Derrick began composing in 1999 & was later signed as a songwriter with a Renowned music publishing house in Singapore.

Derrick had his first song published in 2002, entitled 《我不能飛》, and that marked a milestone in almost 10 years of songwriting and publishing songs with local as well as regional artistes.

Today, Derrick is best known for his collaboration with singer Sam Lee, having written numerous songs for him, including《最近》 (Recently), 《擦肩而過》 (Passer-By), 《靠近》 (So Close), 《 明白》(Realize) and many more.

Derrick is currently a pop songwriting instructor with Intune Music, teaching music lovers how to write hit song melodies and lyrics!

Here are some of Derrick’s Published Songs (發表作品)：

• 我不能飛(I Can’t Fly)-路嘉欣 Jozie Lu
• 矛盾(Paradox of love)-何静萱 Nicola Ho
• 不曾離開(Movie Smell of Rain 雨の味)-鹤天赐 Nat Ho
• 最近(Recently)-李聖傑 Sam Lee
• 分心(Distraction)-王傑 Dave Wang
• 這樣就好(That’s all)-鄧穎芝 Vangie Tang
• 別要走(Do not go)-鄧穎芝 Vangie Tang
• 讀心術(Read my Mind)-卓文萱 Genie Chuo
• 擦肩而過(Passer-by)-李聖傑 Sam Lee
• 靠近(So close)-李聖傑 Sam Lee
• 下个幸福(Next Love)-卓文萱 Genie Chuo
• 抱歉(Sorry)-李聖傑 Sam Lee
• 明白(Realize)-李聖傑 Sam Lee
• 最後紀念(Last memory)-陽韻禾 Melody Yeung
• 擦肩而過 (Passer-by)-王馨平 Linda wang
• 當初 (In the beginning )- 胡夏
• 第一次(First time)- 陳浩民 Benny Chan
• 會過去的 (It’ll be Over )- 梁靜茹 Fish Leong
• 學著走 (台灣偶像劇求爱365插曲)- 胡夏

Edwin is a graduate of Berklee College of Music (Boston, USA), with a Bachelor of Music in Contemporary Writing & Production (Summa Cum Laude), with a Minor in Writing for TV & New Media. He achieved stellar academic results during his study years, and achieved Dean’s List rankings in numerous semesters.

As a music arrangement instructor at Intune Music, Edwin is humble and friendly, always seeking to impart his knowledge to students in the clearest manner, and making it easy for complete beginners to learn how to do music arrangement. Young, vibrant and self-motivated, Edwin is very passionate about music, and he makes use of every opportunity to explore new facets and approaches to music and teaching.

Edwin is proficient in various music software, including Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Digital Performer, Cubase, Kontakt and Reason. He also plays the piano and the electone organ.