Ariana Chong

Location:

Belrose
Australia 2085

Contact:

worcesterscholar@gmail.com

Additional Info:

Ms Ariana Chong was the first student in Singapore to study Music at Oxford University under the prestigious Singapore Public Service Commission (PSC) Scholarship. She attained her ABRSM Grade 8 in piano at the age of 13, LRSM Performance Diploma (Licentiate of the Royal Schools of Music) at 16, and FTCL (Fellowship of the Trinity College of Music, London) at 18. She was the only Singaporean in that year to be awarded the FTCL. While at Worcester College, Oxford, Ariana was awarded the College Instrumental Scholarship, and studied piano with the renowned Norma Fisher in London. Soon after her BA Honours Music degree, she was awarded the MA Music degree by Oxford University. Ariana also served as a committee member in the Worcerster-Sommerville Music Society.

Ariana proceeded to attain her second Master’s degree in Music at the National Institute of Education (NIE) of Singapore under a Music Research Scholarship. She had been highly active in the arts scene, having been the musical director in the production of Dining With Ernest (by Bob Nimmo) held in the Mandarin Hotel Ballroom, and having sung in productions (La Boheme by Puccini and Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss II) with the Singapore Lyric Opera and in the Singapore Symphony Chorus. She had also conducted a number of school choirs, and had helped them win awards in the highly competitive Singapore Youth Festival (SYF) Choir Competitions. Besides having done numerous CD recordings with the choirs, she had also led choirs on performance tours to Europe and Australia.

Besides teaching piano and choral singing, providing piano accompaniment and performing by invitation, Ariana had also been involved in the planning and organisation of music programmes for weddings, anniversary celebrations and festive occasions. She had performed in the presence of dignitaries like the former Singapore Transport Minister RAdm Lui Tuck Yew, former British High Commissioner to Singapore Paul Madden, former Singapore Chief Justices Yong Pung How and Chan Sek Keong, and the last Governor of Hong Kong and former EU Commissioner, Lord Patten of Barnes.

Ariana is a member of The Oxford and Cambridge Society of Singapore (OCSS) and The Oxford University Society (OUS) of NSW, Australia. She is currently freelancing as an accompanist in Sydney.

Fees

Fees vary for practices, auditions, exams and performances.
It is highly recommended that music scores be submitted 9- 12 weeks beforehand to allow for ample preparation time and advance scheduling of rehearsals.

Instruments

Piano

Specialisms

Instrumental Accompaniment, Vocal Accompaniment, Musical Direction

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