NUS Arts Festival 2017

Varsity Voices 2017

The NUSChoir | Presented in-conjunction with the NUS Arts Festival

Sat 25 Mar | 7.30pm | Esplanade Concert Hall | $25, $22, $20, $18

Highly regarded as one of the best choirs in the region, The NUSChoir will take the stage once again to enchant audiences with a repertoire that transcends time and space. Audiences can enjoy sacred works such as Peter Philips' Ascendit Deus and Antonio Lotti's Crucifixus, alongside contemporary pieces such as Let it Be Forgotten by Ēriks Ešenvalds and Sakura, a Japanese folk song composed by Toru Takemitsu.

Photo: Kelman Chiang Photography

The NUSChoir

The NUSChoir is an award-winning youth choir that is committed to promoting excellence in choral music within the NUS community. The choir comprises students and alumni who share a common passion for singing and choral music and was formed in 1980.

Under the baton of Singapore's premier choral director, Prof Nelson Kwei, the NUSChoir aims to promote choral music excellence, and to bring its music to global audiences by performing in a wide spectrum of events.

Every March, the choir stages its annual major concert, Varsity Voices, performing an extensive repertoire that features choral music from traditional and classic to contemporary and new music. As a youth choir, the NUSChoir has also gained a strong international reputation, having taken part in several international competitions and choral festivals, and has also performed in various reputable settings and venues worldwide, garnering a slew of accolades including perfect scores at competitions in Slovakia and Russia.

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Nelson Kwei

Choral Director & Resident Conductor

Nelson Kwei, is an international acclaimed conductor, conservatorium lecturer, editorial advisor, international adjudicator, composer and vocal clinician in the music scene. He is a Fellow from the London College of Music, has a Licentiate in singing from the Guildhall School of Music and Advance Post-Graduate in Choral Conducting from the Royal Academy of Music (London). He is currently an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music. Professor Kwei was awarded many awards, such as National Youth Service Award (1993), Culture Award by the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (1999) and Meritorious Award by COMPASS Singapore (2011).

Internationally, Professor Kwei won many awards, among which is the prestigious Outstanding Choral Director Award two years in a row at the International Choral Competition (Germany, 1998 & 1999) and also the Best Conductor Award at the Petr Eben International Choral Competition (Prague, 2002 & 2004). In 2012, he won the Outstanding Conductor Prize at the prestigious Sing'n'joy Vienna International Franz Schubert Choir competition. Currently, he is the conductor of many schools, colleges, a university and semi-professional choirs in Singapore that have won numerous national and international accolades.