July 30, 2023 KUG (Graz, Austria) KUG . Brandhof 21 . Aula

Collaboratory “Expect the Unexpected”: The Writing-Game is a Special Program with Bernhard Lang offered to composers participanting in the impuls Academy 2023 in Graz (AT). The goal of the program is to explore the concepts and notions of gaming within the contexts of improvisation and composing.

https://project.ulysses-network.eu/event/599316/

Mapapalad (Privileged) for mixed voices and instruments

For Carolin Ralser
Premiered in Singapore on April 29, 2022 School of the Arts

In the Filipino language, the word Salungat carries multiple meanings contingent on its contextual usage. It can convey notions of opposition, hostility, contrariness, dissonance, reversal, defiance, adversity, and more. In this edition for solo bass flute, live electronics and tape (utilising a four-channel system), Salungat delves into the oscillation between resonant frequencies and conflicting musical expressions, embarking on an inexhaustible journey of timbral metamorphosis.

Danny - Salungat, For Solo Bass Flute And Live Electronics.

Premiered by Carolin Ralser
December 2024 
Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Bolzano Bozen, Italy.

Hingahan, for solo flute

Text Autorin: Gina Mattiello
Copyright reserved to La Petite Ecurie. 
Premiered SWR Kultur Radio Germany
27 May 2025 

This work reflects on agape—unconditional love—through sound, language, and play.
The sarunay, a toy metallophone from the southern Philippines, sings in bright, bell-like tones. Its
voice is delicate yet resonant—childlike, joyful, and unburdened. In its simplicity, a quiet
emotional clarity emerges, echoing love that gives without condition.
German and Spanish voices form the main spoken texture. Alongside them, a Filipino crowd is
heard at play. “Bato, bato, pik”—rock-paper-scissors—begins the game. “Dirediretso na 'yan”—
there’s no turning back. “Final na 'yan, hindi na trial 'yan”—this is no longer a test, but a truth.
Here, agape is not pronounced. It is sensed. In metal and voice. In play and promise. In the quiet
plea: listen to me with your eyes.

Taya for electronics

Score access: https://drive.google.com/file/d/18Z_RzOwQS5wDB8RoIdqrIR7_SU-jTcEF/view?usp=sharing

Commissioned by the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music
National University of Singapore
With generous funding support from Ms. Phalgun Raju and Mr. Nicholas A. Nash

Text by Rodrigo dela Peña Jr. 
Voice artist Rac Roldan

Bato Bato Pik for orchestra

Text by Rodrigo dela Peña Jr. 
Premiered by the PsalmiDeo Choral at the 14th Bali International Choir Festival
Youtube: https://youtu.be/dI8VHEJ4h8s?si=1RkK5ACQp0uxVVwU

Subli for mixed voices and toy instruments

Text by Rodrigo dela Peña Jr. 
Premiered by PsalmiDeo Chorale at SOTA Concert Hall Singapore 2022

Bakasakali for voices and electronics

Pronto 2 MIDI

Premeried by Pestova/Rees/Roche trio at Cheltenham Music Festvial UK 2018

Pronto Sketch no. 2

Danny Imson

Orchestra Reading Rehearsals
Conservatory Orchestra: Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music
Orchestra Hall, YSTCM, Singapore
February 2012
conductor: Danny Imson


Perspektiven auf Erwartungen

Carolin Ralser andYu Nuttaphon Lerswanuswong
School of the Arts Singapore
January 2019

On Taking SIdes

Danny is a Singapore-based Filipino composer whose music blends contemporary techniques with inspiration from Filipino traditional materials. His works have been featured at festivals including the Cheltenham Music Festival (UK), Impuls Academy (Austria), Donaueschinger Musiktage (Germany), and the Synthetis International Summer Music Course (Poland). He was recognized among the top winners by the Goethe-Institut at the Young Composers in Southeast Asia Competition and Festival.

Trained in composition at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, National University of Singapore, Danny is currently pursuing MA/PhD research at the University of Birmingham. In Singapore, he performs with the Sari-Sari Philippine Kulintang Ensemble and conducts the award-winning Psalmideo Chorale, bringing Filipino traditional and choral music into contemporary contexts.

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