Composition, Keyboard Performance, Songwriting

Co-ordination of Providence Research Ensemble

Member of Ordinary Affects

and Providence Keyboard Ensemble:
https://soundcloud.com/pvd-keyboard-ensemble

Composer, vocalist, director, and pedagogue. Currently based in Buffalo NY.

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.

Composer/Conductor/Trumpeter/Improviser/Educator

check out www.soundcloud.com/dbtrumpet for more of my trumpet/improvisational work!

PANG Chun-ting is a Hong Kong composer whose musical interest lies in the production of unstable sounds through the combination of pitch-based and noise-based materials. His recent outputs are characterized by high level of economy with the help of cyclic structure. 

After graduating from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, he was awarded CASH Scholarship for Overseas Studies to further his studies as New England Conservatory. In 2015, He graduated from the Ph.D. program at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York under the support of Dean’s Fellowship and Dissertation Fellowship. His principal teachers include Dr. David Felder, Prof. Malcolm Peyton, Dr. John Mallia, Prof. Mak Wai-chu and Prof. Law Wing-fai. 

Pang has received additional training from renowned composers including Chaya Czernowin, Brian Ferneyhough, Jukka Tiensuu, Raphaël Cendo and Augusta Read Thomas during his residencies at prestigious Royaumont Voix Nouvelles (France), Dian Red Kechil International Young Composers Residency (Singapore), Sävellyspaja (Finland) and Composers Conference at Wellesley College (USA). In addition, Pang has taken part in various composition courses and festivals and this led to performances of his music by various top ensembles such as Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Arditti Quartet (UK), Ensemble Linea (France), Cikada (Sweden), Quatuor Makrokosmos (Switzerland), MATCH Percussion (Australia) and Ensemble Ascolta (Germany). 

His current projects include a percussion duo for Ms. Foo Pui-yee and Mr. Thierry Miroglio.

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