"Longings" (Dance Music 1988)
Music Composed, Arranged & Played by Kelly Tang
Instruments:
Yamaha DX7 II Synthesizer
Roland S50 Sampler
Yamaha RX5 Drum Machine
Tascam 4 Track Cassette Recorder
Boss Reverb Unit

Longings (1988)

Jeremy Monteiro (piano), Zhao Jian Hua (erhu), Christy Smith (bass) -
Singapore Chinese Orchestra, conductor: Tsung Yeh -
SCO Opening Gala, 6 & 7 August 2010 

Kelly Tang: "Ballad" - Movement II from Concerto for Jazz Piano & Chinese Orchestra (2010)

Singapore Youth Festival 2017 Set Piece
Composed by Kelly Tang
Performed by Singapore Armed Forces Central Band
Conducted by ME5 Steven Tan Aik Kee

Kelly Tang: “Escape Velocity” (2017) - SAF Central Band

Song Title: I'm In Love with Me
Music Composed, Arranged & Performed by Kelly Tang
Lyrics by Clarence Tan
From the 1990 album "Transformation '90"
Soloist: Richard Ho
Engineered & Mixed at JJ Jingles Studio

In Love With Me (1990)

Song Title: "Free"
Music Composed, Arranged & Played by Kelly Tang
Lyrics by Clarence Tan
From the 1990 album "Transformation '90"
Vocalists: Henry Lim & the Transformation '90 Choir
Engineered & Mixed at JJ Jingles Studio

Free (1990)

Song Title: "He Can Change Your Life"
Music Composed, Arranged & Performed by Kelly Tang
Lyrics by Clarence Tan
From the 1990 album "Transformation '90"
Vocalists: Kevin Kwan, Rosita Ng & the Transformation '90 Choir
Engineered & Mixed at JJ Jingles Studio

He Can Change Your Life (1990)

Song Title: "The Reason For Our Love"
Music Composed, Arranged & Performed by Kelly Tang
Lyrics by Clarence Tan
From the 1990 album "Transformation '90"
Vocal Duet: Kevin Kwan & Rosita Ng
Engineered & Mixed at JJ Jingles Studio

The Reason For Our Love (1990)

Unity Secondary School Anthem 2006
Composed, Arranged & MIDI programmed by Kelly Tang

Lyrics:
"We be-long to U-ni-ty
U-ni-ted we will stand
Lo-yal as we can be
to our Na-tion, our fa-mi-ly, to U-ni-ty!

It is we who climb the moun-tains
It is we who reach the peak
As ma-jes-tic as an ea-gle
We will soar to vic-to-ry.

With the strength to be strong
the wis-dom to be wise,
the vi-sion we dream of
we will a-chieve it all.

We be-long to U-ni-ty
U-ni-ted we will be
Lo-yal as we can be
To our Na-tion, our fa-mi-ly, to U-ni-ty!
To our Na-tion, our fa-mi-ly, to U-ni-ty!"

Unity Secondary School Anthem 2006

We the pu-pils of Co-ral Pri-ma-ry
Ca-ring and Con-fi-dent
Pledge to be Lo-yal, Res-pon-si-ble
We shall do our school proud

Let us work to-ge-ther with confi-dence
to ful-fil our as-pi-ra-tions
Gui-ded by the vir-tures of Co-ral
we shall do our school proud

We will al-ways be ca-ring
A-tten-tive and O-be-dient
Stead-fast in Du-ty
we bring ho-nour to our name

Let us work to-ge-ther with con-fi-dence
to ful-fil our as-pi-ra-tions
Gui-ded by the vir-tures of Co-ral
we shall do our school proud

Coral Primary School Anthem (2001)

Kelly Tang: "Gavotte" from "Two Contrasts for Concert Band"
Toru Miura & Windstars Ensemble
Esplanade Concert Hall December 2012
Singapore Youth Festival 2013 Commission

"Gavotte" from "Two Contrasts for Concert Band" (2013) Toru Miura & Windstars Ensemble

Kelly Tang: "Sarabande" from "Two Contrasts for Concert Band"
Toru Miura & Windstars Ensemble
Esplanade Concert Hall, December 2012
Singapore Youth Festival 2013 Commission

"Sarabande" from "Two Contrasts for Concert Band" (2013) Toru Miura & Windstars Ensemble

"MY SHADOW" (2010) by Kelly Tang, 
Tanjong Katong Girls' School Choir, 
Pianist: Lim Yan, Conductor: Lim Ai Hooi, 
Singapore Youth Festival 2010 Commissioned Set Work

Lyrics based on a poem by Robert Louis Stevenson
from A Child's Garden Of Verses:

"I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me,
And what can be the use of him is more than I can see.
He is very, very like me from the heels up to the head;
And I see him jump before me, when I jump into my bed.

The funniest thing about him is the way he likes to grow—
Not at all like proper children, which is always very slow;
For he sometimes shoots up taller like an India-rubber ball,
And he sometimes gets so little that there's none of him at all.

He hasn't got a notion of how children ought to play,
And can only make a fool of me in every sort of way.
He stays so close beside me, he's a coward you can see;
I'd think shame to stick to nursie as that shadow sticks to me!

One morning, very early, before the sun was up,
I rose and found the shining dew on every buttercup;
But my lazy little shadow, like an arrant sleepy-head,
Had stayed at home behind me and was fast asleep in bed."

Kelly Tang: "MY SHADOW" (2010)

Kelly Tang: "Capriccio for Orchestra" (2014)
Singapore Symphony Orchestra, 
Conductor: Lan Shui, 
Commissioned for the re-opening of Victoria Concert Hall
15th July 2014



Kelly Tang: "CAPRICCIO FOR ORCHESTRA" - Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Lan Shui

“Emergence: Foreboding & Frenzy” is about overcoming life’s adversities. It concludes with the traditional hymn “This Is My Father’s World”.  This composition is supported by the National Arts Council Cultural Medallion Fund and premiered by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra conducted by Okko Kamu, Esplanade Concert Hall, 30th August 2024

Kelly Tang - Emergence: Foreboding & Frenzy - Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Okko Kamu 30.8.2024

"Majulah Singapura" (Ceremonial  2015)
Orchestration by Kelly Tang -
Singapore Symphony Orchestra,
Conductor: Okko Kamu -
National Anthem of Singapore -

Majulah Singapura (Ceremonial 2015) Orchestration by Kelly Tang - Singapore Symphony Orchestra

Kelly Tang - Overture No.1 for Wind Band
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Conductor - Leonard Tan
Esplanade Concert Hall
4th March 2025

Audio recordings courtesy of Singapore Symphony Group (SSG)

Kelly Tang - Overture No.1 for Wind Band - Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Tan

Kelly Tang - Overture No.2 for Wind Band
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Conductor - Leonard Tan
Esplanade Concert Hall
4th March 2025

Audio recordings courtesy of Singapore Symphony Group (SSG)

Kelly Tang - Overture No.2 for Wind Band - Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Tan

"Three Folk Dances for String Quartet"  (2010), 
Movement III - Di-Tanjong Katong, 
Composer - Kelly Tang, 
The Coull Quartet UK, 
Recorded at Warwick University, United Kingdom, 
November 2015

Kelly Tang - Di Tanjong Katong from "Three Folk Dances" - Coull Quartet

"Three Folk Dances for String Quartet" (2010)
Movement II - Bengawan Solo, 
Composer - Kelly Tang, 
The Coull Quartet UK, 
Recorded at Warwick University, United Kingdom, 
November 2015

Kelly Tang - Bengawan Solo from "Three Folk Dances" - Coull Quartet

"Three Folk Dances for String Quartet" (2010)
Movement I - Rasa Sayang, 
Composer - Kelly Tang, 
The Coull Quartet UK, 
Recorded at Warwick University, United Kingdom, 
November 2015

Kelly Tang - Rasa Sayang from "Three Folk Dances" Coull Quartet

Kelly Tang - "Two Symphonic Dances" (2012)
I. Radiance, II. Spark
Singapore Symphony Orchestra - conductor, Joshua Tan
Esplanade Theatres By The Bay 10th Anniversary Commission
Esplanade Concert Hall, 11 October 2012


Kelly Tang - "Two Symphonic Dances", Singapore Symphony Orchestra (2012)

"Toccata" from 'Two Contrasts for Solo Violin & String Orchestra'
Composer: Kelly Tang, 
Soloist: Foo Say Ming, 
Re:mix String Orchestra, 
Esplanade Recital Studio, 28 July 2009


Kelly Tang: "Toccata" from "Two Contrasts for Solo Violin & String Orchestra" (2009)

Kelly Tang: "Our Father (Pater Noster)" 2013
ACJC Alumni Choir, conductor: Valarie Wilson
Premiere: June 2nd at Esplanade Concert Hall
Performances: Christ Church Cathedral 17/6,
St. Paul's Cathedral 20/6, St. George's Bloomsbury 22/6.  Celebrating 25 Years of the Choral Excellence Programme

Kelly Tang: "Our Father (Pater Noster)" 2013

Kelly Tang's compositions have been performed by international ensembles including the Russian National Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Ensemble Contemporain of Montreal, Minguett Quartet (Germany)and the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra.

In Asia, Tang's music has been performed by the Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Thai Navy Orchestra, Macau Youth Symphony Orchestra and the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra. In Singapore, his compositions are featured regularly by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Singapore Chinese Orchestra, Singapore Lyric Opera, Singapore National Youth Orchestra and the T’ang Quartet.

Tang’s choral works have been sung by Gaia Philharmonic Chorus (Japan), Singapore Youth Choir, Windsbacher Knabenchor (Germany), The Philharmonic Chorus and the Hong Kong Children’s Choir. His wind band scores have been performed by Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines (Royal Band, UK), Desford Colliery Brass Band (UK), Queensland Conservatorium Wind Orchestra (Australia), Wind Stars Ensemble, Singapore Armed Forces Central Band, Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines (UK)  and "The President's Own" United States Marine Band. 

Tang's music has been presented at prestigious venues worldwide including Sydney Opera House, Berlin Konzerthaus, Vienna Musikverein, Suntory Hall (Tokyo), Hanoi Opera House, Auditorium di Milano (Italy), Rodahal (Netherlands), Cultural Centre of the Philippines, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space, Museum of Musical Instruments (Brussels), Tokyo Opera City, St. Paul's Cathedral (London), Élysée Palace (Paris) and Carnegie Hall (New York). His Jazz compositions have been performed by Jeremy Monteiro and Grammy® winners Ernie Watts and Randy Brecker.

 From 1996 to 2011, he served as Associate Professor of Music at Nanyang Technological University, and from 2011 to 2017 as Dean of Arts at School Of The Arts (SOTA) Singapore.  He serves as Master Teacher at Singapore Teachers' Academy for the aRts from 2017 to 2024.

In 2008, Tang received the COMPASS Artistic Excellence Award from the Composers' and Authors' Society of Singapore.  For his contribution in the arts, Tang was conferred the Cultural Medallion in 2011 by the President of Singapore.

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