Two sopranos in an art gallery: Of Arias & Art Songs

....finally, life is now a beautiful maze of learning German words, singing stories of love-lorn songs, teh-tariks with pianist and lots of singing. What more can I ask for? Singing, singing and more singing, practise, practise and more practise. Come join me and my soprano friend Whye Mun next week at...

Of Arias And Art Songs

Cheong Whye Mun
&

Janet Lee

with

Joseph Leow
on piano

at

Wei Ling Gallery

in support of SPCA
on Aug 18, 2007
Saturday, 8pm


concert program


Die Nacht --- F. Schubert
Zueignung --- R. Strauss
Allerseelen --- R. Strauss
Les chemin de l'amour --- F. Poulenc
Nuit D'estoiles --- C. Debussy
Si mes vers vaient des ailes --- R. Hahn
Come Ready And See Me --- R. Hundley
When I Have Sung --- E. Charles

La Zingara --- G. Donizetti
La Promessa --- G. Rossini
Porgi Amor --- W. A. Mozart
O mio babbino caro --- G. Puccini
I Dreamt I Dwelt In Marble Halls --- M. Balfe
With Verdure Clad --- F. Haydn
Song To The Moon --- A. Dovark
Art Is Calling For Me --- V. Herbert


Venue:
Wei Ling Gallery
No 8, Jalan Scott, Brickfields
Map here


invitation and booking:
Janet @ 012 378 3730
Whye Mun @ 012 2877 368

donation per entry
min RM 60

About the performers


CHEONG WHYE MUN
Soprano

Whye Mun joined the Kuala Lumpur music scene in 1996 singing with the Selangor Philharmonic Choir ("SPC"). To further her burgeoning passion for music in its vocal form, she began voice training with renowned baritone, Cha Seng Tiang in 1998.

Since 1998, her love of music theatre has seen her in performances including playing SISTER MARGARETTA in the SPC's 1999 production of The Sound of Music, MARY in Oh, Brickfields, by Chin San Sooi. Singing in Rep21's No One Is Alone: In Conjunction With World Women's Day 2000 and Sunetra Swish Sings Sondheim – In Concert and Aspects of Broadway: Love Songs in 2002 (in which, her peformance earned her a nomination for Best Solo Performer and which show won the Kakiseni Audience Choice Award, both at the inaugural Cameronian Arts Awards 2003).

She has also sung a cappella with The Choristers and subsequently with The Wicked Pitches, an a cappella group she co-founded, in their sell-out productions, Thank You For the Music, Boppin' Along and Funkappella and Mostly We Moon in November 2006 (which earned her a second nomination for Best Solo Performance in the Music Category at the 2006 Cameronian Arts Awards).

She also sings occasionally in venues like Alexis Bistro at Great Eastern Mall and The Attic. Of Arias and Art Songs will see her first classical recital since her debut in classical singing in The Three Sopranos plus One concert in September 2002.

JANET LEE
Soprano

Janet's operatic appearances include Tosca, Turandot, The Merry Widow (as Syvianne), Magic Flute (as Papagena & Lady 2), and Saidah Rastam's M! The Opera. Musical credits are Pygmalion The Musical and Butterfly Lovers The Musical by Dama Orchestra where she sang the role of YinXin.

On the classical singing championships front, Janet emerged as the 3rd runner-up at the 2004 District level 30th National Art Song Singing Competition. She was also awarded the Trinity College of London's Outstanding Achiever's Award and earned a Distinction in the Trinity College of London's Performer's Certificate exams.

Her performances at concerts include Winter Journey III, A Concerts of songs, arias, and Cosi Fan Tutte ensembles in Bangkok, Dinner With Mozart at No Black Tie (2006), `Tis The Season of YTL 50th Anniversary Concert of Celebration (2005), Divit, Divet, Diva! (2005), La Serenata Musicale (2005), the All Women's Action Society's fund-raising concert Crescendo (2003), The Young KL Singers in their debut concert in 2002, followed by their second concert, Music Brings Us Together. She also make occasional appearances singing jazz and contemporary repertoire in piano bar like The Attic.

Janet is training under baritone Cha Seng Tiang for her classical repertoire. She has worked with the renowned Austrian paper artist Tone Fink at the Austrian Embassy's Euphoria. Janet also appeared in the acclaimed documentary, The Last Communist by Amir Muhammad. Her latest musical-film appearance is Fergus Ong's Red Street Diner. Last seen reprising her role as YinXin in Butterfly Lovers The Musical at His Majesty's Theatre, Perth, Australia to three full-house performances in June 2007.


JOSEPH LEOW
PIANIST

Joseph started playing the piano at age 14, learning from Ms Lee Besie and subsequently, Dr John Sharpley and obtained his LTCL - Piano Performance in 1997. He also received vocal training from renowned vocal coaches Cha Seng Tiang, Cecilia Yap and Chi-Choong Woon.

He has played as a piano accompanist in many vocal performances including in the Asia Vocal Competition (1996), Malaysia Art Song Competition (since 1998) and has accompanied The Malaysian Three Tenors in their series of concerts in 2003, Ms Ang Mei Foong and Ms Josephine Lim in their respective solo recitals.

Joseph has been studying vocal teaching and honing his skills as an accompanist at Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris and La Schola Cantorum in Paris since 2004 and will be completing his training in another 9 months.

Currently back in Kuala Lumpur on term break, Joseph will be accompanying Whye Mun and Janet in their first classical recital Of Arias & Art Songs.