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SingaporePocket Opera

Theatre


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Banded by a common mission of bringing the arts to the community, a touring opera ensemble of

competent classically trained vocalists and instrumentalists is assembled. In order to bring concerts,

recitals and opera productions around the little red dot, the Singapore Pocket Opera Theatre, or SPOT,

as we intimately call it, is founded in 2016.

In short, our work is pocket-sized.


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“ Delivering Opera with artists of today

Discovering audiences of tomorrow ”


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With our stage sets, lights, and unfettered creativity in our pockets, we want to

bring our craft of music making to unconventional spaces. We want to invite people

from all walks of life to immerse themselves in another world brought about by

great music. We seek to journey with our audience – to help them experience

reflections of themselves and find themselves in this highly inter-laced society.

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Tenor Jeremy Koh is the first Singaporean to win the Tan Ngiang Kaw/Tan

Ngiang Ann Memorial Vocal Competition. While abroad, he received the

certificate of special mention and bronze award at the Bangkok Opera

Foundation’s 5th International Singing Competition (2013).

Jeremy’s operatic endeavours include Raoul de St. Brioche (The Merry

Widow), Bastien (Bastien und Bastienne), Gingerbread Witch (Hansel and

Gretel), Kornélis (La Princesse Jaune), and He from the world premiére of

Nicole Murphy’s The Kamikaze Mind. As a concert soloist, Jeremy has sung

in Beethoven’s Symphony No.9, Mozart’s Requiem Mass in D minor, Bach’s

Magnificat in D Major, the world premiere of Goh Toh Chai’s Song of theRising Wind and the Singapore Lyric Opera’s annual Opera in the Park

concert.

Jeremy has enjoyed collaborations with maestro Lim Yau, Ashley Solomon,

Volker Hartung, Somtow Sucharitkul, Joshua Kangming Tan, the Singapore

Lyric Opera, Siam Philharmonic Orchestra, New Opera Singapore, NAFA

Symphony Orchestra, chamber•sounds, Ding Yi Music Company and the

Mus’art Wind Orchestra. As an educator, Jeremy is currently an adjunct

voice lecturer at the School of Music, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. Healso teaches voice at the United World College Southeast Asia (East) and

Intune Music School.

Jeremy has a Bachelor of Music degree from the Royal College of Music

after receiving a diploma in music from NAFA. He currently works with

soprano Jessica Chen and vocal coach Vincent Chen, and has studied with

tenors Lim Shieh Yih, Justin Lavender, Nicholas Sears and baritone

Stephen Roberts.

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Vincent majored in Vocal Accompaniment at the

Manhattan School of Music, studying with Kenneth Merrill.

Prior to New York City, he studied with Rena Phua at theNanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA). He has performed

in masterclasses conducted by Marilyn Horne, Martina

Arroyo and Diana Soviero and has worked in the studios

of Lim Shieh Yih and Nancy Yuen.

He is currently a vocal coach at NAFA.

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Evelyn's passion for singing and performing led her to

pursue a Diploma in Music, Performance (Vocal Studies),

at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) in the year

2006. She has also since gone on to complete her

BA(Hons) in Music, majoring in Voice, (second upper) with

NAFA in collaboration with the University of Wales in

2010. Her final year saw her being awarded the Tan

Ngiang Kaw/Tan Ngiang Ann Music Merit Award. She has

studied under renowned Soprano, Nancy Yuen and the

late Tenor, Lim Shieh Yih. Evelyn is currently under thetutelage of Malaysian Soprano, Joyce Khoo.

Evelyn has been involved in many performances both

locally and overseas since the start of her music career in

2004. She has also performed many times with her Alma

Mater and also the Singapore Lyric Opera. Her love and

support for the local music scene has also brought her to

work in collaboration with various up and coming local

composers/musicians in the premiere/showcase of theirworks. Her most recent collaboration in September 2015

saw her working alongside musicians from all three ethnic

groups (Indian, Malay and Chinese) in an SG50

presentation of Sethu Bandhanam – Bridging Musical

Genres. Evelyn is also always actively searching for ways

to give back to the community – she believes in doing

whatever little she can to help touch the lives of others

through music.

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Malaysian Soprano Kaixin Teo has been distinguished as a

talented young artist with a voice of distinctive color. Miss

Teo received her Master’s degree at Manhattan school of

Music in New York and Bachelor of Art in Music validated

by University of Wales in Singapore. Miss Teo has

appeared as a soloist in Manhattan School of Music,International Vocal Art Institute and Singapore Lyric

Opera.

Her previous New York debuts include Dolcina in Suor

Angelica with Manhattan Opera Studio and Handel’s

Messiah with First Baptist Church of Flushing. Miss Teo

has won top prizes at the Tan Ngiang Kaw Memorial Vocal

Competition and Trinity Vocal Competition. In the

Manhattan School of Music, she studied with MignonDunn and coached with Chun Wei-Kang, Glenn Morton,

Kenneth Merill, Cristina Stanescu, and Dr. Kathryn

LaBouff.

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