Evelyn Lim

Last updated November 18, 2019

Dr. Evelyn Lim is the founding dean of the Singapore Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. She has been one of the main driving forces behind the renaissance of organ music, both sacred and secular, in Singapore.

American Guild of Organists organization

The American Guild of Organists (AGO) is a national organization of academic, church, and concert organists in the U.S., headquartered in The Interchurch Center in New York City. Founded as both an educational and service organization, it was chartered by the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York in 1896, with the authority to grant titles of associate or fellow to members who passed required examinations. Among the 145 founding members of the guild were Benjamin Dwight Allen, John W. Bischoff, Dudley Buck, George Whitefield Chadwick, Kate Sara Chittenden, Charles Whitney Coombs, Gaston Dethier, Clarence Dickinson, Clarence Eddy Henry Houseley and Herve D. Wilkins, and Clifford Demarest played an important role in its first two decades. The Guild seeks to set and maintain high musical standards and to promote understanding and appreciation of all aspects of organ and choral music.

Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island city-state in Southeast Asia. The country is situated one degree north of the equator, at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, with Indonesia's Riau Islands to the south and Peninsular Malaysia to the north. Singapore's territory consists of one main island along with 62 other islets. Since independence, extensive land reclamation has increased its total size by 23%.

She earned her Bachelor's and Master's of Music, summa cum laude, in both Organ and Piano Performance from the University of Houston.^[1] Her Doctorate is from the University of Michigan, where she studied with the renowned Dr. Marilyn Mason. She has previously received awards including the American Guild of Organists (Houston) Memorial Prize in Organ Performance, the Power Performing Arts Award (1995) and the Palmer Christian Award.

The University of Houston (UH) is a public research university in Houston, Texas and the main institution of the University of Houston System. Founded in 1927, UH is the third-largest university in Texas with over 46,000 students. Its campus spans 667 acres in southeast Houston, and was known as University of Houston–University Park from 1983 to 1991. The university is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity."

The University of Michigan, often simply referred to as Michigan, is a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The university is Michigan's oldest; it was founded in 1817 in Detroit, as the Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania, 20 years before the territory became a state. The school was moved to Ann Arbor in 1837 onto 40 acres (16 ha) of what is now known as Central Campus. Since its establishment in Ann Arbor, the flagship university campus has expanded to include more than 584 major buildings with a combined area of more than 34 million gross square feet spread out over a Central Campus and North Campus, two regional campuses in Flint and Dearborn, and a Center in Detroit. The university is a founding member of the Association of American Universities.

Besides being the pipe organ master^[2] at Singapore's state of the art Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay, she also frequently performs both locally and internationally.^[3]^[4] She also accompanies the Celebration Chorus (an ecumenical community chorus), of which she is a founding member,

She teaches full-time at the Methodist School of Music and part-time at Singapore Bible College.

Singapore Bible College (SBC) is an evangelical Bible college in Singapore. SBC has over 500 students, representing 25 countries. The current principal is Rev Dr Clement Chia.

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↑ Tou, Chang (2011-01-10). "pianomania: SSO Concert: A Night With Tchaikovsky / Review". Pianofortephilia.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2015-08-18.
↑ "Home - Singapore Symphony Orchestra". Sso.org.sg. 2015-08-01. Retrieved 2015-08-18.

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[1] Archived October 2, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

[2] Archived November 12, 2010, at the Wayback Machine

[3] Tou, Chang (2011-01-10). "pianomania: SSO Concert: A Night With Tchaikovsky / Review". Pianofortephilia.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2015-08-18.

[4] "Home - Singapore Symphony Orchestra". Sso.org.sg. 2015-08-01. Retrieved 2015-08-18.