Jennifer Tham

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Jennifer Tham
Occupation(s)choral director, music educator
Website www.jennifertham.com

Jennifer Tham (born 1962) is a leading choir conductor and music pedagogue based in Singapore. She received a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy and sociology from the National University of Singapore in 1985, and trained to be a composer at the Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in music in 1995. [1]

She has been the artistic director and conductor with the SYC Ensemble Singers since 1986, [2] the artistic director of the Young Musicians' Society since its incorporation as a non-profit arts company in 1996, and is also a conductor with several school choirs at the secondary and junior college levels being the main conductor for school choirs like the Dunman High School Choir and the River Valley High School Choir.

She was conferred the Young Artist Award by the National Arts Council of Singapore in 1992, and was a recipient of the Cultural Medallion in 2012. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Duana Chan; Kelly Tang. "Jennifer Tham - Choral Director, Pedagogue and Visionary" (PDF). Singapore: National Arts Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  2. "About us". SYC Ensemble Singers. Retrieved 27 July 2021.