Susanna Saw, Author at The IFCM Magazine

Susanna Saw

graduated from the Melba Memorial Conservatorium of Music, majoring in piano and vocal singing as a second study. She attained her Australian Kodaly Certificate from the University of Queensland, and has performed in various concerts in Australia and Malaysia, both as a soloist and accompanist. Starting her choral teaching experience with the Australian Boys’ Choir, Susanna moved on to become Assistant Choral Conductor and Vocal Coach at the prestigious MacRobertson Girls’ High School in Victoria in 1998. She is currently a tutor and choir director at the Malaysian Institute of Arts and University of Malaya’s Music Faculty choir. When not teaching, Susanna immerses herself in the development and advancement of the choral scene in Malaysia. She founded the Young Singers Choral Festival in 2003, an annual festival for young musicians in Malaysia to gain choral knowledge from the various invited choir tutors from U.K, Denmark, U.S and Singapore. Her latest venture in the choral scene was the establishment of the Young Choral Academy in Kuala Lumpur, aimed as a venue for choral lovers to learn more about choral music and a venue for young Malaysian composers and arrangers to compose more choral works. She has been appointed the Executive Committee Member of the Interkultur Foundation and is a member of International Federation of Choral Music (IFCM). Email: susanna.saw@gmail.com

An Overview of Choral Activities in Malaysia

By: Susanna Saw

On: April 15, 2011

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Susanna Saw, Director and Founder of The Young Choral Academy, Kuala Lumpur

The choral scene in Malaysia is very much in its infancy. There is still much to be done to bring it up to the standard of international choirs…Read More →