BIOGRAPHY
~ 'Intro' track created in 2004 using 'Magix Music Maker'; One of Glennis's earliest arrangements..
Glennis has had a strong passion for Music since the age of three. She was enrolled into Yamaha Music School’s Junior Music Course at the age of four, and has started learning Classical Piano and theory since then.
At the age of fifteen, she developed a strong interest for writing, mainly instrumental piano pieces as well as mandarin pop music. She has entered a few competitions, dating all the way back from 2004, and has successfully gained recognition from Touch Music Publishings. She was offered a contract as a Song Writer with the organization in 2005.
At the age of fifteen, she developed a strong interest for writing, mainly instrumental piano pieces as well as mandarin pop music. She has entered a few competitions, dating all the way back from 2004, and has successfully gained recognition from Touch Music Publishings. She was offered a contract as a Song Writer with the organization in 2005.
One of her compositions, 'TRY', produced by Touch Music Publishings in 2005:
['Croatian Rhapsody' by Maksim Mrvica/Tonci Huljic]
Trio with Violinist, Wen Xin, and Bassist, Ignatius Bong. ['Forever Love' by Leehom Wang]
Trio with Violinist, Wen Xin, and Bassist, Ignatius Bong. |
Soon after, she was fascinated by the sounds of Contemporary and Jazz Music; her main influences were Maksim Mrvica and Wang Leehom. She picked up Jazz Studies in Lasalle College of the Arts, and graduated with a Diploma in Music and a Diploma of Higher Education in Music. She then ventured into composing and arranging Jazz-Pop originals, which were broadcasted on the SongsIWrite platform.
One of her compositions, 'A Fool / 傻瓜', published on the
SongsIWrite platform in 2007. |
Glennis has also been venturing in her teaching career, and was successfully auditioned by Yamaha Music School in 2008. She has been teaching the Yamaha Junior Course for young kids, back to the origins where she started her Music Education when she was still a child.
In 2015, Yamaha Music School offered her the opportunity to teach Junior Special Advanced Course. Since then, she has been preparing and sending students for the annual Yamaha International and Singapore Junior Original Concert and Yamaha Electone Festival. Glennis has also been teaching private individual Classical as well as Contemporary Music. She hopes to share her love for Music with the new generation of enthusiasts. |
Watch my Yamaha NJAC Students'
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Watch my Yamaha AXC Students'
Concerts/Performances here: |
AXC Graduating Class Concert + Post-Party!
Watch some of their Ensemble performances (from years 2013~2017) here:
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Song List:
1. El Zapateado (Yamaha Solfege & Ensemble Book 5) 2. Phantom's Palace (Yamaha Solfege & Ensemble Book 6) 3. Explorers to the Bowels of the Earth (Yamaha Solfege & Ensemble Book 7) 4. Birdie's Serenade (Yamaha Solfege & Ensemble Book 8) 5. The Washington Post (Yamaha Solfege & Ensemble Book 9) 6. Harvest Dance (Yamaha Solfege & Ensemble Book 10) 7. Around the World in Eighty Days (Yamaha Solfege & Ensemble Book 11) 8. I Got Rhythm (Yamaha Solfege & Ensemble Book 12) Watch their other Ensemble Performances here! |