RCL FY2023

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Annual Report 2023/24

Annual Report

Resound Collective Limited

1 April 2023 – 31 March 2024

Annual Report 2023/24

Resound Collective Limited (FY2023)

Annual Report of Resound Collective Limited

Reporting Period: 1 April 2023 – 31 March 2024 (FY 2023)

Previous Financial Year: 1 April 2022 – 31 March 2023 (FY 2022)

COMPANY DETAILS

Resound Collective Limited

(Company Limited by Guarantee)

Date of incorporation: 16 November 2016

UEN: 201631412H

REGISTERED ADDRESS

180 Paya Lebar Road #10-01

Yi Guang Building

Singapore 409032

BANKERS

OCBC Bank

Governing Instrument: Constitution

Charity status approved: 27 March 2018

Accorded IPC (an Institution of a Public Character) status from 16 February 2022,

extended in August 2024 to 15 February 2027

AUDITORS

Verity Partners LLP

180 Paya Lebar Road #07-07

Yi Guang Building

Singapore 409032

COMPANY MEMBERS

Beng Kian San Mervin

Chay Shin Leng Olive (Mrs Olive Kan Ting Chiu)

Ong Su Pin

COMPANY SECRETARY

Chiam Shu Xin Cindy

BOARD MEMBERS, BOARD MEETINGS AND ATTENDANCE

FY2023

Name

Current Board

Appointment

Date of Appointment

Occupation

Held

Attended

Beng Kian San Mervin

Chairman

16 November 2016

Retired / Freelance

Classical Music Reviewer

3 (100%)

Ang Andrew

Director

16 November 2016

Retired Senior Judge

2 (67%)

Chan Yoong Han

Director

16 November 2016

Musician

2 (67%)

Heng Wei Yang Daniel

Director

18 July 2018

Coverage Banker

3 (100%)

Mitchell David Arthur

Director

9 December 2019

Lawyer

2 (67%)

Kek Peck Gee Peggy

Director

1 April 2021

Corporate Partnerships

and Communications

Specialist

2 (67%)

Heng Miang Ti Dominic

Director

12 February 2022

Investment Director,

Private Equity

3 (100%)

ARTISTIC COMMITTEE

Beng Kian San Mervin - Chairman

Edward Tan Qing Yin

Lee Shi Mei

Loh Jun Hong

Seah Huan Yuh

Seow Yibin

MANAGEMENT

Adrian Chiang

General Manager

Kim Kyu Ri

Administrative Manager,

Concordia Quartet

Linda Kan

Corporate Services & Finance

Olive Kan

Sponsorship &

Community Relations

Samantha Marie Chan Marketing

Communications

Natalie Ng

Programming & Marketing

CONCORDIA QUARTET

Edward Tan Qing Yin, Kim

Kyu Ri (violins)

Martin Peh Renyu (viola)

Lin Juan (cello)

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Charity Objectives

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The objectives of the Company, as stated in its Constitution, are:

To promote the performance and enjoyment of music for

chamber orchestra and small instrumental ensembles;

To increase public awareness, develop appreciation and

encourage participation in the making of music for small

ensembles; and

To provide opportunities to highly trained local musicians

to further enhance musical skills.

The principal activities carried out by the Company are:

Presentation of concerts and other music-related events;

Formation of a chamber orchestra and other ensembles,

and performing for the public at the highest artistic levels;

Raise funds through lawful means for the purposes

of contributing to any development programmes; and

To do all such acts and lawful things as necessary for the

advancement of the interests of music and musical performance.

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The Financial Year 2023 (1 April 2023 - 31 March 2024)

was a year of significant artistic growth for both

re:Sound and Concordia Quartet. The key initiative

for the year was the revival of the Singapore Chamber

Music Festival (SCMF), which brought together a

broad spectrum of artists, music students and music

lovers to celebrate all aspects of chamber music.

In May 2023 re:Sound had the privilege to perform

with Tine Thing Helseth, one of the top trumpeters

in the classical world. re:Sound also collaborated

with W!ld Rice and the Academy of Taiwan Strings.

Meanwhile, Concordia Quartet embarked on its

second international music festival at the HIMA USA

2023, followed by a homecoming concert.

Our final concert of the year, Prodigious, was

re:Sound’s first concert featuring “familiar classics”,

Schubert’s Trout Quintet and Vivaldi’s Four Seasons

with a set of young soloists, aged 10-15 years. This

format of concerts offers opportunities to local

young musical talent, while attracting more diverse

audience. Based on the highly positive response to

the concert, it will become a regular event in the

Company’s annual calendar.

3-7 May 2023

The Butterfly Lovers, presented by

Wild Rice and Victorian Opera

A collaboration on the Singapore premiere of

The Butterfly Lovers, with musicians from re:Sound

and the Concordia Quartet

The Ngee Ann Kongsi Theatre @ Wild Rice

27 May 2023

A Norwegian Celebration

Featuring Tine Thing Helseth with re:Sound, in partnership

with the Norwegian Cultural Center

Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, NUS

13-18 Aug 2023

HIMA USA 2023

Concordia Quartet participated in coachings, masterclasses

and performances at the Harpa International Music

Academy Festival at Lakeside Chautauqua

5 Sep 2023

National Arts Council “Our SG Arts Plan”

Launch

Concordia Quartet was one of the arts groups, and they

presented Kilar’s highland folklore-inspired “Orawa”

Marina Bay Sands Convention Centre

6 Sep 2023

Epic Soundscapes

A concert by Concordia Quartet upon their return from

HIMA USA 2023

Victoria Concert Hall

12 Nov 2023

WhirlWIND - A Musical Adventure

re:Sound with Austin Larson, featuring Music for Winds by

Poulenc-Françaix, Mozart & Prokofiev

Victoria Concert Hall

24 Jan - 3 Feb 2024

Singapore Chamber Music Festival 2024

The SCMF 2024 featured 4 festival concerts, 3 workshops

and 2 days of coaching sessions with festival artists,

coming together to Connect, Share, and Celebrate joys of

chamber music

Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, NUS

20 Mar 2024

PRODIGIOUS - The Trout & Four Seasons

re:Sound’s first concert featuring “familiar classics” and

“young talents”, featuring pianist Shaun Choo in The Trout,

and young soloists, Yuto Lim (12), Sophia Fang (11), Jacob

Cheng (15), and Mark Chia (11), in The Four Seasons with

re:Sound, led by Yang Shuxiang

Victoria Concert Hall

For the reporting period, the major activities were:

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re:Sound Chamber Orchestra

Jeremy Monteiro & Resound Collective’s first

Symphonic Jazz album, Tapestry Live, was released

on 19 February 2024, reaching Number 1 on the

iTunes Singapore Instrumental charts.

Singapore Chamber Music

Festival 2024

RCL revived the Singapore Chamber Music Festival

(SCMF) in January 2024, in response to the fact that

the profile and appreciation of chamber music has

not grown along with the broader growth of classical

music in Singapore. Beyond presenting chamber

concerts, SCMF had explicit objectives of bringing

together chamber music exponents, increasing the

chamber music capabilities of local and regional

musicians (young, mature, amateur, professional)

and promoting a life-long chamber music culture.

SCMF is part of RCL’s thrust to increase community

involvement in chamber music.

The Chamber Music Academy received enthusiastic

response, with 28 chamber groups participating in its

workshops and coaching sessions. This was followed

by four Festival Concerts, which were distinctly

positioned from each other, featuring artists such as

Jonathan Ong, Aoi Trio from Japan, Toh Chee-Hung,

YST faculty and SCMF alumni.

The SCMF was first run in 2003 and had been

dormant for over a decade. After this extended

hiatus, the interest in the Festival Concerts

and Chamber Music Academy was heartening,

and Resound Collective will partner the YST

Conservatory of Music to present SCMF biennially.

The next edition of the Festival will be held in 2026.

Concordia Quartet

Concordia Quartet had the honour to be selected

as one of the four advanced string quartets at the

Harpa International Music Academy (HIMA) Ohio. At

this intensive string quartet programme, they were

coached daily by renowned chamber musicians Sibbi

Bernhardsson (former violinist of Pacifica Quartet),

Mari Sato (former violinist of Cavani string quartet),

Eric Wong (violist of Blair string quartet, former

violist of Cavani string quartet), and Amit Even-Tov

(Cellist of Ariel string quartet) and presented several

performances.

On their return, in September 2023, they presented

the programme that they had worked on during the

festival, where the Straits Times commented that

the quartet “has potential to be one of Singapore’s

most important ensembles.”

In late January 2024, Concordia Quartet was the

festival quartet at the Singapore Chamber Music

Festival 2024, where members took on roles as artist

faculty to coach aspiring chamber music students,

and partnered with guest artists from around the

world in a series of chamber concerts.

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