Two AM Music Global music composer Prisca Leong reflects on how the BA(Hons) Contemporary Music (Audio Technology) programme brought her closer to her dream of pursuing music as a career.
Artist, music producer, and audio engineer Yap Khai Zhen reflects on his university experience in the BA (Hons) Contemporary Music (Audio Technology) programme and how it cultivated his passion for the Malaysian music industry.
Theatre director, visual-audio artist, stage director, production manager, and artistic director Murasaki Haru kickstarted his journey in the theatre industry through the Diploma in Performing Arts programme. He documents how the programme contributed to his personal growth, with the values he…
Kirthana Kuhendran, alumni from the BA (Hons) Contemporary Music (Audio Technology) programme, uses 3 words to share about her time at Sunway University: Education, Experience, and Expansion.
Over the past four years, the author has been on a mission to help make classrooms more effective with better presentations, much like an eco-warrior out to reduce text emissions.
Malaysian theatre has changed tremendously over the past few decades. This is widely attributed to better and higher quality productions as well as more contemporary performances from audiences across the country. There is a constant call for a more uniform and formal education programme in this…
This paper charts the emergence of the Kuala Lumpur (KL) singer-songwriter circuit through the annual singer-songwriter showcase, KL Sing Song. The showcase, which ended its run in its sixth instalment (from 2005 to 2009) serves as a case study for the fostering of communal spirit amongst…
Play and playfulness in informal spaces are closely connected to learning and knowledge internalisation. As educators are increasing their digital literacy in these extraordinary times, the notion of virtual informal spaces and digital play should be further explored to fully understand students’…
An alumni from the Contemporary Music (Audio Technology) programme, Dominic Seow Jia Hoong recalls fond memories of forming a band with like-minded classmates and pursuing music professionally with the help of the knowledge and experience gained as a Sunway student.
The area of research-creation in Western classical music needs one, and I propose it be called “performing musicology”.
In music performance, there is a perceived split between those who focus on the creative process, and those on research. For the former, there are the likes of composers and…
‘Research’ is a word that doesn’t seem pertinent to the arts. Many people assume the arts to be wholly inspired and created through the artist’s natural or divinely-given talent and passion or genius and impulse. But this is never the whole picture. “There is no such thing as an impulsive artist…
