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Composition Experience

1      |      2024 Allan Zavod Performers' Award - "Take Flight" 

Awarded First Place (Winner) in the 2024 Allan Zavod Performers' Award for Take Flight, a 14-minute solo harp composition and improvisation, with support from the Noel and Carmel O'Brien Family Foundation. Take Flight is a metaphor for one taking off and beginning a journey, inspired by the structure and sounds of a flight and translating these into a sonically-diverse and theatrical improvisation that captures the ups and downs of life. 

2      |      AJIRN 7 Conference 2024 - "Between Strings" 

Invited to perform at the AJIRN 7 Conference 2024 at Monash University as a harpist and dancer. I combined harp, contemporary dance, composition/choreography and improvisation to explore how improvisation forms the connectivity thread that ties sound and movement together. Movement embodied within playing the harp, such as the harpist’s arm gestures or plucking the strings, are used as impetus for movement choices. 

3      |      CMT Prize 2022 - "Chasing Shadows"

Awarded the 2022 Monash University CMT and Composition Prize. Commissioned to write a "high energy, three-minute banger" for the Syzygy Ensemble in Australia. The new work, "Chasing Shadows", premiered at the Melbourne Recital Centre in Nov 2023, as part of Syzygy Ensemble's Joy Ride programme. 

4     |      Strike a Chord Music Conference 2022 - "Cloudy Thoughts"

Invited by the Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music and Performance to compose a new piece combining a non-western instrument with a string quartet, to be used for discussion during the Strike a Chord Music Teachers' Conference. Presented "Cloudy Thoughts", written for Bouzouki and String Quartet, on 28 August 2022.

5     |     Resonates With... (2019) - "The Forest Experience" 

Invited by School of the Arts Singapore (SOTA) to compose a new piece in response to artist Wu Guanzhong's artwork. Inspired by "Thick Leaves" by Wu Guanzhong, I composed "The Forest Experience" for the Dizi and Harp. It was performed by Neo Rui Zhi (dizi) and myself (harp) on 27 April 2019 at the Padang Atrium of the National Gallery Singapore.

6     |     Harpfest 2019 - "Renew" 

Awarded the Outstanding Creative Composition Award and the Category 3’s Jury Choice Award for my solo harp composition, "Renew", at the 2019 Creative Composition Competition organised by Harpfest. Invited to perform at the 2019 Harpfest Gala Showcase, held at the Atrium of University Cultural Centre (UCC) Singapore.

7     |     Arts Excellence Programme (2018 - 2020)

Selected for the Arts Excellence Programme by School of the Arts (SOTA) Singapore over 3 years. Attended the Young Composers Academy by the Cleveland Institute of Music in 2019, as well as local workshops in 2018 and 2020. Composed "the end of the road", for B-flat clarinet and piano, for the Young Composers Academy. It premiered in the Mixon Hall at the Cleveland Institute of Music in June 2019 by musicians from Ars Futura Ensemble, a Cleveland-based collective.

8      |     SOTA Showcases

Invited by the Music Faculty at SOTA to perform my original compositions in the school's annual composition showcase, Process (2017, 2018), and in the school's end-of-year online showcase, Chronicles (2020). All performances were in the SOTA Concert Hall. 

  • i - IV , for piano and violin, was performed in Process IV (2017) 

  • Kaleidoscope, for clarinet, harp, and piano, was performed in Process V (2018) 

  • +1 216, for harp and piano, was recorded for the online performance Chronicles (2020)

Performance Experience

1     |      Orchestral Harpist - Monash Academy Orchestra (2023, 2024)

Performed in "Symphonic Dances" (7 May 2023) and "Appalachian Spring" (27 Aug 2023) at the Robert Blackwood Hall.

Performed in "Force Majeure" (14 Apr 2024) at the Alexander Theatre and "Victory and Sorrow" (25 Aug 2024) at the Robert Blackwood Hall.

2      |      Harpist and Recording Engineer Assistant - Monash Art Ensemble (2023, 2024)

Performed as part of the Melbourne International Jazz Festival in 2023 and 2024. 

Assisted in the Recording Setup for the Recording session in 2023 and 2024. 

3      |      Harpist - Progress Festival (2023) 

Performed an hour-long solo harp set at Progress Festival combining composition and improvisation, inspired by @slowartcollective's Art Exhibition.

4     |      Harpist and Improviser - Wasteland (2023)

Harpist and improviser for "Fire Sermon", the third section of Wasteland, a dance production. Improvised with Daniel Parr and Anusha Yellapragada, producing an 11-minute single-take live improvisation for a dance trio. I was also a dancer in this trio. 

5     |     Rising Star London Festival Competition 2020 Season II - Harp Solo

Awarded First Place in the Advanced Category for a video submission of "Sonatina for Harp" by Sergiu Natra.

6     |     Rave Harps Prestige Award Solo (2018, 2020) 
  • 2020: awarded Distinction in the Young Artist Category for solo harp. Performed at the 2020 Rave Harps Prestige Award Concert 1 Awards Ceremony. 

  • 2018: awarded Distinction with Honours in the Advanced I Category for solo harp. Invited to perform at the Gala but unable to make it.

7     |     SOTA Malay Fusion Ensemble (2018 - 2019) 

Pianist in the SOTA Malay Fusion Ensemble. Performed at the 2018 International Baccalaureate World Conference (Suntec Convention Centre), 2019 ROOTS (Esplanade Recital Studio), and 2019 Silk Road Rhapsodies (SOTA Concert Hall). 

8     |     Improviser - Interdisciplinary Art (2018) 

Music improviser in a 32-minute collaborative art piece, working with visual artists and dancers. 

9     |     2018 Light-to-Night Festival - Harp Ensemble

Harpist in the Harp Ensemble, performed at the Atrium of Victoria Concert Hall in Singapore.

© 2023 by Lee Su Min.

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