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The Singaporean counter-tenor, Wei En Chan (曾伟恩), studied in Singapore wiith Toh Ban Sheng and Tay Cheng-Jim. He was a recipient of Ithaca College’s Flora Brown merit scholarship and is a recipient of the NEC Scholarship. He earned his Bachelor of Music degree in Voice Performance from Ithaca College in New York, studying with Carol McAmis. He is currently completing his Master of Music degree at the New England Conservatory in Boston, where he studies with Dr. Ian Howell. He has been a winner and finalist at various vocal competitions in New York and was awarded the Ernst Bacon Prize for “Outstanding Performance of an American Song” at the 38th Annual Competition for Singers, organised by Civic Morning Musicals.
Prior to beginning studies in the USA, Wei En Chan was an active member of Hallelujah Oratorio Society, Amoris Singers and the Singapore Armed Forces Band. He has a breadth of work spanning concert to opera. He has sung in concerts internationally, and highlights include the alto solos in J.S. Bach's B minor mass (BWV 232) with the American Bach Soloists (Director: Jeffrey Thomas) and Malaysia Bach Festival, Ramiro in W.A. Mozart's La Finta Giardiniera with NEC Opera, alto solo in George Frideric Handel's Messiah with MIT Concert Choir, Haydn's Mass in Time of War with RICCO, tenor solo in Carmina Burana with Cayuga Chamber Orchestra, New York, and Haydn’s Nelson Mass with ATCECM, Toronto. He currently lives in Boston, Massachusetts. |
