Boon Chong in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | Education

Boon Chong

Locality: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Address: Ashburton 3147 Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Website: http://boonchong.com/

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25.01.2022 Bach played in high resolution - E rehearsing for competition entry.

23.01.2022 Merry Christmas

23.01.2022 V preparing his Etudes for his very first audition/performance. At 5 years old, he was the youngest participant.

21.01.2022 Musical threads in the life of a former student: An alumna of MIT and a Graduate Fellow at Stanford University, LH has in between her accomplished engineering work and research (which spanned 3 continents) weaved in active threads of musical activity throughout - notably completing a Bachelors of Music in Rotterdam (during her 1 gap year from work), winning the MIT concerto competition and performing in recitals to fund projects for Engineers Without Borders Malaysia (where she was the Founding President). She plays with her piano trio in San Francisco and is currently rehearsing for upcoming performances. Good to have her visit the studio during her travels to Melbourne.

21.01.2022 Warmest Seasons Greetings!

20.01.2022 After a busy period producing, mixing, mastering and recording more than half a dozen Australian musicians the past few months, DT is now getting back to finishing up his own recording and composition projects. Dan Tan Music

19.01.2022 A sterling performance 6 months in the making! DT's recording of Chopin's Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise Brillante - watch his full performance of one the composer's most musically engaging and technically demanding compositions here: https://www.youtube.com/watch boonchong.com

19.01.2022 Emerging artist/composer N recording the instrumental and vocal tracks for his latest piece.

18.01.2022 Music pathways 2020 - E rehearsing her repertoire for online examination video submission.

17.01.2022 Full schedule - EL has in the space of 3 months completed his Certificate of Performance, entered a composition competition and performed in 2 concerts including the first performance of his composition Intimate Conversations for Piano and Violin, all to very good reviews. Currently starting rehearsals with his piano trio for the first performance of his composition Waking Waves.

16.01.2022 In the moment - G recording the piano parts for his composition portfolio.

16.01.2022 Crafting sounds - online session for ERs latest release. Composition lessons circa April 2020.

16.01.2022 Reviewing student recordings in the morning - JL rehearsing a play-through of his repertoire.

15.01.2022 Tenderness and intensity - VL and C rehearsing & recording the Rachmaninoff cello sonata.

14.01.2022 Getting in character - C finding the narrative behind Shostakovichs Op. 69, No. 4.

13.01.2022 Chamber music making - mother-daughter duo M and A performing Reineckes Undine Sonata for Flute and Piano.

12.01.2022 Alumnus meet-up and impromptu online performance - Wonderful to hear M perform some Bach in the studio. He is in his final year of study at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, carving his musical path forward whilst nurturing an interest in contemporary classical compositions and his new found passion for teaching. Looking forward to hearing more.

12.01.2022 Working with MG on her Explorer EP, a suite of 3 compositions crafted during this shutdown period. Mallacoota in Red for solo piano was written to journal her reaction to the confronting 2020 Bushfires in Victoria. MG is patiently waiting for the restrictions to be eased in order to relocate to the UK to begin her Masters of Music Composition at the University of Manchester.

12.01.2022 Across time zones - Wonderful to have alumna S visit the studio via overseas video-call, and to work on her Beethoven Sonata project.

11.01.2022 Winter morning music - VL rehearsing her recital programme

10.01.2022 Working with MG on her Explorer EP, a suite of 3 compositions crafted during this shutdown period. 'Mallacoota in Red' for solo piano was written to journal her reaction to the confronting 2020 Bushfires in Victoria. MG is patiently waiting for the restrictions to be eased in order to relocate to the UK to begin her Masters of Music Composition at the University of Manchester.

09.01.2022 Launching into a brand new year - working with young artist/songwriter NR to record the piano and vocal tracks for his latest composition, in preparation for the 2020 release of his first EP.

09.01.2022 New daily set-up for the studio. On all video chat platforms. This studio and the studio community are now entirely online. Musicians, play on. Stay safe and stay well.

09.01.2022 Congratulations E for winning First Prize at the 4MBS Composition Awards in Brisbane , and for the marvellous reviews of your performance.

09.01.2022 Birth of new music - EL working out a new composition.

08.01.2022 E rehearsing for the premiere of his composition Genesis, which he will perform at the 4MBS Classic FM Composition Awards Finale Concert (together with 10 other young musicians, selected from entries nationwide). The performance will be recorded by 4MBS Classic FM.

08.01.2022 Performing Liszt - DT working on his first video post.

06.01.2022 Online Chopin - a live recording of DT rehearsing Chopins Andante Spianato et Grande Polonaise Brillante . Live stream next?

06.01.2022 View from my seat

05.01.2022 Bringing it all together - Collaborating with 6 musicians to record 5 tracks, DT will be the producer, composer and performer in this upcoming project.

04.01.2022 Classical-Jazz leanings. Repertoire post performance diploma - JF playing a set of 4 Gershwin Song-book Piano Arrangements + Rhapsody in Blue.

04.01.2022 Young composer/producer JT has released more than 9 new tracks on Soundclick and have within the first week of launch had his first tracks sold, reaching top 50 in the Soundclick charts and No. 6 in the instrumental sub-category.

03.01.2022 Lockdown productivity - Composition student ER commercially releasing 11 new tracks (!) in 2 weeks on SoundClick, and generating an income stream from that period.

03.01.2022 Congtatulations MG for getting accepted into two seperate Masters of Music Composition programmes in the UK , with her distinctive composition portfolio that she has been crafting here in the studio for the past 18 months. Onwards to new musical chapters.

02.01.2022 Finishing touches - M working on the 2018 revitalised scores of her original compositions for a theatre production for Filskit Theatre Company, which she will be performing in various locations in London.

02.01.2022 Sign of times - JT working out his composition via Skype. Stay safe and stay well, everyone.

02.01.2022 Shutdown-period home project ? VL taking on Beethovens Emperor Piano Concerto.

02.01.2022 DT in his element - creative, big and ambitious. To be released soon.

02.01.2022 The view from my seat.

01.01.2022 Capping off the first work week of 2019 - work through and recording session of composer Ms evocative piece Footscray Platform One for Soprano Saxophone and Piano. Dan Tan Music: producer and pianist.

01.01.2022 Revisitations - Great to hear JY play again after a hiatus of 2 years! JY went on to complete her legal qualifications and launched herself into a career as a lawyer in the Supreme Court of Victoria. Her playing of the Gluck-Sgambati Melodie is sounding particularly poignant at this point of her life.