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          Emily Koh is an award-winning young composer of contemporary classical music based in Boston MA, and a native of Singapore. Described as 'the future of composing' (The Straits Times, Singapore) and 'a talent with great potential' (An Tuireann Arts Center, Scotland), Emily's works have received wide press acclaim, and have been described as “beautifully eerie” (New York Times), and “subtley spicy” (Baltimore Sun), and "piquant to the senses" (The Straits Times, Singapore).

          Emily has been commissioned by the Composers Conference at Wellesley College, LUNAR Ensemble, Singapore Lyric Opera, Philharmonic Orchestra Society, ArtsSphere Chamber Ensemble, Esplanade Co. Ltd and NUS Arts Festival amongst others. Her works have been performed by Signal Ensemble, Sentieri Selvaggi, the Next Mushroom Project, ThingNY, CHROMA ensemble, The Philharmonic Orchestra Singapore, Asian Festival Orchestra, Peabody Opera Theater, Conservatory New Music Ensemble, Conservatory Chamber Singers and NUS Symphony Orchestra at festivals such as June in Buffalo, Asia-Pacific Contemporary Music Festival, Asian Composers League Festival and Conference, Takefu International Music Festival, Tongyeong International Music Festival, Singapore Arts Festival, National University of Singapore Arts Festival and various venues in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Japan, South Korea, Italy, the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States.

          Emily is currently a doctoral fellow at Brandeis University, where she is completing her Ph.D. in Music Composition and Theory. Emily holds Master of Music degrees in composition and music theory pedagogy from the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University, a Bachelor of Music (with honors) degree in composition (minor in double bass performance) from the National University of Singapore, and diplomas from the Trinity College of Music, London (music theory, criticism and literature) and the Royal Schools of Music (double bass performance).

- January 2012 | Please destroy all previous materials

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