AYA SEKINE / Founding Director Programming, global outreach, partnerships, marketing, Singapore jazz ecosystem research Credential: Adjunct lecturer LASALLE College Of The Arts, Director of Bon Goût Music, MA Arts & Cultural Management (LASALLE ‘17), BA(Hons) Jazz Performance (LASALLE ‘14), Professional Diploma in Jazz Performance (Berklee College Of Music ‘94) Awards : LASALLE Award For Academic Excellence (‘14) Artistic Discipline: Jazz pianist, improvisor, composer, curator |
DAWN HO / Director Fund raising, programming assistant, human resources, public relations, domestic and community outreach Credential : BA(Hons) Jazz Performance (LASALLE ‘17), Founder/director of Island Girl LLP Artistic Discipline: Vocalist and composer |
NAMIE RASMAN / Director Treasurer, administration, communication, Schools & youth outreach, technical management Credential : BA(Hons) Jazz Performance (LASALLE ‘17), Diploma (Merit) in Music and Audio Technology (Singapore Polytechnic ’10) Awards : LASALLE Award For Academic Excellence (‘17) Artistic Discipline: Vocalist and composer |
Members (originally registered)
RIE WATANABE Marketing advice Credential : Post Graduate Diploma in Dance Teaching and Learning, Dance Teacher education (Trinity Laban), Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Food Science and Nutrition (University of Queensland) Artistic Discipline: Tap dancer, teacher and voice-over talent |
KAREN DE SILVA Legal advice, administration Credential : BA(Hons) Jazz Performance (LASALLE ‘15), Law (LLB) Hons, University of Exeter, Barrister at Law, Middle TempleArtistic Discipline: Violinist, composer and arranger |
Unregistered members
Sarah Teh (project management) |
Tan Li Hao (accounting support) |
Board of Directors
DR TIMOTHY O’ DWYER (Active 2016-2020) Credentials: Head, School Of Contemporary Music, LASALLE College Of The Art, Doctor of Philosophy, Queensland University of Technology, Australia, BA Music, Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne, Australia Artistic Discipline: Saxophonist, composer, educator, researcher |
ZHENG YUEPENG (Active 2016-2020) Credentials: Officer MCCY Arts & Heritage, University Honours Degree in History, Amherst College Boston Massachusetts, MA Southeast Asian Studies, National University Of Singapore Award(s): The Asa J. Davis Prize for Academic Distinction in the History of Africa and the Black Diaspora on Swingin’ Round the World: Musical Circuits, Traveling Musicians and Jazz in Singapore (Amherst College 2009) Publications : Essay : Jazz from the 1920s to the Present: the Musicians, the Spaces and the Music on Singapore soundscape : musical renaissance of a global city (National Library Board Singapore, 2014) Artistic Discipline: Jazz Guitarist |