NUS Piano Ensemble

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Founded in 1987, the NUS Piano Ensemble (NUSPE) began as a student group that focused on solo classical piano music. As time went by, they expanded their repertoire to include piano ensemble works, namely duos and duets, which now form their musical core. Today, as part of the NUS Centre For the Arts (CFA), NUSPE has grown into a dynamic and accomplished classical music group that actively contributes to the vibrancy of NUS’s arts scene.

At NUSPE, members are given space and time to grow as performers within a diverse community of music lovers with an affinity for classical piano music. Members participate in weekly performance classes, which cover topics ranging from performance techniques to music history. Ultimately, performance is at the heart of what they do. Their members enjoy numerous opportunities to present a wide range of repertoires at their concerts conducted year-round. To prepare for these concerts, performers participate in sessions held by their principal tutor, Dr Choi, with the assistance of their Student Music Directors (SMDs).

Through their performances and activities, they aspire to pave the way forward for further exploration and development of piano ensemble music in the NUS community and beyond.

Key Past Events

2023 Annual Concert, Touch
2022 Annual Concert, Touch
2021 Annual Concert, Touch
2019 Annual Concert, Touch
2019 iLight Bicentennial Edition Showcase
2018 Annual Concert, Touch
2017 Annual Concert, Touch 
2016 Annual Concert, Touch
2015 Melodias Showcase, library@esplanade
2014 NUS Arts Festival, Maestro
2009-2015 Klaviesta! Piano Festival, Tri-University Concert Series, SMU Arts and Culture Centre

Choi Hye-Seon

Principal Tutor

Hye-Seon Choi earned her Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in Piano Performance along with her Master Degree and Performer’s Diploma from Indiana University in the United States; She received her Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from Dong-Duk Women’s University in Korea. Her teachers have included: Edward Auer, Karen Shaw, Eugene Pridonoff, Alfonso Montecino, Michel Block, Sunghye Kim and Hye-Won Jang. Throughout her performance career she has primarily focused on solo recitals and chamber music for instruments and voice, performing in recitals in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and throughout Asia. 

 

Hye-Seon’s performances and recitals have been featured nationally and internationally, including concerts in Seoul at Ewha Women’s University and Dong-Duk Women’s University, performances at the Hong Kong Academy of the Performing Arts, the International Congress of Voice Teachers in Queensland in Brisbane, the Sydney Conservatory, the Puget Sound Music Festival in Canada, the SOTA Concert Hall, the DePauw Concert Hall in Green Castle and the University of Indianapolis Concert Hall in the United States. 

 

She has participated in the Songfest festival in Los Angeles, the NATS Collaborative piano internship program in Colorado, the CoOperative piano internship program at Westminster in New Jersey, and was chosen to participate for the Center for Opera Studies in Italy and Classic Lyric Arts.  She was recently on the jury panel for the Vienna Virtuoso Festival and the Raffles Music Festival.

 

Her teaching career has extended over an array of projects. She has taught piano for more than 30 years professionally, starting as Assistant Instructor at Indiana University, Adjunct Assistant Professor at DePauw University as well as at Bethesda Christian University in Los Angeles, and at the University of Indianapolis. She also taught piano at the School of the Arts and is currently a full time Lecturer and vocal coach/accompanist at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music.