CHEE WENG YIM
Conductor . Educator . Musician
CHEE WENG YIM
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BIO
Chee Weng Yim, DMA, is a freelance musician and educator. His work involves addressing social and environmental issues, advocating for living and underrepresented composers, and providing a holistic education for his students.
Dr. Yim’s passion is in working with students to help them reach their musical and professional potential. He believes that the educator's first priority is to teach the human being and provide opportunities for growth in both his and his students’ personhood. Personhood includes skills such as empathy, compassion, kindness and a desire to work towards the betterment of not only the self, but of others. These qualities help people to become cognizant of the socio-psychological climates that impact their personal and professional lives as musicians. Dr. Yim is also passionate about inclusive programming based on diversity. He believes that music, as part of the Arts and culture, is a forum for building awareness and conversation on social and environmental justice.
Music and teaching has provided Dr. Yim opportunities as guest conductor and clinician in several countries including Taiwan, Japan, Malaysia, the United States and his home country of Singapore. Besides his work as a conductor and teacher, Dr. Yim is interested in fostering collaborations between musicians specializing in different roles. He organizes reading sessions of music composed by student composers where performers and composers engage in open dialogue about new music. He recently commissioned and premiered Benjamin Webster's Partita for solo flute and chamber ensemble. Flutist Aleksandra Tevdoska performed the solo at the premiere at Georgia State University on March 12, 2019.
Before freelancing, Dr. Yim was Assistant Professor of Music at Graceland University, Assistant Band Director at Raffles Girls School, and Band Director at Assumption English School. He was the concertmaster for the Nanyang Technological University Symphonic Band and clarinetist in Windstar Ensemble and Orchestra of the Music Maker. In addition, he was the music director of the SALON concert series at Georgia State University, in which chamber music is performed.
Dr. Yim’s education includes a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Specialist Diploma in Band Directing from Nanyang Technological University, a Master of Music in Instrumental Conducting from Georgia State University, and a Doctor of Musical Arts in Instrumental Conducting from Frost School of Music at University of Miami.
EDUCATION
Aug 2015 - May 2018
Frost School of Music, University of Miami; Coral Gables, Florida; Doctor of Musical Arts in Instrumental Conducting
Aug 2013 - May 2015
Georgia State University; Atlanta, Georgia; Master of Music in Instrumental Conducting
Jan - Nov 2011
National Institute of Education; Singapore; Specialist Diploma in Band Directing
Aug 2007 - May 2010
Nanyang Technological University; Singapore; Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Minor in Music
PROFESSIONAL WORKSHOPS
May-Jun 2020
Virtual Conducting Workshop with Maestro Yeh Tsung; Singapore
Conducting Participant in workshop with Ye Chung
Jun 2016, 2017, 2019
The University of Texas at Austin; Austin, Texas
Conducting participant in workshop with Jerry Junkin, Larry Livingston, Donald Schleicher, Jamie Nix, Richard Floyd, and Robert Duke
Jul 2017
International Conducting Workshop and Festival; Sofia, Bulgaria
Conducting participant in workshop with Donald Schleicher and Larry Rachleff
Jul 2016
Indiana State University; Terre Haute, Indiana
Conducting participant in workshop with Roby George, Frank Battisti, and Timothy Foley
Feb 2015
Georgia State University The Art of Conducting; Atlanta, Georgia
Conducting participant in workshop with Gary Green and Robert Ambrose
Nov 2013, 2014, 2016
Columbus State University Conductors Workshop; Columbus, Georgia
Conducting participant in workshop with Mallory Thompson, Damon Talley, Eugene Corporon, Kevin Sedatole, Jamie Nix, H. Robert Reynolds, and Allan McMurray
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Jan 2021 - Present
南京睿恒乐团有限公司; Nanjing, China
Conductor and Music Educator
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Teach and conduct ensembles
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Program and arrange music
Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
Dazhong Primary School Junior Orchestras; Singapore
Conductor (Part-time)
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Teach and conduct orchestras
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Program and arrange music suitable for budding student musicians
Feb 2020 - Jul 2020
Edvox Music School; Singapore
Part-time music teacher (Substitute teaching)
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Teach one-to-one lessons in piano performance and music theory from beginners to diploma levels
Oct 2019 - Dec 2019
Project Consultant (Freelance); Singapore
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Provide advice and solutions to clients in the private education sector, including market analyses, cost analyses, program structuring, curriculum design, and hiring of teaching staff
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Provide aid in registration with statutory boards and government ministries
Aug 2018 - Jul 2019
Graceland University, Lamoni, Iowa
Assistant Professor of Music, Director of Bands
Conductor for Symphonic Band
Co-director of Jazz Ensemble
Instructor of Record: MUSC-1600/3180 Jazz Ensemble, 1700/3190 Symphonic Band, 1270 Music and the Environment, 2100 Form and Analysis, 2340 Conducting I, 3220 Post Tonal Theory, 3290 Woodwinds Methods and Pedagogy, 3310 Brass Methods and Pedagogy (*Syllabi available upon request)
Organized Graceland University Brass and Woodwind Day
Jun 2015 - May 2018
Frost School of Music, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
Graduate Teaching Assistant for University Bands
Conducting/Teaching Duties:
Conductor for the University Band
Associate conductor for the Frost Wind Ensemble and Frost Symphonic Winds
Teaching Assistant for the “Frost Band of the Hour,” duties included music rehearsals and drill instruction
Administrative Duties:
Organization of the Frost Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Winds, University Band, Frost Honor Band, “Frost Band of the Hour” tours and bowl trips
Instructor of Record: MIP 181-G Instrumental Conducting I
Teach basic conducting skills to undergraduates, including topics on score study, conducting techniques, transposition, and basic arranging
A copy of the syllabus can be provided upon request
Instructor of Record: MIP CD1-03 Conducting (Lessons)
Teach in depth score study (making notes, arch-maps, analyses, conducting considerations)
Aug 2013 - May 2015
School of Music, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia
Graduate Teaching Assistant for University Bands
Conducting/Teaching Duties:
Associate conductor for the Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Wind Orchestra, Concert Band, Metropolitan Atlanta Youth Wind Ensemble, Basketball Pep Bands, Clarinet Choir, Brass Choir, and Tuba/Euphonium ensemble
Chamber music instructor for the brass quintets, undergraduate woodwind quintet, flute quartet, and flute trio
Teaching Assistant for the undergraduate conducting class, duties included private instruction, group lessons, and record keeping
Teaching Assistant for the Georgia State University Marching Band, duties included music rehearsals and drill instruction
Administrative Duties:
Organization of the Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Wind Orchestra, University Band, Marching Band, Basketball Pep Bands, Music For All Southeastern Regional Concert Festival, Student Leadership Institute, and band tours
Summer 2013
Marching Band Staff
Jackson County High School Marching Band; Athens, Georgia
West Florence High School Marching Band; Florence, South Carolina
Jan 2012 - Jul 2013
Raffles Girls School Symphonic Band (RGSSB), Singapore
Assistant Band Director
Conducting/Teaching Duties:
Conducted the Main Band, and taught the Beginner Band
Taught music theory, and music history
Nov 2010 - Jun 2012
Assumption English School Concert Band (AESCB), Singapore
Band Director
Conducting/Teaching Duties
Conducted the Main Band, and taught the Beginner Band
Taught music theory, music history, and military band drills
Administrative Duties
Curriculum development, budget organization, leading of band staff, and hiring instrumental teachers, organize and lead student leaders
Oct 2007 - Jun 2013
Clarinet and Piano Teacher (Private)
Jan 2007 - Jul 2013
Clarinet Tutor in public schools; Singapore
Raffles Girls School Symphonic Band (2012 – 2013)
Raffles Institution Military Band (2011 – 2012)
Jurong West Secondary School Symphonic Band (January – March 2007)
Jul 2006 - Nov 2007
Cristofori Music School, Singapore
Piano Teacher
SCHOLARLY RESEARCH AND CREATIVE WORK
Publications
Yim, Chee Weng. Stop! Listen... Score (SATB). Self-published, 2020.
audio
Yim, Chee Weng. Children Songs. Score (Chamber Orchestra). Self-published, 2020.
Yim, Chee Weng. Breaking Glass Ceilings. Score (For three bassoons). Self-published, 2020.
Yim, Chee Weng. Meditation no. 1. Score (Wind Ensemble). Self-published, 2018.
audio
Yim, Chee Weng. “Symbolism in Zoo Song by Nina Shekhar.” McLerran Journal, December 1, 2018.Accessed January 26, 2019. https://www.mclerranjournal.com/performance/2018/11/11/symbolism-in-zoo-song-by-nina-shekhar-1
Yim, Chee Weng. “An Analysis of The Passing Bell by Warren Benson.” The Journal of Band Research, 52 no. 2 (2017), 19 - 29.
Transcription
Stucky, Steven. Symphony. Score. Transcribed for winds by Chee Weng Yim. Bryn Mawr, PA: Theodore Presser Company, 2018.
audio score and parts rental
Commission
2018
Partita for Solo Flute and Mixed Ensemble (2019) – Benjamin Webster
Dedicated to Aleksandra Tevdoska, flute
Conductor/Clinician/Adjudicator Engagements
Jul 2020
Anglo-Chinese Wind Orchestra; Singapore
Conductor
Feb 2020
Anglo-Chinese Wind Orchestra; Singapore
Conductor
May 2019
Mixed Ensemble Recital; Miami, FL
Guest conductor
Mar 2019
Pride of Iowa Conference Honor Band 2019; Lamoni, IA
Guest conductor and clinician
Mar 2019
Flute Recital by Aleksandra Tevdoska; Atlanta, GA
Guest conductor
World Premiere: Benjamin Webster – Partita for Solo Flute and Mixed Ensemble
Jan 2019
2019 Women’s Band Competition; USA
Adjudicator (pro bono)
Nov 2018
Lamoni High School; Lamoni, IA
Guest clinician for Student Teaching Observation
Jan 2018
2018 Women’s Band Competition; USA
Adjudicator (pro bono)
Aug 2015 - May 2018
University of Miami; Coral Gables, Florida
Conductor, Frost Woodwind Ensemble
Conductor, Ensemble IBIS (new music)
Reading sessions of compositions by Frost Students
Mar 2018
Felix Varela Senior High School; The Hammocks, Florida
Clinician for band masterclass
Mar 2016
Society of Composers, Inc. (University of Miami Chapter): Songwriters’ Concert; Coral Gables, Florida
Artistic Director and conductor
Oct 2015
University of Miami: Scores and Scares 2015; Coral Gables, Florida
Music Director and conductor for the live performance of film scores (premieres) at the premiere of student short films
July 2015
Anglo-Chinese Junior College; Singapore
Conductor for reading session
July 2015
Teck Whye Secondary School; Singapore
Clinician for young band masterclass, and clarinet masterclass
Guest Conductor, Teck Whye Secondary School Concert Band Annual Concert
Aug 2013 - May 2015
Georgia State University; Atlanta, Georgia
Founder and music director of the wind conducting studio “Salon” concerts
Premiere: Jean Sibelius/Robert Ambrose — Karelia Suite, op. 11, III. Alla Marcia
Oct 2013
McEachern High School; Powder Springs, Georgia
Clinician for band masterclass
Oct 2013
Georgia State University Double Reed Day; Atlanta, Georgia
Double reed ensemble conductor
Feb 2011, 2012, 2013
Joy Ensemble; Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Clinician and guest conductor for Festival band
Dec 2012
Junior College and Polytechnic Band Festival 2012; Singapore
Faculty member by invitation
Sep, Dec 2011
Nanyang Technological University Symphonic Band; Singapore
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Guest Conductor for their overseas exchange trip, Ilha Formosa in Taiwan (December)
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Guest Conductor for their fund-raising concert (September)
Jun 2011
Anglo-Chinese Wind Orchestra; Singapore
Guest conductor in a co-concert with Anglo-Chinese Junior College Concert Band in Muse 2011
Presentations/Performances
Mar 2019
Music and Body and Mind, Lamoni, IA
Presenter at Graceland University Honors Students Colloquium
Jan 2019
The Importance of Attending Live Performances, Lamoni, IA
Presenter at Graceland University Music Majors Meeting
Nov 2018
Vexations by Erik Satie; Lamoni, IA
28 hours Piano Solo performance in The Shaw Center at Graceland University
Oct 2018
Les étoiles secretes by Vincent Calianno; Lamoni, IA
Andy Miller, vibraphone; Chee Weng Yim, piano
Sep 2018
Graceland University Music Department Faculty Recital; Lamoni, IA
Three Irish Legends by Henry Cowell (piano)
Prelude no. 9 by Ruth Crawford Seeger (piano)
WORKS CONDUCTED (SELECTION)
All Set – Milton Babbitt
The Other Music Ensemble (now known as Ensemble Ibis)
Amazing Grace – Frank Ticheli
Nanyang Technological University Symphonic Band
An Outdoor Overture – Aaron Copland
Frost Wind Ensemble
Arbos – Arvo Pärt
Georgia State University Chamber Winds
Chemistry – Dorothy Hindman
Ensemble Ibis
Concertino – Jonathan Newman
Aleksandra Tevdoska, flute; Georgia State University Chamber Winds
Danzon no. 2 – Arturo Marquez
Frost Symphonic Winds
Divertimento for Band – Vincent Persichetti
Frost Symphonic Winds
Divertimento for Brass – Karel Husa
Frost Wind Ensemble
First Suite in E-flat – Gustav Holst
Musica Experentia
George Washington Bridge – William Schuman
Anglo-Chinese Wind Orchestra
Incantation and Dance – John Barnes Chance
Frost Symphonic Winds
Irish Tune from County Derry – Percy Grainger
Anglo-Chinese Junior College Concert Band
March of the Soviet Militia – Dimitri Shostakovich
Georgia State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble
Molly on the Shore – Percy Grainger
Raffles Girls School Junior Band
Octet in B-flat, op. 216 – Carl Reinecke
Frost Chamber Winds
Prelude no. 14, op. 34 – Dimitri Shostakovich/H. Robert Reynolds
Georgia State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble
Scenes from the Louvre – Norman Dello Joio
Frost Symphonic Winds
Scherzo (Over the Pavements) – Charles Ives
Frost Chamber Winds
Second Suite in F – Gustav Holst
Frost Symphonic Winds
Sept Petite Pieces – Francis Chagrin
Georgia State University Chamber Winds
Serenade in B-flat “Gran Partita” – W. A. Mozart
Frost Woodwind Ensemble
Serenade in E-flat, op. 7 – Richard Strauss
Frost Chamber Winds
Slava! – Leonard Bernstein/Clare Grundman
Frost Symphonic Winds
Suite Francaise – Guy Woolfenden
Georgia State University Chamber Winds
Suite in B-flat, op. 4 – Richard Strauss
Frost Chamber Winds
The Good Soldier Schweik Suite – Robert Kurka
Georgia State University Chamber Wind
The Passing Bell – Warren Benson
Frost Wind Ensemble
Through the Looking Glass – Jess Turner
Georgia State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble
Variations on a Korean Folksong – John Barnes Chance
Frost Symphonic Winds
Wild Nights! – Frank Ticheli
Frost Symphonic Winds
Ye Banks and Braes O’ Bonnie Doon – Percy Grainger
Raffles Girls School Junior Band
AWARDS
2018
Funding for creating tutorial video on in C by Terry Riley
- Video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ0VnE1tTQw
2018
Funding for Graceland Woodwind and Brass Day
2016 - 2017
The American Prize (Wind Conducting) - Second Place
Fall 2016
GAFAC Award (Graduate Activity Fees Allocation Committee)
Summer 2016
Mike Moss Conducting Fellowship
SERVICES
January 2023 - June 2024
Music Theory tutor services
Provided tutorial sessions for students who needed extra mentoring in music theory and ear training
2018 - 2019
Graceland University New Faculty Committee
Attended meetings to discuss issues faced by new faculty including but not limited to advising, pedagogy, evaluations, and teaching observations.
2019
Recruitment event
Invited area public schools to perform with Graceland University Symphonic Band. A tutorial video to facilitate learning of Terry Riley’s in Cwas created.
2019
Community Engagement Project
Presented and shared about Chinese New Year with community group, “As You Like It.”
2015 - 2017
Frost School of Music recruitment activities
Volunteer at recruitment booth at the Midwest Clinic, Chicago, Illinois
Helped to organize and run the Frost Honor Band
2016 - 2018
Musician in Commencement Band
Nov 2016
Phi Mu Alpha (Beta Tau Chapter): Battle of the Bands; Coral Gables, Florida
Adjudicator (pro bono) by invitation for a charity where the Florida Music Educators Association is the beneficiary
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
Honorary member of Gamma Epsilon Chapter Tau Beta Sigma (Frost School of Music, University of Miami)
Iowa Music Educators Association
Iowa Bandmaster Association
The College Band Directors National Association
The College Music Society
REFERENCES
Robert M. Carnochan
Professor of Music, Director of Wind Ensemble Activities
(305) 284-6810
Robert J. Ambrose
Professor, Director of Bands
Associate Director, School of Music
Coordinator of Recruitment
(404) 413-5942
Lee Tian Tee
Professor of Music Education
+86 186 2800 4759
Thomas M. Sleeper
Composer
Phone: n/a
Sara Blessing
Music Department Coordinator
Director of Choral/Vocal Activities, Assistant Professor of Music
(641) 784-5273
J. Steven Moore
Associate Dean, Undergraduate Studies, Professor of Practice
(305) 284-2241
Chester B. Phillips
Associate Professor, Associate Director of Bands
Director of Athletic Bands
(404) 413-5963
David W. Vandewalker
Coordinator of Music and the Performing Arts, Fulton County Schools (Atlanta, GA)
(678) 462-2741
CONDUCTING VIDEOS
SUITE IN B FLAT, OP. 4
Richard Strauss
OCTET
Igor Stravinsky
THE PASSING BELL
Warren Benson
REHEARSAL CLIPS
THE PASSING BELL
Warren Benson (rehearsal)
SINFONIETTA
James Syler (rehearsal)