Toh Ban Sheng
Name
Toh Ban Sheng
Bio
Toh Ban Sheng is no stranger to the choral world. An active member in the international choral scene, Toh is sought-after as an adjudicator, clinician and guest-conductor. Perhaps, the most awarded Singaporean choral conductor with seven Conductor’s Prizes in Europe under his belt, he has been invited to adjudicate, conduct, or teach in Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, China, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Italy, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Malaysia, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, and Taiwan. Known for his artistry, he is one of few who also serves as jury in choral conducting and choral composition international competitions.
He currently mentors young conductors and directs five award-winning school choirs in Singapore, in addition to directing the Amoris Singers and Raffles Singers. Since 2014, he has been serving as the Artistic Director of International Choral Festival Orientale Concentus held in Singapore. His self-titled biography, “The Accidental Conductor”, was published in 2010 and the “Toh Ban Sheng Choral Series” with Earthsongs Music Publication (USA) was launched in 2012. He has also written for the International Choral Bulletin and had his music published in Europe.
For more than a decade now, besides giving masterclasses to individual choirs, he has been organising various workshops and seminars with international maestros for the choral community here and putting Singapore on the choral world map. He hopes to uphold the choral excellence in Singapore and inspire the next generation through a myriad of initiated projects from producing documentary Choral Miracle of Singapore for posterity to organising the inaugural Choral Composers’ Seminar (Singapore, 2021) and Singapore International Choral Composition Competition (2020).
He currently mentors young conductors and directs five award-winning school choirs in Singapore, in addition to directing the Amoris Singers and Raffles Singers. Since 2014, he has been serving as the Artistic Director of International Choral Festival Orientale Concentus held in Singapore. His self-titled biography, “The Accidental Conductor”, was published in 2010 and the “Toh Ban Sheng Choral Series” with Earthsongs Music Publication (USA) was launched in 2012. He has also written for the International Choral Bulletin and had his music published in Europe.
For more than a decade now, besides giving masterclasses to individual choirs, he has been organising various workshops and seminars with international maestros for the choral community here and putting Singapore on the choral world map. He hopes to uphold the choral excellence in Singapore and inspire the next generation through a myriad of initiated projects from producing documentary Choral Miracle of Singapore for posterity to organising the inaugural Choral Composers’ Seminar (Singapore, 2021) and Singapore International Choral Composition Competition (2020).
