David Glosz

Mr. David Anthony Glosz

In June 1990, Mr. David Anthony Glosz took over the role of Bandmaster of St Andrews secondary. As part of God’s providence, Mrs. Felice Isaac, a trustee of the Rueben Manasseh Meyer Trust Fund wanted to donate a sum of $65 000 at that very same period and then-principal Mr. Harry Tan was asked if the school was interested to accept the donation. The sum became the seed money to buy the quality instruments that would improve the band’s musical quality and bring it to its first gold.

With Mr. Glosz as Bandmaster and this seed money, the band improved tremendously and was rewarded with a Gold Award at thePacific Basin Music Festival held in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1992. From 1990 to till present, the band has won 8 consecutive Gold medalsat the Singapore Youth Festival’s Central Judging of Bands, and is ranked among the top school bands.

Mr. Glosz is the current President of Band Directors Association Singapore since 2003.

Mr. Glosz received his music training while in school and during his service with the Singapore Armed Forces Navy band in Singapore. He is in his 22nd year of teaching and over the years has had the privilege of working with Dr. Robert Halseth, Dr. David Goedecke, Dr. James Barnes, Prof William Johnson, Toshio Akiyama, Meryl Wamhoff, Dr. Glen Price, Professor Felix Hauswirth & Dr. James Bankhead, just to name a few.

Bands under his direction are nationally & internationally recognized for their excellence and have performed at events like St. Patrick’s Day Parade in New York, participated at music festivals such as the Pacific Basin Music Festival Hawaii, Honolulu (1992, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2000,2006), the Australian International Music Festival Sydney (2001), band tours to (Perth 1989, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2002, 2006), Auckland (1999), California (1982, 1994, 2001 & 2004) and at local band conventions (1995 & 2001) organized by the Ministry of Education, Singapore. Mr. Glosz was invited to showcase the St. Andrew’s Sec School band at the California Band Directors Association convention in 2004; this was the first foreign band to be invited to perform at the convention. To date his bands have attained 27 Gold Awards at local festivals in Singapore and 10 Gold awards at international festivals.

Mr. Glosz is the current President of Band Directors Association Singapore since 2003.

Kelly Tang

KELLY TANG (Composer, born Singapore, 1961) received his undergraduate training at York University(Toronto). He was awarded a Masters' degree in Composition by Northwestern University in 1991 and received his Ph.D. in Music at Michigan State University in 1995. Tang was conferred the COMPASSArtistic Excellence Award by the Composers’ and Authors’ Society of Singapore in 2008.

One of the most prolific Singaporean composers of our generation, Tang's compositions have been performed by world-renowned ensembles such as the Russian National Orchestra, the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, the Mihail Jora Filarmonic (Romania) and the Ensemble Contemporain of Montreal. In Asia, his works have been performed by the Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Thai Navy Orchestra, the Macau Youth Symphony Orchestra and the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra.

In Singapore, Tang's works have been performed by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, the Singapore Chinese Orchestra, the T’ang Quartet, the Singapore Lyric Opera, the Singapore Youth Choir, the Philharmonic Choir and the Singapore National Youth Orchestra. His wind band scores have been performed by the Queensland Conservatorium Wind Orchestra (Australia), the Desford Colliery Brass Band (UK), the Singapore Police Force Band, the Philharmonic Winds and the Singapore Armed Forces Central Band with musicians from "The President's Own" United States Marine Band.

Tang's music has been presented at prestigious venues worldwide including the Sydney Opera House, Suntory Hall (Tokyo), the Hanoi Opera House, the Auditorium di Milano (Italy), Cultural Centre of the Philippines, Tokyo Opera City, and Carnegie Hall (New York).

Tang scored the music for the 2006 Australian feature film "Feet Unbound", which has screened at major film festivals worldwide. In 2007, he composed the symphonic score to the opera "Intrigues in the Qing Imperial Court” presented by the Chinese Theatre Circle. His Jazz compositions have been performed by legends Ernie Watts, Randy Brecker and Jeremy Monteiro.

In 2008, Tang was presented the COMPASS Artistic Excellence Award by the Composers' and Authors' Society of Singapore. He serves as Associate Professor of Music at the National Institute of Education, Singapore.