About ROS
Resonance of Singapore Ltd (ROS) is Singapore’s first not-for-profit charity organisation helmed by a professional choral ensemble.
Our vision is to build a stronger Singapore through music, strengthen social resilience and uplift lives. To achieve that goal, we aim to share vocal artistry with singers of diverse backgrounds through performance, education and community engagement.
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Our name captures our desire to be a revitalising force in Singapore, to cultivate resilience and uplift lives.
ROS is proudly supported by
We build a stronger Singapore through:
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Performing world-class concerts
Regularly presenting world premieres of local and international composers
Representing Singapore at international festivals
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Providing choral training at junior, intermediate and advanced levels through our Young Artist Programme
Organising conducting, vocal and choral masterclasses
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Giving lecture-recitals and educational talks at venues such as the National Library and National Museum of Singapore
Offering financial aid for youth to join a selective youth choir
Running school programmes
Collaborating with the arts community in Singapore
In our short history, ROS is proud to have served the following beneficiaries and organisations:
Autoimmune Diseases Singapore
Joy Connection
Kaki Kampong Senior Wellness
Lakeside Family Services
Montfort Care
National Library
National Museum Of Singapore
Prison Fellowship Singapore Limited
Raffles Hotel
Science Centre Singapore
SGH Liver & Pancreas Support Group
Star Shelter
In addition, our Young Artist Programmes and Conducting Workshops have benefitted numerous young singers from various schools, as well as practising and aspiring conductors.
The ROS Family
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The ROS Singers
Our flagship professional ensemble
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ROS Youth Singers
Our youth choir of excellence, providing top-quality training for youth who are learning to sing in a solo voice ensemble
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Raffles Singers
Our flagship amateur ensemble
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The MAIOR Chorus
Our chorus for large orchestral works
Why ROS?
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Since 2020, more than 10,000 students have been actively involved in Secondary school choirs.
Few have ever sung in a capacity outside of their school choir, let alone encountered professional Classical voices.
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Singapore aims to be a global city of the arts, but we lack a world-class, professional choral ensemble.
While young orchestral musicians have the opportunity to be trained by members of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra or the T’ang Quartet, our brightest young choristers do not have an equivalent professional group.
In 2017, eminent music critic Mark Rochester wrote,
“There is hardly a choir in Singapore who could successfully cope with a hundredth part of the repertory of any self-respecting British, French or German choir […]
and because of this, despite my absolute passion for choral singing, I avoid the activity in Singapore like I avoid swimming in crocodile-infested waters.
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ROS aims to fill that void.
In our short history, the ROS Singers is proud to have premiered the music of
AMBROZ COPI Slovenia
EUDENICE PALARUAN Philippines
JOHN LEE Singapore
KENNETH TAY Singapore
KIRA ZEEMAN RUGEN USA
TOH BAN SHENG Singapore
Meet the Team
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Toh Ban Sheng
FOUNDER and ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Multiple award-winning conductor, published author, international adjudicator in more than 20 countries, and producer of Singapore's Choral Miracle, a documentary about the history of choral singing in Singapore.
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Xie Zhizhong
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Experienced music educator, conductor, singer and music practitioner in multiple groups and genres, as well as President of Raffles Singers.
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Pauline Ang
DIRECTOR
A practising lawyer, Licentiate of the Royal Schools of Music (Performance), Conductor, Singapore Life Church Children’s Choir. An avid choral singer, Pauline currently sings with HOS Chorus, HOS Singers and SBC Canticorum.
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Joyce Goh Hui Min
DIRECTOR
Accomplished finance controller of a US-listed company. Chartered accountant. Classically trained. Balancing both numbers and musical notes harmoniously.
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Aaron Lee
DIRECTOR
Regulatory lawyer, writer-poet and ardent music lover. Founding member of gospel vocal band Agapella and co-founder of the Laniakea Culture Collective. Commissioned on multiple occasions to compose song lyrics for the Singapore Youth Festival.
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Reginald Sumalong
DIRECTOR
A Chief Investment Officer of a family office, a tech start-up co-founder, a viticulture & oenology educator, and a jazz crooner & songwriter under the stage name of “Reggie Pryor” who is also an alumni of Raffles Singers.
