Cheeyang Ng (), also known as Zhiyang, is a

Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...

an singer-songwriter currently based in

New York City New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive w ...

. Ng had performed around the world, including

Lincoln Center Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (also simply known as Lincoln Center) is a complex of buildings in the Lincoln Square neighborhood on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. It has thirty indoor and outdoor facilities and is host to 5 ...

with

Carole King Carole King Klein (born Carol Joan Klein; February 9, 1942) is an American singer-songwriter and musician renowned for her extensive contributions to popular music. She wrote or co-wrote 118 songs that charted on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billbo ...

and

Carnegie Hall Carnegie Hall ( ) is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It is at 881 Seventh Avenue (Manhattan), Seventh Avenue, occupying the east side of Seventh Avenue between 56th Street (Manhattan), 56th and 57th Street (Manhattan), 57t ...

with a cappella group Vocalosity. They got their start from winning the first season of

Campus SuperStar ''Campus SuperStar'' is a Singaporean reality television singing competition to find new singing talent, contested by aspiring singers drawn from public auditions. The show began on 2 January 2006 and is broadcast on MediaCorp Channel U. It i ...

in Singapore, going on to represent Singapore in Taiwan CTV's ''

One Million Star ''One Million Star'' () is a television singing competition in Taiwan broadcast on China Television (CTV). It debuted on 5 January 2007, filling the 10pm to midnight time slot on Friday evenings. The show is hosted by Tao Ching-Ying (陶晶瑩) ...

''. They are a graduate of

Berklee College of Music Berklee College of Music () is a Private university, private music college in Boston, Boston, Massachusetts. It is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. Known for the study of jazz and modern Music of the United ...

and

New York University Tisch School of the Arts The New York University Tisch School of the Arts (commonly referred to as Tisch) is the performing, cinematic, and media arts school of New York University. Founded on August 17, 1965, as the School of the Arts at New York University, Tisch ...

Graduate Musical Theatre Writing.

Education

Ng studied Business in

Singapore Management University Singapore Management University (SMU) is a publicly funded private university in Singapore. Founded in 2000, SMU is the third oldest autonomous university in the country, modelling its education after the Wharton School. The university is trip ...

under the University Scholar's Programme from 2009 to 2010. They transferred to

Boston Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and Financial centre, financial center of New England, a region of the Northeas ...

Massachusetts Massachusetts ( ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode ...

and graduated in May 2013 with

Bachelor of Music A Bachelor of Music (BMus; sometimes conferred as Bachelor of Musical Arts) is an academic degree awarded by a college, university, or conservatory upon completion of a program of study in music. The degree may be awarded for performance, music ed ...

. Ng completed their

Masters of Fine Arts A Master of Fine Arts (MFA or M.F.A.) is a terminal degree in fine arts, including visual arts, creative writing, graphic design, photography, filmmaking, dance, theatre, other performing arts and in some cases, theatre management or arts admin ...

at NYU's Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program in May 2019.

Music career

In 2005, Ng participated in the F.I.R singing competition organised by KBox. Out of the three finalists, they were the only male competitor. With F.I.R's 無限, a single in their 2nd album, Unlimited, They won the competition and managed to perform on stage together with F.I.R at IMM Shopping Mall. In 2006, Ng represented

Hwa Chong Institution Hwa Chong Institution (HCI) is an independent Secondary school, secondary educational institution in Bukit Timah, Central Region, Singapore, Central Region, Singapore. It was established in 2005 by the merger of The Chinese High School (Singapor ...

, winning the overall champion title of Season 1

, a nationwide singing competition conducted by

Mediacorp Mediacorp Pte. Ltd. is the state media, state-owned media conglomerate of Singapore. Owned by Temasek Holdings—the investment arm of the Government of Singapore—it owns and operates television channels, radio, and digital media properties. ...

. After winning the competition, they were involved in numerous performances, including the

Singapore Youth Festival Singapore Youth Festival (SYF) is a biennial Singaporean event to showcase student's talents in performing arts in the country. First launched in 1967, the SYF has seen the involvement of more than 30,000 students in the activities and performan ...

Opening and Closing Ceremony in 2006, where they performed the Theme Song 'Reaching Beyond'; the International Physics Olympiad 2006 Closing Ceremony; and also participated in a Mediacorp Drama Series, Let It Shine () screened in January 2007. In 2009, Ng represented Singapore in

Season 5 talent competition in

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...

as a wildcard competitor. In 2010, They also performed as a featured vocalist in the Inaugural 2010 Summer Youth Olympic Games held in Singapore. They also vied for a role in ''

Glee Glee may refer to: * Glee (music), a type of English choral music * ''Glee'' (TV series), an American musical comedy-drama TV series, and related media created by Ryan Murphy * ''Glee'' (Bran Van 3000 album) * ''Glee'' (Logan Lynn album) * Gle ...

'' by taking part in Season 2 of ''

The Glee Project ''The Glee Project'' is an American reality television series from Oxygen. It served as an audition for the Fox musical comedy series ''Glee'', and the prize for the winner was a minimum seven-episode arc in the following season of the show. Th ...

'' in the United States. They are the founder of Singapore's a cappella group ''The Apex Project''. 2023 Musical Theatre Factory Makers Cohort III of the MTF Makers program.

Personal life

Ng is

non-binary Non-binary or genderqueer Gender identity, gender identities are those that are outside the male/female gender binary. Non-binary identities often fall under the transgender umbrella since non-binary people typically identify with a gende ...

, and uses ''they/them'' pronouns.

References

External links

Cheeyang's WebsiteEast Side Story Podcast
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ng, Cheeyang 21st-century Singaporean singers Singaporean emigrants to the United States Singaporean Mandopop singers Non-binary singers Singaporean people of Chinese descent Hwa Chong Institution alumni Singapore Management University alumni Berklee College of Music alumni Living people Year of birth missing (living people) One Million Star contestants