Jennifer Tham (born 1962) is a leading

choir A choir ( ), also known as a chorale or chorus (from Latin ''chorus'', meaning 'a dance in a circle') is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform or in other words ...

conductor and music pedagogue based in

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. She received a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy and sociology from the

National University of Singapore The National University of Singapore (NUS) is a national university, national Public university, public research university in Singapore. It was officially established in 1980 by the merging of the University of Singapore and Nanyang University ...

in 1985, and trained to be a composer at the

Simon Fraser University Simon Fraser University (SFU) is a Public university, public research university in British Columbia, Canada. It maintains three campuses in Greater Vancouver, respectively located in Burnaby (main campus), Surrey, British Columbia, Surrey, and ...

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, British Columbia, Canada, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in music in 1995. She has been the artistic director and conductor with the SYC Ensemble Singers since 1986, the artistic director of the Young Musicians' Society since its incorporation as a non-profit arts company in 1996, and is also a conductor with several school choirs at the secondary and junior college levels being the main conductor for school choirs like the Dunman High School Choir and the River Valley High School Choir. She was conferred the

Young Artist Award The Young Artist Award (originally known as the Youth in Film Award) is an accolade presented by the Young Artist Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1978 to honor excellence of youth performers, and to provide scholarships for young ...

by the National Arts Council of Singapore in 1992, and was a recipient of the

Cultural Medallion The Cultural Medallion () is a cultural award in Singapore conferred to those who have achieved artistic excellence in dance, theatre, Literature of Singapore, literature, Music of Singapore, music, photography, art and Cinema of Singapore, film ...

in 2012.

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