baroque trumpet

Danny Teong is the first Singaporean to specialise in historical trumpets, and has performed around Europe and Singapore with various musical ensembles like Le Concert des Nations (ES), La Sorpresa (NL), Elbipolis Barockorchester Hamburg (DE), Les Inventions (FR), and Red Dot Baroque (SG). He enjoys presenting the multifaceted nature of the trumpet through his own rhetorical style of playing which emphasizes on the variation of nuances in articulation and sound colour, especially with chamber music ensembles InDigo Baroque and Sua Dolce Maestà, which he co-founded.

Apart from the historical trumpet, Danny is also adept at the modern trumpet. He is currently serving as a trumpeter in the Singapore Armed Forces Central Band.

Danny is starting to be active as an educator, and has given masterclasses in Singapore and Japan on the historical trumpet and its style of playing, several of which were hosted by Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music. He also teaches private lessons.

Danny studied historical and modern trumpet performance with Susan Williams and Gertjan Loot respectively in the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague, and finished with a Master’s degree (2017, supported by Adriana Jacoba Fonds) in the former and a Bachelor’s degree (2015, supported by National Arts Council of Singapore) in the latter. He also followed lessons with Willem van der Vliet, former principal trumpet of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic. Other teachers Danny has studied with include Arto Hoornweg, Jun Ikebe, and Samuel Hyken.

In the recent years, Danny has also picked up the cornetto (Renaissance brass instrument) and is steadily introducing it into his professional activities.

sackbut

Don Kow is currently serving as Section Trombone of the Singapore Armed Forces Central Band.

During his studies in the Netherlands, Don picked up the Sackbut and studied with Timothy Dowling and Sebastiaan Kemner. He has also performed alongside ensembles such as the Orchestra of the 18th Century and Red Dot Baroque.

Professional engagements on the modern trombone include playing with the Dutch National Opera, Metropolitan Festival Orchestra, South Asian Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of the Music Makers and The Philharmonic Orchestra.

Don holds an Artist's Certificate in Trombone Performance from the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, a Master of Music from the Codarts University of the Arts and a Bachelor of Music (Honours) from the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music. His principal teachers include Alexander Verbeek, Brandt Attema, Fredi Sonderegger, Sebastiaan Kemner, Shannon Pittaway, Timothy Dowling and Zachary Bond.

Don plays on a Tenor Sackbut after Drewelweckz made by Ewald Meinl.

Don is currently a Yamaha Trombone Artist.