(b. 1963, Singapore).
Singaporean composer of mostly orchestral, chamber, choral, and piano works that have been performed in the Americas, Asia and Europe.
Mr. Ho studied composition with Darrell Handel, Mara Helmuth and Joel Hoffman at the University of Cincinnati – College-Conservatory of Music from 1994–98 and there earned his DMA.
His music has been performed in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland, the UK, the USA, and Vietnam.
He is also active in other positions. He has served on advisory committees of various ministries and organisations in Singapore. He served as organising chairman of the International Computer Music Conference in Singapore in 2003, as artistic director and co-organiser of the International Exchange Composers Concerts between Japan and Singapore in 2005–06 and as organising chairman of the Asian Composers League Festival and Conference in Singapore in 2013. He is also the founding president of the Composers Society of Singapore, a member of the Asian Composers League, and has served as vice-president and regional director for Asia/Oceana of the International Computer Music Association and as vice-chair of the executive committee of the Asian Composers League.
He has taught composition at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music of the National University of Singapore since 2002, where he served as associate director from 2002–07 and has served as Head of Composition since 2003.
SELECT LIST OF WORKS
ORCHESTRAL:
Modellos, symphonic band, 1996
Garden in Labyrinth, piano, string orchestra, 1998
eShenton, symphonic band, 2000
Enchanted Paths, large orchestra, 2000
Sapphire Dream, large orchestra, 2001
Over Kent Ridge, large orchestra, 2002
Fanfare, large orchestra, 2003
Night Electric Winds, orchestra of instruments from China, computer, 2004
Where Muses Tread, large orchestra, 2005
The Way of Play, 3 percussion, orchestra of instruments from China, 2005
Garden Veils, large orchestra, 2007
Perayaan, symphonic band, 2007
Of Passion and Passages, large orchestra, 2007
Shades of Oil Lamp, small orchestra, 2008
Passage: Fantasy for Cello and Orchestra, cello, large orchestra, 2012
Passage, cello, orchestra of instruments from China, 2013
CHAMBER MUSIC:
Images, flute, 1994
A Crescent Opal, string quartet, 1996
Riverstone, marimba, 1996
Rainseeker, 3 percussion, 1996
A Dream Returned, flute, viola, cello, piano, 1997
Broken Reflections, pipa (lute from China), 1998
Spring Blossoms, 4 huqin (family of spike fiddles from China), 1999
Fosamiths, violin, piano, 1999
Moonlight Shadows, 4 huqin, 2000
Flower by the Window, 4 huqin, 2001
Visions of Earthstone, violin, cello, piano, 2002
Winds of Summer, 4 huqin, 2004
Open Trend, trumpet, 2004
Echoes of Fall, clarinet, gambus (lute from Southeast Asia), cello, marimba, 2006
Evening Lights, harp, 2007
Tembusu Evenings, cello, 2008
Last Dragonfly Dance, flute, harp, 2010
Light Dances, piano, percussion, 2013
Shoreline, 17-string koto (zither from Japan), 2013
CHORAL:
Saeya, Saeya (text from a folksong from the Koreas), mixed chorus, 1999
Fisherman (text by Edwin Thumboo), female chorus, 1999
One (text by the composer), mixed chorus, 2002
Singapore Medley: Malay Folksongs, mixed chorus, 2002
Night (text by the composer), mixed chorus, 2003
Gloria, mixed chorus, 2004
Together (text by the composer), mixed chorus, 2007
PIANO:
Reminiscence, 1994
Prelude I, 1994
Prelude II, 1995
Still, 1996
Mobiles, 1997
My Desktop: Pieces for Children, 2010
Connections, 2014
ELECTROACOUSTIC:
Clouds Dancing, computer, 1996
Dreaming of Windows, computer, 1997
Deconstruction, computer, 1998