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The world cannot live without love, as it is said in Laputa: Castle in the Sky. And neither can it live without music. Join us as we bring friendship, love and loyalty to life through these popular tunes, played by members of the Brass Ensemble of the SSO.

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Born in Leicestershire England, David studied at the Royal Academy of Music and the Guildhall School of Music. Prior to joining the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, David spent three years with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra under the baton of Daniel Harding and Claudio Abaddo. He has been honored to work with many of the world’s leading conductors including Gustavo Dudamel, Philipe Herwegge, Tugan Sokhiev, Esa-Pekka Salonen and Marc Minkowski.
David has travelled the world playing in many internationally renowned orchestras under the baton of the premier conductors of our time. These include: the Philharmonia, Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Helsinki Philharmonic, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Welsh National Opera, Orchestra Gran Canaria, Tenerife, and the Beijing Symphony Orchestra.
Part of David’s heritage of brass playing comes from the British-style brass band. He is proud to be the principal cornet of the Desford Colliery Band, an ensemble with a 100-year history and one of UK’s finest exponents of this medium. He can be heard on numerous orchestral and chamber ensemble recordings for Deutche Gramophone, Virgin Classics, BIS, Hyperion and Chandos.

David Smith

Prizewinner of the International Trumpet Guild (ITG) Solo Competition in 2013, Lau Wen Rong completed his Master’s Degree with Raymond Mase at The Juilliard School under the Frieda and Harry Aronson Scholarship.
Wen Rong received his Bachelor of Music Degree from the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music of the National University of Singapore, where he was awarded a full merit scholarship. His competition successes include 2nd place at the Pan-Asian soloist competition at Brass Explosion 2012, 2nd place in the prestigious Norman Cooper Chamber Music Competition held in Aberdeen (Brass Polish), and 1st place at the Singapore International Band Festival (Orchestra Collective).
Wen Rong has appeared with the Metropolitan Festival Orchestra, Singapore Lyric Opera Orchestra, Juilliard Orchestra and the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory Orchestra. He has also participated in music festivals such as the Pacific Music Festival (PMF) in Japan and was selected as a Fellow at the Aspen Music Festival in 2015. As an active chamber musician, he has performed with award-winning brass ensemble, Brass Polish (Singapore) and various other brass quintets in Singapore, taking part in outreach activities and bringing the joy of music to the public.
Wen Rong is a recipient of the 2015 RI-Darrell Ang Young Musicians’ Foundation Scholarship, Trailblazer Foundation Study Grant and National Arts Council Capability Development Grant. Wen Rong has studied with Jon Dante, Mark Gould, Joe Burgstaller, William Theis and Tay Jiun Ngiap. Wen Rong is currently on the faculty at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of music and he is a Yamaha Artist.

Wen Rong Lau (Lau Wen Rong)

Alexander Oon

Born in Los Angeles, California, Sam Armstrong began studying the trombone at the age of 12 with Byron Peebles and James Miller of the LA Philharmonic. In 2008, he was accepted to The Juilliard School by Joseph Alessi and was awarded the Jerome L. Greene Fellowship. Later, he attended the Curtis Institute of Music, where he received the Ruth and Morris Williams Jr. Scholarship while studying with Blair Bollinger, Nitzan Haroz, and Matthew Vaughn. Before joining the Singapore Symphony Orchestra in 2016, he served as Co-Principal Trombone of the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra and performed as a guest with the LA Philharmonic. 
As a passionate educator, Sam holds the position of Artist Faculty at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, National University of Singapore. He has also conducted masterclasses throughout Asia, including at the Alessi Seminar, Mahidol University, and the Tianjin Juilliard School. Mr. Armstrong is a founding member of Singabones, a trombone ensemble dedicated to nurturing talent of all ages. The mission of this group is to provide a regular gathering where community leaders strive to instill camaraderie and musical excellence. A solo highlight from 2022 was at the Thailand International Trombone Festival, where he played William Goldstein's "Colloquy" with the Million Wind Philharmonic led by Ricardo Mollá Albero.
Sam expresses immense gratitude to his parents, Mike and Joy Armstrong, as well as his godparents, Jim and Debbie Boltinghouse, all of whom are accomplished brass players themselves and have ardently supported him. While away from the concert stage, Sam enjoys studying the Tamil language, cooking, and exploring Singapore's rich culinary offerings with his wife, Maya Vinothini.

Samuel Armstrong

Born in Osaka, Japan, Tomoki Natsume graduated with a Bachelor of Economics in 2015 at the Kwansei Gakuin University in Japan, before beginning studies in music with Anne Jelle Visser at the Zurich University of the Arts in 2016. He has been supported by the Yamaha Music Foundation scholarship since 2018.
During his studies, Natsume participated in many famous Orchestra Festivals (Academy) such as with the Asian Youth Orchestra in 2014, Lucerne Festival Orchestra Academy and Verbier Festival Junior Orchestra in 2017, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival Orchestra in 2018, and Pacific Music Festival in 2019. In these festivals, he performed with renowned conductors such as Marin Alsop, Christoph Eschenbach, Valery Gergiev, Matthias Pintscher, Heinz Holliger, Krzysztof Urbański, Vladimir Jurowski and Wayne Marshall. As a professional, Natsume has performed with the National Symphony Orchestra Taiwan, Prague Royal Philharmonic, and Kollegium Wintertur.
As a soloist, Natsume was a finalist at the Citta di Porcia Tuba Competition 2016 and was 2nd Prize winner at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory Tuba Competition in 2017, and 3rd Prize winner at the Japan Wind &amp; Percussion Competition in 2019.


Peuerl	Canzon 1 (arr. Fitzgerald)
Joe Hisaishi	Laputa (arr. Hidehiro Fujita)
Liang Wern Fook	细水长流 ("Friendship Is Forever", arr. Lee Jinjun)
Gershwin	Selections from Porgy and Bess (arr. Gale)
Hugh Harrison	Count On Me, Singapore (arr. Ong Jiin Joo)

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