Goi Ywei Chern
Sweet Chestnut – Castanea sativa
This piece has long, overlapping notes, representing the longevity of the Sweet Chestnut tree.
New Zealand Broadleaf – Griselinia littoralis
The hardiness of the New Zealand Broadleaf tree is represented with rhythmic rigidity.
Date Plum – Diospyros lotus
The taste of the fruit of the Date Plum tree is represented with contrasting timbres in the music.
Goi Ywei Chern is a Singaporean composer and guitarist. He studied at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA), receiving his Diploma in Music Performance in 2016 and a NAFA-RCM undergraduate degree (funded by the OCBC Local Undergraduate Scholarship) in 2019. He is currently undertaking a MMus (Composition) at the RCM. He studied guitar under Manuel Cabrera II and Hunter Mah, and composition under Zechariah Goh, Kenneth Hesketh and Alison Kay.