小提琴教师

洪新淳(Neville Ang), Melody Strings Violin Teacher. He picked up the violin at a tender age of 3. In 1999, at the age of 5, he started learning the piano at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) under the School of young talent project. 

In 2008, Neville obtained the Associate Diploma from the Royal Schools of Music (dipABRSM) for piano and an Associate Diploma from Trinity College of Music (ATCL) for his violin. Here on, he knew music was going to be his life. Three years later, he further obtained the Licentiate Diploma from the Royal Schools of Music (LRSM) for piano and Licentiate Diploma from Trinity College of Music (LTCL) for Violin with distinction. In 2017, Neville obtained the Fellowship Diploma from Trinity College of Music (FTCL) for Violin.

In 2002, Neville discovered his love for Ensemble playing when he joined the Raffles Institution String Ensemble for 2 performances. He later went on to join the Singapore National Youth Orchestra in 2009 and traveled to Aberdeen (Scotland) and Berlin (Germany) with the SNYO in the year 2011 and 2012. In 2014, he was selected to participate in the 30th Toyota Youth Orchestra Camp in Tokyo where he worked with musicians from the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra. Currently, he is pursuing his musical studies under Mr. Zuo Jun (Head of Violin) at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music. He previously studied with Mr. Chan Yoong Han (Fixed Chair, Singapore Symphony Orchestra) and Mr. Igor Yuzefovich (Concert Master, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, and BBC Symphony). He has also participated in masterclasses conducted by Ilya Kaler, Mauricio Fuks, William Van Der Sloot, Blair Milton, Violaine Melacon, Alena Baeva, Xu Ming Huan, Sebastian Bohren, Ryo Terekado, David Takeno, Shanghai Quartet, and Siow Lee-Chin. Earlier in 2018, he was invited to lead the Taoyuan City Jungli Youth Orchestra from Taiwan for a performance in Korea at the KBS Hall. In that Summer, he participated in the “Summer Violin Institute” at Northwestern University in Chicago. Neville has led as concertmaster for numerous orchestras such as the SNYO, The Young Musician’s Foundation Orchestra, Yong Siew Toh Conservatory Orchestra, Singapore International Festival of Music Orchestra, and the International Festival Chorus Singapore Orchestra.

In 2019, Neville joined as a freelance Violin musician with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra.