The Conductor
Quan Hui began conducting as Music Director of Raffles Junior College Symphonic Band. He led the band to great heights, sweeping top prizes in all possible categories and even clinching for himself a specially created "Outstanding Student Conductor" award at the All-American Music Festival in Orlando, Florida in 1999. Subsequently, he organized and conducted the Raffles Institution Alumni Band in several performances, before leaving for his studies abroad. At Harvard, Quan Hui had the opportunity to study conducting with James Yannatos. Upon his return to Singapore, he was appointed Music Director of RWinds in June 2007 and has led RWinds in four successful performances. Adding a new dimension to RWinds, he recently initiated, organized and performed in RWinds’ inaugural chamber recital, Of Voices and Winds, to a full house.
Besides conducting, Quan Hui sings operas and art songs. He has studied (and is still studying) classical singing with professors both locally and abroad. He has held four solo vocal recitals in Singapore and Harvard and has performed leading solo roles in chamber operas by Handel and Holst with local chamber opera group operastudio. He has also been engaged by the International Festival Chorus and the German Embassy as soloist. Quan Hui also plays the trombone and piano. He graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Chicago and a Master’s degree in Regional Studies – East Asia from Harvard University.