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Seem Jia Ang

Best Graduate Award

Seem Jia Ang | Bachelor of Music (Honours)

Profile

Awards & Achievements

  • 2026, Winner, Singapore Symphony Orchestra National Day Concert Call for Compositions
  • 2026, Winner, Mapletree Young Composers Initiative
  • 2025, 1st Prize Winner (Live-Action Category – Young), Indie Film Music Composition Competition
  • 2025, 4th Place (Animation Category – Young), Indie Film Music Composition Competition
  • 2025, Commendation Award, Leong Yoon Pin Composition Competition, Singapore

Events & Activities

Theatre, Dance & Interdisciplinary Collaborations

  • 2026, Composer, Moonlit Lovers of the Durian Grove 月光下的榴莲恋人, directed by Jalyn Han, Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre Cultural Extravaganza
  • 2026, Composer, What Holds by Oliver Chong, Singapore Night Festival
  • 2026, Composer, 超人 Surpass MAN, directed by Jalyn Han, performed at the 8th ATEC Asian Theatre School Festival, Beijing
  • 2026, Composer, Batu Ghaib – The Unseen Stone by Syahmin Huda, Light to Night Festival National Gallery Singapore
  • 2026, Composer, Hello World: Rags of Tomorrow, directed by Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Performance Making
  • 2025, Composer, 当场, directed by Liu Xiao Yi (Emergency Stairs), NAFA

Composition Commissions & External Engagements

  • 2026, Composer, Love's Epilogue commissioned for Cool Classics 2026, Singapore Esplanade Concourse
  • 2026, Arranger, Medley for 华彩 2026 Cultural Extravaganza Opening Ceremony, Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre
  • 2025, Composer, Prepared Hanon performed for Pulse/Poem: In Flux, Singapore Esplanade Concourse
  • 2025, Composer, The Gallery Gala, National Gallery Singapore
About the Award

The Best Graduate Award is a prestigious honour presented to students with strong academic performance throughout their studies at NAFA. In addition, recipients should be responsible students who display good attributes such as discipline, resourcefulness and leadership qualities. They should also possess a record of contribution towards the respective department and the Academy.