The Art of Chamber Music
CMAS is proud to present The Art of Chamber Music ~ an Exhibition to bookend our year-long 5th Anniversary Celebrations. The exhibition shares the art of chamber music with the local public through photography, a feature documentary and a series of Open Rehearsals (Quiet Sessions) and concerts as part of a Chamber Music Residency.
The Art of Chamber Music invites photographers Clarence Aw and Brandon Koh to share more about the essence and experience of chamber music-making through their eyes – inspiring viewers’ enthusiasm for the collaboration, imagination, expression, connection, and community that chamber music-making fosters.
Within this exhibition will also premiere ‘Song without Words’, led by NAC’s Young Artist Award 2024 winner, Tan Si En, and Momo Film Co. to tell the quiet, introspective, and intimate story of chamber music-making through a sensorial cinematic documentary.
Audiences are invited to attend programmes from the Chamber Music Residency, held in tandem with this exhibition, to experience the delicate collective act of listening and trust of chamber music-making in-person — led by prolific Scottish pianist and artistic director of the chamber music festival at Musikdorf Ernen in Switzerland Alasdair Beatson, solo British cellist, cultural entrepreneur and Artistic Director of North York Moors Chamber Music Festival Jamie Walton and Singaporean concert violinist and Founder of CMAS Tang Tee Khoon — working alongside our Homegrown Series musicians on the great chamber works of the French Romantic masters.
11 – 21 June 2026
Objectifs Centre for Photography & Film
Exhibition Hours
Tue – Fri, 12pm – 3pm*
13/6, 12pm – 3.30pm*
14/6, 12pm – 2pm*
20/6, 12pm – 7pm
21/6, 12pm – 2pm*
Closed on Mondays and Public Holidays
Entry to the exhibition is free
*Chamber Music Residency programmes happening after these listed timings are ticketed.
Photographers
Clarence Aw
Based in Singapore, Clarence has worked across documenting events or portraits and lifestyle. The inclination towards the raw beauty of emotions forms the basis, giving it a distinct personality captured with acute sensitivity to detail in things commonly overlooked.
Driven by the desire to understand what moves people, to be reminded of the unknown or the familiar, and reconnecting feelings we might have forgotten.
Past collaborative exhibitions includes local makers FIN crafted goods, fashion designer Ong Shumungam and crochet artist Kelly Lim Jinmei, with images that spans from still life to old heritage sites.
Brandon Koh
Brandon Koh is a Singapore-based photographer whose work documents the performances and community surrounding Chamber Music and Arts Singapore (CMAS). His photographs focus on the interactions between musicians and audiences during chamber music performances, capturing moments of concentration, communication, and connection.
Beyond chamber music, he also photographs other live performances and artistic collaborations in the local arts community. These images document the gestures, expressions, and exchanges that shape live performances and the shared experience they create for performers and audiences alike.
What's On
The Art of Chamber Music ~ an Opening Night Fundraiser
11 June 2026
CMAS invites you to celebrate the opening of our first-ever Exhibition with our annual fundraiser !
Join us for this evening as we raise funds for quality music & arts experiences for children & youths of low socioeconomic backgrounds, children & youths with special needs and those at-risk.
Let’s come together for a cosy time of meaningful conversations over drinks and bites as well as music performances by prolific Scottish pianist and artistic director of the chamber music festival at Musikdorf Ernen in Switzerland Alasdair Beatson; solo British cellist, cultural entrepreneur and Artistic Director of North York Moors Chamber Music Festival Jamie Walton; and Singaporean concert violinist and Founder of CMAS Tang Tee Khoon.
Chamber Music Residency
8 - 21 June 2026
Led by our international Artists-in-Residence, this intensive Chamber Music Residency is designed to offer the highest level of learning and developmental opportunities for our Homegrown Series musicians and Young Musicians to build towards a performing career as international level classical chamber musicians.