Position:
Adjunct Assistant Professor, CompositionEmail: jia_yi.lee1@caiyo.net
Employed Since:
Fall 2024Educational History:
B.M., National University of Singapore; M.M., D.M.A. (in progress), Johns Hopkins University
Professional Highlights:
Jia Yi Lee is a Singaporean composer who writes music that explores the colors and textures of sound through movement, gesture and spatialization. She creates imaginative sound worlds inspired by natural phenomena and processes, and is interested in the perception of temporality and timbre in music.
Lee’s music has been performed by the Singapore National Youth Orchestra, KOU Musik (SG), Duo Tarenna (SG), Ensemble Multilatérale (FR), Trio SurPlus (DE), Ensemble Phoenix Basel (CH), Ensemble Linea (FR), Ensemble Signal (US), Talea Ensemble (US), Alarm Will Sound (US), Ensemble Ictus (BE), Tacet(i) Ensemble (TH), soloists from Ensemble Musikfabrik (DE), Toolbox Percussion (HK), Carton Jaune (EU) and heard in festivals such as IntAct Festival (TH), Toolbox International Creative Academy (HK), Académie Voix Nouvelles at Royaumont (FR), Mizzou International Composers Festival (US), June in Buffalo (US), Etchings Festival (FR), soundSCAPE Festival (IT) and Asian Composers League Festival (NZ & VN). She has been awarded the Otto Ortmann Prize in Composition (2021), and 2nd and 3rd Prizes in the Prix D’Été Competition (2022, 2020).
Apart from composing, Lee plays the trumpet and is also passionate about music education. She served as a graduate assistant in music theory at the Peabody Institute and also taught composition as part of the school’s Junior Bach Program. In addition, she is part of the organizing team for Music for All, Music with All, a Singapore-based initiative that promotes inclusivity through music education.
Lee is currently pursuing her Doctor of Musical Arts at Peabody Institute, Johns Hopkins University, where she is also a faculty associate, teaching classes in composition and music theory. She holds a Master of Music from Peabody Institute and a Bachelor of Music (Honors, Highest Distinction) from Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, National University of Singapore. Her teachers include Felipe Lara, Du Yun, Oscar Bettison, Ho Chee Kong, Peter Edwards and Adeline Wong.