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Dr Lee Ying Jie

Lecturer

Academic Qualifications

DMA in Vocal Coaching and Accompanying
Master of Music, Piano Accompaniment
Bachelor in Classical Music (Hons), Piano Performance

Areas of Interest
Collaborate with different musicians for performances
Coaching/playing for productions
Biography

  Cadis Lee Ying Jie graduated with Bachelor (Hons.) of Classical Music at UCSI University (Kuala Lumpur) under the tutelage of Morag Yong Ker Syn, where she majored in classical piano performance. An enthusiast of collaborative piano, she extensively collaborates with vocalists and instrumentalists. In 2014, Cadis took part in the Winter Journey Camp held in Hua Hin, Thailand. She had the opportunity to perform in the masterclass of world-renowned collaborative pianist Graham Johnson.

  Cadis studied Master of Music (Piano Accompaniment) under the tutelage of Scott Mitchell in Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. In April 2017, she participated in the Georg Solti Accademia Repetiteur’s Course and had masterclasses with the late Jeffrey Tate, Richard Bonynge, Jonathan Papp, James Vaughan and Mark Markham. She was invited to play in Georg Solti Accademia Singers’ Course in July 2017.

  Cadis has just graduated from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with a DMA in Vocal Coaching and Accompanying under the tutelage of Michael Tilley. She is the rehearsal pianist and music coach for several opera and musical theatre productions for Lyric Theatre Illinois (LTI): ‘Don Giovanni’, ‘She Loves Me’, ‘La Bohème’, ‘The Adventures of Little Sharp-Ears’, ‘Crazy for You’ and ‘Cabaret’. She was engaged as a music director at Belvoir Terrace this summer for ‘Mamma Mia’, ‘Xanadu’ and ‘Peter Pan Jr’ musical theatre productions.

Research / Conference Publications, Presentations, Performances / Recordings

Coach/Pianist/Musical Director for Opera and Musical Theatre productions:
1. Crazy for you 
2. The Adventures of Little Sharp-Ears
3. Cabaret
4. Mamma Mia

Other Accolades / Achievements

Nancy Kennedy Wustman Memorial Award in Vocal Accompanying