Tang, Kelly

KELLY TANG (born Singapore, 1961) received his undergraduate training at York University (Toronto) and was awarded a Masters' degree in Composition by Northwestern University in 1991. He received his Ph.D. at Michigan State University in 1995. Grounded upon a wide array of contemporary composing techniques, Tang's concentrated musical approach emerges from a confluence of diverse sources encompassing Schenkerian Theory, Baroque Counterpoint, Parametric Analysis and Serial Procedures. His music is also inspired by his experience in Stage Musicals, Chinese folk song arrangement, Rock album production, Jazz performance and South Indian Percussion under legendary Carnatic virtuoso Trichy Sankaran.