VICTORIA CHORALE
VICTORIA CHORALE
Singapore
Founded in 1988, Victoria Chorale is the home of singers from Victoria School and Victoria Junior College. Under the guidance of our esteemed conductor, Mr. Nelson Kwei, our voices have voyaged to prestigious international festivals, including those in Llangollen, Pohlheim and Bournemouth.
Notably, the choir emerged category champions in the Musica Sacra A Capella category in the 2006 World Choir Games in Xiamen, China. In 2017, the choir emerged Grand Champions at the Inaugural Manado Cantat International Choral Competition, sweeping the top prizes in the Equal Voices Open, Chamber as well as Sacred categories.
The choir has also been invited on concert tours to prominent performance arts venues and festivals like the Seoul Arts Center, South Korea (2009), Lionel Wendt Theatre in Colombo, Sri Lanka (2014) and most recently to the Sarawak International Festival of Music and Arts (2022).
Nelson Kwei
Mr. Nelson Kwei, the premier choral director of Singapore, is an internationally acclaimed conductor, conservatorium lecturer, editorial advisor, international adjudicator, music arranger and vocal clinician in the music scene. He is a Fellow from the London College of Music, has a Licentiate in Singing from the Guildhall School of Music and an Advance Post-Graduate in Choral Conducting from the Royal Academy of Music (London). In 2013, Nelson was elected to receive the Associateship from the Royal Academy of Music for his outstanding achievements in choral music.
