Chin Fai Tam
1992 - B.A. (Music), CUHK
1992 -Teacher, St. Peter's Secondary School
1994 - Production Manager, Nanjing Music Group Ltd.; began his career in music production
1995 - Contracted Music Producer (pop), Amuse Inc. (Japan)
1998 - Contracted Music Producer (pop), PolyGram (later became Universal)
1999 -Part-time Lecturer, Hong Kong International Institute of Music
2000 - Founded the Samuel's Production & Co.; continuing his musical teaching and production
2004 - M.Mus, CUHK
2006 - Admitted to the graduate programme to study doctoral degree in the Music Department, CUHK
Awards
1989 Peace and War received the Third Prize, Composition Competition (Western Instrumental Class), Hong Kong Schools Music Festival
1990 Desire received the Second Prize, Composition Competition (Western Instrumental Class), Hong Kong Schools Music Festival
1991 Concerto Grosso I received the Yu Luan Shih Creativity Award, CUHK
2008 Finalist, International Contemporary Music Contest “Città di Udine”, Italy
Major Compositions
Orchestral (Western)
Symphony I (2002/3) 15’
Concerto Grosso II (1992) 20'
Chamber (Western)
Shan Shui I, II (2008-9) 20'
for 2 vn, va &vc
Praise Overture (2006) 8’
for fl, 2 cl, b.cl, 2 vn, 2 vc & perc
Butterfly (2006) 8’
for fl, ob & cl
Suite of Time (2001/2) 20'
for fl, ob, cl, bn, hn, vn, va, vc, db, perc & pf
Combination (2000) 15'
for fl, cl, pf, vn & mezzo-soprano
Birds in Cage (1991) 10'
for 2 fl & pf
Study on Ensemble for Eight Players (1991) 4'
for fl, cl, tb, 2 perc, pf, vn & db
Desire (1990) 7'
for fl, bn, va, vc & pf
Instrumental Solo
Moments (2003) 9’
For pf
Prelude I (1990) 3'
for pf
Peace and War (1989) 5'
for pf
Vocal /Choral
Kuang Fu (2009) 5'
for for 2S, 3A, 2T, 2B & yang qin
Si Shui (a song cycle) (2007) 30'
for tenor & pf
Memoir of Ying Wa (2005) 6’
for 3-part male choir & pf
Three Chinese Poems (2004) 9’
for mixed choir & pf
Music in the Heart (2000) 2'
for voices of audience
Revelation 15:3b (1991) 3'
for mixed choir & organ
Vocalise I - Just Sound (1989) 4'
for 2-part children choir & pf
Electro-Acoustic Music / Computer Music
Trio for Acoustic, MIDI and MSP (2003) 6’
for computer & MIDI keyboard
Bird Song (from Vivaldi to Messiaen) (2003) 3’
for computer
Concerto Grosso I (1990) 9'
for recorded tape, 2 fl & db
Music for Theatre / Drama
The Suite of Dreams (1994) 15'
theme song & incidental music
The Bar that Never Changes (1992) 15'
theme song & incidental music
Multimedia / Installation
My U-Life (1992) 20'
for 4 players & 1 actor
Publications/ Paper Presentations
Shan Shui I (2009). Taukay Edizioni Musicali, 2009, p. 17.