Notable Showing By Lily's Musicians In KK Competition
By Ignatius Stephen

BandarS ei Begawan - They may not be child geniuses. Nor another budding Beethoven, Mozart or even a Strauss. Nor is the River Kiulap another Blue Danube.

But if you ever happen to pass by a certain section of that stretch of water in Kiulap Complex in Bandar Seri Begawan in the evening you will be rewarded with the strains of heavenly tunes emanating from a building on the riverbank.

And in the night, you are often uplifted to another world by the enchanting melodies that fill the quiet air.

All that is because Lily Chiam and her businessman husband, Chiam Tun Bun have been at it for years. And especially for Lily, it has been a labour of love.

It is no wonder then that her musical endeavours are now bearing fruit not only in Brunei but elsewhere as well. In a recent international competition, several of her pupils walked away with top prizes including gold awards.

A musical group from her school Expression Music Enterprise in Brunei to the just held 14th Music Festival Competition in Kota Kinabalu bore encouraging results. Bruneians gave a good account of themselves in the international competition. Results were uplifting.

"I am so happy and so proud of my pupils," Lily told the Weekend.

The Brunei group competed with 700 participants from Kota Kinabalu, Miri, Kuching, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur.

In the piano section a very dedicated student, Ong Hui Ping, who recently completed her ABRSM Diploma Exam at Expression Music, received Gold in the Baroque. She was also the 2nd runner up in the Classics as well as in the Romanic sections. She is now in the UK taking Law and Music

Seven-year-old Chiam Shian Li, one of the young promising pianists walked away with a Gold award in Classics Grade 2 and was 1st runner up in Romantic.

In Vocal Youth, Brunei's Cindy Lee was 1st runner up and in the Youna Section Elaine Valencia was 2nd runner up. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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