News Article on Herald Sun / Leader West on Chee Wei's awards at the 48th Worldfest - Houston International Film Festival:
Small Screen, Big Rewards - StarWeekly
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We'd like to thank Starweekly for the interview and coverage!
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Zero Calling Season 2 Premiere
If you are in Singapore, be sure to catch the premiere of Zero Calling (Season 2)
CheeWei's been busy crafting the score and supervising the Post Production Sound for this series!
Chee Wei receives 5 awards at the 48th Houston World Fest
Chee Wei picked up five awards at the Worldfest Houston earlier today.
He was awarded the Platinum Remi Award for outstanding music in Channel NewsAsia’s 4-part documentary series, “Footprints”.
Chee Wei also composed the music score for four other award winning titles which he represented at the Awards Gala:
Gold Remi Award (Medical/Health/Fitness/Procedures) - Children of Leprosy
Silver Remi Award (TV mini-series) - Zero Calling
Silver Remi Award (TV series - Informational) - Artisans Reboot
Bronze Remi Award (Informational/Cultural/Historical program - Series) - Kungfu Motion
Chee Wei would like to extend his thanks and appreciation to the production teams of the above award-winning titles for the wonderful opportunities to compose the music for the programs
Guest Lecture at Georgia College
Cheewei will be giving a guest lecture at the on Thursday, 29th Jan 2015 at the Georgia College’s Music department from 3pm EST on “Music Scoring - from storyboard to broadcast”.
Non students of Georgia College who are interested in attending this guest lecture may enquire at the college's music department for admission.
Guest Lecture at Seminole State College
Cheewei will be giving a guest lecture at the on Tuesday, 27th Jan at the Seminole State College of Florida between 6pm - 9pm EST on audio/music production for Film and Television
If you are in the area and would like to attend the session, please feel free to attend. Priority seating will be given to students of the college.
Composer's Top Honour in Singapore
Chee-Wei Tay won the Wings of Excellence award at the 18th Composers and Authors Society of Singapore awards for achieving outstanding music performance internationally.
The Singapore-born film score composer said the awards were the equivalent to the ARIAS.
Mr Tay said he was surprised and honoured by the award, saying it was the first time a non-pop composer had received the Wings of Excellence award.
Mr Tay moved to Australia two years ago to help further his career. He had been composing professionally for about 15 years with a dream of scoring the music for a Hollywood movie.
“When I was young and first watched movies, I was really inspired by the songs,” Mr Tay said. “I find that in some cases words can only do so much. I was trying to find a different way of expression without words.”
“The irony is that my parents opposed my music interest because I wasn’t studying enough. My mother sold my piano.”
Point Cook Resident Cheewei Tay Receives Top Singapore Music Award At The 2013 Compass Awards Presentation
CheeWei TAY, 37, Point Cook Resident, received one of the top awards at the prestigious 18th COMPASS (Composers and Authors society of Singapore) awards presentation.
The COMPASS Awards is the Singapore equivalent of the Australian ARIAS.
The Singapore-born film score composer received the COMPASS "Wings of Excellence" Award.
The ''Wings of Excellence" Award is given to an individual who has achieved outstanding music performance internationally.
This is not the first time Chee Wei has received awards from COMPASS.
In 2010, he received the "COMPASS Young Composed of the Year" and "Top soundtrack" awards for his work on PBS' (American Television) documentary "NOVA: Ocean Animal Emergency".
This is the first time in Singapore's history that a non-pop composer ever received the "Wing of Excellence" award.
Chee Wei's Works are extensively used and heard in films and documentaries shown on PBS, Animal Planet, Discovery Channel, National Geographic, Channel NewsAsia alongside many other international channels.
He also garnered many nominations and wins at international awards such as the Cannes Film Festival, Seoul International Short Film Festival and Lyon Asian Film Festival.
The COMPASS award is held annually to recognise achievements in the Singapore music industry.
Awards are given to the outstanding individuals who have excelled in the various music genres.