Chief Judge
Yeap Yen Chin
Yeap Yen Chin is the Principal of My Dancesport Studio, a qualified World Dance Council Licensed International Adjudicator, the President of Malaysian Dancers’ Association, Vice-President of Malaysian Ballroom Dancers’ Association, National Coach for Latin American Dance of Malaysian Ballroom Coaches & Competitors’ Sdn Bhd.
Vocal Judges
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Darrel Chan
Darrel Chan has completed his Bachelor (Honours) in Piano Performance, Master and Advanced Postgraduate Diploma in Choral Conducting at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, UK, having studied with Philip Martin and David Quigley (piano), Paul Spicer (conducting) and Julian Pike (vocal).
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Debra Abraham
Debra Abraham, a music graduate from the University of Newcastle, Australia, is a dedicated and accomplished vocal coach, music educator, talent competition adjudicator, teacher trainer and the founder of Rockstarz Performing Arts Studios. With 19 years of vocal coaching experience, Debra has coached singers from Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, Korea, India, USA, UK, France, Italy, Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, Maldives & Qatar!
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Lee Siak Yao
Lee Shiak Yao is a multiple international prize and award-winning conductor, vocalist clinician, and lecturer. He graduated with a MMus from the University of Hull, UK, and studied conducting with Andrew Penny and Dr. Lee Tsang. He also mastered the arts of piano accompaniment, under the tutelage of Miss June Stephenson, and vocal singing, under Ralph Macdonald, Lim Cheng Hock, Paul Wade, and Dr. Michela Bertagnolli.
Piano/Musical Instrument Judges
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Kok Kee Boon
Kok Kee Boon has devoted his time to organising concerts and cultural events, playing a key role in local music education, building audience friendly programs, developing a rapport with local artistes, business/corporate sponsors and government bodies, from grass roots to the highest levels encompassing the entire spectrum of our society.
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Joshua Ng
Joshua Ng Jin Ho, 26, won 1st Place in the American Protégé International Piano and Strings Competition. Joshua, a multi-award competition winner was invited to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York City under the patronage of the Perak State Menteri Besar. At Carnegie Hall, he further won the Best Performance Award of the American Protégé International Music Talent Competition 2013. In the year 2019, he was champion in the Young Artist Piano Solo Category of the Putra International Piano Competition.
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Dr Clare Chan
Clare Suet Ching Chan is an Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology at the Department of Music of the Faculty of Human Ecology at Universiti Putra Malaysia. Prior to this she taught at the Music Department of Faculty of Music and Performing Arts in Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (2002-2022) and held appointments as the Deputy Dean (Research and Graduate Studies)(2011-2017) and Chief Editor (2015-2021) of the Malaysian Journal of Music.
Dance Judges
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Julian Gan
Julian Wen-Sheng Gan is currently a company member with the Grand Rapids Ballet since Fall of 2022. During the 2021-2022 season, he was a member of the Joffrey Ballet Studio Company in Chicago where he performed works by Sir Frederick Ashton and Gerald Arpino.
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Teresa Hall
Teresa Hall is a Fellow of the ISTD (Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing), Assessor and Tutor for all units of the Associate and DDE qualifications in Modern Theatre and Imperial Classical Ballet, and has her DDE in Tap. She pioneered the ISTD Teacher Training Programme in Ho Chi Minh City and has trained more than 25 teachers during her time there.
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Frances Teoh
Dato' Frances Teoh is one of the pioneers of Modern Dance in Malaysia. She is a graduate of the distinguished Martha Graham of Contemporary Dance in New York. Additionally, she is a WDC International Adjudicator (Australia, NZ, S. Lanka, Miami Florida & Malaysia) and holds Guinness World Records (212 Champions in SEA & Asia Pacific region).