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Wah Lok - Malaysian Songwriter

Wah Lok has emerged as one of Malaysia's most prolific songwriters, writing more than 80 songs spanning a period of 22 years. In 1981, he wrote Every Time I Pray , a song that has literally touched millions of lives across Asia. There are at least 10 recordings of this song alone. In year 2001, he released his album Every Time I Pray which has emerged to be one of Malaysia's top selling Gospel albums. Some of his songs from that album, Approved in Every Way and Flow Holy Spirit are widely used by many Malaysian Churches. In July 2002, he released of his second album Shining Stars which in a short span has made a significant impact in the music industry. Wah Lok is also a Bible Teacher and has written many teaching materials for worship, song writing and prayer.

E mail: ngwl@pc.jaring.my

Kelvin Lim, worship director

At the age of 13, during a church camp, Kelvin or Kel, as we call him, heard an audible voice saying, “You will be playing for Me”. Knowing that it was a call from God, he went on to take up organ lessons. As he learned, he began writing down songs impressed upon him.

Growing up, he was involved in local church worship ministries, which led him to co-found Joshua Race Ministry (JRM). Kelvin helmed it as their main keyboardist. The band pioneered the local Christian band worship scene and produced a total of 3 albums, i.e. “Unity” (1992), “Heavenbound” (1996) and “Experiment” (1999), which was recorded under the international record label, Sony. This led them to be nominated in the local Grammy's equivalent, the AIM awards in 2000. Due to different commitments, the band members went their separate ways in 2001.

Kel is the co-founder of 1a.m, a businessman and loves serving God as a worship minister, composer, producer and music arranger. His mission in life is to inspire music and worship; build a business empire and raise visionaries to advance the kingdom of God.

E mail : writeus@1am.com.my
Website : www.1am.com.my

Liang, who was recently signed by Oops Asia released his first single “Silver Linings” which was featured in the album “Through The Rain”. This album was specially released by Oops Asia to help Tsunami victims.

Liang's passion for music began in HELP Institute where he joined 6-man acapella group Legato and performed regularly at college events. The group had the privilege to work with critically acclaimed drummer Lewis Pragasam, performing with him at the Kiara Jazz Festival. On top of that, Liang also plays the bass, guitar and piano. Of late he has been touring with other members of Oops Asia and has made stops at Tawau, Kota Kinabalu and Segamat.

Liang attends Glad Tidings PJ and serves on the worship team there where he plays bass & sings. In addition to that he was an active member in the Christian Fellowship in HELP institute when he was studying there. Always ready to serve, Liang contributed a track to DUMC's musical Christmas Tail back in 2002.

Website: www.oops-asia.com

Website:
www.thydeliverees.com

Joanne Ng released her debut album Glory be to God on March 2005. Her album is a rare recording of 10 Hokkien Praise and Worship songs. Joanne wrote 9 songs in the album herself. This singer/songwriter is a mother of 3 young children and worships at Calvary Charismatic Centre, Petaling Jaya. She sings regularly at old folks home, lunch meetings and churches. God has given her a great compassion and burden to reach the lost and Joanne has used her music to reach especially those with deep needs.

Besides the Hokkien language, Joanne also speaks and sings in English, Mandarin and Bahasa Malaysia . She ministers regularly to people with needs, in the different languages. She is currently planning to release her second album soon.

Diana Wee

Diana is a young singer and composer who has just recently came in to the music industry. This Taiping-born girl now living in Kajang has been singing for as long as she can remember. She credits her love for music to her music loving family.

All through her years, she has been actively singing in church, her school choir as the conductor, and in university functions. All this, without any formal vocal training or exposure. She started composing songs at the age of 16, inspiration coming to her while just sitting at the piano. Little did she know that these songs would someday be compiled into an album. A turning point in her life was when she sang a self-composed song at a friend's wedding. Soon after, invitations started flooding in, and she sang at several other weddings and public functions such as The Lutheran World Federation Night in PJ Hilton, Youth Celebration in New Era College, and Christmas Celebration of 2002, and 2003 in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.

Her debut album, Your Love Remains, consists of 16 songs, all composed and sang by herself. This is not just her debut album into the music industry but also a window into the formal world of music. Her songs are an expression of her feelings, a response to the situations that she is in, about her faith, hope and passion.

The album-titled track "Your Love Remains" is a song that reflects her faith and belief in an ever-faithful Creator, as she lives in an ever-shifting world. She expresses her feelings, in the song "On This Day", that was especially composed for a friend's wedding; about the joy of having found that special someone.
 

Chen Sing – Songwriter/Assistant Professor

It is extremely rare to find a song writer who is also an Assistant Professor of a University. Well, Chen Sing is such a rare discovery. This song writer has a great passion for music, and plays the piano, guitar, and harp. She has written hundreds of songs and produced several of her own albums. Some of her works had been awarded best music by the World Chinese Gospel Music Songwriting Contest.

While staying in the United States, she was involved in planting the Immanuel Chinese Church where she was actively involved in worship leading, evangelism and discipleship training. After graduating with a doctorate, she continued with her theological training at Chicago Trinity Evangelical Seminary.

In year 2000, she became Music Director of All the Earth Music Ministry, and produced several albums such as   Sing to the Lord, Are You Willing? and Worship the Lord.

Chen Sing has a voice that moves hearts. She captures the emotions of the songs very well, especially with a live audience. She has sung in Asian churches in Chicago, New York, Indiana, New Orleans, Oklahoma, and Arkansas and also conducted numerous worship seminars and revival meetings.

She has since returned to Malaysia and works as Assistant Professor in a local University. She hopes to build a new chapter in Chinese Gospel music in Asia and continue to share the love of Jesus with the music God has given her.

E mail: chensing@alltheearth.org

William Kok is an accomplished guitarist, gifted with the ability to play a complete musical arrangement all on one guitar. In year 2004, he released a guitar solo album The Music Maker. His album consists of 10 tracks featuring sentimental and gospel music arranged and played with one guitar. You will hear familiar tunes like Segala Puji Syukur, As the Deer pants for the waters and "White Christmas". William has an ability to juggle the bass, melody, rhythm, harmony and other guitar techniques to create an illusion that there is more than one guitarist playing. His musical journey started when he served as a voluntary teacher in the House of Joy for underprivileged children. God guided him to conduct music lessons, seminars and training for under privileged children. His calling and vision is to produce praise and worship songs with guitar solos and train others to discover the musical expressions of a guitar.

Website: www.music-maker.biz.ly
E mail: kok_william@hotmail.com

On Sept 12, 2004, she released her second SAND album entitled DREAMS under her own recording label Masterpiece Music. Lucy wrote most of the songs in SAND-Dreams but also included 2 songs from other songwriters from Penang. In her launch of her album in Penang, she used a variety of lights, dances, flags and multimedia to communicate her message in her album.

Lucy L graduated from Trinity College of Music London(1989), majoring in classical piano and cello and has been teaching music for more than 12 years. She has also been writing Gospel songs for the last 10 years.

In 1999-2000, she went to Hill Song, Australia and Sydney Conservatory to further her music education. During these years, she participated in the live recording of two Hill Song albums. This was a major turn around to her style of music resulting in the release of her contemporary album SAND. Lucy has a great passion for the youth and desires to train a whole young generation to excel in creative ministry, especially in the realm of song writing and worship. She is presently also the Music Director of George Town Baptist.

Remember to catch this dynamic music-powerhouse from Penang who has take the music circles by storm.

Website: www.masterpiecemusic.com.my
E-Mail: ngkafly@hotmail.com

Born in Melaka, of Indonesian-Singaporean descent, Juwita has been performing since her early years in church groups and also as a soloist. She not only grew up singing but also plays the piano, for which she earned a Performance Certificate at age 15 and an Associate Teachers Diploma at age 17.

Juwita professional induction in the Malaysian music industry came at age 19 where she began to back leading local artistes at various functions, mega concerts, prominent award shows and albums recordings. She also released several singles Part of a Fool, Time Restless , Breathe Again in Taiwan and Take Me On in Malaysia.

Juwita's major breakthrough came in June 2004 when she released her debut solo album Brand New World . One may be wondering why it took so long for someone to discover this beautiful voice. Perhaps, they have saved the best for last. Juwita wrote 5 songs in this album herself. One of her own outstanding songs, You in me is a beautiful ballad. Juwita rendered this song with such emotion and precision, it will certain touch the hearts of the listener. Another beautiful song is Part of a fool written by a Taiwanese song writer. SMS is modern and catchy song. In the last track, Benediction , Juwita displays her extraordinary vocal ability. The lead vocals and harmony of Benediction are beautifully executed.

Brand New World is produced by Juwita's brother Aubrey Suwito, who himself is a sought after music producer . Aubrey has selected fine musicians like Steve Thornton, Andy Peterson, Jamie Wilson and Lewis Pragasam to play for this album.

Andy Yeoh

Andy Yeoh is a member of ACTS Church, and is the lead singer and songwriter for the band Altered Frequency. Altered Frequency recently released their debut album Exalt and are already well known in Malaysia, having performed at many concerts across the country. Andy has an amazing ability to bring life into any concert and interacts very well with the crowd. With his ability to capture audiences with live performances as well as his song writing skills, he is certainly a rising star in Malaysian Gospel Music.

Email: alteredfrequency@yahoo.com

Lim Chee Peng

Chee Peng comes from the Trinity Baptist Church, Alor Star (famous for the Superkids and Fungates) and has been serving in the ministry of music since he was 15 years old. He leads worship, plays the piano as well as write worship songs for his church. Belonging to a church so involved in children's ministry, Chee Peng and his pastor Clarine Chun have now released an album entitled "COOL". The songs in the album are certainly "cool" and will be well received by children. Chee Peng wrote most of the songs for the album and sang all the lead vocals. So keep an eye on this artiste whose songs will certainly make an impact, especially on the children's ministry.

Email: limcheepeng@yahoo.com

Eric Lee

Eric Lee is one of Singapore's leading gospel musicians. He has penned two highly successful praise worship albums, 'Here I am', and 'Lead Us On' which have received rave reviews in Singapore and abroad in various organizations such as Radio Kingfisher in South Africa and the Christian Music Association in the US. Impact Magazine commends "meaningful lyrical writing" found in Eric's songwriting. Together with his band, 'a2J', they push the boundaries of contemporary praise worship music while keeping to their strong rooted faith in the message of Jesus Christ. Eric's music has been given airplay in radio stations in South Africa, USA and his songs have been translated into Cantonese and Mandarin in countries like Hong Kong and Taiwan. Eric and his team are available for touring, ministering and training.

email: trikorian@yahoo.com
website: www.ericlee.net

Patrick Leong

Patrick Leong is no stranger in the Malaysian music scene. He sang lead vocals for the song "Silenced by You Love" in Wah Lok's album Every Time I Pray. He has also sung back up vocals for some of Malaysia's top secular stars like Siti Nurhaliza and Sheila Majid.

However, his major break came when he was invited to perform the song Angel Tears at a Concert for Peace at Pangkor Laut, together with Luciano Pavarotti himself. Among the distinguished guests in the audience was Malaysia's Prime Minister, Dr. Mahatir and Malaysian billionaire, Tan Sri Francis Yeoh. Angel Tears is a beautiful song written by New York Artist and Painter , Vy De Fonsey as a dedication to Sept 11 victims. Patrick Leong helped compose the music for the song. Patrick Leong’s outstanding performance of Angel Tears is milestone for a Malaysian Artiste.

Patrick has now launched his own solo Gospel album For Your Love. He wrote all the songs in the album. He has also set up his own recording label Oops Asia. With his distinctive voice, this talented singer/songwriter is already making a major impact in the Gospel music scene

Email: pleongks@yahoo.com
Website: www.oops-asia.com

Doreen Tang

Doreen is the Choir Director at Petaling Jaya Evangelical Free Church (PJEFC). In May 2003, she performed lead vocals with the Canticle Singers for several songs at The Rose of Sharon, a contemporary Oratario. Her recording break came she caught the attention of Prody G, an Orchestral Director at the Tabernacle of David. In Prody G's recent album entitled Lamb of God, Doreen performed lead vocals for 6 songs, namely Lamb of God, El Shaddai, Worthy is the Lamb, I will trust in You, Both riches and honor, Kasih Syurga. Her powerful and distinctive voice contributed greatly to the album. This young artiste is certainly set make her mark in Malaysian Gospel Music.

Elvira

Elvira is a talented and versatile young singer from Sunway Damansara Anglican Centre. She performed lead vocals for 2 songs in Wah Lok's album, Shining Stars, namely She moves her feet to dance and Sing. Since then, she gave an excellent performance as Hannah in the musical Two in Galilee. She also sang as lead vocalist in a contemporary Oratorio The Rose of Sharon. Both these performances were with the Canticle Singers. With her cheerful and bubbly character, Elvira is set to make her impact in the music scene.

Prody G

Prody G is currently the Orchestra Conductor at the Tabernacle of David (TOD). During his tenure with TOD, he released 2 albums namely Mighty Jehovah and Lamb of God. The songs in these 2 albums were written by Prody himself. Prior to this, Prody was the Concertmaster for the Orchestra Kuala Lumpur.

Glenn Packiam

MUSIC runs through Glenn Packiam's veins. Born on Feb 27,1978, this Malaysian's love affair with music began at a relatively young age. Having collectively picked up the guitar, piano and trumpet by the time he was 10, it is hardly surprising that the 25-year-old is currently making waves in the American music scene.

He had made a name for himself in 1992 when he wrote the theme song for an International Church Conference organised by the FGA. Entitled We Arise it has since become a staple in many churches. In 1996, he attended the Oral Roberts University (ORU) in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he studied Theology and Music. He served in the music ministry there and took teams to different cities in the United States as well as Europe, Africa and Malaysia. Upon graduation, he was appointed Associate Music Director of ORU, overseeing the music ministries.

He wrote and recorded his songs on the ORU CD called Sacred Vow. He then joined the New Life Church in Colorado Springs as an Associate Pastor of Worship in 2000. He was recently appointed director of the Worship School there.

Two of Packiam's songs, namely We Lift You Up and You Are are included in Integrity Music latest compilation called More Than Life. Integrity Music is one of the world's leading worship recording label. The album was released in Malaysia a month ago. And that is not all. Packiam has signed up with Integrity to record eight songs to be released in July this year in the United States. 

KB Chan

Pastor KB Chan is a worship leader, prolific song writer and a recording artist with a Psalmist anointing. Over the years, he has written more than 50 songs and released 5 albums. His album, Revival is in this land, released in 1989 sold more than 6000 copies. His other albums include In a Sacrifice of Praise, 1991, Look on our fields, 1992 and The New Season 1994. 

In 1994, KB Chan was diagnosed with severe kidney problems when both his kidneys failed. Since then, he has to undergo dialysis treatment three times a week. Although he faced numerous difficulties due to his kidney failure, KB Chan continues to serve and minister in music. In 2001 he released his fifth album entitled A song in the Night. He has also written a book with the same title where he shares how he overcame his disabilities. KB Chan is indeed a living testimony of a Christian's triumph over adversity. 

E mail: KB Chan sweetincense@hotmail.com

Maria Angela Rebano

Maria Angela Rebano is a very gifted professional jazz singer and recording artiste. With her lovely husky voice, she has captivated many hearts in live performances across Malaysia. Recently she recorded 6 songs for Wah Lok's album Every Time I Pray and Shining Stars. She also song lead vocals in the albums Together We Stand by Praise City Church and Christmas Gift. Maria is also an anointed worship leader and able to bring some of the deepest expressions in worship. She gave us an outstanding vocal recording in the worship songs "Flow Holy Spirit" and "Make my heart Your resting place"

Maria Esther Rebano maqer74@hotmail.com

Bernard McDonagh

Bernard McDonagh came to Christ in his home town of Geraldton, Western Australia in 1980. He moved to Sydney in early 1986 to study at the International Institute for Creative Ministries (I.I.C.M.). He completed the Music Diploma course, majoring in guitar. He graduated with honours in December 1987, also winning unit awards in 3 subjects.

Bernard and his wife came to live in Malaysia in 1991. Since then he has worked full time, teaching music at international schools in K.L. He has been active in the local church-music scene for most of this time, including church music on a weekly basis, inter-church and inter-denominational meetings, rallies, workshops and seminars, as well as recording sessions and writing articles. He remains passionate about music and the artistic vocation, and continues to hope for better things in Christian music. He and his wife have one beautiful daughter!

P/s. Bernard played acoustic guitars in the albums "Every Time I Pray", "Shining Stars" and "Together We Stand"

E-mail: berniemusic@yahoo.com

Geoffrey Woo

Geoffrey Woo is a singer/composer, and has been in the music ministry for 20 years. He received this calling while he was an Engineering student in Melbourne, Australia. Upon completion of his studies, he returned to Malaysia and stepped out into the ministry and has been living by faith all these years. This is the special aspect of his ministry, to be evidence of God's ability to provide supernaturally.

In those 20 years, Geoffrey has released 5 albums and 3 singles. The last album, REPRISE, is a retrospective album culled from his previous work. It is also a commemoration of 25 years of song-writing. Two of his singles have received radio air-play in Singapore, namely, JUST ONE LIFE Pt.II and MORE THAN LIFE. The latter single has literally traveled around the world, having been selected for the onboard programming on Singapore Airlines flights for one month.

Throughout his ministry, Geoffrey has ministered in churches around Malaysia and Singapore, and has toured Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney in Australia, Manila in the Philippines, and Jakarta and Bali in Indonesia. In spite of all this, Geoffrey still manages to keep a low profile.

E mail: geowoo@rocketmail.com

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Aris Siew -
Sr Pastor of Praise City Church

Aris Siew is a Songwriter, Senior Pastor and worship leader, all in one. He has released 2 albums, Fire to Gold and Together We Stand ( album by Praise City Church). One would wonder how he balances his time between music and pastoring . Nevertheless, Aris has done a great job pastoring the Praise City Church. The church has branches in Malacca, Bentong and Seremban. He is also a very anointed worship leader, having led large worship services at Breakthrough Rallies organized by NECF.

E mail : praisecc@ppp.nasionet.net

Michelle Tan

Michelle is one of Malaysia's youngest artiste emerging in Gospel Music. She comes from a very musical church, The Tabernacle of David. With such a background, she has written many worship songs at a young age. In 2001, aged 20 years, she released her debut solo album Better Days. She wrote all the songs in the album. Her songs are both exciting and fresh and has her own distinctive style. Michelle is set to become one of Malaysia's outstanding Christian artistes/songwriter in the years to come. 

E mail: melle_bd@hotmail.com

Jordan Rivers

Jordan is an excellent lead guitarist. Many regard him as one of the best Christian lead guitarist in Malaysia. Besides being a guitarist, he is also a song writer and music producer. He worked as a secular musician for many years. Several years ago, he received his calling. He left his work with secular music to serve God full time in Christian music. In year 2002, he released his debut album Hallowed be Thy name.

Danny Cheh

Danny Cheh is a songwriter from Community Baptist Church, Malaysia. He graduated from Berkelee College of Music, Boston. In 1999, Danny released his album Love Letters. He has also produced albums for other artistes in United States. Presently he serves as Music Director in Morning Star, Boston. 

E mail: deeceemusick@yahoo.com