Biography
Written in English & Chinese
Thoughts with a little Japanese and Korean
English
Edmund Song is a US-based Singaporean composer acclaimed for blending Eastern traditional music with Western influences, described by The Straits Times (2023) as incorporating “idioms of Hollywood film music and Broadway musicals.” His multicultural approach has led to collaborations with renowned ensembles such as Akropolis Reed Quintet (USA), Hub New Music (USA), Del Sol String Quartet (USA), PRISM Saxophone Quartet (USA), and Standing Wave Ensemble (Canada).
Recognised for his work in film scoring, Edmund gained prominence when the Civic Orchestra of Chicago featured his score The Smart Dog. He has since been involved in numerous film projects as a composer and sound designer, earning a nomination for Best Original Music for Silver River (Singapore, 2023) and selections as a featured composer at the Independent Silent Film Festival (USA, 2024) and Film Score Fest (USA, 2025).
Currently, Edmund serves as the composer-arranger for One Song Orchestra (Taiwan), Composer-in-Residence for Bass Around Asia (Taiwan-Singapore), and a guest composer-arranger for Ding Yi Music Company (Singapore). He was previously the Composer-in-Residence for the Asian Cultural Symphony Orchestra (Singapore) and taught at the Jacobs Composition Academy at Indiana University. His recent projects include commissions and score selections for Boston New Music Initiative (BNMI) 2025, ASMAC/Helix Collective Cue Connection 2025, New Music at the Bayou 2025, LSU BassFest 2025, RED NOTE New Music Festival 2025, and Talis Music Festival 2024. Additionally, he works as a Studio Assistant at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Recording Studio.
As a orchestral and chamber double bassist, Edmund has performed with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Singapore Chinese Orchestra, and Hangzhou Philharmonic and has performed with productions of The Phantom of the Opera (2019) and Les Misérables (2016). He is also experienced in historical performance, appearing with Red Dot Baroque (Singapore) and the Bloomington Bach Cantata Project (USA).
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中文
集演奏家、作曲家、指揮於一身，宋俊杰曾受新加坡Strait Times讚譽其低音提琴演奏「令人難忘其 多元及豐厚的演奏」以及創作曲目「充滿各式風味」(pianofortephilia, 2022)。目前活躍於美國及新 加坡，致力創作融合東⻄方元素。
起因於樂譜編輯，他進一步成為編曲家及樂團配器者並與多位著名歌手合作，其中包含向洋, Rahimah Rahim 和 何維健。他亦參與音樂製作及遊戲配樂，其中包含二十四技樂(四川)以及耕碩科 技(台灣)。深受亞洲樂器薰陶並致力於其發展，他於2022年成為亞洲文化交響樂團(ACSO)駐團作曲 家並多次參與鼎藝團(Ding Yi Music Company)創作。同年，他參與多項電影配樂音樂節，其中包含 Fusion Film Scoring Workshop (希臘)、Wintergreen Music Festival (美國)、NYU Screen Scoring Programs (美國)、Emerging Composer Festival (加拿大)。同年，他與鼎藝團合作首演舞台劇《楚 霸王》。其與亞洲文化交響樂團及沙畫家Lawrence Koh合作的作品《 如切 幻想曲》亦獲第一名殊 榮，其中他參與了沙畫配樂及影像製作。
在樂曲創作外，他獲選於2020年參加17th Annual Pirastro Strings Elite Soloists Program;於2019 年榮獲新加坡國際低音提琴音樂節獨奏類 (U-25) 第一名，以及榮獲蘭陽國際低音提琴音樂比賽唯一 贏家。同年，他於新加坡維多利亞音樂廳首演了Eric Watson的低音提琴協奏曲。他於2016年成為 re:Sound Collective(新加坡首個專業室內樂團)成團低音提琴演奏家，以及2018年紅點巴洛克The Red Dot Baroque (新加坡首個專業巴洛克樂團，目前駐團於新加坡楊秀桃音樂院) 成團演奏家。於 2019年，他創辦BASS around Asia (低音提琴五重奏)並積極於新加坡與台灣兩地演出及推廣低音提 琴作品。除了古典低音提琴，他亦演奏爵士提琴並曾與印度流行現代爵士團, Brahmastra合作演出。 在美國期間，他積極參與早期音樂的演出，其中包含和印第安納大學音樂學院的教授們合作演出多 個巴赫清唱劇。
赴美求學前，他自2016年起擔任亞洲文化交響樂團行政總監，致力推廣多元文化及亞洲傳統樂器。 期間，與指揮家Adrian Chiang及Dedric Wong製作多項演出，包含舞蹈及口技、電影配樂等。因其 特殊樂團配置，他亦成功讓作曲家理解了融合亞洲器樂至作品的可能性。
他畢業於新加坡楊秀桃音樂院，目前就讀於印第安納大學主修電影配樂、低音提琴及輔修作曲，分 別師從於Larry Groupe (配樂)、Kurt Muroki (低音提琴) 以及 PQ Phan 和 Annie Gosfield (作曲)。