By Chia Kei Yin (24S03C) and Rhea Sharma (25S06A)

 When you think of a music composer, who comes to mind? 

It’s likely that you’re thinking of Beethoven, Bach, Mozart. Though their music has remained timeless through the ages, these composers themselves are ancient and quite distant from our current reality.

What if I told you that RI has our very own composer?

Meet Chia Ren Cher. The MOE Music Elective Scholar from 23S06B has received numerous awards from 2020-2022 in various competitions. He achieved the 1st prize in the youth category of 16 different international composition competitions around the world.