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Neecia Majolly is a leading Indian concert pianist, conductor, singer, teacher and composer. ==Biography== Neecia Majolly’s development as a musician included piano studies with her parents in Brunei Darussalam, with Vivien Ngo (Singapore), Dr. John Roberts (Perth, Australia), and vocal studies with Shelagh Molyneax (Singapore). Giving her first public performance at the age of 6, Neecia has several successful solo performances to her credit in Malaysia, Singapore, Western Australia, Brunei and India, and was an accompanist to Russian-American violinist Galina Heifetz in India. She has recorded for radio and television.〔 In 1992, Neecia was awarded the Stephanie Coleman Prize for Best Graduating Pianist from the Western Australian Conservatorium of Music, Perth, the Rex Hobcroft Award in 1991 for Best Pianist at the Inaugural Chamber Music Competition (Western Australian Conservatorium of Music, Perth), and in 2001, the Edgar Fewkes Memorial Award for outstanding musician (voice) in the southern Indian region. In addition, she holds an ALS (Associate of La Salle - SIA College of the Arts, Singapore) in both performance and principles of teaching, ALCM (Associate of the London College of Music) in music theatre, LTCL (Licentiate of the Trinity College, London) in piano, voice and principles of teaching, LRSM (Licentiate of the Royal Schools of Music, London) in piano, and the FTCL (Fellowship of the Trinity College, London) in piano. As a music educator, Neecia has taught at the Delhi School of Music, the Bangalore School of Music, Technics Music School (Sabah, Malaysia), and is teaching piano and vocal studies privately in Bangalore (including vocal training and interpretative workshops), where she has been living since 1995. Neecia was the Founder-Director and President of the Bangalore Society of Performing Arts (BSPA), and was the artistic adviser to the National Philharmonic of India.〔 She also worked as radio presenter of Western Classical Music in New Delhi during the period 1993-94, as well as critiquing for two major newspapers, Deccan Herald as well as the Indian Express, during the period 1995-96. She is also the All-Karnataka representative of the London College of Music Examinations(LCME).〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.uwl.ac.uk/academic-schools/music/lcm-exams/exam-centres/overseas#India )〕 Neecia is the Founder-Trustee of the Majolly Music Trust which aims to raise the standard of Western Classical Music in India and has the unique distinction of having created a pension fund for aged and infirm musicians due to absence of any framework of social security in India.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.majollymusictrust.in/ )〕 Under her baton, two choirs, ''Madrigals, Etc'' which specialises in music from the Renaissance period and the ''Camerata'', have earned a firm reputation in India for being unique in their choice of repertoire and quality of presentation. The year 2001 saw the historic performance of Handel’s “Messiah” for choir, soloists and full fledged orchestra, the likes of which had never been experienced in India before. The former choir launched, in October 2009, the first ever western classical music album in India ''The Renaissance Begins''. She now has a piano album ''Gold Spa'' by Universal Audio, USA 〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.amazon.com/Pure-Gold-Coast-Neecia-Majolly/dp/B008RTF2O0 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Neecia Majolly」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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