Our community since 2023

About The Wind Academia

We believe music brings people together.

Learners of every age make music side by side at TWA, on stage and as one community. Whether you're new to music, returning after years away or aiming for new heights, you'll find encouragement here: shared laughter, kind words and the applause of people playing alongside you.

Our motto and our logo

Let’s play together

Our motto is simple, because music isn’t only about learning notes. It’s about sharing, performing and growing together, and our logo carries the same idea in three parts.

The lyre
The harp badge worn on many ceremonial band uniforms, and a nod to our beginnings as band educators: music is at the heart of everything we do.
Ensembles you won’t find elsewhere. Brass ensembles, pop bands, percussion groups and flute duets give every learner a place to play with others.
The laurel branches
Worn as crowns in ancient Greece for learning, achievement and honour. For us, learning is a lifelong journey, taken with curiosity, commitment and purpose.
On stage within weeks. Every learner gets the chance to play in an ensemble and perform in concert soon after starting.
The circle
Our name and the laurels form a complete circle: unity, inclusivity, and the connection between learning, playing and community.
Community first. From the Pop Band Experience to the Harmonia Ensemble, the community band we support, music at TWA is always a shared journey.

TWA learners playing bassoon, trombone and drums together in a Finale 2026 rehearsal

A TWA learner with her bassoon at a band rehearsal

TWA clarinettists rehearsing together for Finale 2026

From 2023 to today

Our story since 2023

2023
- TWA LaunchOn 29 October we shared our mission with the community at a celebration with food and live music from our faculty.
- TWA @ MalaccaWorkshops and masterclasses for the students of Catholic High School, Melaka.
2024
- Term 1 ConcertOur first concert, celebrating our first batch of learners.
- Workshops and masterclassesVisiting learners came to TWA for hands-on performance and rehearsal sessions with guest clinicians.
- Term 2 ConcertA celebration of how far our learners had come through practice and community.
2025
- TWA @ IpohThree days of music-making with UPSI, Saint Michael's Institution and the Kinta Valley Symphonic Society.
- Entr'act 2025Learners and faculty performed, and the audience tried wind instruments provided by Accent Musical.
- Finale 2025The audience sang "Home" with our learners to mark Singapore's 60th birthday.
- Suono Camerata 2025An ensemble made special by its people, its passion and the music made together.
2026
- Entr'acte 2026"Around the World in Sound": learners in their vacation best took the audience on a musical journey.
- Finale 2026Dressed in their best PJs, our learners performed "Cradle Moon", for the first time without Faculty playing alongside them.

Our vision and mission

Every journey begins with a purpose

We envision a community where people of all ages and backgrounds discover the joy of making music together.

Our guides set out what we believe, our commitment to every learner, and what to expect in the Band Experience and in private lessons.

Band Experience: Our Vision and MissionPDF, 26 pages, 6.8 MB Private Studio Experience: Our Vision and MissionPDF, 24 pages, 6.1 MB

Founders and faculty

Our people

TWA was co-founded by two conductors, Music Director Louis Yeo and Conductor Yeo Jie Yuan, both of whom hold Master's degrees in Music Education and Music Leadership. With them, our faculty bring ensemble experience and a shared passion for community music. Meet the full team

Louis Yeo

Co-Founder and Music Director

Louis is a conductor and music educator based in Singapore. He is Resident Conductor of the National Institute of Education Winds (NIE Winds) and the Nanyang Polytechnic Symphony Wind Orchestra, and Associate Conductor of the Nanyang Polytechnic Symphony Orchestra.

He has led ensembles in Singapore, the United States and Japan, collaborated with Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra, and worked with composers including Eric Whitacre, Philip Sparke and Frank Ticheli. He holds a Master of Music (Education) from Kansas State University, specialising in wind band conducting.

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Yeo Jie Yuan

Co-Founder and Conductor

Jie Yuan is a conductor and music educator with a Master of Music Leadership from the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, National University of Singapore. He is Associate Music Director of the PassionArts AudioImage Wind Ensemble and teaches at several primary and secondary schools.

In over 16 years of teaching and conducting, he has led school and community bands to Certificates of Distinction at the Singapore Youth Festival Arts Presentation and Gold Awards at international band festivals, and is a regular conductor and clinician in Singapore and Malaysia.

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