Dorothy Cheung Memorial Fund

The Dorothy Cheung Art Appreciation Series, which consists of the Dorothy Cheung Concert Series and Arts Activity Fund is supported by The Dorothy Cheung Memorial Fund and is managed by the Visual and Performing Arts. It was established through the generous donation of NTU Assoc Prof John Cheung (School of Mechnanical and Production Engineering) in memory of his loving wife Assoc Prof Dorothy Cheung (School of Civil and Structural Engineering). Prof Cheung entrusted a significant portion of his life savings to the NTU community  to carry on, in perpetuity, their beliefs in the Arts and the nurturing and transforming of the NTU students in and through their academic and cultural pursuits.

The Memorial Fund supports endeavours that aim to stimulate and intensify creative and critical engagement in the Arts through collaborative arts projects, talks, workshops, guest lecture, visiting artist, exhibitions, and concerts by staff, students as well as international recognized artists in various disciplines of the Arts. The activities seek to push envelopes of an understanding towards practices of the Arts to enable greater participation from schools and their student community in working towards meaningful outcomes to locate the place of the Arts in their everyday lives.

Raises the profile of the Musical Arts, through direct engagement with acclaimed national and international musicians and performers, as an important aspect of holistic social and educational development for the NTU community.

Concerts are typically scheduled at NTU LT19A, on Wednesdays between 12.45pm to 1.45pm. Follow our Facebook and Instagram page for upcoming and past Concerts videos! Admission will always be free.

Watch our past Dorothy Cheung Concert Series here: https://tinyurl.com/supportedbyDCMF

Intensifies the level of critical and creative stimulation and engagement in the arts through lectures, talks, workshops, performances and exhibitions by students as well as internationally recognized practitioners in the various disciplines of the arts. This Art Activity Fund encourages experimentation and exploration of the practice of the arts beyond ones own areas of disciplines.

Watch our past Dorothy Cheung Art Activity here: https://tinyurl.com/supportedbyDCMF

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If you would like to request sponsorship funding for your Arts event, please write in to [email protected] with the subject "DCMF Sponsor Request". 

Please note that due to overwhelming interest, the DCMF fund will prioritise funding Arts activities that will have a significant impact to the NTU campus community.


Dorothy Cheung Concert Series (LT19/LT19A Lunchtime concert)

Marco Schiavo (piano), Hyunah Park (Cello) and Aldo Matassa (Violin): Classical Music

23 September 2015, LT19

D & B France Human Juke Box (beatboxing, rapping, singing, poetry slam): Acapella

21 October 2015, LT19

Andrew Lim (Guitar) and Cheok Kerong (Piano): "9 Years On" Jazz Music

24 February 2016, LT19

Young-Ae Kwon and Eunran Kim (Piano): 4 Hand Piano Recital

9 March 2016, LT19

Raymond Chow (Piano): Piano Recital

16 March 2016, LT19

Shylu Ravindran (Electric Guitar) and Suru Ravindran (Mridangam): Carnatic Music Ensemble

14 September 2016, LT19

Chee eun Kim (Piano): Piano Solo

18 January 2017, LT19

Simplicius Cheong (Piano), Rit Xu (Flute), Felix Phang (Cello), Tama Goh(Drum): Funk, Salsa & Swing

15 February 2017, LT19

Eun-young Son (Piano): Piano Solo

29 March 2017, LT19

Bronislaw Abadie (Piano): Classical Piano Recital (15 years old)

30 August 2017, LT19

Younkyung Kim (Piano): Classical Piano Recital

20 September 2017, LT19

Massimo Folliero (Piano): Asia Tour 2017

25 October 2017, LT19

Jazz Association Singapore Orchestra (JASSO): Community Outreach Concert

15 March 2018, Nanyang Auditorium

Simplicius Cheong (Piano), Rit Xu (Flute), Tony Makarome (Bass), Tama Goh(Drum): Jazz Concert

14 August 2019, LT19A

Marco Schiavo (piano), Hyunah Park (Cello) and Aldo Matassa (Violin): Classical Music

23 September 2015, LT19


Dorothy Cheung Art Appreciation Series

"So Happy: 50 Years of Singapore Rock", retrospective exhibition of local rock music community's finest moments from 1960s to present day.

3 August - 1 September 2015, Library Outpost

"Xinyao and Singapore " by Filmmaker Eva Tang Poh Chooi

18 October 2016, WKWSCI, LF-LT, Level 1

Screening of " A Yellow Bird" and post-film discussion seminar by Kesavadas S/O Rajagopal

10 April 2017, LT19A

Guest Lecture for Visual Literacy "The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye" by Sonny Liew Gene Sien

4 September 2017, LT22

Guest screening "The Apprehentice" in NTU by Boo Junfeng

25 September 2017, LT22

Guest Talk " Documenting Families and Archiving the World through Photography" by Soh Kian Leong Darren

2 February 2018, LT26

Guest Talk " Award Winning Singaporean K-pop Dancer by Akif Halqi Bin Mohd Rashid

22 February 2018, WKWSCI, ESR

Singapore Cinema Showcase: Screening of Sayang Disayang by Mohamad Sanif Olek

6 April 2018, LT26

Theatre Lecture by Jean Ng

31 October 2018,Performance Space NIE3A-B2-03

Talk on "Musicalising Beckett at the nexus of music, theatre and philosophy' by Dr Joyce Koh

28 November 2018, Choral Room NIE3-02-04

Arts Alive Festival

12 November 2018, NTU North Spine

"Journey in Ink" Chinese Exhibition by ALC and VPA

13-22 February 2019, NIE Art Gallery

Jazz Improvisation for Classical Musicians- The 4 Primary Scales of Jazz Improvisation

21 March 2019, Choral Room NIE3-02-04

NTU FEST 19 :Silkscreen, Interactive, Abstract Art , Watercolour, Batik, Resin Casting, Ukelele workshop & booth

14 August 2019, NTU Quad