Dr Natalie Alexandra Tse

Dr. Natalie Alexandra Tse is a performer, educator, researcher whose practice as an experimental improviser has led her towards researching into babies’ sonic play through her doctoral studies and motherhood. As a guzheng (Chinese zither) performer, she has been experimenting with sonic experiences through extended techniques, creating different textures, ambience and emotions evoked through her instrument.

Natalie is the co-founder and resident artist of SAtheCollective, an arts company that investigates the relationship amongst Man, Nature and Technology, through the alchemy of Ritual, Play and Improvisation. She founded LittleCr3atures™, the young audience initiative of the company, where younglings up to 36 months old get to experience pure, unadulterated play with sound and soundful objects in a safe and immersive space. Her recent works include Nadam (2018), Frame Dragging – Motherhood (2020), and Home in Nature, Nature in Home (2021).

As a young and developing academic, Natalie’s has published in a Special Issue of ICMA Array 2015, contributed to books in the subject matter of traditional music and ethnic identity and presented at international conferences such as the 32nd ISME World Conference (Glasgow). Her research interests include improvisation, inter-disciplinary arts practices and performing arts for young audiences. She teaches at LASALLE College of the Arts, as well as the National Institute of Education.

Natalie has been a lecturer at LASALLE College of the Arts (Singapore) teaching and coordinating the contextual studies and dissertation modules and other efforts in the contextual pathway such as the Dissertation Crash Course since 2013, as well as principal studies modules form 2013-2015; a proposal writing course for the diploma students in 2019, and the School of Contemporary Music’s Improvise! Summer Camp in 2019. Her professional expertise has also supported students in arts management as their dissertation supervisor in 2018-2019. As a PhD scholar with the Nanyang Technological University, Natalie had also taught ““Performance Ensemble”, as well as assisted in the “World Musics in Education” and “Studies in Chinese Music” modules, and continues teaching in NIE as an Adjunct Lecturer on topics in World Music and Education. 

Natalie also currently serves as an in-haus SonicPlay™ Artist at a progressive preschool in Singapore, and advises early childhood education from the perspective of a performing arts pedagogue. 

Natalie's research interests include but are not limited to sonic play experiences for the early years, soundscape education, improvisation and play, music education (early childhood and higher learning), intercultural and interdisciplinary practices. She has interest in developing research-based approaches to practice, and vice versa. 

Case Study, Observational Studies, Reflective Practice, Auto-ethnography, Practice as Research 

2021-till date: SonicPlay™ Sessions in Preschool Settings

2016-2021: Creating a sonic experience for babies 

2015-2016: National Arts Council’s (NAC) Artist- in-School Scheme (AISS) examining partnership and professional development

2021: Chapter contribution to “Visions of Sustainability for Arts Education: Value, Challenge and Potential” edited by Benjamin Bolden and Neryl Jeanneret, published by Springer, Creating a sonic experience for babies.

2020: Chapter contributions to “Traditional Chinese Music in Contemporary Singapore” edited by Michelle Loh
-Early Childhood Education: Incorporating Chinese Music (pp. 98-124) -Producing the Atypical: SA Trio and Singaporean Chinese Ethnic Identity (pp. 298-322) [co-author]

2018: Musician’s response to book chapter of “Semionauts of Tradition – Music, Culture and Identity in Contemporary Singapore” by Juliette Yu-Ming Lizeray & Chee-Hoo Lum Chapter 9.4 Natalie Alexandra Tse’s Response to Chapter 3 “Collaborative Creativity: Perspectives from a Contemporary Instrumental Group in Singapore

2015: Soundislands Festival + Si15 2nd International Symposium on Sound and Interactivity
Spoken Paper - Performing sounds using ethnic Chinese Instruments with Electronics Pedal: A Case Study on SA [Published in a Special Issue of ICMA Array (ed. C. Haworth)]

Available and interested to supervise research projects in the areas of:

• Music Education
• Music Pedagogy 
• Music Entrepreneurship/Business
• World Music Performance and Practice
• Improvisation and Play 
• Theatre for Early Years 
• Intercultural performance and practice 
• Interdisciplinary performance and practice

Soundmakers by LittleCr3atures, National Gallery Singapore

Home in Nature, Nature in Home, Children’s Biennale, National Gallery Singapore

LASALLE Lunchtime Concert Series: Erik Satay & The Kampong Arkestra

LASALLE Lunchtime Concert Series: SAMSARA

Musician-actress, “The Wandering”, Singapore International Festival of Arts

Musician-actress, “SAtheCollective” at Sydney Festival, Australia, SAMSARA Album Soft Launch

LASALLE Lunchtime Concert Series: ETHNI-CITY II “Converging Cultures”

Multi-instrumentalist, Ceremony – Art Science Late series by Art Science Museum, Singapore

Musician, Mapping Melbourne, by Multicultural Arts Victoria, Australia

Musician-actress, NADAM – An immersive sound performance for babies 18 months an under by LittleCreatures, Singapore

Musician, OZAsia Adelaide, Australia

Musician, ETHNI-CITY III – Kali Yuga by SAtheCollective, Singapore

Musician, Singapore International Festival of Arts, Anticipation of One

Musician, Golden Point Award Singapore

Musician, DOHITS New Year’s Eve Countdown Show, The Wall, Taipei

Musician, FLOW Album Launch, presented by SAtheCollective, Singapore

Musician, “Crossing” directed by Riduan Zalani, presented by the National Arts Council Arts in Your Neighbourhood, Singapore

Musician, Asian Meeting Festival 2016, by the Asian Music Network, Japan http://asianmusic-network.com/en/amf/

Titian Budaya 2015, Next door @ Publika, Kuala Lumpur

Y2K15 International Live Looping Festival, Santa Cruz, USA

Singapore Inside Out, Beijing

Available, to discuss and schedule with students in the following areas:

• Music Education 
• Marketing and branding of arts organizations
• Developing initiatives in an arts organization
• Volunteer management and development