Our Judges

Aaron Lim (林伟强)

Aaron has 8 years of teaching experience at various music schools in Singapore. He is currently one of the directors at InTune Music School and specializes in Pop Vocals, having achieved Honours in Grade 8 Pop Vocals with the London College of Music Examinations Board, as well as Grade 8 qualifications in Classical Piano (Practical and Theory) with the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) and Trinity College London.

Aaron has conducted vocal coaching for regional artistes like Kenny Kwan, as well as singer Ming Bridges, winner of Teenage Icon 2006. He was also a judge for Teenage Icon 2007 as well as ‘Be A Star’ Singing Competition 2007.

An avid performer, Aaron has performed at various locations like Esplanade Concourse, Esplanade Waterfront, Esplanade Recital Studio, Theatre and Concert Hall, as well as The Arts House, The Ark Café, White Tangerine Café, Music Dreamer Café (Marina Square) and many more. Aaron has also done backup recordings for advertisement jingles for companies like Great Eastern, and also for artistes like Su You Peng in their albums.

As a songwriter, Aaron sold a song titled 《某天》 to Huang Yida in 2007, and sang a number of demos for songs that were sold to renowned artistes in the region. Aaron has also co-produced a number of songs in the Mandarin pop scene; 2 of the songs, 《到达》 and 《不曾离开》, were for local arts film "Smell of Rain", co-produced with Mr. Peng Chi Sheng for Singapore Film Festival 2006.

Aaron is the author of the acclaimed international singing website at http://www.yourpersonal-singing-guide.com/, giving singers all around the world a free resource for singing education as well as vocal and pitching exercises to practice on their own! Aaron is also currently the resident vocal coach at Toa Payoh Methodist Church, coaching their worship leaders and choir members for the past 6 months to 1 year or so.

You can check out Aaron’s performances at the Arts House by clicking on the links below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojfx0aVHGVc&feature=channel_page&fmt=18

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LAV25reBmI&feature=channel_page&fmt=18

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mg_c8CGhzXk&feature=channel_page&fmt=18

Irwin Fua

Irwin is a performer from Intune Music School, specializing in sing and dance as well as sing and play song items. Under the guidance of the school, he has performed at prestigious venues like Esplanade Watefront (Huayi Festival 2010) and The Arts House (Carnival of Music 2009), as well as the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) Lee Foundation Theatre (In Da House 2009). Apart from that, Irwin was also a member of the Singapore Civil Defence Force Music and Performance Arts Club (MPAC) during his national service term, performing with Singapore Idols Taufik Batisah and Hady Mirza.

During his academic term at Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Irwin also took part in various singing competitions such as the Multi-Discipline Engineering (MDE) Idol 2005 and the School of Engineering (SOE) Superstar 2006, both organized by the faculty of MDE and the polytechnic respectively. He emerged as Champion in both of these competitions. In 2009, he decided to challenge himself by taking part in the Suntec Dance Competition, a highly competitive nation-wide dance competition and managed to achieve top 10 placing.