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The School of Arts hosted a “harpsichord residency”, with the harpsichord being the grandfather of the modern-day piano.

Students from the music performance degree programme were given the opportunity to watch a performance of Mozart’s opera The Magic Flute.

Chamber music students Grace Oh, Philip Law, See Yun Chuan, and Timmy Lim participated in the ABRSM Teacher Conference 2019 held in Putrajaya, in workshops facilitated by SOA academic staff Andrew Filmer and Mabel Wong.

Diploma in Performing Arts lecturer Kelvin Wong directed “Brohemia!” which played at Indicine, KLPac, from Nov 14-17 and Nov 19-24.

The School of Hospitality welcomes Mr. Aldi Wisnu (Ir) and his students from the Institute of Tourism, Yogyakarta (Indonesia).

The School of Hospitality hosted its tenth Research Seminar Series. Recently, Ms Rachel Thomas, a lecturer at the School, specialising in food technology, presented on "Wild Eats: Nutritional Evaluation of Wild Edible Vegetables Traditionally Consumed by the Orang Asli".

Professor Marcus Stephenson recently presented a keynote, entitled: “Case Study Evaluation in the Service Sector Industries – Embodiment of Critically” at Putra Business School, Universiti Putra Malaysia.

The School of Hospitality recently held the Wonderland Charity Event in partnership with Generasi Gemilang Malaysia.

The School of Hospitality students and teaching fellows along with Camilya Aina (BSc in Hotel and Restaurant Management, KLMUC) and Chef Muhd Fhaizal Mustafa (Head Chef, Red Bean Bag) made up Team Malaysia at the recently held Shanghai International Young Chefs Cup (IYCC). The Shanghai (IYCC) is part of the 2019 FHC China International Culinary Arts Competition which sees over 600 participants to compete in over 25 categories.

It is yet another record-breaking achievement by the School of Hospitality students when there was a 100% passing rate for a recent professional wine certification, WSET Level 2.