New Work

World Premiere: 2027-28

Instrumentation: The Canopy & ensemble

Duration: c. 15 minutes

Joyce Beetuan Koh's Canopy is just that: an interactive sound installation musical instrument inspired by the mysteries of dark matter. Conceived by the composer Joyce Beetuan Koh, The Canopy provides an aural exploration of the empty space that fills our Universe, and the forces that hold it together; its inhabitants experience what it might sound like to interact with the strange anti-material of which we know so little.

On one hand The Canopy is a sound art piece for all to enjoy, on the other a concert hall concerto instrument capable of the most refined performance.

It is an immersive, musical experience for all who inhabit it. Members of the public are encouraged to have fun interacting with the canopy as a fixed sound art installation, all the while imagining a journey through a dark matter soundscape.

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With funding from Arts Council Singapore, Joyce was able to create and perform on a prototype of the instrument, October 2022.