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I compose for theatre, film & television, events, advertising & multimedia, and other musical projects, as well as provide freelance services in writing, editing and cartooning. Kindly contact me if you require original music, creative or editorial work, or if you are interested in collaborating on a project.
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Nick Choo is a songwriter/ composer, pianist, actor, writer and cartoonist currently based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He graduated with a Masters of Arts in Journalism, Public Relations and Creative Industries in 2006 from Murdoch University in Perth, Western Australia, where he performed in and wrote original music for various theatrical productions, TV projects and short films.

Last December, his original music and arrangements featured in A Christmas Carol at the Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre, Malaysia, which has earned him a BOH Cameronian Arts Award nomination for Best Music. Among his other musical theatre accomplishments are The Edge, which ran for a series of workshop performances at the Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre in July 2008; and Follow The Light (November 2006), a winner in the Best Musical category in Western Australia's Finley Awards for Independent Theatre 2005, as well as the recipient of an Adjudicators' Special Certificate for Overall Achievement (Music & Construction).

Nick is also a published author and journalist who has worked in Malaysia's The Sun newspaper as a copy editor, writer, book reviewer and cartoonist, and was also writer and copy editor for Malaysian arts/culture magazine Off The Edge from 2006 to 2008. He continues his work as a journalist with online news analyses and commentary site The Nut Graph, while developing numerous musical and theatrical projects.

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News/Upcoming events

Updated 30 June, 2009

June 2009

PHOTOS, info and audio of new stage production Lit by Limelight added to Theatre page.

NEW cast and crew video added to The Captive Carousel page.

May 2009

NICK'S music featured in the children's musical Lit by Limelight, written and directed by Jenny de Reuck, in Perth, Western Australia, from 24-31 May 2009.

AUDIO and video clips added to A Christmas Carol. New songs Listen (To the Night) and Be With Me added to Inspirational audio page!

March 2009

NICK'S song Listen (To the Night) won 3rd Place in the Spiritual / Gospel / Sacred / Inspirational category of the Pacific Songwriting Competition 2008. More info here!

THE Actors Studio and Michelle Quah present Stage!, a showcase of character, comedy, drama and ballad pieces by award-winning soprano Michelle Quah. Nick's song Different Places, Different Faces (a.k.a. Now That You're Here) from The Edge featured, with guest performances by Llew Marsh and Christina Yap, accompanied by Nick on piano. Stage! was held on March 20 and 21 2009 at The Actors Studio Greenhall, Penang. For more info, click here.

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