Wee Kiat Chia | countertenor
Dr. Wee Kiat Chia is a Boston-based countertenor praised for his "rich and deep countertenor voice" with a "dramatic edge."
As a soloist, Dr. Chia performed the US West Coast premiere of Matthew Aucoin’s The Orphic Moment at the Music Academy of the West and its Florida premiere with enSRQ. He was also part of the premiere of Beth Morrison Projects’ Ouroboros Trilogy in Boston, where he covered the role of Xiao Qing in all three operas. Dr. Chia was a finalist in the 2017 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions New England Region.
He made his debut at the prestigious Bachfest Leipzig in Germany in 2024, where he was lauded as a "magnificent alto" by Leipziger Volkszeitung.
Dr. Chia is also a dedicated ensemble singer with the Handel and Haydn Society Chorus and Schola Cantorum of Boston. He serves as a Music Associate at Colby College and holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Boston University. Additionally, he is the visiting conductor of the Ren Sing Choir in Malaysia.
"In deine Hände" | BWV 106 Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit | Wee Kiat Chia, countertenor
Marsh Chapel Choir: How Can I Keep from Singing | Ronald Staheli
JB Cantorum: This Little Light of Mine | Moses Hogan
JB Cantorum: O Magnum Mysterium | Morten Lauridsen
Montsalvatge: Cinco Canciones Negras (Snippets)
Mozart: Missa Brevis in D minor, K. 65 | Marsh Chapel Choir
“Dum me mori est necesse” | Buxtehude: Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75 | Wee Kiat Chia, countertenor
"Von den Stricken" | Bach: St. John Passion (1725 version), BWV 245 | Bachfest Malaysia
"Es ist vollbracht" | Bach: St. John Passion, BWV 245 | Wee Kiat Chia, countertenor
"Von den Stricken" | Bach: St. John Passion (1725 version), BWV 245 | Music at Marsh Chapel
"Ich will auch mit gebrochnen Augen" | Bach: Mit Fried und Freund ich fahr dahin, BWV 125
“Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris” | Vivaldi: Gloria in D, RV 589 | Wee Kiat Chia, countertenor
“Domine Deus, Agnus Dei” | Vivaldi: Gloria in D, RV 589 | Wee Kiat Chia, countertenor
“Laudamus Te” | Vivaldi: Gloria in D, RV 589
Recitative: Er wolle meiner Sünden - Aria: Leg ich mich späte nieder | BWV 97
"Ich will auch mit gebrochnen Augen" (Excerpt) | Bach: Mit Fried und Freund ich fahr dahin, BWV 125
《星夜行程》2024 彩排版/Rehearsal
《落花》 任Sing合唱团 - 2024
《星夜行程》 2024 - A Journey in the Starry Night - 新山宽柔中学合唱团50周年庆常年音乐会
The Seven Last Words of Christ (Oratorio) | Haydn | Marsh Chapel Choir | Good Friday
"Schaue nicht auf meine Sünden" | Bach: Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden, BWV 1083
"Öffne Lippen, Mund und Seele" | Bach: Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden, BWV 1083
"Dich erzürnt mein Tun und Lassen" | Bach: Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden, BWV 1083
Stabat Mater a 10 voci | Domenico Scarlatti | Marsh Chapel Vocal Ensemble
Bach: Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden, BWV 1083 | after Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater
Weh der Seele | BWV102: Herr, deine Augen sehen | Bach | Wee Kiat Chia, countertenor
Recitative: Er wolle meiner Sünden - Aria: Leg ich mich späte nieder | BWV 97
望春风 (Longing for the Spring Breeze)
Les nuits d'été, Op. 7: II. Le spectre de la rose | Berlioz | Wee Kiat Chia, countertenor