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'Born, Raise and Tuned to Aspire Excellence' Mosaic was established by talented and accomplished solo violinist Dennis Lau, a UCSI Bachelors of Music graduate under the Newcastle Australian Music Degree Program. Dennis began playing the piano at the tender age of 3 and became one of the youngest ever in Malaysia to reach Grade 8 by the age of 11. He then went on to obtain several diplomas in classical piano including the ATCL, A.M.U.S.A, DipABRSM and LGSM (hons). Dennis's violin training started at the age of 8, under the tutelage of Miss Nora Kim and Mr. Andrew Chye and obtained the ATCL Diploma at age of 15. This protégé was the Award Winner for Outstanding Performance for the world class Trinity College London, LTCL examinations and subsequently in the following year, was awarded for Outstanding Performance for Violin for the Trinity College London FTCL examinations. Although comparatively a rookie in the local music scene and in contemporary/jazz rhythms, Dennis has already shared the stage and worked with Malaysia's most prominent and popular artists and celebrities, such as the likes of Mia Palencia, Luis Pragasam, James Boyle, Sean Ghazi, Fransisca Peters, Jaclyn Victor, Noryn Aziz, Atilia Haron, Ning Baizura, Amber Chia, Winnie Loo, Arianna Teoh and Maya Karin, to name a few. Dennis was a guest performer on ntv7's Thursday Night Live show hosted by Harith Iskandar and played the opening act for the finale of reality show, 'Star Celeb' hosted by Miki Choong. Dennis had the privilege to perform on stage and was also the strings ensemble coordinator for Taiwanese pop star David Tao's (Love Can) World Tour 2006 held at the National Stadium, Bukit Jalil. Coincidentally, his cousin Joanne Yeoh was also the solo violinist for David's Soul Power tour two years ago. Dennis teamed up with James Boyle and The Ragged Tigers and featured in both the annual Penang Island Jazz Festival in 2006 and 2007 and also the Genting International Jazz Festival in 2007. Dennis regularly performs by invitation as a solo violinist and also in collaboration with numerous musicians internationally around the region at various international locations including Thailand, Singapore and Korea. In October 2007, Dennis and The Ragged Tigers performed by invitation representing Malaysia at the Gumi Cultural Jazz Festival in Korea. Dennis has performed as a soloist with the UM Symphony Orchestra in presence and in honor of the DYMM Sultan Azlan Shah. Most recently in February 2008, Dennis dedicated a melody he composed himself to the DYMM Yang Di Pertuan Agong Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Mahmud Al- Muktafi Billah Shah, in his royal presence, at a soiree held in His Royal Highness's honor hosted by Datuk Patrick Lim.He again performed his originals for His Royal Highness the Sultan of Pahang, Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah. He has also held the 1st violin position for the Malaysian Philharmonic Youth Orchestra (MPYO) and is now a regular orchestra secessionist with the RTM National Symphony Orchestra, amongst his involvements with other strings ensembles. Aside from performing, Dennis contributes to the evolution of the music industry through his other passion of teaching. Dennis partakes time from his extremely busy and hectic daily schedule to devote his skills and talent for private teaching to children at home. The faithful and dedicated disciples of young, ambitious and talented youths that diligently follow his classes, and sometimes also perform alongside him, are themselves driven by Dennis's own passion for music and what this young man devotes his hours for. Dennis believes that a concoction of hard-core practice, teaching and performing, complement each other and is what helps him excel. Dennis credits his successes to his mother for being the driving force through his journey of excellent achievements as a musician, as Mrs. Lau herself is a piano teacher. His journey through maturity and the different musical genres that has swept across the decades has more recently affected their influence in his music through musicians such as Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Luther Vandross, Wang Lee Hom, and jazz violinist Christian Howes. Dennis also credits his contemporaries and those he regularly collaborates with as major forces that have contributed influence to his musical creativity. Through different influences of classical, pop and jazz, Dennis has begun to incorporate difference elements from these genres into his latest compositions. Currently, Dennis is in the process of completing his maiden album, due to be released end-2008. This album is penned and produced by Dennis himself, and will feature compositions that amalgamates jazz, pop and the classics. This album has creatively been tinted with hints of R&B, jazz and pop, and hip hop to give a funky, fresh, and modern twist, yet appealing to easy listeners. Dennis is using the latest 5 String Yamaha Electric Violin EV-205.

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