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Ian’s interest in music started during his schooling days, singing for his band, Caveat Emptor. With his growing interest in music, the multimedia graduate later picked up guitar / harmonica and ventured into song compositions. When Caveat Emptor came to an end in 2001, he formed One Half Cup where they recorded and released their first EP, “My Guitar, My Girl, My Song…Our Lives” in 2004.

Along the way, Ian joined The Young KL Singers (YKLS) in which he sings and performs in numerous YKLS concerts as well as social / corporate functions. Together with the choir, Ian obtained a Certificate of Merit in the Gold Level Choral Assessment under the Trinity International Board of Examination.

Besides singing, he also experienced another angle in performing arts by immersing himself in various aspects of the choir productions, from producing two full length concerts to stage and production management. One of the productions which he co-produced, Through the Barricade also won the Kakiseni Audience Choice Award 2003.

In the later part of 2004, this troubadour with the heart of gold, co-founded the charity arm of YKLS, “Voices of Hope”, a community outreach programme which provides basic vocal and guitar lesson to underprivileged children. Previously, he was also a voluntary music teacher for six years under the Malaysian Red Crescent Society's “CARErity” programme.

Ian’s desire to develop a new performing platform for singer-songwriters prompted him to produce a series of acoustic gigs entitled, This Is Acoustic! supported by The Actors Studio and Open Doors together with Troubadours Enterprise. As a singer-songwriter, Ian actively performs in various gigs around town as a featured performer as well as “open miker” since 2004. Some of the notable performances including HATI Charity Launch and Fair, Troubaganger and the most recent, Fete de la Musique. He is a charismatic performer known to blow away the audience with his booming vocal style and harmonica tunes.

With more songs under his belt, Ian released his debut solo EP, “Reflections” in May 2005. With lyrics that are bound to tug a string or two, his personal experiences are brought to life through the alternative pop/rock songs in Reflections which can be downloaded from www.musiccanteen.com and www.download.com/ianchow. The song Two People was given a rating of 3.5 out of 5 in download.com. Meanwhile, Two People and Dark also made it to the local musiccanteen.com top ten download chart.

One of his more current songs, It’s OK is featured in the singer-songwriter compilation album “Voices from Next Door” which was released in the third quarter of 2006.

Ian is currently attached with The Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (KLPac) as the Theatre Supervisor and Production Director with the Young Choral Association. In an interview with New Straits Times, the journalist commented, “Not many know who Ian Chow is, but he is one making sure Malaysians get their much needed dose of the art….”