Dr Muhammad Sayyid Bin Shafiee

Dr Muhammad Sayyid Bin Shafiee

  • Senior Lecturer
  • Programme Leader for Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Music Performance
Department of Music
  • School of Film and Performing Arts
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
SDGs Focus

Biography

His works have been showcased at major festivals across the UK, Europe, and Asia, and he has collaborated with esteemed ensembles including Quatuor Danel, Psappha Ensemble, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, and the Malaysia Youth Symphony Orchestra, to name a few.  His experience in teaching includes conducting music classes and providing academic advice to various levels of learners, providing music consultation and supervision for postgraduate research students, as well to facilitate the educational framework driven by the university. He also managed to establish a new and worked closely across all university departments that includes monitoring the quality of the content and managing the academic and professional teams. Appointed as an adjudicator by various organisations, he brings a comprehensive and forward-looking perspective to the development of the performing arts in Malaysia.

Academic & Professional Qualifications

  • PhD, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, U.K. (2018)
  • MMus, University of Manchester, U.K. (2013)
  • BMus, University Teknologi MARA, Malaysia (2011)
  • PGCert, Taylor’s University (2019)

Research Interests

  • New Music - Composition & Analysis
  • Conceptual Arts & Conceptual Music
  • Modern Arts and Culture
  • Theory & Analysis

Teaching Areas

  • Music Composition
  • Music Theory & Analysis
  • Research Methodology

Courses Taught

  • Music Theory
  • Counterpoint
  • Advanced Analysis
  • Composition & Arrangement

Achievements & Accolades

  1. Research Grant, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire (2015 & 2017)
  2. Finalist, Young Composers Competition, Asian Composers League (2016)
  3. Finalist, Composition Competition, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire (2016)
  4. MARA Post-Graduate Education Full Scholarship (2013)
  5. MARA Post-Graduate Education Full Scholarship (2012)
  6. Composition Grant Award, Malaysian Philharmonic Youth Orchestra (2012)
  7. Chancellery Award, Universiti Teknologi MARA (2011)
  8. Best Student in Composition, Music Faculty, Universiti Teknologi MARA (2011)
  9. Gold Medalist, World Wind Orchestra Competition, Singapore (2010)
  10. Gold Medalist, World Association of Marching Show Band, Italy (2009)
  11. Gold Medalist, World Music Championship, Netherland (2005)

Professional Associations

Professional Appointments

  1. Panel Assessor for the Malaysian Qualifications Agency MQA (2019 - present)
  2. Auditor and Internal Quality Assessor for Taylor’s University (2019 - 2022)

Academic Examiner Appointments

  1. External Examiner for PhD Candidate, City University (2025)
  2. External Examiner for MMus Candidate, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (2025)
  3. External Examiner for the Bachelor’s Degree for Composition Recital, UiTM (2024)
  4. External Examiner for PhD Candidate, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (2023)
  5. Internal Examiner for PhD Candidate, Taylor’s University (2022)

Adjudicator Appointments

  1. BOH Cameronian Arts Award (2019 – Present)
  2. Anugerah Lagu Indie (2025 – present)
  3. Wind Orchestra Festival, Penang (2024)
  4. UiTM Marching Band, Johor (2024)
  5. Short+Sweet Arts Awards (2019 – 2022)
  6. Tunku Zain Composition Award, Universiti Teknologi MARA (2021)
  7. 4th Sound Bridge Contemporary Music Festival (2019)
  8. REAL School Talent Competition (2019)

Publications

  1. Columnist, MUZTIKA Music Magazine (2021 - present)

Conference Evaluator and Moderator

  1. International Conference of Arts & Humanity, Sri Lanka (2020)

Festival Co-Director

  1. 4th Sound Bridge Contemporary Music Festival (2019)