Ng Wei Jie Benedict is a Teaching Assistant at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music and a PhD student in the Cultural Studies in Asia programme at the National University of Singapore. He teaches in the BMus Music and Society and Music Collaboration and Production programmes, bringing his perspective as a professional violist to highlight the vital links between music and society. Benedict is also a PhD student in the Cultural Studies in Asia programme at the National University of Singapore’s Department of Communications and New Media. His research centres on how cultural value is constructed in music, with a focus on the intersections of cultural policy, labour, cultural participation, and new media technologies. Focusing on music in Singapore, he adopts a critical approach to understanding how music is produced, mediated, and valued in contemporary society.