Kenneth started playing the saxophone at the age of 12 when he joined the St Patrick’s Military Band. He first picked up the tenor saxophone then gradually learned the baritone, alto and soprano saxophones. He learned a great deal about music from his resident conductor Mr. David Glosz & his then assistants Mr. Jason De Hamel & Mr. Brando Tan. During these years in secondary school, he was appointed the Saxophone Section Leader and Quarter Master.

After his secondary school education, he enlisted in the army and joined the SAF Bands. He worked under Captain Johnson Lee in SAF Band A and Major Philip Tng in SAF Central Band for WASBE 2005. He learned a great deal of saxophone playing from the saxophone players which improved him greatly in the SAF bands. He began official saxophone lessons from Teo Boon Chye in 2004 and also under Timothy O’Dwyer

Kenneth has performed under the baton of many distinguished conductors, including Timothy Reynish (UK) Shuichi Komiyama (USA, Japan) & Dr. Robert Helselth (USA). He also participated in saxophone master classes by Dr. Vincent Gnojek (USA),

Shin-ichiro Hikosaka (Japan), Joshua Redman (USA).

He has performed with the philharmonic winds, Thomson Jazz Band and has guest played in numerous concerts for community bands and alumni bands besides he’s own ala mater. He also has his own saxophone quarter known as the 58’ Saxes. Kenneth also performed a few times as a soloist for rock bands and other jazz gigs.
Kenneth is currently assisting and learning from Brando Tan about school band Pedagogy and also pursuing a specialist diploma in Band Directing from the National Institute of Education.