Ethnica

Established in 2002, Ethnica aims to foster and gather the expertise and dedication of tutors, student and alumni of IMH Academy, Kuching. IMH Academy is a private higher learning institution offering Advance diploma/degree courses in Music, Languages and Education (Early Childhood). Students can choose to enter University of Western Australia, University of Southern Queensland, James Cook University, all in Australia or Universiti Sains Malaysia (Penang) and Universiti Malaysia Sabah (Kota Kinabalu) to obtain a Bachelor of degree in Music.







Their extensive repertoire range from classical to the contemporary ones with fusion/cross cultural musical styles evolved from the creativity of the members. They specialize in singing the Sarawakian ethnic tunes and Malaysian traditional tunes as well. Being versatile musicians, the members also play the Sarawakian and Malaysian traditional instruments.







They held their inaugural concert at the National University of Singapore and in 2004 the group was invited for a music exchange trip to Universiti Sains of Penang. They also performed at the opening of the World Music Rainforest Festival in 2003 and 2005. They have been invited for performances in the Phillipines this year. Ethnica has also produced their first album of the “First Collection of Sarawakian Folk Tunes”, compiled and edited by their Music Director, Dr. Geraldine Law-Lee.