of J.D.R. "Jimmy" Howell. Burgess composed Sinfoni Melayu (1956) and later Sinfoni Malaya for orchestra and brass band (1957), which famously included cries of " Merdeka !" from the audience. He also wrote two pieces specifically for MCKK. These were the 'Ode: Celebration for a Malay college', for boys' voices and