Saturday, July 18, 2009
SINGAPORE HERITAGE FESTIVAL- VIVOCITYPerforming pieces (In order)
飞天 by TMSCO
古筝独奏 by Chu Yuan
蝉歌 by TMSCO
扬琴重奏 by Serene Teo, Ke Cheng/Mandy, Sian Lin and Yao Xiang
奋勇前进 by TMSCO and TMSACO
PERFORMERS LIST打击:Alison, Yang Kai, Chee Yan, Nicholas Kang, Tiffany, Cheong Shi Min, Alicia, Yeon Jae
扬琴:Serene Teo, Mandy
柳琴:Jezreel, Kellyn (fei tian); Melody, Gina (chan ge); Jun Wei (fen yong)
琵琶:Bei Xue, Jane
中阮:Jing Jie, Gao Hong, Kay Min
大阮: Serene Neo
古筝:Vicky (fei tian), Sarah Sng (chan ge)
大提琴:Wen Qing, Rachel Tan, Keren
倍大提琴:Johnathan Quah
高胡:Yi Jia, Faith
二胡1:Samantha, Shi Yee, Shi Jing
二胡2:Zhang Jie, Janice, Brandon
中胡:Jocelyn, Shu Ling
高音唢呐:Leong Hui (fei tian, fen yong), Shermaine (chan ge)
中音唢呐:Kevin
高音笙:Elson
中音笙:Claire
低音笙:Nicholas Ngo (only for fei tian)
梆笛:Shao Yong, Luo Yi
曲笛:Quan Yu, Kah Wee
Total No. Of Performers: 47
ALUMNI PERFORMERS LIST
扬琴: Yao Xiang, Sian Lin
二胡: Michelle, Chu Yuan, Pei Zhi, Hui Yan, Hong Kun, Eileen Chua
柳琴:Xue Fang
琵琶: Hui Wen, Xin Yi
大阮: Ming Kee
倍大提琴:Yee Ning
高音笙: Jingquan
中音笙: Pei Yin
笛子: Patrick
Total No. of Performers: 16
(Can alumni confirm with me if the performers list is correct? Thanks.)
STUDENT HELPERS LIST
Wong Si Qi 1/1
Fong Hui Wai 1/2
Tan Hwee Jing 1/3
Nicholas Ng 1/3
Lee Yee Yong 1/4
Prudence Ng 1/5
Michelle 1/5
Xavier Kho 1/8
Total number: 8
Those who are interested to watch the VIVOCITY PERFORMANCE (they are reporting to school and taking the bus with us):
Kir Hwee and Lena
jingjie
Sunday, July 12, 2009
[EDIT EDIT: PLEASE NOTE THAT DRESSCODE FOR EXCHANGE PROGRAMME ON SATURDAY HAS CHANGED TO SCHOOL UNIFORM WITH SCHOOL SKIRT OR PANTS. Please DO NOT turn up with a different attire on that day. THANKS i hope the SICs have already passed down this message.]
[NOTE: ALL TMSCO MEMBERS WHO CAN PLAY FEN YONG WILL JOIN TMSACO FOR FENYONG FOR THE EXCHANGE PROGRAMME. IN YOUR INSTRUMENTS/SECTIONS, PLEASE DECIDE WHO IS GOING OR NOT GOING TO PERFORM. But, for percussion (excluding yangqin), the performers will be according to those who played on saturday practice (11072009) (mostly alumni?)]
Exchange Programme 18072009–Programme List (TMSCO copy)
Reporting Time: 8am (Move chairs, music stands and instruments that we going to lend 石门 to the hall)
Dress code: School uniform with school skirt or pants.
NEED TO GATHER AT THE HALL BY 8.55AM TO WELCOME THE STUDENTS FROM TAIWAN.
0900-0930: Interaction/Practice between the 2 schools (e.g. exchanging of contacts etc)
Venue: Hall
0930-1015: Combined Practice between 石门 and TMSACO for《月亮》Venue: Hall
TMSCO: Full Orchestra Practice Venue: Art Room
1015-1025: 石门:Break
淡中: Go to the hall to arrange the chairs and music stands according to our full orchestra arrangement for飞天. Place the instruments on the floor. (This means that when performance starts, there is no need to bring our instruments on stage, just bring yourself on stage.)
Remarks: Pei Yin’s Zhong Sheng and 3 D- diao Gu Zhengs must be ready at the right side of the hall.
1025-1030: 石门: Gather at the hall and get ready to watch the performance
淡中: Performers for飞天 will have to line up and sit down at the 2 sides of the hall.
Remarks: Line up according to speech day (E.g. XuanYue on left & Tan Bo on right etc)
1030-1200: Performance
First Half (MCs:Serene Teo and Bei Xue) Venue: Hall
1)乐队合奏:《飞天》(淡中)Remarks: Line up at 2 sides of the hall
2)扬琴重奏:《塔吉克的节日》(淡中与校友)Remarks: Line up at right sides of the hall
3)管乐合奏:《Londonderry Air》(淡中校友)Remarks: Line up at right sides of the hall
4) 古筝齐奏:《战台风》(淡中与校友)Remarks: Line up at right sides of the hall
5)乐队合奏:《奋勇前进》(淡中与校友)Remarks: Line up at 2 sides of the hall
Intermission (20 Minutes) Venue: Canteen Snacks Provided
Second Half
6)吹打合奏:《新年乐》(石门)
7)乐队合奏:《彩龙船》(石门)
8)乐队合奏:《甜蜜蜜》(石门)
9)乐队合奏:《龙腾虎跃》(石门)
10)乐队合奏:《鐃歌》(石门)
11)乐队合奏:《客家歌謠聯奏》(石门)
12) 乐队合奏:《石板腰鼓》(石门)
13)乐队合奏:《月亮代表我的心》(石门与淡中校友)Remarks: 石门 are not leaving the stage, TMSACO join in, line up at 2 sides of the hall.
jingjie
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
Well, a lot of things to inform you guys.
1. CO practices will resumes on Tuesdays, 2.30-6pm and Saturday, 8.30-12pm.
2. Please bring your thermometers for ALL the practices (especially saturday!) or you will have to bear the consequences.
3. We'll be making exchange contact booklets for the Taiwan School that will be coming for exchange programme on 18th July.
Date: Friday, 10th July, Time: 1pm, Venue: Art Room (It is compulsory for ALL comm members, namely EXCOs, SICs, ASICs) INTERESTED AND HELPFUL CO MEMBERS are welcomed to come and help too! We need more manpower! Show your love for CO! :D
4. We will be having a practice session with our alumni for fen yong. ALL the performers that is going for the vivocity concert (can be found at the end of this post) are supposed to turn up for this practice session.
Date: Friday, 10th July, Time: 3pm, Venue: Art Room
5. Please pay $2 CO fund to your respectice SICs by NEXT TUESDAY. SICs please collect and pass it to treasurer, Lena or Kir Hwee.
6. Non performers please take note: We need STUDENT HELPERS for the vivocity concert, which will be held on 25th July. Student helpers are only needed to come around 1230-430pm. CIP hours will be given. Please submit your NAME to JINGJIE by this saturday. The 6 who have signed up so far are: Kay Min, Xin Ni, Lee Shi Min, Yee Yong, Nicholas Ng and Xavier Kho.
7. Non performers please take note: Those who would like to view the VIVOCITY concert to be held on 25th July, 230-315pm, please submit your NAME to YANGKAI by this saturday.
8. Our Racial Harmony Concert (whereby only our 3 GUZHENGS are performing) is postponed until further notice.
9. St Nicholas Girls CO will not be joining us for the exchange programme on 18th July. So, it will only be TMSCO, TMSACO and the CO from TAIWAN.
jingjie
Friday, July 03, 2009
[Edit: Please visit our school website and take a look at the announcements!!]
Hi all,
CO practice will still continue next tuesday, 7th july 2009.Even though the announcement said that all CCAs will be cancelled.Please report to the art room at 2.30pm. We will have a temperature taking session before dividing you guys into your respective sections/classrooms.
Be sure to make yourself present because we have only 3 practices left to exchange programme! (2 sections and 1 full orchestra)
jingjie
Thursday, July 02, 2009
City Chinese Orchestra
presents
《梦系红楼》—— 十年回顾
Encore
A Decade of Dreams from the Red Chamber
Date: 8 August 2009 (Saturday)
Time: 7.30 PM
Venue: Esplanade Concert Hall
BOOK NOW FROM SISTIC!
Ticket Prices: $21, $28, $38, $48 (not inclusive of SISTIC charges)
Concessions: $18, $24, $32, $40 (for students, NSF and Senior Citizens aged 55 and above)
Ticketing agent: SISTIC. Hotline: (65) 6348 5555, SISTIC Website:
http://www.sistic.com.sg/, All authorised SISTIC outlets island-wide
Schools will be able to use the Tote Board Arts Grant to subsidise 60% of ticket price.
Keppel Nights 50% subsidy is available for Category 2 ($38) and Category 3 ($28) tickets, whilst stocks last. Students and Senior Citizens can enjoy the subsidy if a valid ID is shown at the ticketing counter. Members of the public can find out more about the subsidy by visiting
http://www.keppelnights.com/.
For more information, please email us at
info@cityco.com.sg or visit our website at
http://www.cityco.com.sg/.
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“To me, this was an unforgettable concert… an unforgettable night, because this night created such an emotional upheaval.” -- Sun Chaoyi, Renmin University of China, on CCO’s performance of the Dream of the Red Chamber concert suite.
"Wu's voice… glides and blends with the orchestra wonderfully, every phrase having a beautiful arch.” -- Jin Tielin, renowned professor at the China Conservatory of Music, on Soprano Wu Bixia.
“His insightful understanding and grasp of traditional music culture enables him to render different music styles accurately, bringing out the essence of each piece of music through the orchestra.” -- People’s Music on Conductor Tay Teow Kiat.
The Dream of the Red Chamber concert suite, composed by Wang Liping (王立平), is based on the soundtrack of the 1987 CCTV television adaption of the eponymous classic Chinese novel. Since its debut performance by the City Chinese Orchestra (CCO) in 1999, the suite has gained immense popularity within the Chinese community. After nearly 100 performances staged by numerous orchestras in China and Southeast Asia, CCO is proud to present the suite again in Encore – A Decade of Dreams from the Red Chamber《梦系红楼》— 十年回顾.
Join renowned female soprano Wu Bixia (吴碧霞) as she dazzles you with her rendition of classic songs in the suite, such as Poem of Flower Burial and Longing in Vain. Hailed as the “nightingale of the East and West”, Wu Bixia is the first vocalist in China who is equally proficient in the Chinese traditional school and the western “bel canto” school of opera, and as won numerous international awards of the highest standing.
Performed in Chinese.
Vocal Accompaniment by Yi Sheng Choral Ensemble (艺声合唱团)
Anyone interested?
Friday, June 26, 2009
A few announcements to make,
CO will resume next tuesday, 7th july 2009. You need to: (on 7th july)
1. Hand up money for SYF photos. (for those who haven't paid)
2. Bring $5 to pay jing jie if you have ordered ties from her.
SICs, you guys are supposed to:
1. Collect the money for SYF photos (pass to treasurer)
jingjie
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
HEY CO!
SYF PHOTOS ARE AT $12!!!Please please we need a
minimum order of 70% of the group.
Which means, we have 80 members on stage, and we need to get AT LEAST 56 orders!
But currently, we only have a total order of 43 photos!!
If you have decided to order now, please submit your name, class and the number of photos you want to your SICs by today (24june 2009)!! (The SICs will then reply to me.) You guys will pay at a later date BUT I need to submit the order by tomorrow.
I believe the members on stage, you guys would want something memorable to keep with you for the rest of your lives right. Like your first gold with honours award, or your first syf... etc etc
A preview of our SYF Photo 2009 is available at:
http://syfphotography.com/previews/temaseksec/temaseksec.htmlPLACE YOUR ORDER BY TODAY!! :D(It is opened up to all sec1to4 members.)
jingjie
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Hey boys and girls!
The following message is
VERY IMPORTANT. Please READ carefully.
CO PRACTICES WILL BE CANCELLED FOR THIS WEEK AND NEXT WEEK DUE TO H1N1.That means the practice on 25th june is also cancelled.
PLEASE DO NOT TURN UP!!
For next week, there will
still be school BUT THERE IS
NO CCA IN THE AFTERNOONS.
CO WILL RESUME ON 7th JULY
IF EVERYTHING IS ALRIGHT.
Please check this blog for continuous updates just in case there are any changes.
FOR THE COMM MEMBERS, due to the above reasons, the meeting this thursday at 10am for the exchange booklets will be CANCELLED.
ALL MEMBERS PLEASE TAKE NOTE!!Thank you.
jingjie