All members please take note. This saturday's (25 July 2009) full orchestra practice would only be for the VIVOCITY Heritage Festival Performers, Alumnis as well as student helpers.
Performers will report to school at 815am, Student helpers at 9am. I'm not sure about alumni though. But we'll go through the performance items in the art room at 930am, like some mini rehearsal.
Please be informed that non-performers NEED NOT turn up for this saturday's practice.
There will be still be practice next tuesday (28 July 2009) for all members.
DETAILED SCHEDULE FOR 25 JULY 2009
0830-1100
Full Orchestra Practice
Art Room / Hall
1100-1130
Lunch
Canteen (Catered for TMSCO, TMSACO and student helpers)
1130-1200
Change into costumes
1200-1230
Pack instruments and start moving to the foyer
Art Room and Foyer
1230-1245
Load the heavy instrument up the lorry
Foyer
1245
Final assembly with hand-carry instruments ready
Foyer
1300-1400
Board and depart for Vivocity
1400-1415
Arrival at Vivocity
- Unload heavy instruments
- Final tuning
Vivocity
1430-1500
Performance commence
Vivocity
1515-1530
Load heavy instruments onto lorry and get ready to return to school
1530-1630
Board and depart for school
1630-1700
Pack up instrument
Debrief and dismissal
School
For TMSCO performers and student helpers, please report to school with school based attire. NO HOMECLOTHES OR SLIPPERS OR
SANDALS ARE ALLOWED. Don't forget to bring your costume though! Haha.
Costume for performance: FULL BLACK WITH COLOURED TIE. See JUNE archives for more info.
THANKS!
[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)
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.
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.
[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 sectionals and 1 full orchestra)
presents
《梦系红楼》—— 十年回顾
Encore
A Decade of Dreams from the Red Chamber
Date: 8 August 2009 (Saturday)
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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)
Temasek Secondary Chinese Orchestra (TMSCO) was established in the 2000.
It expanded from a plucked string ensemble to a full-fledged orchestra in the year 2001.
Under the baton of Mr Cheng Chung Hsien, TMSCO enjoyed a successful flight achieving promising results in the SYF Central Judging between April 2002 to September 2008.
Now having Mr Liu Bin leading this army, TMSCO will definitely continue to strive for excellence and is determined to scale to even greater heights.
The orchestra now consists of over 90 enthusiastic members, with us six professional instructors.
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