Temasek Chinese Orchestra

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Hey everyone!

As you may or may not know, CO room will be open on WEDNESDAYS, THURSDAYS AND FRIDAYS for self practice. (Yes, I said CO ROOM, because it's officially CO's Room and the art room has been shifted to some ulu place. YAY!)

There's also a new rule that everyone in CO MUST DO AT LEAST AN HOUR OF SELF PRACTICE every week. Yeah, we're copying band yadah yadah yadah. But so what if we did? Band is disciplined and their music's not bad. Nothing wrong in learning good practices from them right? (:

Don't ask why this wasn't done for the previous years during SYF. That;'s because we are incredibly behind standard. During the previous years, our seniors were all willing to come back for self prac even though this rule wasn't implemented. Besides, their skills are much better than ours. We desperately need this self practice session ok! So please, everyone, do your best! ;D

For the members who despise CO and dislike coming for practice and all that, well, all I've to say is that though you may not like this CCA, at least don't give up on your instrument alright? You've spent so much time working on your skills, don't you think it's a great pity to give it all up now? I'm sure everyone likes playing their instrument right, if not why would you choose to learn and play it?
(If you are one of those rare people who really hate your instrument but still joined CO anyway because your parents forced you or whatever. Well, you have a sad life. Since you can't do anything about it so might as well do your best and make the most out of it.)

Ok, I hope everyone will do their best to work hard and not let our seniors down! Imagine building up something that means a lot to you, then it dies off after you're gone. I think that's incredibly sad and disappointing :/ You know how they've been ever supportive right? So we'll do our best to make them proud ok!

And please, don't neglect your studies for CO. Studies are important even though working hard for CO is important too! Learn to manage your time well ok! LOVE YOU ALL! MUACKS <3

PS (SICs please coordinate with your people the days which they will come for self prac. We don't want to open the room and nobody comes for practice. It's gonna waste the time of the people in charge of the signing in and out for the day. Be considerate ok! Thanks.)

7:58 pm

Saturday, January 22, 2011

Congratulations to TMSACO for their successful debut concert! ;D
I just came back from the show and it was wonderful. I enjoyed every moment of it (though it was really kinda challenging for me to be emcee-ing with so much chinese words in my script because I hardly speak mandarin formally)! ;D

For all those TMSCO peeps who went, I sincerely hope all of you have learnt something from this concert today (: You've seen for yourself how they came back so many times a week just to practice and sharpen their skills. Their great performance was not a manifestation of luck or chance, it was the product of them being willing to put in effort for success, the success of the whole orchestra.

We've got to start thinking like this. We've got to work together and everyone has to put in effort! SYF is nearing and there is no way we can improve if we do no have the thirst and the hunger for it. The seniors have set us a wonderful example, it's now up to us, TMSCO, whether to follow it or not. Everyone shall try our best together ok? (:

For all those who didn't attend, well, all I've to say is it's a great pity, because you missed out a beautiful and amazing show that was definitely under-priced.

Ok everyone! Work hard ok! ;D There's CO practice on Tuesday so remember to turn up ok! Excuses like sore throat, leg cramp, muscle ache, itchy eyeball or menstrual cramps are NOT ACCEPTABLE. Thanks.

11:13 pm

Friday, January 14, 2011

We're receiving our grading exam results tomorrow! *O*

7:45 pm

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Hey everyone! The Temasek Alumni Chinese Orchestra (TMSACO) will be having their debut performance this month soon! They've been working very hard for the past few weeks, months, in fact, so please support them if you're free on that day ok! It's also a great opportunity for us to learn from their performance (We need as much exposure to Chinese orchestral music as we can because there's SYF this year and nothing beats first-hand experience on listening to a performance!)

Our alumni are all way better players than us even though they started out as we were. So I hope everyone who's gonna go for their performance will be encouraged to work hard to be as good as them ok! (:

Date : 22nd January 2011, Saturday
Venue : Temasek Secondary School Hall
Time : 7 pm
Ticket price : $6

Please tell your SIC if you're interested in attending this performance.
Here's their facebook event page for more information.

Let's support our seniors to repay our gratitude for always being supportive to us! (: See you all for practice this Saturday~

PS(We're getting back our NUS Grading results this sat! Aren't you all excited? >w<)

2:01 pm

Tuesday, January 04, 2011

Hey all. There's no CO today :(
AWW..
But it's Sec One CCA Orientation this Thursday ;D
YAY!
So everyone, please practice fenyong and juhuatai at home if you can ok! Nothing beats self practice at the comfort of your own home, right? (:
Ok, see you all in Tahmasek tmr. BYE!

6:22 pm

THE ORCHESTRA

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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SYF Central Judging
2001 - Bronze
2003 - Silver
2005 - Gold
2007 - Gold
2009 - Gold with Honours
2011 - Gold

Concerts
Musical Epoch 2003
Musical Epoch 2005
Musical Epoch 2008
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TAG LARH LAZY PEOPLE, tsk tsk.

THE CO COMMITTEE 2010-2011

President: Berenice Chong 4/1

Vice President: Nicholas Kang 4/1, Tan Luo Yi 4/6

Student Conductor: Poh Shao Yong 4/7
Assistant Student Conductor: Jezreel Cheong 2/6

General Secretary: Leo Kay Min 4/5, Melody Goh 4/3
Assistant General Secretary: Gina Widjaya 3/3

Honorary Treasurer: Shawn Loo 4/4, Chuang Jing Ying 4/1

Operation Officer: Tan Quan Yu 4/1, Tee Meng Li 4/4
Assistant Operation Officer: Yeo Wei Bin 3/7

Instrument Manager: Sarah Sng 4/8, Lee Shi Min 4/1
Assistant Instrument Manager: Heng Jun Wei 3/7

Score Master: Michelle Lee 4/1, Tan Hui Min 3/1
Assistant Score Master: Soon Cheng Yi 3/2

Sectional In-Charge

Bowed Strings
Primary: Lim Shi Jing 4/5
Assistant: Tan Hwee Jing 3/2, Janice Wong Sin Yee 3/5

Cello/Bass
Primary: Keren Goh 4/4
Assistant: Bryant Chua 3/5

Percussion
Primary: Cheong Shi Min 4/6
Assistant: Mandy Chan 3/5, Kim Yeon Jae 3/1

Plucked Strings
Primary: Koh Ning Le 4/2
Assistant: Kristy Ng 3/4, Kellyn Chua 3/3

Woodwind
Primary: Nicholas Ng 3/3,Shermaine Goh 3/3
Assistant: Lee Yee Yong 3/5

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