Temasek Chinese Orchestra

Tuesday, February 01, 2011

I hope everyone would start to take CO practices, regardless of full orch or sectionals, very seriously from now on. It's really disappointing to see people talk unnecessarily when the instructor/conductor is talking. And worse still, sometimes it's the SIC/Comm Members who are making the noise!

Today, huolaoshi said something that kinda jolted me. She asked why the hell have we not memorised the songs although it's already February and we're only left with two months before SYF. Maybe it's because I'm an idiot that's why I didn't really realise that we've left so little time but I was really shocked. 2 months left? 2 months left to perfect these two songs? Only?

Let's face it. Our standard currently isn't ANYWHERE close to gwh, or gold, for that matter. Heck, I'm beginning to wonder if we're even close to a silver! And here we are, laughing at themselves when they make a dumb mistake, instead of feeling embarrassed of themselves. And here we are, talking to one another about irrelevant things when the conductor is trying to perfect a part.

Here are some new unsaid 'rules' for CO practices from now on. Please realise the importance of maintaining strict discipline at this point of time and don't complain.

1) Half chair. Not asking you to like sit straight and half chair for the full 4-3 hours but please have a good posture when ever the conductor prepares to start practice. (Basically, sit half chair when you see that the baton is up.)

2) Don't talk unless your topic of discussion with your friend is relevant to the music that we're currently playing. Even if so, please remember to WHISPER.

3) Girls MUST tie up their hair during all practices. Lots of teachers have come to me saying "Eh, keep your members' attire in check" ok. And I really don't understand why you people have to let down your hair when you come for full orch prac. Why? There's a special chemical in the CO Room air that makes you more vain is it? D< (We're not being uber-strict here by saying fringes definitely must be up ok. So don't complain!)

4) Don't do anything else during practice time (eg. sms/read/playhpgames etc). It's called PRACTICE time for a reason. We're here to practice so let's give it our best and don't digress ok! I understand that sometimes it's really hard to concentrate because it's tiring and all, but please, just try your best ok! You're not the only one going through this difficult time! Let's all persevere together!

5) Shut up and listen properly during debrief time. It's really infuriating to see people talking to their friends and smsing and doing other nonsensical stuff and not paying attention. There's debrief for a reason ok. So make sure you listen.

6) Everybody to sit at their own seats which they sit at during full orch prac (during debrief).

7) Come back PUNCTUALLY after break. FYI, break time isn't lunchtime/teatime/dinnertime. It's just a short period of time for you to drink/pee/powernap/eatsweets etc. Let's all strive to be punctual ok!

8) Even if you don't like CO (which isn't supposed to be the case), you're not allowed to defame CO in front of others. It's SYF prep period. We need to keep our morale high. Other members are already stressed out enough so don't demoralise them further.

9) 台风, or what's known in layman terms as "moving to the music" (LOL). Ok, it may not seem important now because everyone's focus is on getting our music to sound nice but try to do it ok! Sooner or later, it'll become a vital part of our performance and the instructors/seniors are gonna nag about it. So rmb to move if you can feel the music while playing ok! Don't need to paiseh! We're all gonna need to do this anyway, so let's all do our best!

Ok, that should be the end. I'll update if we manage to think of more.
And everyone, please remember that SYF auditions will be held next tuesday. NEXT TUESDAY. NEXT. TUESDAY. And the Sec ones are coming in then too. WORK HARD EVERYONE! DON'T GIVE UP! YOU CAN DO IT!

I love you all to bits! ;D

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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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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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