Video of our performance on 新春晚会

Here's a video clip of our performance on ICS night.

The three songs performed on the night, in chronological order were

1. Flower drums of fung yang， 凤阳花鼓

2. Osmanthus flowers blooming everywhere in August，八月桂花遍地开

3. Gong Xi Fa Cai，恭喜发财

Don't forget to leave us comment after watching. Thanks~~~

*Credits to khookw for uploading the video.

Read more on the performance here.

'Journey to the stage' intra-society solo competition

Group photo with the winners, event organizing teams, advisor, judges and supporters.

20 February 2011 is the day where our first ever intra-society solo competition was held successfully.

Is a great experience for all participants and members of the orchestra. There were lots of very good performances from our strings, winds and pluckings which, well....stood out.

Emcees of the day

I personally found this event very meaningful and memorable as it truly served its purpose.
As part of the big family, i'm font with all the participants
especially to those who only joined the orchestra this year(you know who you are).
Two thumbs up to your dedication with us.

The beginning of the event was marked by our plucking family followed by wind and string families.....

.......bla bla bla bla......

Well, is kinda hard for me to describe the flow of the event right now because i'm drowning in a sea of photos 

So to put it simple, i'll just let the photos do the talking.

Below are photos of our contestants taken during the competition.....

Plucking: Beginner category and Intermediate category

Plucking: Advanced category

Wind: Beginner category

Wind: Intermediate category

String: Advanced category

Looking cool huh? 

The finalists were announced after the lunch session and
is kind of a nerves-wrecking session for some of the contestants. Don't believe me? See for yourself then.

The finalists of the day.  Who's that crying???

Anyway, after the heart racing moment for our contestants, the event carried on with the final round. 

Seen here were part of the finalists concentrating on delivering theirs best.

Final round contestants giving their best.

Techniques. Focus. Being knowledgeable on the music played.

Keypoints of solo instrumental playing.

Judges of the day

and finally the winners were announced.....So, well done everyone who has taken part, even if you didn't win, 

you still made a valuable contribution to the orchestra.

Click here for the result.

Winners of the day

The event ended with a nice touching speech from our first prize winner of the plucking advanced category, Mr. Liew Zhian Ming and also the organizing chairman of this event, Mr. Ryan Choon.

Mr.Liew Zhian Ming sharing his story

Well, i believe what they'd shared at the very last session of this event 

will continues to haunt the memory of those who has a heart for music. You just have to be there and listen to theirs thought so i'm not doing a cloning of what they'd said here. 

Too bad, my camera run out of memory. It would have be good to share their thoughts here.

I'll end this post with a short video clip of Mr. Liew Zhian Ming playing the guzheng. 

Enjoys~~~!!!!

Solo Competition. Are you ready for it?

"Journey To The Stage" 

《舞台的旅程》

Chinese Orchestra Unit Intra Society Competition 2011

Date: 20 February 2011, Sunday

Time: 10am~6pm

Location: Block I, Room IDK 7

***Spectating is free and encouraged. So bring along your friends and we promise you a good time with us.

After months of preparation for this event, is finally down to a day before our participants switch into the battle mode and compete with their very own secret rival. We all have a hated rival, someone who we'd like to crush into the dirt, someone we'd love to claim victory over once and for all. 

So, are you all ready to prove yourself????? ^______^

All the best for tomorrow competition~~~!!!!!

A small performance for 新春晚会

The orchestra had been invited by the Institute of Chinese Studies(ICS) to perform

on the 14th day of Chinese New Year as part of the 新春晚会 event. The event began at 8.00pm sharp at the Block A Heritage Hall of University Tunku Abdul Rahman. A total of more than 200 students and lecturers from the ICS attended the event.

Armed with theirs respective instruments, a total of 19 performers from the orchestra put on their best performance for the night. 

Conducted by Ms.Vicky Wong and lead by President of the orchestra, Mr. Tan Tay Yee.

The performance began under the precise gestures of Ms.Vicky and a twirl of the baton sprung up the hall with music. Flourishing in the air were the three songs: Flower drums of fung yang; 风阳花鼓, Osmanthus Flowers blooming everywhere in August; 八月桂花遍地开 and Gong Xi Fa Cai; 恭喜发财。

Here a glimpse into the happenings before and after 

the event ended in a round of applause from the audiences.

Say Cheese~~~~!!!

The performers preparing for rehearsal.

The traffic director of the orchestra. Ms. Vicky Wong

The Pipa player



The Zhong Ruan player



The Yangqin player

The three percussion players of the night.

Dizi players

Erhu players

Free buffet after the performance!!!!

Hungry ghosts~~~~

Lastly, kudos to our performers of the night!!!!

Conducter(指挥): Ms. Vicky Wong

Plucked string(弹拔乐）

Pipa(琵琶）: Mr. Ryan Choon

Zhongruan(中阮) : Ms. Teoh Ming Hui, Ms. Tou Hui Ling & Ms. Wong Ling Ching
Yangqin(杨琴) : Ms. Jacelyn

Wind(吹管乐) 

Dizi(笛子) : Mr. Tan Tay Yee, Ms. Tay Mi Chelle & Ms. Yvonne Jong
BangDi(梆笛) : Ms. Nichole Giam

Bowed String(弦乐)

Erhu(二胡) : Mr. Ho Jing Xian, Ms. Joanne Tan Rui Ying , Mr. Lim Li Rui, Ms. Denissa Lim, Ms. Yong Shin Yit & Ms. Eng Shu Fen

Percussion(打击乐)

Muyu(木鱼) : Mr. Harley

Bo(钹) : Mr. Wong Ping Fung

Tanggu(堂鼓) : Mr. Jarod Chin Soon Leong