A song dedicated to Mr. Ryan Choon~~~

Dear all performers going for UTAR convocation tomorrow,

Sing this in the bus~~ Have a nice trip~~~

Best of luck for the performance,

Yvonne Jong

Lyric

(BA BA BA BABANANA BA BA BA BABANANA) NA NA NA AHH POTATO NA AH AH BANANA AH AH TO GA LI NO PO TA TO NI GA NI BA LO BA NI KA NO GA JI~ BA BA BA BABANANA. YO PLANO HU LA PA NO NO TU MA BANANA LIKE A NUPI TALAMU BANANA BA BA POTATO HO OHHHHHH TO GA LI NO PO TA TO NI GA NI BA LO BA NI KA NO GA JI GA BA BA BA BABANANAAAAAAAAA -POWER PUNCH-

Pipa players!! Look over here!!!

Well~ well~

So you've seen about the woodwind....

but 

how 'bout the plucking then?

??????

Well, I happened to drop by to their practice for an update on this~

(Since it rained and i was stuck at the campus with nothing else to do)

So, for the Pipa group,

They practices every Thursday from 8pm onward at BLK C, cafeteria.

~The end of this post. Thank you for reading.~

Because the rain stopped after this, and i quickly cabut before it start raining again.

Here some photos for you guys to see see~~

A group photo of the new pipa players!

The very cute Indian friend of us~

Master of Pipa: Mr. Ryan Choon or better known as Mr.Potato.

This Mr.Potato here have a Grade 8 in pipa one~~ Don't play play~~~

Let's see what you've missed out on the trip to University of Malaya!!!!

Hey peoples!

So you heard about the trip to University of Malaya (UM)

last weekend but ain't have any idea how it was like?

Well, i'm here to shed some light for you guys

although i needed someone else to shed some light on me too~!

Hoho~

I just hope that the information i've collected so far

from a number of peoples were enough to serve this post. 

Oh well~ there happens to be two chinese orchestra concerts(1 by UM, 1 by USM)

 held on the exact same date

last weeked and i just have to sacrifice one for the other one.

UM? USM? UM? USM?

If you've read Spiky post on USM's concert you will most likely guessed
 correctly which concert i've went for. 

So, i owned UM a deed here for not going to theirs concert,

for not supporting our ex-CO members, for not supporting our now-on-industrial training member,

for not supporting our own UTAR students.

Yeah yeah, i know you are probably wondering what it got to do with

UTARIANs at UM's concert.

 Read on to find out then!!!

End of grandmother story~~~

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Anyway, this post should have clear off my debt.

=____=V

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First of all, this trip is make possible by Mr. Lawrence Wong
Clap~~clap~~

Thank for his dedication all this while.

and also the participants!
Without you guys, the trip would've be meaningless~~!!


Thank you for joining us!!!

Hope you did learn something useful!!

Now, for those who wished he/she can go but couldn't

What you've missed out

NUMBER 1

The fun to travel with each others ~~!!!!!

A group photo!!!

NUMBER 2

Great performances you'll not get to watch that often!!!!

Click on image for clearer and larger display

For example, they got~~

Bawu solo performance on 'Fount in Desert' 

Yangqin solo performance on 'Flight of the bumblebee'

Zhong Ruan Duet performance on 'Zhong Ruan Rock'

The duet

Mr. Lim Yik Siang, one of our ex-member

and many more great performances!!!

So, here's some peoples that deserved to be in the limelight
and they are
Dexter Yong from UTAR Setapak, who collaborated with us on our last concert,
Mr. Ho Jing Xian and Mr. Lim Yik Siang, our ex-members aka founders for the orchestra, Mr. Liew Zhiang Ming, current member on a vacation his industrial training at PJ.

and of course, Ms. Toh Hui Ling who is also one of our ex-member.
You'll be familiar with her if you have read her interview post before.

From left: Mr. Liew, Ms. Toh Hui Ling & Mr. Ho Jing Xian 

They have proven to us that music is a never-ending road.
It doesn't mean that after you got out from UTAR, you wouldn't have anymore chance to perform.
The message is clear.
 If you love music, you'll always be embrace by it~~!!


Last, i'll end this post with the whacko infamous guzheng player of our CO....!!
Hope you'll find it entertaining.....~~~

Read more on his site of story here~~!!!

Eh~ behave a bit lar~~ don't forget you are in UM nei~~not UTAR nei~~

P/S~ This whacko here possesed a Grade 9 in GuZheng one~~ Don't play play~~!

USM 理大华乐团第四届演奏会《华乐·流行风》

3 月 4 日傍晚 6 时正，理大华乐团在 Dewan Budaya USM 举办了他们《华乐·流行风》第四届演奏会。这次的主题《华乐·流行风》顾名思义是将中华古典乐器与现代乐器结合在一起演奏出一首首动听的流行曲子。演奏会除了运用华乐乐器，也增加了贝斯吉他（bass guitar），电子吉他（electric guitar），电子键盘（keyboard），小提琴（violin）及爵士鼓（jazz drum）等等西乐乐器。拉曼大学华乐团除了精神上支持他们演奏成功，本团部落格的两位 blog master Yvonne 和 Spiky 也亲自到现场观赏他们精湛的演出。

#演奏会现场。#

#《华乐·流行风》的演奏会入场卷和册子。#

当晚演奏会的曲目如下：

合奏
风铃

Zoobi Doobi - 《Three Idiots》电影插曲

新生合奏

Getaran Jiwa

你知道我在等你吗

掌声响起

明天会更好

弹拨乐合奏

功夫熊猫 Kung Fu Panda

美少女战士 Sailor Moon - 华丽变身组曲

华乐乐坊

追逐 - 女子十二乐坊

泪光闪闪

小手拉大手

纯文艺恋爱 - 《初恋红豆冰》电影主题曲

#在槟城听着这首歌... 回想起《初恋红豆冰》里的故事情节。#

不可能的任务 - 电影主题曲

新歌发表

离开了

新嫁娘

吉他与柳琴协奏

雨后庭院

#原本很华乐的刘琴协奏曲《雨后庭院》，加了吉他和贝斯吉他后会有什么火花呢？#

流行曲

雨下一整晚

摇滚怎么了

串烧流行中国风歌曲

大合奏

愤怒的小鸟 Angry Birds - 季节版 Seasons

那些年 - 《那些年，我们一起追的女孩》电影主题曲

Butterfly - 《Digimon 01 数码爆龙》动漫主题曲

#运用了很柔很慢的引子来带动现场进入歌曲的开头，然后再以充满活力的演奏方式结束了当天的演奏会。#

Encore

CanCan

是的，这次理大华乐团总共演奏了 23 首曲子，其中 5 首曲子是由理大华乐团伴奏、游子吟现唱。理大华乐团的司仪非常棒，他们擅长运用故事情节来介绍曲子内容，同时也插入少许搞笑的舞台剧及广播局来娱乐观众们。

#Dewan Budaya USM 正对面就是我们拉大所谓的"Faculty of Arts"啦。他们学生的作品都会被放在 faculty office 外面供人家欣赏的哦！这个看起来有点像 Alien vs. Predator 里的人物叻... #

#Dewan Budaya USM 前面的一颗大树。理大华乐团我们明年再见啦~#

Chinese New Year Festival 2012 performance

Yo all~! Remember our second performance this year?

Forgot?

Access to your memory card by clicking here

Now that you remember, i may as well continue on my story.

On Feb 4 this year, eh hem eh hem! that seem like ages ago, hahaha~~

our orchestra was invited by UTAR Chinese Cultural Club to

perform on the event titled 'Chinese new year festival 2012'

Early in the morning, members of our orchestra were already having their rehearsal

at the heritage hall.

While waiting for our turn to perform, Lawrence and Yi Jing greeted everyone

a Happy Chinese New Year.

Hahaha~~ i know it's already super duper expired

but is always better late than never.

We had performed 5 songs for the event, since the president of the club 

is also a member of our orchestra

 Bias~ 

Yes, we are bias.

The song we've performed were all chinese new year songs, titled

恭喜发财

喜气洋洋

贺新年

迎春花

凤阳花鼓

Google translate yourself if you want to know the english name.

=______=V

So, for this performance we have had our 'FIRST' as well!

The first time we performed with a beautiful singer who sing-along the song we've played!

Ms. Kathyn Chor

好春天

The song we've cooperating with!

Lastly, a big thank to all performers that day!!!

Plucked string (弹拔乐）
Pipa (琵琶) : Mr. Ryan Choon & Mr. Tan Maan Keth
Zhongruan (中阮) : Ms. L. Kee Foong, Ms. Wee Jia Chyi & Ms. How Shan
Yangqin (杨琴) : Ms. Chua Hui Min

Woodwind (吹管乐) 
Dizi (笛子) : Mr. Ng Choon Weng, Ms. Jong Ching Yee, Mr. Cheong Kin Hoo, Ms. Leong Wei Xin, Mr. Lee Yean Sing & Mr. Tan Soon Leong

Bowed String (拉弦乐)
Erhu (二胡) : Mr. Lim Li Rui, Mr. Tam Maan Chun, Mr. Lawrence Wong, Ms. Teoh Jing Yi
Cello (大提琴) : Mr. Chong Wei Feng 

Percussion (打击乐)
Chinese Wood Block (木鱼),  Bass Drum (低音鼓),  Paigu (排鼓) : Mr. Tan Jee Chin & Ms. Leong Sze Wan

Pengling (碰铃), Small Cymbal (小钹) : Mr. Wong Ping Fung

Triangle (三角铁), Small Gong (小锣) : Mr. Tan Jee Chin

Tambourine (铃鼓) : Mr. Wong Ping Fung & Mr. Tan Jee Chin