UTAR 10th Anniversary Opening Ceremony Performance

2012

The 12th year of the 3rd millennium and of the 21st century!

The year of Dragon for the Chinese!

Armageddon for the ancient Mayanist!

and

UTAR 10th anniversary for all Utarians!!!

On January 14th this year, we'd been invited by UTAR to perform on
the 10th anniversary launching ceremony.
We are honored to have given this opportunity to be affiliated with  
 such meaningful event.   


Now let's have a look at what happened on that day~!!

Arrival of UTAR Torce Run participants

Performance by Wushu Club

Tun Dr Ling ready to conclude the Torch Run

and of course

Our CO performance~!!

The songs performed on that morning was divided into 3 sections:
1. Ensemble songs

- The Bolivian Dance (玻利维亚舞曲)
- The Story of a Small Town (小城故事)
- “The Tricky Master" drama theme song (千王之王)
- I Only Care About You (我只在乎你)
- Dayung Sampan (甜蜜蜜)
- The Evergreen Mountains (高山青)
- "The Beach of Shanghai" drama theme song (上海滩)
- FengYang Flower Drum (凤阳花鼓)
- Chan Mali Chan
- Rasa Sayang


2. Solo songs
- Erhu solo: Battle Steeds Galloping (战马奔腾)
- Liuqin solo: Melody of the Lantern (马灯调)
- Pipa solo: The Dance of the Yi Clan (彝族舞曲)


3. Chinese New Year specials
- Dance of the Golden Snake (金蛇狂舞)
- Pleasures Around (喜气洋洋)

Note the list of songs we have prepared for this event.

It's truly our first time having 12 ensemble songs in one performance.

Thank to our performers for their commitment. 

They have to come back early for the performance 

when everyone else are still having their semester break.

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

Woodwind (吹管乐)
Dizi (笛子) : Mr. Ng Choon Weng, Mr. Lee Jia Jing, Mr. Cheong Kin Hoo, Ms. Leong Wei Xin

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 & Ms. Ruth Chan Jing Ru
Double Bass (低音提琴) : Mr. Lau Toong Lan

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

Lastly, i'll end this post with this quote 

"A decade of forerunners' toil, we'll treasure in our hearts. A century of nurturing individuals, we'll archive with greater glory"   

 "十载培才 不忘前人多贡献 百年化雨 且看新景更辉煌"

~UTAR President Ir Professor Dato' Dr Chuah Hean Teik

Photo credited to Ms. Lok Wai Li

Off to our 2nd performances this year tomorrow~~!

Hey there guys and girls!!!

Our orchestra will be performing for the event

'Chinese New Year Festival 2012' 

organized by Chinese Cultural Club tomorrow night.

Do come and watch us in action!

See you guys there!

We've been practicing at night for this performance and here're photos of us during the practice.

>_^ *wink

Happy Chinese New Year!

Happy Chinese New Year to all~!!!

May we all have a fruitful year ahead!!!!

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A BIG THANK TO ALL PRESS~!!!

拉曼大学华乐团第二届大型音乐演奏会：‘旋萦之夜’ -(3)

After the guzheng solo, 5 of our best performers collaborated on a string quintet.
The song performed was Colourful Clouds Chasing The Moon（彩云追月）, 
a traditional piece by Ren Guang.
The song intend to capture the scene of the night sky.

#9 String Quintet - Colourful Clouds Chasing The Moon

The last soloist of the concert, Mr. Lee Yean Sing later performed to the audiences on
a song titled Sales Clerk Came to The Village（山村来了售货员）.


The main instrument: Suona which resemble the trumpet

#10 Suona Solo - Sales Clerk Came to The Village - Mr. Lee Yean Sing 

Finally, the concert came to the end when our conductor Mr. Ryan Choon once again lead
the orchestra to performed two songs known as
Ditty Combinations（小曲联奏） and Dance of The Golden Snake（金蛇狂舞）

Ditty Combinations is a combination of 3 movies theme songs from The Tricky Master（千王之王）, Legend of The Condor Hero （铁血丹心）and The Beach of Shanghai（上海滩）。

# 11 The last ensemble - Ditty Combinations and Dance of The Golden Snake

The concert came to its end after we performed Once upon a time in China（男儿当志强）

to thanks all our audiences who made the concert possible.

#13 Encore -  Once upon a time in China

#12 Closing Ceremony

#13 The Performers

#14 The organizing committees and helpers

~The end~

Photography credited to Mr. Riou Yip, Mr. Ronald Chan & Mr. Edmund Ling

拉曼大学华乐团第二届大型音乐演奏会：‘旋萦之夜’ -(2)

After the pipa solo performance, the next performance was a small group ensemble

on the song titled Miracle (奇迹) of which you probably have heard before 

from the infamous Twleve Girls Band.

#7 Small Group Ensemble - Miracle

The next ensemble, we've performed two well-known Chinese Orchestra piece  

entitled "Thunder in The Drought （旱天雷）" and "FengYang Flower Drum（凤阳花鼓）"

under the lead of  Mr. Set Yu Jian

#8 The second ensemble - conducted by Mr. Set Yu Jian

Our guzheng player, Mr. Liew Zhian Ming later 'wow' the audiences by performing

the guzheng concerto entitled The Eternal Sorrow of Lin'An (临安遗恨)

This piece was composed by He Zhan-Hao who other famous work

 include the Butterfly Lover Concerto. 

The concerto also won the Prize of Composition at the 

14th Shanghai Spring Music Festival in 1991.

The eternal sorrow of Lin'An was composed using the ancient tune

 'The River all Red' as the basic musical material. 

The music expresses the grief and indignation of Yue Fei in prison. 

who is a great national hero and famous general. 

He was put into prison in Lin'an (now known as Hangzhou) 

and murdered there by the capitulationist officials

headed by Qin Gui who favoured surrender

 because of his keeping up resistance against the invasion of the Nuzhens, a tribe from the north. 

Apart from the above mentioned, we also seen a combination of the

western music instrument, the piano with the Chinese Guzheng in this performance.

 The pianist accompanied our guzheng soloist was Mr. Soong Hoong Cheng

 who is also one of the lecturer from UTAR.

#8 Guzheng Solo - The Eternal Sorrow of Lin'An (临安遗恨) by Mr. Liew Zhian Ming

To be continue...

Photography credited to Mr. Edmund Ling & Mr. Ronald Chan

拉曼大学华乐团第二届大型音乐演奏会：‘旋萦之夜’ - (1)

The 2nd Chinese Orchestra Concert

If you attended the concert~ a million thanks to you!

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!

If you missed the concert~ read on to find out more about it!

and thank you for spending time on this post!

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I'm Yvonne Jong, a member of the orchestra since 2 years ago. 

If you've been sticking long enough to this space, you'll probably 

notice that i'm the only one who've been keeping this space from growing molds.

Sometime i do wonder whether peoples do read what I've typed 

because i rarely get any feedback aka. comment from the reader

So, please do leave me a comment after you read this. 

Thank you!

P/S~ You may skip this part because i just want to promote my own blog but if you've read it. Thank you. Ngek~~Ngek~~Ngek~~

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Last year, we held our first concert in June and it's of great success.

This year, lucky enough, we were still able to carry on with our second concert themed

"旋萦之夜"

which means

Embraces by the beautiful melodies of the night

From night practices at the cafeteria(i would say feeding the mosquitoes) to the stage, 

we really do put in a lot of time and dedication to this concert.

With great honor, the concert was opened by Datuk Dr Mah Hang Soon



#1 The opening ceremony

After the opening ceremony, we are all ready to perform!

The first song we've performed was known as The Bolivian Dance（玻璃维亚舞曲）
This lively music is dance in the rhythm with movements that will make you smile.
It describe the Bolivian's Dances as they are happy and colourful.

The second song was Dum Dum (达姆.达姆）
which is also known as Koum Tara Algerian Folk Song
As the name implies, originally from the Africa's folk song, the first part of this music is played
an octave higher on a chinese flute that resembles the piccolo.

#2 The first ensemble : Bolivian Dance and Dum Dum
Conductor : Mr. Ryan Choon

Henceforth, the Liuqin Solo by Ms. Teoh Ming Hui.

The song performed was Winter Hunting （冬猎）

which is a piece written in the 70s

Winter Hunting is one of the movements from the Liuqin Concerto

'Sketches of Life in Northern China' by Liu Xijin

comprising the four movements

Horse Racing （赛马）, Reindeer（驯鹿）, Fisherman's Song （渔歌） and Winter Hunting （冬猎）

It describe the excitement on a hunting trip 

from tracking the prey to chasing the prey

and finally the pure pleasure of the hunter on returning from a successful trip

#3 Liuqin solo - Winter Hunting by Ms. Teoh Ming Hui

Next up is the Dizi Duet accompanied with percussion by our 10 members.

The song played was August Osmanthus Blossom （八月桂花遍地开）
Osmanthus is one of the plants of Hangzhou, China which blossom sweetly
each year around mid-autumn. This piece describe the stunningly beautiful
view of the Osmanthus blossom with a feeling of fulfillment and deep joy.

#4 Dizi Duet - August Osmanthus Blossom

Next up is the Erhu Unison by our 7 gentleman's.

Together, they brought us back to the good old days
by playing the piece titled 'American Oldies Capriccio（美国往事随想曲）'

Composed by well-known erhu master, Zhou Wei who wrote it on commitment to
 the visit of President George H.W. Bush to China in 2005.
The piece compiled memorable songs from the olden days
such as
Top of the World, Yesterday, Memory, Do Re Mi and Oh Susana

#5 Erhu Unison - American Oldies Capriccio

After the erhu performance, Mr. Ryan Choon 
enlightened the audiences
on a pipa solo piece titled 'Spring of The Tian Shan Mountain （天山之春）'

This piece was composed by the renowned pipa master Wang Fandi based on one of the famous
pieces of Xinjiang Uyghur folk music for dance. Accompanied our pipa soloist, Mr. Ryan Choon was
percussionist Mr. Ho Jing Yeat on the hand drum.


#6 Pipa Solo - Spring of The Tian Shan Mountain

To be continue...


Photography credited to Mr. Ronald Chan