Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Sights of Taiwan
It's been a while since the last update. All of us busy with exams and whatnot. And of course, the single performance with the Singapore Chinese Orchestra for their concert on the 12th of July, Sights of Taiwan.Dr Zechariah Goh was the choral master in charge of making sure the three choirs, SAJC, TJC, and Hwa Chong Voices, sounded decent for the performance, and all in all, I think it was a valuable experience, and I even managed to pick up a few more interesting tricks/warmup sequences. Like blowing out through each nostril. Heh.
The guest conductor, a certain Qu Chun Quan, senior conductor of the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra and Guest Conductor of the Central Chinese Orchestra in Beijing, conducted the entire performance. And he certainly knows his stuff! The most memorable moment of the performance was the encore piece, "Song Wo Yi Zhi Mei Gui Hua" (Give Me A Rose), which everybody enjoyed tremendously.
After some growing pains, I feel the J1s are coming along fine now, and there is a sense of melancholic nostalgia as I prepare for my departure from the school.
the music played{7:39 PM}