Tuesday, November 28, 2006
How to open your mouth
.... when you sing! :)
I will buy a drink (coffeeshop!) for the person who can guess which particular vowel sound Mr Chen was making when he was photographed!
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One Heart One Choir
Monday, November 27, 2006
December...
Dear Choir,
Please be reminded that there is no choir on the 4th Dec. All of us (except Mr Goh) will be out of Singapore and unable to supervise the practice. There are 2 more remaining practices for the December holidays. Remember that on the last practice, I'll be doing a sound recording of "You Raise Me Up' to be compiled for a video presentation that we'll be running for the performing arts CCA orientation.
Remember that recruitment from the new Sec 1 cohort is mandatory to our survival and participation in the SYF. EVERY SINGLE CHOIR MEMBER needs to do something about it to make sure we make it.
I'm off to Hongkong on Saturday and will be there until the 12th Dec. Until then, take care, and stay cool! Choir RAWKZ! Oh, and Mr Nerva asks me to send his regards to all of you and to say that he thinks Jeryl's very entertaining and funny, and to convey that he thinks the choir sounds great! :) By the way, he's Gayle Nerva's uncle, in case you're wondering about the name.
Please be reminded that there is no choir on the 4th Dec. All of us (except Mr Goh) will be out of Singapore and unable to supervise the practice. There are 2 more remaining practices for the December holidays. Remember that on the last practice, I'll be doing a sound recording of "You Raise Me Up' to be compiled for a video presentation that we'll be running for the performing arts CCA orientation.
Remember that recruitment from the new Sec 1 cohort is mandatory to our survival and participation in the SYF. EVERY SINGLE CHOIR MEMBER needs to do something about it to make sure we make it.
I'm off to Hongkong on Saturday and will be there until the 12th Dec. Until then, take care, and stay cool! Choir RAWKZ! Oh, and Mr Nerva asks me to send his regards to all of you and to say that he thinks Jeryl's very entertaining and funny, and to convey that he thinks the choir sounds great! :) By the way, he's Gayle Nerva's uncle, in case you're wondering about the name.
Our Voices Raise As One
One Heart One Choir
Sunday, November 26, 2006
Complaints Choir of Birminghamsecond video of complaints choir in english version...
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One Heart One Choir
The Complaints Choir
This is a rather interesting idea... maybe we can come up with something like that in our school, except that I think the song may end up becoming an hour long!THE COMPLAINTS CHOIR Project
In May 2005 we invited people of Birmingham to complain about anything they want and sing their complaints out together with fellow complainers. The project was open to everybody - no singing skills required. Many people sent in their complaints - about Birmingham, about other people, about world issues and most of all: about themselves. Fifteen people finally signed up to the project, who had the courage to take responsibility for their complaints. The Participants transformed the complaints into an impressive choir song during a two-week complaints workshop with the help of a local musician.
The First Complaints Choir of Birmingham became a surprise success and soon after we received many requests from people who hoped for a complaints choir in their hometown as well. They expressed (almost with a certain pride) that in their particular town people are especially talented complainers: either by quantity (Belgrade), existentialism (St. Petersburg) or sophistication (Buenos Aires).
So far Complaints Choirs have been organized in Birmingham, Hamburg, Helsinki and St. Petersburg. In each place the we worked with a local musician.
The complaints collected to the song can vary from small daily irritations into global issues. Anything that truly annoys people is useful material for the Complaints Choir. In Birmingham people complained for example about unfriendly bus drivers, dead bananas and slow computers. In Helsinki the most favourite topics were ring tones of mobile phones, people who smell in public transport and the fact that Finland always looses to Sweden in competitions. While Hamburg- Wilhelmsburg- Complaints Song was slightly more political from its content, St. Petersburger's emphasized deep basic human issues like: "I complain about existential horror".
Our Voices Raise As One
One Heart One Choir
Monday, November 20, 2006
Grrr!
I'm very angry with all the people who didn't turn up at today's rehearsal without a proper explanation... you owe me letters or I call parents.Our Voices Raise As One
One Heart One Choir
Saturday, November 18, 2006
Tone Deafness Test!
This is a rather cool online test to see how naturally musical you are. I scored 80.6%!CLICK HERE to take the test! Tell us your score! :-)
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One Heart One Choir
Friday, November 10, 2006
Good Job!!! + Announcements
Dear Choir,Special thanks to Alphonso, Stessen, Jeryl, Zhafri, Titi, Jaime and Shawn for doing "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" at Rivervale Pri this morning - they did an excellent job and everyone was really impressed with the performance. Alphonso did a good job as our soloist, even though he transposes the song every time he sings the verse, making everyone go, "Hmmm..."
Announcements regarding Monday:
We are having choir from 10am to 3pm as like the previous week, and Ms Leow is in charge of all of you as I'll be in the Arts House conducting a drama workshop for students from RGS, RI, SCGS and ACS. We will be in one of the rooms in Block F, 3rd floor. If you can't find the choir, call Shawn at 98253049.
Remember that you need to bring your scores, your file and your water bottle. Wear your school pants/skirt with your PE/Choir t-shirt. Attendance is compulsory, and people who are not able to come must contact me before Monday if there are problems. Remember also that Jeryl is inviting everyone to his chalet after choir, so if you are going, you may wish to bring a change of clothes. I won't be able to be there as my workshop only ends in the evening, so please throw Jeryl into the pool/sea on my behalf!
Mrs Tan will be treating the choir members who sang at the Primary schools to pizza... so lunch for this Monday will be provided for those people.
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One Heart One Choir
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
Friday at Rivervale!
Hey hey!Just a reminder that for tomorrow's (THU) gig, we need to meet at Xinmin Pri at 7.30am sharp - if people can start arriving by 7.15am, even better, as we need all the warming up we can get, and the teachers may need help setting up the promotions booth.
Now... can you also perform on FRI? We just got an offer to promote our school at Rivervale Pri (in Sengkang). Those who are able to make it (Please try to!) need to be at Rivervale Pri by 8.15am (Take LRT from Sengkang MRT).
If you don't know how to get to these places, look up www.streetdirectory.com.sg and find out how to get there. They're all within the vicinity of our school's neighborhood, so should be rather easily accessible. You should also arrange to meet up and go together esp. if you're younger and not used to travelling on your own. Please also remember to check back to this blog for announcements and updates...
And on your own today, pls. practice "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" for tomorrow... you can sing along with the video. For the singers who perform on both THU and FRI, I have a pleasant surprise for you from Mrs Tan! *wink*
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One Heart One Choir
A Wedding!
Our Voices Raise As One
One Heart One Choir
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
The Lion Sleeps Tonight
A note to those going to Xinmin: Meet at 7.30am outside the general office of Xinmin pri. For those who need directions, its the school near Mr Goh's house, and you can take 74 and 147 to it. Got other buses but I only know of those. We perform at 8.00am so warm-ups are very important!
