MGS Choir

2012 no.1

2012-01-18T20:49:00.000+08:00

Hallo everyone!
Today was the OFFICIAL FIRST PRACTICE! :D
So for the Lovely old-er members:

and for the NEW wonderful members:

We practised ting tang qing and learnt the complex bits from bars 15-22, a bit of the triplet notes on the S2 & S1s, learnt bar 32 and 41-44.

Well anyway, this year's gonna be smashing and the choir's gonna be really awesome! :) Especially choir camp. So anyone who'd like to volunteer to help in that can email me. :)

Also, DO RUN for the whole run during RUNS!
Must peservere!

Love, JOsephine

2011-12-31T23:56:00.000+08:00

hey choir

happy new year<3

thank you for making 2011 special, i had a great time with everyone this year (i hope you all enjoyed the year too :/ )
love ya'll to the moon and back<3
have a fantastic 2012 everyone!

much love,
aly

(apologies if it isn't actually midnight yet)

2011-12-25T15:18:00.000+08:00

MERRY CHRISTMAS CHOIR :) I hope you all have an amazing day :) God Bless :)

CHOIR AUDITIONS on 27th

2011-11-25T21:14:00.000+08:00

HELLO!

This is a reminder to everyone, there is now practises on the 27^th December from 1.15pm to 6pm. The practise on the 28^th December is the same. On the 29^th of December, come at the same time. There will be a lunch break and we’ll end at 5pm. J

And the practise on the 27^th is an AUDITION for the guide recording, so if you don’t turn up, I’m afraid you won’t be allowed to sing for the guide track. L And one condition to be even qualified for the recording is to have come for at least 3 out of the practises since October (there has been 6 practises so far.) If you aren’t sure, please check with your SLs or with me.

Revise your scores, and the audition songs are…

1. The World Song (Verses One and Two)

2. TAPS (both verses)

3. Our Chalet Song (both verses)

4. If You’re Happy and You Know It (verses 1,2, and 5)

5. My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean (Chorus)

6. Rasa Sayang

7. Chan Mali Chan

8. Kookaburra

9. International Camp Song (Australia)

Please revise these scores and practise SUPER HARD! Cause we really would like EVERYONE to sing for the track. J And do be very disciplined during the recording for one little blunder will cause a whole restart.

GOOD LUCK, GOD BLESS AND MERRY CHRISTMAS IN ADVANCE! :D

Love,

Josephine <3

2011-11-17T15:37:00.000+08:00

Hello Choir,

I hope you enjoyed practice today with all our activites :D

Here's the changes in the schedule.

There is now choir on the 27th of Dec (Tues) from 1.15pm to 5pm
Dec 28th remains the same as on the schedule
On the 29th of Dec (Thurs), you now come at 10.30 am. (there will be a lunch break and we'll end at 5pm)

Please make sure you come on the 27th as that's when we'll be choosing our recording choir (only recording choir will get CIP hours for rehearsals and recording).

In other news, we officially have a new comm!

Music Comm
Ally-student conductor
Meme-Asst student conductor
(Fiona to understudy student conductors)

Fiona -pianist
Denise-Asst pianist

S1 Wen jen- SL Samantha-ASL
S2 Weng lin-SL Janine-ASL
A1 Meesh-SL Nicolette-ASL
A2 Ally-SL Fiona-ASL.

Admin Comm
Anjali-President
Jo- Vice president
Judith -treasurer
Ruijun-secretary

If you have any problems (not being able to come for practice/dont understand the score/etc.) you can always ask the SLs and ASLs. Hope you'll support the new comm :D

In conclusion, we now have a new comm, and you need to come on the 27th at 1.15pm and on the 29th at 10.30am.

Enjoy your hols and keep practicing your scores :)

Love,
Anjali

Choir update! :) 10/11/11

2011-11-12T12:35:00.001+08:00

Hello everybuddy! :)

well here's an update on what we did on the 10/11/11 for those who were not around - around 20+ people. D:

TAPS

· Please write Evening Taps for the one with the score so you won’t get confused

· Watch for all cut offs and do cut off together

· Be careful on the 2^nd and 3^rd bar of the 2^nd system (All is well, safely rest) cos it tends to get messy

· We are singing both verses

Brownie Bells

· Rather all right J

· Watch all phrase endings

· Try to sound HAPPIER J cos singing properly makes us sound serious

· In the second verse, watch the Ses and Cs and end off nicely.

CAMP CHRISTINE SONG

We are doing this next week so do be prepared. Ms Tham will be playing the accompaniment on the piano.

Our Chalet Song

Sing in phrases. There are six sub-phrases

First verse

High up…mountain

We’ve…Chalet

It’s sloping…wide

Shall…care

And each…Guide

Shall…there

Third verse – Each line in printed form is one phrase

Yup, we are singing only verses 1 and 3

Be careful with the us on the first verse, bar 4 of the second system

Careful with that S and the notes

Waltzing Matilda

For verse 2, which we are singing too, at ‘Down came a…glee’ please take note of the rhythm especially ‘grabbed him with glee’. ‘Grabbed him with glee’ is the same rhythm as ‘coo-li-bah’ tree by the way.

I’ve checked that Coolibah tree thinggum. It’s cooLIbah as in spelling. But it’s pronounced koo-luh-bah according to dictionary.com.

And by definition,

coolabah or coolibah (ˈkuːləˌbɑː)


an Australian myrtaceous tree, Eucalyptus microtheca, thatgrows along rivers and has smooth bark and long narrow leaves

[from a native Australian language]

coolibah or coolibah



[from a native Australian language] -dictionary.com

This is a swagman :

Land of the Silver Birch

· We are singing verses 1, 3 and 4

· Sops until A1s will sing the melody while A2s will sing the echos at the split.

· Good Job at the dying off! J

· Do be careful at the rhythm from ‘I will return once more’

· Please take note of the dynamics and apply them

· At verse 3, be careful of the rhythm too. And at ‘canoe…bark’, there is no the. It’s just ‘canoe of birch bark’, so please don’t sing ‘canoe of the birch bark’

· At verse 4, make sure the commas are sung as well – as in the listeners will know there is a comma at the correct places when we sing it.

If you’re happy and you know it

· We are singing verses 1,3, 5

She’ll be Coming Round the Mountain

· We’ll be singing verses 1, 2 and 3

My Bonnie lies Over…

· It’s BONNIE not Bonny (my dear friends and Fiona)

· We shall be singing verses 1 and 4 on the actual day and 1 and 3 for practise to avoid complaint for a sad sad song

· When we sing ocean, please sing the cean not like xien but something like shen. Like, with lift.

· Make your words full

· Altos please be careful with your notes and don’t sing funny ones

· We are ignoring the pause at the last system

Rasa Sayang

· There are new lyrics so for the ones who were not here, please take one from me next week. These are the lyrics (ignore the ones on the score) …

Rasa Saying Eh! Rasa sayang sayang eh! Eh!

Helihat nona jauh Rasa sayang sayang eh!

Anak Sembilang ditapak tangan (Solfege: d d m s s f# s s l s)

Putek pauh delima batu (Solfege: l s f m m r d r m)

Hilang dimata dihati jangan( m m m f f m f f s m)

Sunggoh jauh dinegeri satu (r d m r d t r d)

· Please have very strong and heavy consonants

· Non-aspirated ts

· Sing as score and not your own pop version (except for some of the notes. Sing as the solfege above)

· For the last eh, which is bold above, please hold it longer when on repeat.

· We are singing this next week so please be prepared

Chan Mali Chan

· We are only singing one verse which is the one on the score

· We are singing this next week, so please be prepared too.

You are my Sunshine

· We are singing both verses (I think. But you can learn both anyway cos it’s a nice song. J)

Pass it On

· We are changing the key to E flat

· Keep pulse and follow the score

· No parts, only melody

· We are only singing verses 1 and 2. So at the end, we sing from ‘You…’ and instead of going to the lift-up-bar-thing that has 1.2., go to 3. (I don’t know if you get what I mean but the lift-up-bar thing is at the end of the song, and is above the last system indicated by a line like )

· At bar 5-6, when we sing ‘to get’ at the first verse, please follow the score and not add a note in between it

· At bar 7, at ing, please change the quaver to a crotchet at ‘ing’ so we are holding the ‘ing’ for a shorter time

· At the first bar of the 2^nd system on the 2^nd page of the song, please take note of the rest and don’t just proceed on. Remember, at the recording, you cannot afford to be messy.

· At the same system, for ‘ex-per-i-rienced it’, please change the first two quavers at the 2^nd bar of that system to a dotted crochet and the crochet at the ‘rienced’ to a quaver. Instead of ‘ex-per-i-enced’, we are singing ‘ex(crochet)-pe(new dotted crochet)-rienced(new quaver)’ J Okay? Got it?

Pack Up Your Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag

· We are only singing the refrain

· Sing ‘SMILE J’ not ‘Smell’

· We are singing the alternate lyrics at the two last bars of the 2^nd system of the refrain

· Instead of ‘smile boys that’s the style’, we are changing boys to girls

· At the 2^nd bar of the 3^rd system of the refrain, at ‘old kit bag’ of the alternate lyrics, the ‘bag’ is sung as the G not a B. Please take note of that because this mistake has been repeated quite a number of times.

· At ‘What’s the use of worrying’, for ‘wor’ or ‘worrying’, please sing it as an F# and not an F.

· Do not slide at the ‘So’ at the last bar of the 2^nd system of the next page and please add in the accent indicated.

· For the last few ‘Smiles’ of the song, sing each ‘smile’ with a CHOP.

The Chinese Fan

· Good Job! J

· We are singing this and doing the actions as a warm up next week. So B.P!

This little Guiding Light of Mine

· We are singing only 2 verses which are verses 1 and 2(Don’t you (pouf) my little light out)

PoKare Kare Ana

· We are singing this next week B.P!

International Camp Song (Australia)

· Cancel out 2^nd verse. We are only singing the first

· Do not repeat the same mistakes – take note of the notes and rhythms at bar 6

For the Recording, please know the score at your best. At any little error from anyone, the whole recording for that song might have to be restarted and it will be very annoying. Also, we shall then be taking longer than we would like for each song is only given about TWELVE MINUTES! D: Furthermore, those who cannot sing properly might not be given a chance to sing at all. So please come for your practises!

New Song!

Saging Tundan

· People who did not come, please collect one copy from me. J

· Please write in solfege if necessary, doh is B flat)

· Sing with a graceful accent

· You must really count in this score, and take note of the rhythm!

· A2s, please follow the S2s part on when to come in. (You are the melody by the way J)

· S2s, please take note of your rhythm! J

Phew, that was 1359 words of an update. :P

Love, Josephine <3

PS, dear SLs who have the attendance from the 21^st to the 17^th , please make sure that they are all compiled properly and pass/email them to me by the 18^th of November. Thanks! :D

2011-11-10T18:19:00.002+08:00

Hello hello choir dearies,

There are lots and lots and lots of concerts this month so you guys will be spoiled for choice.

Limelight @Esplanade at 7.30pm ($10)
River Valley High is performing on Wed, 16th Nov
Tanjong Katong is performing on Mon, 28th Nov

Singapore International Youth Choral Festival

So colourful >.<

Right, so if you guys want to order, please send me (Anjali) an email by SATURDAY!!!

Enjoy your holidays and don't leave your holiday hw till the end of the holidays :)

Love,

Anjali

Guides Recording for SGGA

2011-11-05T17:00:00.001+08:00

Heyall ye mg choir mateys!

Here is an update on our guides scores on our last practise.

The World Song

1. Please sing the consonants above the note so it will not hinder you from singing the correct note and not go flat. (for example, throughout at bar 8)

2. Do have clear pronunciation. Singing clear as clee.

3. For the first part from Our Way is Clear... do sing with your abbs and with direction.

4. The part with the semi quavers are potentially messy so please keep it together and take note of it.

5. At the phrasing at bar 6, cut off together. This also goes for the tiny separations in between 'see!' and 'our flag', 'unite' and 'for' and take note of the commas and other phrasings.

6. Please also take note of the dynamics and apply them.

7. No fuzzy notes please. :)

*I am mostly referring to the first verse of the song. :)

BP Spirit

1. Please take note of the triplets and don't sing it as quavers

Kookaburra

1. We are transposing it down although I'm not sure what key

2. For the part where it goes 'Koo-ka-bur-ra, Gay your life must be', for the 'Koo-ka-bur-ra' part, please take note of the notes and not sing the version you know. As for the 'your life must' part, please take note that they are the same notes. Yup, so please don't sing your own version but follow the score. :)

Pokare Kare Ana

1. Here are the lyrics since the ones on the score are not very clear

Pokare kare ana

Nga wai o Ro To rua

Whiti atu koe hi ne

Mari no ana e

E hine e Hoki mai ra

Ka mate a - ?(we are still not sure) i te aroha e.

We're here for fun:

1, the key is changed to E flat,

2. at the lyrics Join (We'll) the note is the same at the previous which is best (syne)[5th last bar], 3., add a note into the middle of lyrics - 'And' and 'show' (And & days)[last note of 1st bar and first note in teh 2nd bar of the 2nd system], and 'Be' and 'Happy' (last 'For' & 'auld')[last note of thrid last bar and first note of second last bar] so that it will be sung as la soh fah instead of la fah.

*The words in bracket are the Auld Lang Syne lyrics verse 1 and the words in '_' are the proper lyrics. We aren't meant to sing the lyrics for Auld Lang Syne but just use its tune so please ignore those but sing the lyrics below it with the heading WE'RE HERE FOR FUN. :)

How Lovely is the Evening

1. Please take note that its Eve... ning and not sing it as E-ven-ning

2. Also, the lyrics are

When the bells are sweetly ringing sweetly ringing

so please don't mistake it for singing

It's a Small World

1. Please pronounce your consonants properly and clearly (for example, divide - not divi?e)

2. For the sops, please take note of the low notes and not go sharp or sound strained. You can do it! :)

Camp Fire's Burning

1. During the four-part round (though we might not be doing that canon), the canon only comes in at Draw nearer and not the second Camp fire's burning.

Edelweiss <3

1. For Blossom, do not drag the sses. So it's a sweet and short s for Blos. For weiss in Edeweiss, do sing the vowel so the sses are shorter too. We are pronoucing weiss as the proper way and not wise. It's like the way they do it in the Sound of Music. I can't really spell it here so please check it out for yourselves on youtube or watch the whole show cos it's awesome. :) The sses also have to be together and not really staggered.

International Camp Song (Australia)

1. Please take note of the rhythm and especially the notes at bar 6.

I guess that's all for now. :)

See you next week! :)

Love,
JOsephine

PS. Please take every rehearsal seriously and as the real thing. Our recording might be tough as one small blunder by one person might cause the whole recording for that song to be restarted and we have on average ONLY TWELVE MINUTES PER SONG. D:

Also, after runs, do not sit down, do not drink water, but gather in a circle for warm-ups.

HAPPY SINGING!

Exams...OVER!

2011-10-13T11:15:00.005+08:00

Hi all! Here's the new choir schedule! Please inform you SLs if you can't come. <3, Janine

Month	Date	Day	PT	Vocal Warm Ups	Rehearsal	Venue	Conductor	Teacher	Remarks
Oct	21	Fri	2:10-2:30pm	3:00-3:30pm	3:30-5:00pm	Chapel	TPW	TPW
Oct	27	Thur	3:30-3:50pm	NA	1:30-3:30pm	Chapel	JT	TPW	School dismissal at 1pm
Nov	3	Thur	8:45-9:05am	9:10-9:30am	9:30-12:30pm	LT1	JT	FL
	10	Thur	8:45-9:05am	9:10-9:30am	9:30-12:30pm	Chapel	JT	AN
	17	Thur	8:45-9:05am	9:10-9:30am	9:30-12:30pm	Audi	JT	FL	Soundcheck for Guides Recording
	24	Thur	1:15-1:35pm	1:40-2:00pm	2:00-5:00pm	Audi	JT	AN	Soundcheck for Guides Recording
Dec	28	Wed	8:45-9:05am	9:10-9:30am	9:30-5:00pm	Audi	JT	TPW	Recording for Guides CD
Dec	29	Thur	1:15-1:35pm	1:40-2:00pm	2:00-5:00pm	Audi	JT	TPW	Recording for Guides CD

Good luck to the Sec 4s!

2011-10-13T11:01:00.004+08:00

2011-09-21T20:12:00.000+08:00

it will be...

SO...

LOTS OF LOVE AND BLESSINGS TO YOU! :)

2011-09-18T17:23:00.002+08:00

<3 Janine

Happy Birthday Eli! & Rachel Cheng! :)

2011-09-09T11:26:00.001+08:00

Happy Birthday Eleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesa and Rachel Cheng! It’s your day! Go and play! WOOTS! J

'''''''''''''''

''''''''''''''''' Respectively

Love,

the MGchoir!

2011-09-09T09:48:00.007+08:00

Happy Birthday Eli!
Have a good one :)
God bless you :D
<3 Janine

2011-09-09T00:10:00.000+08:00

HAPPY SEVENTEENTH BIRTHDAY ELLISSA!
LOVE YOUUUUUUUUUUU<3<3<3<3<3
keep tying those knots in your cherry stems:P

love, aly:)

HTD

2011-09-01T13:49:00.000+08:00

This post is right out to all the Lovely Teachers and Conductors who have ever guided us through the way.

Thank you for shining your light on us day by day, for us to grow, so that we’ll show what the MG Choir is made of! Without any of you, we’d have never made it this far; but we have, and why? BECAUSE YOU ALL ARE SO COOL!(& awesome & great & etc. etc. etc. etc. etc...);D

HAPPY TEACHERS DAY! J

God Bless you all

Love,

Mgchoir

2011-08-27T13:47:00.003+08:00

hellooooooooo my dear choir

here's a surpise for y'all, i changed the blogskin! (: i figured it's been pretty long and the header picture was way outdated, so i changed it. TADA hope y'all like it.

just wanted to say that I MISS EVERYONE TRUCKLOADS and i'm super super super proud of everything you guys have accomplished. EVERYTHING. even with the changes that the choir is going through now (what with mr tay leaving :'( and changing comms and the new year and everything) please never forget the love you have for singing and your fellow choir members, because that's what's gonna keep you going through all the hard times.

work hard, play hard, and don't bully the comm.

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ yannting (:

2011-08-24T21:50:00.000+08:00

sup guys, commendation awards of friday! congratulations everybody:)

SO. reception starts at 4 in the afternoon, so we attend that, then we assemble in the sec hall. i think we're supposed to start getting seated at 4.30 (i think), so can we meet at 4.20pm to finalize standing arrangements, because lots of people were missing on tuesday so we have to slot everyone in etc etc etc.

attire: please abide by all unform rules and hair rules yadda yadda yadda, mmhmm:)

ALSO, please bring your fees (if it's in cash, EXACT CHANGE PLEASE) BY FRIDAY and pass it to SLs and attach cheque/money to your form to make collection easier:)

mmmkay thanks loads buds, see yall on friday!

lovelovelove,
aly

Nintendo Accapella

2011-08-20T23:03:00.000+08:00

Heyy guys!

Hope y'all did well in CTs. Anyways. This is an AWESOME video. AWESOME. We should do this :D Hehe. It's AWESOME. :D

It's a Nintendo accapella thing :D

Anyways, remember to tell your SLs and ASLs the thumb drive thingy :] And there isn't choir til further notice :]

THAAAAAAAAANKS :D

Meesh :D

2011-08-18T22:16:00.000+08:00

HEY GUYS:)

long time no see, miss you all:(

okay so here's the deal with the cantabile CD.
the disc doesn't burn copies on CDs no matter how many times i right click burn:S
i think you need a special kind of software. or hardware, i'm not sure.

SO if your computer can burn copies of the CD, you could drop me a message and i'll pass your the disc for you to burn yourself/whoever a copy?
ALTERNATIVELY, you could just download the content from the disc onto your computer. if you're using a mac, you can open the dvd player ->file ->open dvd media ->open the video file.
if you're using windows, i'm not sure, but it should work the same way.

PROBLEM WITH THE ALTERNATIVE IS, the file can't be sent as an email attachment, so i'll pass the SLs the soft copy and yall can get it from them? is that okay?:))))

but if you want it burned in a disc, i'll find a way to get the CD to you okay?:)))

sorry about all the inconvenience buddies, it might just be my computers that are ancient (not really, i don't know) or something.

MISS YOU ALL, SEE YOU SOON (hopefully)

love aly <3

2011-08-07T19:35:00.003+08:00

GOOD LUCK FOR THE EXAMS PEOPLE.

<3 Janine :)

Choir Tomorrow

2011-08-02T19:11:00.002+08:00

I'm sorry all for this really late postl and the confusion, but there is NO CHOIR UNTIL FURTHUR NOTICE!

NO CHOIR UNTIL

FURTHUR NOTICE! repeating again,

NO CHOIR

UNTIL FURTHUR

NOTICE.

Which means no choir tomorrow. :P Heh.

So people whom I owe money for Sec 4 farewell. This is late, I know, but with all the previous activities, I deemed the time unsuitable. So, I apologise. L But if you still want your money, please come to my class, anytime in the morning, and show me the receipt – if you haven’t.

I’m in 2S, level 4, the block with the new windows. J I come to school at 6.30am so yeah, I’ll be there! J

Love,

JOsephine

TO CLARIFY...

2011-08-02T18:55:00.001+08:00

THERE IS NO CHOIR UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

Janine :)

WE ARE AWESOME! :D

2011-08-02T16:37:00.003+08:00

Good Job on Prefect's installation guys! :) We did great although its only 2 songs. Some people were singing Jubilate afterwards. hee. :) Anyway, don't forget that there's choir tomorrow. :)

Love,
JOsephine.

AWESOME CONCERT!

2011-07-31T18:13:00.000+08:00

Yeah, I know this is a bit late...but nobody's posting about it, so here it is!
WHAT AN AWESOME CONCERT. I really enjoyed this one, and it was was LOT better then, well, -ahem- last year's concert :)

GOOD WORK CHOIR!

And here are the concert videos :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSgXZRRlzNI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s49nQ6TWEYw&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ze1O9IQp1k0&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5EAg4H_F48&feature=channel_video_title

And Ko's workshop was awesome too :)

Janine :)

2011-07-22T20:28:00.000+08:00

hello Choir :D

here's two cute animals to de-stress you :D

Okay, i just want to say you guys are doing a great job. I know you guys are tired with rehearsals on wed, thurs, fri, then our concert on sun and then founders day on Mon...But just keep going okay? because you LOVE choir so much and Choir LOVES you too...and you love the songs and the people in choir etc.etc.

Love,

Anjali :D

this week's practice

2011-07-17T22:17:00.000+08:00

hi everyone!
all of us from the sec four farewell comm really really hope that you enjoyed the party, especially the sec fours, cause, well, it was your party.
sec 1-3s please remember that we have practice on:

monday, 4pm - 5.30pm,

wednesday, 4pm - 6pm

thursday, the founders' day technical rehearsal during school hours and 3.30pm-7.15pmish(rehearsal with PLMGS at PLMGS)
friday, full dress rehearsal during school hours and 2.40pm - 6.30pm

remember to memorise Mr. Tay's pieces, practice Miss tham's ones and to bring your black folders on monday.

yeah. i think that's about it.

bye!
ankita

Cantabile

2011-06-26T15:48:00.003+08:00

Hey all,

soooo about Cantabile, here are the details as follows. (Reposting as a reminder)

MGS Choir Presents Cantabile 2011

Guest Choir: PLMGS
Venue: SOTA Concert Hall
Day/Date: Sunday, 24th July 2011
Time: 8pm
Ticket price: $15 (free seating)

So what are you waiting for? Start advertising! Just a reminder, bring ticket money for PAN on Wednesday! Everyone should sell at least 2, while the sec 2s sells at least one. :)

Oh yes, you can email Ms Tham or the MGS choir email for tickets. But please if you can, email Ms Tham, for the MGS choir email's a bit... dead. hehe. Her email can be found on the school website. :) Oh yes, you're supposed to sell at least 8 tickets, so start now! :)

hehe, wanted to make it prominent! :)

Love,

Josephine

2011-06-22T15:09:00.000+08:00

Hey guys :) Tis is Lux Aeterna by John August Pamintuan by the Chamber Choir of Asia :) tat is the one we're singin... :)))

thanks :)

Cantabile

2011-06-21T21:19:00.004+08:00

Hey all,

soooo about Cantabile, here are the details as follows.

MGS Choir Presents Cantabile 2011

Guest Choir: PLMGS
Venue: SOTA Concert Hall
Day/Date: Sunday, 24th July 2011
Time: 8pm
Ticket price: $15 (free seating)

So what are you waiting for? Start advertising! Just a reminder, bring ticket money for PAN on Wednesday! Everyone should sell at least 2, while the sec 2s sells at least one. :)

Oh yes, you can email Ms Tham or the MGS choir email for tickets. But please if you can, email Ms Tham, for the MGS choir email's a bit... dead. hehe. Her email can be found on the school website. :) Oh yes, you're supposed to sell at least 8 tickets, so start now! :)

hehe, wanted to make it prominent! :)

Love,
Josephine

Norwegian folk song - Springar fra Bergen

2011-06-04T11:44:00.000+08:00

Hey all, this is the Norwegian folk song thinggum. :) Enjoy! :D

2011-06-03T18:40:00.001+08:00

Alicia Keys Empire State of Mind Solo

The version we're learning for our July concert right now was re-arranged from this. =D

-Quianna:-)

Choir Schedule in June

2011-05-28T14:42:00.000+08:00

hello everyone, here's the schedule in the June holidays...

June
3/6 Runs - 830 to 850am /Rehearsal - 900 to 1230, 200 to 530 /Chapel //Mr. Tay/ TPW
20/6 Runs - 1.00-1.20pm/ Rehearsal 130 - 500pm/Chapel/Ms J.Tham/TPW
21/6 Runs 1.00-1.20pm/ Rehearsal - 130 -500pm/ Chapel/ Ms J.Tham/ TPW
23/6 Runs 0 900 - 920am/ Rehearsal - 930am -1230pm/ Chapel/ Dr. Miguel Filipe (workshop by Visiting Director of Activities at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Oberlin, Ohio/ TPW

23/6 - everything is the same as above, except for another rehearsal at 1.30 to 5pm with Ms J.Tham

:)

2011-04-19T19:24:00.001+08:00

WE ROCK! Lookie at the videos below. :D

MGS Choir 2011 SYF

2011-04-19T19:23:00.001+08:00

MGS Choir 2011 SYF

2011-04-19T19:23:00.000+08:00

2011-04-18T21:44:00.000+08:00

Hey Choir :D

If you haven't seen the videos that the pianist took on SYF day (during rehearsal), here it is :

Hjaoningarima: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPB666rMC0k&feature=share

Londali: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6LRUHTdzQQ&feature=related

There you go :D

Anjali

2011-04-16T18:19:00.000+08:00

Hey Choir :)

Are you happy? We got GOLD WITH HONOURS! So cool right? I think we sounded amazing and we somehow managed to cut off well :)

Don't forget how we got here - by working really hard and doing ~~not so fun~~ things like details and more details. But it paid off didn't it?

Let's continue to work hard for upcoming things like the July concert and for Founder's day.

But for now, just CELEBRATE because we got GOLD WITH HONOURS!!! Oh yeah!

Love,

Me :)

p.s. I finally figured out how to post on the blog. Are you proud of me? XD

2011-04-15T21:13:00.002+08:00

HEY GUYS!! =D
GUESS WHO? =)=)=)
Well, I know I'm alumni, and I dunno if I'm supposed to be able to post anymore (HEH!)
BUTTT, I really can't contain this!!!

WE ARE SO PROUD OF ALL OF YOU!!!
GOOD JOB AT THE SYF!!!
GOLD WITH HONOURS YO! SHIOK TTM!!!

You girls have really done the school, teachers, conductors, and all us alumni proud. Thank you so much for all the hard work put in, and now you all know exactly what your limits are: LIMITLESS. (LOL!)
Remember at choir camp when we were discussing the expectations of the choir? I am very sure that you've proved to yourselves that working towards your expectations, though tough, is definitely worth the while.

Ms J Tham, Mr Tay, Ms Tham PW, Ms Ng and Mrs Heng, thank you so much for all the hard work you've put in! We know that he Choir could not have attained this height without your input. We really miss all of you, and we still keep in mind all that you have taught us! We really miss singing with the MGS Choir, under your baton, but we promise that we are doing our best to spread the joy of singing! =D

WELL. So in short, CONGRATULATIONS!
Tonight, as you all go to sleep, thank the Lord for blessing us, yea?
And don't forget to continue praising His name with your beautiful voices =)

Loving you always,
Eli Sayampanathan, on behalf of all Alumni

ps. We're really proud to be able to call ourselves Alumni of the MGS Choir. And one day, when all of you become alumni too, you'll understand...thank you for giving us this legacy Choir!!

2011-04-15T02:32:00.001+08:00

So hey guys

well it's 2.25 in the morning and i somehow woke up in the middle of the night (that never ever happens) and I'm laying here and I can't get back to sleep so I thought why not post a little something something?:P

I think we've come a pretty long way in our prep for SYF and although it was mighty stressful and all I kinda had fun, did yall?

Anyway I wanted to say thank you all for making rehearsals so vibrant and interesting, thank you comm for keeping the choir going, thank you SLs & octet leaders for organizing practices, thank you newbies to being so diligent and thank you non-newbies for helping the newbies and everyone along.

And thank you teachers and conductors for all the support and for whipping us into shape.

Kay I"m kinda excited but kinda apprehensive, scared that I'll freakv out and goof or something, and that's bound to happen if I don't get enough sleep so I'd better stop blogging now.

See yall later peeps.

Aly

Intensity V.S. Volume

2011-04-11T20:49:00.000+08:00

Hey guys,

You know, for parts like bar 75 of the Icelandic Song, Mr Tay is always telling us to be quiet but intense! so guess wot?

While I was studying, I came up with this great analogy.

You know right, if you check out the shower in your bathroom. The tap can move vertically or horizontally? Well, let's just imagine, that you want cold water to come out in a big amount. You turn the tap sideways and upwards, right?

So... in the same way, you have to go 2 directions when you are singing. Whether it's greater intensity or less intensity. Whether it's loud or soft and quiet. And BTW, loud does not mean greater intensity all the time okaay?

I know this analogy is pretty funny. But I sing better when I imagine it as something else. Haha, am I weird? But I hope this helps you to see the difference, especially those newbies out there. (:

Okay, let's pray hard for a GOLD WITH HONOURS for our SYF kay. But the thing is, we should just give our best. I think God will be pleased with that.

Bye, (have to study for history nao)

Barberella barberella barrrberellaaeee

p.s guess who?

2011-03-31T20:22:00.000+08:00

HEY GUYS

okay sorry for the delay. okayokay.

acjc choir concert is on MONDAY 30TH MAY.
tickets are $20, $25 or $29
so rmb to text me your orders by saturday!

thanks doods:D

-aly

Londali Bridge

2011-03-17T20:59:00.001+08:00

hey all, so i'm using the blog for the first time - hey this is cool! :) Anyway, I've decided to upload this COOL AND EPIC pic from facebook so the juniors know what the actions for Londali Bridge are supposed to look like. COOL RIGHT? Okay so practise your scores and actions!

2011-03-16T20:54:00.005+08:00

so hey guys

hope yall had a good time and camp:)
and learnt aloooooooooot from mr turunen and mr tay and ms tham!
i know i did:)))))))))

okay i found Hjaðningaríma (bet you're wondering how i typed that out) on youchoob and it's titled Gjallarhorn- Hjaðningaríma (lyrics)
and Gjallarhorn (according to wikipeed) is Jenny Wilhelm's band so i figured it's the one that mr turunen was telling us about, y'know the one with the didgeridoo?

anw i'm not sure if this is the original Jenny Wilhelm version.
it's a little different from the version we sing but pretty cool nonetheless.

(heehee see there how i make the video fit within the big white column i'm so proud of myself obsessive-compulsiveness [obsessiveness-compulsiveness?] isn't always bad)

yepp
okay.

and that you all for making camp wonderful!
i had a great time with you guys:)

and practice hard for the auditions kay?
okay?
YAY.

see ya!

2011-03-05T23:18:00.000+08:00

Hey guys

so i feel kinda bad for not posting so here i am.

okay so anyway keep up the good work and i hope y'all are looking forward to camp:D

and hey eli rachael and leekhim how's life?

okay byeeee.

helllooo choristers!

2011-02-21T20:55:00.000+08:00

so... the blog has been dead for quite some time now so i decided to liven it up with a post. *crickets chirping*... okay anyway let's just get straight to the point:) for those of you who weren't at choir practice last Friday (and there were quite a lot of you), in a nutshell, we practiced the three SYF pieces, namely the wind, londali, and hiathningarima(is that how you spell it?). aaannd please remember that for the seniors are supposed to have memorised ( or at least internalised) these three pieces and (according to allison) SYF auditions are coming soon sooo if you still don't know your stuff you better make sure you do it or get someone to help you or else... okay i think that's all for now. remember that you chose choir and choir chose you so work hard and most importantly enjoy yourselves!(i got that from one of the older posts, i'm not sure which one but it really does make sense in a literal sense, doesn't it?)

loads of love,
Ankita

2011-01-31T21:18:00.000+08:00

HULLO GUYS WE HAVE LIKE THREE GROUPS OF FACEBOOK SO LET'S JUST USE THIS ONE OKAY http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=24150599973 EXCEPT NICOLE AND LIZZY ARE STILL IN ADMIN UHH SUGGESTIONS ANYBODY TAAAAANKS

helloooo! ~

2011-01-07T21:06:00.000+08:00

helllooo choristers! (:

hahah this is such a random post but it's the start of a new year of school! And isn't that just so soo awesome? (: Hehehe i know for some of us, it's kind of scary or intimidating being in a new class, or having to deal with so many scary subjects and all, but let's continue to stay excited and happy for the new year alright? A new year means new activities, new friends (yay can't wait for the new Sec 1s) and new songs! (:

For those who are graduating this year (Sec 4), make this year your best year! Sing your heart out for every practise and make choir practise your time to chill out and relax from your study schedule or something. Go and make the effort to get to know other people in the choir personally, make this year count! (: Be a legacy. Jiayouu to the veryveryveryvery maxx for your 'O's and remember alwaysalways that God is with you, yes? pl0xx please go study and make the choir proud!

For the rest who are going to continue staying in choir this year, whoopee for you! Really continue to stay excited for this year! Don't come to practice every week looking and seeming so sianzz ... Put on a smile and be positive about choir practices ;D For example, instead of being so sian and unhappy, be happy and think of all the wonderful fellowship and friends you can make! Think of all the happy memories you'll make in the choir! Haha i know it's pretty lame ... but it makes a difference seeing the positive side of things! (: Let's all put in effort this year (SYF year) and really strive for our best (GOLD WITH HONOURS) Let's not be discouraged or demoralised even when we make mistakes! Let's really be determined and persevere to the end, alright? ON!

Anyway, after this superduperrr long post, i just want to end with this. I love it whenever the choir starts with prayer. Cause i feel that we are bringing God into the picture, which is just awesome and radical woohoo! So let's come to choir practise, and proclaim (not literally of course) that we want to depend on our God 100% and rely on His great strength, even if we are tired or weary or stressed etc. Let's not forget who we are really doing this for - our awesome God.

So let's start this new year with a BANG! kthxbai.

in God's great love,
ruijun

2010-12-31T12:40:00.000+08:00

Hello Choir! =D

Righto. So, its New Year's Eve, and as the year 2010 officially draws to a close, so does my beloved mgchoir journey. I write this on behalf of the rest of the batch of 2010, who have walked this journey with me, and with you. For blur people, this summarises to the following : ELI's FAREWELL POST =)

I entered the mgs choir in 2007 as a wuss. Ms Tham PW is around to testify for my blur-ness. :D And it wasn't just me, but all those Sec 1s who joined the choir, not knowing what in the world we were in for. I mean, seriously, how hard would it seem when we were doing warm-ups? Literally, those were the WARM-UPS. But as the years went by, and more and more people my age joined the choir, well...we grew up. Well, not completely (heh!), but we did mature. And now, we are all proud to call ourselves alumni of the MGS Choir =D

I would like to thank the batch of 2010 for all the memories we've had together. Yes, there were hard times, but it was the struggles that actually made our celebration worth the while. Our Pizza Hut memories, with all the tabasco and pepsi and cherries...all the prank calls and early morning cup noodles meetings in Prague...the wide-awake moments during choir camps (every single one, without fail)...many many more. It's interesting that although, as a choir, we live to sing in big events, the real meaningful memories we have still lie in the everyday events.

To all still in the mgchoir (and those yet to come), I encourage you to choose your friends wisely. And make as many as possible. I am proud to say that the friends I made in choir have been some of my closest friends in MGS. =D Rachael, Moi, Ruth, Siying, Lee Khim and the rest, THANK YOU. =D I have no enemies in choir, okay? And I DO NOT believe anyone else has any either. We're a family, and will always be, yea? With God as our Father.

I would like to thank the comittee of 2010. Thank you for your enduring patience with all my failures, and thank you for working so hard to make this choir grow. I know that we have succeeded in many areas, and that the committee of 2011 will be there to make all our own failures their successes =)
Ruth: You have been an amazing VP, friend and supporter. Not just in choir, but in every aspect of my life. You were always there (next door!) when I needed someone to talk to, and I just hope I was there for you too. Thank you for always being the one to encourage me on, and support me in whatever I do! =D
Yann Ting: You have great potential, my friend. Use it for God's glory, okay? Thank you for being such a good VP. I will always remember you as being a voice for the people, standing up for the choir's needs. Lead the choir to greater heights, and never forget to give all glory to God. All the best for SYF!
Rachael: Fatass! I've had awesome times with you. Thank you for being such a dedicated committee member, being there to tie up all the loops and manage all the details. You've been so enthusiastic about choir, and that has been such a motivation for me. We shall continue being buddies for life, yeah? I LOVE YOU!
Daphne: Hello Ms Secretary! Thanks for keeping all the choir scores and tolerating me eventhough I nag so much. I'm sorry for always being at your back, I know that the Secretary's job is really difficult! Keep spreading your joy around to others, yea?
Chongs: Our dear SCs! Thanks for making the choir sound so great! The two of you have done such a good job, keeping the choir in good form. I know it would have been hard, having to take after such talented conductors like Ms Tham and Mr Tay, so THANK YOU =D I will never forget the CH-CH-CHONGS =D
SLs: You have the most exaustive job on the planet. Taking care of the needs of the people. Thank you for being such dedicated souls, and taking care of both the music and the admin in the choir. Thank you for your hearts and minds, always being in the choir, all the time. To present and future SLs, ALL THE BEST. It's a tough world! =)

TO TEACHERS AND CONDUCTORS: Well, someone has to say it, so I shall say it =) YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST. Really. Thank you for all the dedication, blood, sweat, tears and strain that you've endured not just this year, but for the past umpteenth number of years, and will be enduring in future years. The MGS choir is really very privilaged to have you. The choir would not be who we are with any one of you removed from the equation. You have blessed our lives, so when the going gets tough, just know that we're actually a blessing in disguise =D

TO THE CHOIR OF 2010: I LOVE YOU =D I really do. You have changed my life and....okay, whuutt-evah. Don't ever forget my shunshilk hair, and the schicken pie, and the cherry stems and my "chick" (check...) moments and every other little wincy detail we've had laughs about together. The hours clocked in for choir this year have been the best hours of my year. We are, with NO doubt, the AWESOMEST CCA MGS has. So do me a favour, would you? Make it your New Year's Resolution to make this fact known to the rest of the world ;D

TO THE CHOIR OF 2011 (and all future choirs): Choir, God has given each and every one of you BEAUTIFUL voices for the sole purpose of giving it back to Him. He has given you a good past, that cannot be changed. But He's also given you the gift of the future, which you can choose to mold in various ways. Please, PLEASE choose to make it good. SYF is coming up next year, and I have perfect confidence that we have the potential to attain a Gold with Honours. Commit every future endevour into His hands, and trust Him to lead and guide you to the right paths. The Alumni are looking forward to seeing you excel in every way in the coming year, and in the years ahead =)

As you can see, my summary writing is still fail. And I dearly hope that's not reflected in my 'O' Level Cert. I will miss all of you. Please don't forget me, cause I will NOT forget any of you =) To God Be The Glory.

Love,
Eli Sayampanathan
MGS Choir Alumni 2010

2010-11-27T22:25:00.000+08:00

HEYY Y'ALL! :]

Sooooooo, we got our SYF set piece (IMPORTANT PIECE!) on Wednesday. Which means that you'll have to practice the piece. It's a nice piece so it should be fun to practice :D Hahas. The chorus bit is AWESOME. Hahahaha. Okayy. Anyways, ~~try to~~ practice the piece (A LOT A LOT) before the next rehearsal. Especially cause there's so much time in between sooooo, you should have time to practice the piece. :] OH! For those who didn't manage to come for rehearsal, whatever your reason was, the new piece is called The Wind by Kelly Tang. You can listen to the MIDI version on www.reverbnation.com/kellytang then under "songs", click "see all 61 songs" and scroll down til you find "The Wind (Demo)" then go listen to it :] It's really nice. For the people who were at rehearsal, you should have already done this. If not, please go listen and practice at the same time with your score. Okayyy. Have fun with whatever is left of the hols (which actually is quite a lot...). Byebye :]

Smiles,
Michelle

2010-11-09T22:15:00.000+08:00

HEYHEY :)

Eli wanted to know the Choir Schedule to (hehehe) VISIT ;)
so she asked to post it up here

24 Nov (Wed) : Runs -> 1pm to 1.30pm
Rehearsal -> 1.30pm to 5pm ( Chapel; Mr Tay)

29 Dec (Wed) : Runs -> 8.30am to 9am

Rehearsal -> 9am to 5pm ( Chapel; Mr Tay)

30 Dec (Thru) : Runs -> 1pm to 1.30pm

Rehearsal -> 1.30pm to 5pm ( Chapel; Ms Tham)

Stuff to be Done This Wed

2010-11-01T09:48:00.000+08:00

Dear Ladies,

Am very proud of what the choir has achieved in the past year and I thought we had a good performance - even though there were small iffy bits, we connected and communicated with the audience, the calm hope of "You are the New Day" as well as the ecstatic joy of "Laudate Dominum". Kudos to Janice who did a fantastic job despite the last minute surprise sprung on her.

I do hope this excellent onstage fearlessness, self-discipline (can always be better of course if we're twice more sensitive to our surroundings and the people around us) and good student leadership momentum will be passed on to future generations of MGS girls as a tradition that will last for the next 987654345674324567876543 years. :)

While it is very good to have distinct goals in life e.g. a concert/competition/clock a gazillion NYAA points, I think it is just as important to understand/remember that goals should not be an end in itself - the process of getting there is just as important as life should be an exploration of what is, what is not, and what it can and should be. For this purpose, we will read through pieces like the Holst Ave Maria and Wilhelms Hjathringarima just for fun. :)

While there are many ways of looking at same thing, here are the tonal centers I think might be easiest for learning purposes:
Bar 01 Eb
Bar 17 Bb
Bar 21 Eb
Bar 29 F
Bar 34 Ab
Bar 39-end Eb
But of course, feel free to be flexible and find/use whatever works best for you. There are no hard and fast rules in life. :)

with lurve,
Mr Albert Tay

2010-10-10T15:27:00.002+08:00

HELLO HELLO
:) woaw this is my first time blogging here x)

Anyways, EOYs are still ongoing and the Sec 4's O levels are coming O.O
And here I am blogging...hehhehheh

THERE'S CHOIR THIS FRIDAY :)
I'm sure all of you are excited! ^^
OhMgee, I miss you all. <3<3<3
I can't wait to see and sing with all of you :)

Oh, Sounds of Hope is here again :)
and we need to sell tickets!

Sounds of Hope 2 Concert

(in aid of National Cancer Centre Singapore)

Date: 30 Oct 2010

Venue: MGS Auditorium

Time: 7:30pm

Ticket price: $20 free seating

LOTS OF LOVE,
C.

2010-09-10T00:23:00.000+08:00

somebody totally stole my identity as barbarella.

happy sixteenth ellissa:D

sorry it's kind of a day late.

-aly

2010-09-09T20:21:00.001+08:00

hello everybahhdeeee barbarella is back

i'm really bored now after all talk on volcano victims

hey, practice singing ~~when you're free/ in the bath etc.~~ I know it's holiday but
you chose choir and choir chose you so do it :b

Just do it

- Nike

Sounds of Hope is going to be good yes?
yes whether you say no or yes

no go-backs d:

2010-08-25T19:09:00.001+08:00

This is Gustav Holst's Ave Maria:

I also found the English translation to Hjaðningaríma, for those who are interested to know what the lyrics mean:

The grim giants are frightening
The ancients frost giants
And dwarfs, elves, ghosts
Demigoddesses, enchantresses, Norns

I was tired and had a hard journey,
I had bad premonitions,
Finally I sat down
Under an oak tree in the forest

The tree stood leaning on a slope
At a large river's side
Its branches shadowed the entire land
And its leaves hung down low

The grim giants are frightening
The ancients frost giants
And dwarfs, elves, ghosts
Demigoddesses, enchantresses, Norns

The forest giant uttered mighty bellows
Through the field of winds
Enormous floods of water
Cascaded from the castle of storms

- Quianna :-)

2010-08-10T21:12:00.006+08:00

Heyy choir,

Happy belated National Day! Hope y'all are studying hard for this last week of common tests... :] This Friday, choir resumes as usual. (Friday, 13th August 2010) So please don't forget to bring all your stuffs... (eg. file, notebook, pencil, waterbottle, etc...) Please also be sure that you look through your scores (Laudate, etc...) before choir practice later this week.

Not forgetting our sec 4 seniors out there... STUDY HARD FOR PRELIMS :] *hinthint*come back to visit choir soon...*hinthint* Hahas. Y'all can look forward to sec 4 farewell...!

Alrights, (to everyone) study hard, yeah? Looking forward to seeing y'all in choir on Friday :]

Michelle

2010-07-24T13:28:00.000+08:00

hey choir

good job yesterday! God be in my head sounded quite nice from where i was standing:)
okayokay, our holding room for fdd tmr has been changed from the acacia room to the gardenia room. not sure where it is, so we'll just find out when we get there.

rehearsals in the holding room will start at 5pm tomorrow, coz we have to be in the ballroom by 5.30.

yep, see you all tomorrow:)

-aly

2010-07-23T20:54:00.002+08:00

So maybe just for the benefit of those that weren't here today, or whoever needs to confirm info, this Sunday, we have to be at the Gardenia room(according to the Shangri-La hotel website, it's on the Mezzanine level, whatever that is... anyway I guess we can just ask for directions) at Shangri-La Hotel at 5 p.m. We will proceed to the ballroom at 5:30 p.m.
We have to wear black jeans/pants/skirts with a bright top, or a black top with bright jeans/pants/skirts, or a bright dress. Hair can be tied up in any way that we like(as long as it's not too outlandish). For shoes, any kind of shoe is fine except for flip-flops and... well, I don't think high heels are advisable, because you might trip while doing all those side-steps. =D Right, and dark eye liner is compulsory.

-Quianna :-)

2010-07-19T14:51:00.004+08:00

HEY CHOIR.

yeah it's the "good job, guys" post that follows all our performances, but seriously, you all were amazing. i received very positive feedback from various people:D and i'm sure you've noticed that we've improved alot since cantabile, awesome huh?

i'm really really proud of all of you, and i had great fun singing with you guys onstage yesterday:DD

okay i promised maria that i'd update the alumni list.

man i seem to be posting alot.

okay byeee.

-aly

2010-07-17T18:44:00.003+08:00

Hello, i found Stabat Mater...yeahh....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNt13Vw-K6Q
Annam

2010-07-10T15:14:00.002+08:00

hello everybahhdeeee my name is barbarella

hey guys:)

ellissa lamented that the blog was dead, so i'm reviving it.

(clap now)

one week to con spirito.

scores to be learnt and tickets to be sold!

yay:P

rmb to bring ticket orders on wednesday.

we have a whole hall to fill(!!)

the concert's gonna be awesome. yes?

yes.

2010-07-01T12:32:00.000+08:00

hey choir.

please bring laudate dominum tonight (1st july)
thankyou:)

2010-06-28T22:11:00.000+08:00

hello everybody:)

back to school! i hope you enjoyed you holidays:)

anyway, please look through the following scores (fill in solfege if you need to) for wednesday-

stabat mater

laudate dominum

doo wop (should be memorized for the concert)

the prayer (KEY CHANGE ALERT)

as you know, we have VERY VERY FEW PRACTICES LEFT before the arts festival, so try to learn up as much of the music you can at home, so we can focus on polishing during the rehearsals.

don't stress don't stress, but have a sense of URGENCY:D

you can ask the SLs/SCs/pretty much anybody for help if you need any.

faith, trust and teamwork! (i just felt like saying that but really, it applies in pretty much any situation)

yeah see you guys on wednesday!

-alison

2010-06-24T13:46:00.003+08:00

HEY EVERYBODY.

hello russia peeps, i miss seeing your sleepy faces in the lobby every morning:)

just wanna say that i'm really really proud of all of you. we've grown so so so much since we started rehearsing together, technique wise and as a family.

i hope you all had fun in St P making new friends and performing and everything. it was great, wasn't it?

to the home team, thank you for your support and prayers:D

we were, at least i was, thinking of you all alot.

hope you had a great holiday:)

rmb to learn up the july pieces, by when i don't know O.O

see you all in school xP

-aly

2010-06-21T20:49:00.003+08:00

HEYYY CHOIRRRR!!!!

WE'RE BACK IN SINGAPORE. unfortunately. hehhh miss st. petersburg.
but still I'm sure we'll have just as much fun here in singapore as we did there.
hope y'all have learnt something from this trip.
and take back something else other than the two gold cups.
xPPP.

ok i'm out of stuff to say.

xDDD
christie

2010-06-19T21:39:00.002+08:00

Hey everyone!

I have an announcement to make...AHEM!!

The MGS choir has done us proud yet again. The choir representing us in Russia have taken part in the Sacred and Children's Category, yesterday and today respectively, under Ms J Tham and Mr A Tay respectively. They have attained a GOLD result in BOTH categories!!

To God Be The Glory!

Love,
eli

2010-06-17T13:52:00.000+08:00

HEY (non-touring) CHOIR~

russia's great. MISSING YOU ALL.

we've done touring and rehearsals the past few days, and a combined rehearsal/exchange with a vocal ensemble as well as a concert with them.

another concert today, and we're competing tomorrow and the day after.

st petersburg is very very pretty. it's getting colder by the day and I love it:)

yeah just thought I'd give you guys an update.

~~~~

to the touring choir:
I'M REALLY PROUD OF ALL OF YOU.

and remember to be at the lobby by 10.30am.

lub
-aly

2010-06-16T13:00:00.002+08:00

HEY CHOIR!!! =D

I know majority of us will be in Russia now, but...nevermind! To all those in Russia, if you get to see this in time, ALL THE BEST AND I LOVE YOU! I am SO proud of all of you! You really sounded quite good at the practices last week. Trust in God, and I'm sure you'll all do well. VERY WELL. =D Haha, ya know, when I was at the airport to send you all off on Saturday, I felt so out of place!!! Like, you guys have grown so much, I had no duty there anymore! OH NO!! Alumni, HERE WE COME! =D I don't know how the other Sec 4s feel about it, but though it will be SO sad, change is not that bad....is it? AHEMFAREWELLAHEM!!!

Anyways, choir, do us proud, kay? All of the choir in Singapore probably are all ripping our guts apart in worry, so...and, BTW, doing us proud does not mean getting a Gold or anything like that. Just means that you've gotta do your best, and glorify God.

LOVE YOU ALL!!!
eli

ps. my posts are getting shorter and shorter....

2010-06-12T12:13:00.002+08:00

HEYYY CHOIR!
WE'RE FLYING OFF TONIGHT.
I still cant believe it.
haha dont forget anything kays, apparently it's raining in russia now, it's gonna be so cold.
but even in our excitement, dont lose sight of why we're going there in the first place.
we're not going on holiday.
it's a whole new experience, to be singing somewhere else in the world that we wouldnt normally do in singapore.
I hope that we will conduct ourselves well, and sing to our very best, and give the audience a reason to go WOW.
we sing for the love of the music. enjoy the sound. after all, we are a choir, as a choir, we make music. as a choir, we sing together, celebrate together, and put in all the effort we can.
remember the goals that we set for ourselves yesterday during practice.
dont lose sight of them.

I'll see y'all at the airport tonight.
adios amigos!

xDDDD
christie

2010-06-12T00:02:00.003+08:00

HEY touring CHOIR.

WE'LL BE AT THE AIRPORT IN TWENTY-TWO HOURS (give or take)

great job at practice today (or yesterday, whatever)

remember to bring umbrellas and masks and scarves and whatnot.

and remember to bring all the various scores that we need.

see you guys soon~

2010-06-08T10:01:00.003+08:00

heyyys people!

we're flying off in 4 days!!!
hope you all are as excited as I am to be going to russia.
it's the last stretch, so we gotta pull ourselves together and just put in all the effort we can, which I know is a lot. xDD. we just gotta focus now.

reminders:
-wednesday, thursday, friday, we have full day choir practices. on thursday the penang choir is coming, so be neatly attired.
-please go learn the russian score, make sure you are able to sing in russian by the wednesday practice i.e. tomorrow
-all scores to be memorised, details all put in.
-bring the 2 chinese new year pieces tmr, and to russia

oh yeahh... recently i've been watching this show called britain's got talent. and this year they've got a lot of good acts. this is just one of them that was quite surprising.
wanted to embed it here, but couldnt, so here's the link if you're interested.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QHk4n7mhe8
btw, they made it to the finals.
from the video you can see that they really like singing, and in the face of the judges, they proved that they were good enough to pass to the next round.
so what can we learn? we learn that we have to just put our whole heart into singing, and just give it all we got.

xPPP
christie

2010-05-31T19:55:00.005+08:00

Heyy!

Choir concert was simply awesome ~ and there's no reason for you to deny it :D

I just wanna congratulate the non-touring choir cause' I think most of us did put in much effort in our work (the dance moves and everything) and this shows that anything is possible when we put our heart into it and if we trust God. :D

Colossians 3:23 (New International Version)

²³Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men,

Remember that everything you do is for the GLORY OF GOD :D Dun lose heart and always always strive for the better :D I'm sure the touring choir will do great for the competition coming up real soon :D We'll be counting on you guys ...

As for the Sec 4s who are ~~leaving us soon~~

wait... you've already left us, we'll definitely miss you lots and lots and yepps! Dun worry and be happy cause the Lord will always be w/ yea :D

Rui Jun '10

2010-05-31T14:38:00.003+08:00

HEY CHOIR!!!! =D=D=D

Gosh...I havn't posted here for ages! Detriments of being an O level student...I guess I just wanted to say, GOOD JOB CHOIR!!! =D I'm really proud of each and every one of you. Cantabile holds great memories for me, and I'm sure it will hold great memories for you too. Well, as to how good the concert was...I just hope that you did your best, cause we're not ACS. The best is not YET to be...=} Yes, maybe the concert was not our 100%, but this concert does not determine what happens in Russia. CAUSE I KNOW YOU'LL ALL SHINE THERE!! I hope you enjoyed yourself on Saturday night, cause I did, and just to let you know (again...) I'm really proud of all of you!!

LOVE YOU!
eli

2010-05-30T23:19:00.002+08:00

i just wanna say...

GOOD JOB EVERYONE!!
you all did well!
we rocked didnt we!

and

GOOD LUCK FOR MT PAPERS!!
may God be with you!

and

GOD BLESS!!
because we sing
FOR THE GLORY OF GOD!

shuuuuuuu ~~ :)

2010-05-27T15:19:00.003+08:00

hey choir :)

this is for the competition choir, haha

you have to memorize ALL the competition pieces, and the rest of the cantabile pieces have to be learnt well, but not memorized. As in you don't need to but if you want to, you can. :D

We worked on the sister act songs then the O Virgo Benedicta.

for joyful joyful:

-we have to be sure and take not of when we come in at times eg, bar 26 and bar 44. We also have to know the syncopation and the rhythm of the song.

for Hail Holy Queen:

-have to take note of the * hymn style* and sing it in the hymn style.

-for bar 17;

[this is for sops, sorry i only got the sop part :$]

"salve, salve..." that part, you have to swell. So it's like at "Sal" you crescendo and at "ve" you decrescendo.

-for bar 19, the "ve" has to have a rounded cut-off.

for O Virgo Benedicta:

-[for sop 2] bar 24: need a smooth transition to bar 25.

-bar 62 "lis" has to be held for the full count.

thats all i got :P

*oh, and i dunno if you'll got this, but we have to be in school on Sat by 1pm :D

*on friday, you have to be in school by 8:30. meet at bamboo courtyard in P.E. attire. it ends at 5pm. i think. :) heehee

hope this helped and hope you had fun on your ROCS2 / OBS :)

byebye

lisa

**sorry, i forgot to add this in :$ heehee. We put in the words for O Virgo as well.

2010-05-26T20:29:00.006+08:00

hyye choir! :D
this post is ~~torture~~ dedicated for the non-touring members. :D

to all ye people who hath gone for ROCs,
i hope you had fun!
i would have loved to go to Malaysia or OBS.. :(

looks like the concert is coming nearer and nearer..
scared yet? nahh, of course not!
please work hard!
memorize the scores and learn up the dance!

everyone: "did you say.. dance?"

yes i did! the awesome choreography team (of Moi and Siying) came up with a cool dance!
it's for Joyful Joyful. they took HOURS to make it! please thank them!
i love it a lot! :D

everyone: "but we just came back from ROCs! how will we learn?"

well non-touring members, please be in school on the 28th at 7.30 AM!
we hope to perfect everything by 1PM, but be prepared to stay back as late as 5PM..

we only have one practice left. let us make the most of it.

as for Saturday itself, please be at school by 1PM. thanks!

okay as for the songs we need to learn up properly! they are:
- ubi caritas
- hodie christus natus
- let it shine
- joyful joyful
- hail holy queen

*stares* i think there should be more, but these are the ones that need the most perfecting!
ESPECIALLY the Sister Act songs because WE ARE CLAPPING/DANCING TO THEM!!

anyway, to those who have learnt their part of the dance, please teach the ROCs returners if they ask you for help!
we have to work harder and harder, but we will grow and have fun together as a family!

also, please try and sell all concert tickets and cards ASAP!
we must help the choir as the choir has helped us. :)

(oh and for anyone who cares, SJ is coming to Singapore this June! yay!)

God bless and best of luck!
shuuuuuuu (there are 7 'u's in it xD)

2010-05-16T22:02:00.002+08:00

Hey Choir!

I really should be doing last-minute homework now, but I figured I might as well post something happy on the blog!

So, this is a randomish video of this doooood who sings on Youtube! And he's like :O

I guess I thought that he had some things we could learn from him, like when you perform, you perform 100%; you can't get embarrassed and pull out and not give your all, cos then you'll look even weirder/lamer. So ya! He does guy and girl parts and imagine if he didn't put in all his effort, he'd come out looking REAAAAAAAAALLY. QUEER.

So yeaaahhhh. When you perform, make sure you give AT LEAST, your 100%!

ENJOY!

-Marian

2010-05-10T18:01:00.004+08:00

why hello there.

well CTs are almost over.

my last paper is tomorrow. math. so i should be studying but oh psshhhh.

SO.

we're leaving for russia in about a month, so FULL SPEED AHEAD.

cantabile is SOON. ~~do you know that bile is a digestive juice [secreted by the liver] which aids in the digestion of fats?~~

so as mentioned earlier, FULL SPEED AHEAD :D

it's all polishing etc (with the exception of let it shine)

and we're gonna do GREAT xP

remember to revise your scores for wednesday!

and once again (just for good measure), FULL SPEED AHEAD:DDD

yeah.

that's about it.

this post was rather random.

at least you got to learn about bile:D

2010-04-29T16:38:00.004+08:00

hey choir:D

it's been more than a week since the last person posted.

so i shall post.

sisteract pieces are fun, no?

great job learning BOTH PIECES yesterday xDDDDD

only let it shine left to learn, huzzah!

study hard for common tests

science modular papers for lower sec BLEGH D:

remember to revise you scores!

haha you can look through them when you take breaks from studying :P

i use wayyyy to many smiley faces.

okay.

farewell lovelies.

alison.

2010-04-21T19:14:00.002+08:00

heyyos choir!

I would like to remind y'all that we have less than NINE practices left till concert. less than 9 is because on the week of concert, sec2s have ROCs in malaysia, and sec3s have OBS.

so therefore, please go and learn the 2 sister act songs and Let it Shine on your own, and familiarise yourself at least with the layout of the pieces. all competition pieces to be memorised by next week, can? with dynamics and all articulation to be in, plus text. if you have any problems, you better go look for your SLs and ASLs. go ask eli, ruth, yannting.

it's the last stretch of the race, where you really need to focus and head straight for the finish line, but it doesnt just stop there with concert, but you'd still have the momentum to carry through to Tour. and I really hope that we can strive for that. sec1s and other new members, I know this is a very steep climb, and that you'd be nervous for your first ever concert with the mgchoir, but just focus now, and learn up the pieces. cause on concert day, when everyone's so high and yet nervous, you have no time to think about your notes, you just go. and after concert, you dont want to have that feeling that 'I could have done better than that". No. You would want to just give everything on stage. for a fact, you dont just give 100% in choir practice. you give 110%, so that on concert day, you have allowance for other stuff, and then you'd be at 100% during performance. but for now, focus on the pieces, because now is the time to make mistakes, and the time to fix them. We're on the sprinting lane now. all you gotta do is go for it.

so in conclusion, let's give this all we got. if we know that we can do better than this, then just go for it, and do it better. this is no time to hope that your voice would blend in with the stronger people in the section. it's the time for you to step up yourself. if everyone were to sing out, and not be afraid to sing out, think of what we could be like.

take the hint.

xDDDD
-christie-

2010-04-15T21:05:00.003+08:00

Dear Choir,

I may not have known all of you personally, or very well, but I'd just like to say goodbye before I go. I know this is a difficult time, for both the juniors and seniors, but I feel that you guys are holding up extremely well under the pressure. It's really not easy to balance everything like you guys are doing, and even though I haven't been in the choir as long as some of the others, I'm so proud of how the choir has grown.

To the juniors - Although it's tough, you are not fighting a losing battle. Just do your best and trust in each other, and you'll accomplish your goals.

To the seniors - I knew you guys better, and I know you know what to do by now, so all I can say is to continue doing a great job in choir.

Being part of the mgchoir family really meant a lot to me, and even once I'm gone I'll still look back on my memories with much fondness. Making music with all of you will always remain one of the best experiences of my life.

Love,

Maria

2010-04-15T19:54:00.003+08:00

Hi Choir!
I totally just realised that I forgot to put in Sh-Boom :X
So uhh here it is!
-Marian
Oh and this ISN'T the original, I think?!

2010-04-07T20:50:00.001+08:00

Hey choirrrrrr
Here are the original songs!
1. A Teenager in Love

2. Lollipop

3. Earth Angel

Kkk hope you listen up and learn the piece well!

Reminder for next prac!

2010-04-03T22:30:00.002+08:00

Hey Choir!

Please remember to bring these stuff by the next practice session! (weds)
1) Ticket stubs and money
2)Fundraising Cards and money
3)Choir fees

and rmb there's prac on tues morning!

-lee khim

2010-03-28T14:38:00.002+08:00

hey choir.

random post. yayers:D

so i was reading through all these old choir blog posts from ages and ages ago, and i was rather amused.

i quote,

"late comers will be fined with jumping jacks"- liz

funny, coz we still say that. same words and everything.

kay maybe not jumping jacks.

AND

"To put things into better perspective, we have 11 practices until our concert and only 7 of them are conductor-led.- liz (again)

gahh the "to put things in perspective" thing and "only _ practices are conductor-led" thing.

it's almost as if choir presidents are given a "helpful phrases to use during rehearsal" handbook of something.

HAHA FREAKKYYYY.

well that's all.

man that was random.

okay tata.

-aly.

2010-03-26T18:31:00.002+08:00

Hey choirrrrrrrrr here are the notices:
1. Choir fees: if you haven't paid (today was like the latest) better bring on wednesday
2. Pullovers: anyone who wants to design something for the pullover, draw it out and pass to Ellissa in 4M
3. Choir cards:Newbies remember to look for one of the teachers and pass them your money in a bag. State- number of bags sold, number left, amount of money, name and class/
4. Choir tickets: On wednesday, tell Miss Tham how many tickets you have sold and amount collected, but she will only collect stubs in groups of 5. (WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE SOLD ALL 5 BY NEXT WEEK)
Thanks!

2010-03-25T21:34:00.004+08:00

Hi Choir!
I just found this pretty cool performance of Jaakobin, so check it out!
But Christina's solo is BETTTTTTTTER! :B
And when they do that whole ruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuben leeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeevi juuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuda thingy it's cute cos they look at each other etc. SO CHECK IT OUT!

HOLIDAYS ARE OVER

2010-03-20T12:24:00.002+08:00

HI THERE!

The holidays are kind of almost over, not to say choir camp. I really enjoyed this year's choir camp, actually more than last year's one... Although the singing was quite intense, and we like practiced for like 6 hours. Many people kept looking at the clock. It was really fun. I actually got to interact with the new people and the juniors.

However, for the blind trail, I kept getting lost because the people in front of me kept going so fast, while the poeple at the back kept pulling me. But honestly, it felt really fun getting lost, as I could lead the people at the back at my own comfortable speed, althought I was joined back so quickly by the camp comm that were guiding us.

We learnt a lot of new things that is quite impossible to forget like FAITH, TRUST, TEAMWORK.

I'm quite sad that the camp is over, cause I enjoyed all the singing. I didn't really enjoy it this much before, as I felt that we did not use our hearts to enjoy the music that we make, and we were just singing for the ssake of singing and learning and memorising. Now for once, I actually enjoyed the music I was making.

I can't wait for the next practice, though I know it will be very intense as we are supposed to be memorising scores already. I hope all choir members will enjoy singing, and not sing because you are made to sing.

GOD BLESS YOU ALL!

Janice :)

2010-03-20T12:14:00.010+08:00

heyy choir:DDDDD

GUESS WOT??

it's ave regina coelorum! and not just any ave regina coelorum. KO MATSUSHITA'S AVE REGINA COELORUM!!

you won't believe how many different ave regina coelorums there are on youtube.

anyway, hope the video helps:)

oh yeah, hope you had fun during choir camp.

it was awesome, no?

farewell

aly:)

2010-03-16T19:34:00.004+08:00

Hey!!

Well, CHOIR CAMP 2010 IS OFFICIALLY OVER. =( It's okay!! Now you can all look forward to choir camp 2011!!! =D Yeah, all except sec 4s...hinthint, we're leaving soon, so coughFAREWELLcough...nevermind, we'll come back and join you for camp next year, kay? Only difference is that we won't sleep on the super-duper-hard MEP room floor...heheh!

I'm gonna keep this short, so just wanted to say that I hope that all of you enjoyed camp VERY MUCH. Of course, there was the good and there was the bad, but overall, I think there was more good than bad, so...SMILE!

I think that camp was a great time of fellowship, learning and growth, so personally, I am happy with the outcome of camp. Just make sure you take home whatever you've learnt, whatever it may be, and remember that choir is just as fun as you make it. This camp could have been a disaster if everyone refused to cooperate, but because of everyone's enthusiasm, we ALL had fun! Let's do the same for our practices, kay?

Well, a few take-away pointers:
1. We are better than we think. Apply all that you've learnt everytime you sing, and we'll grow into the best choir WE CAN BE.

2. Energy and attitude are the two most key things in choral singing. Musicality will take care of itself if we give off our best.

3. Yes, I know you're all waiting for me to say it, so, have FAITH, TRUST and TEAMWORK! =D

Love you all!
eli sayampanathan

"They will fight against you, but they shall not prevail against you, for I am with you, declares the LORD, to deliver you." - Jeremiah 1:19

2010-03-16T19:22:00.003+08:00

HEYYYY CHOIR!!!

HOPE THAT Y'ALL HAD AN AWESOME TIME AT CHOIR CAMP. I'm missing it already, and it's the sec3s' second-last year..... so enjoy your time while you still can.

anyway I shall do a sum-up of camp!

remember the three things that are very very important, that we learnt during the camp:

- BREATHE. ( i.e. the cup thing) you do know, of course that obviously because voice comes with breath, so for the voice/sound to be good, you have to BREATHE DEEPER. and use stomach muscles, expand stomach outwards, and be prepared before entries in the music

- ANGER. when you're angry, you'll have the kind of energy that is needed in all the pieces. stomach muscles will naturally be used. dont forget the emotional colours that we learnt during the workshop with Branco Stark, and apply it to the other pieces, not just Hodie. if it helps, do the hand movement thing. you have to really mean the punches, not just wave your hand up and down. but then again, when you're feeling "anger" in your energy, you have to add on externally and show happiness/laughter.

- PHYSICALITY/ENERGY! as vocalists, our instrument has a lot to do with how you're standing, and what you're feeling, so like, be enthu and dare to do things that look weird, but in actual fact helps with your singing. bring the life into the pieces!!

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and another thing, in the next few weeks, months, we'll have to work very very hard, so be prepared to be memorising a whole lot of scores within the next few weeks. so it's best to start memorising, like now. memorisation table will be up soon, with all the deadlines and all, so yeah.

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OH on a more helpful note, I FOUND VIDEOS!!!!!

SISTER ACT 2 - Joyful Joyful

Sister Act 1 - Hail Holy Queen

yeah so go watch and learn how to sing the songs.

lotsa craziness,
christie

2010-03-07T19:36:00.002+08:00

HEYYYYOSSSS CHOIRRR!!!!!

hope y'all have been going through your scores and memorising them.
reminder that this week we will be having extra practices. please remember what slots you signed up for, and go for them.

I was searching youtube, and to aid those who are new to learning the scores, I found a video of a choir singing examine me. so take a look at the video, and get an idea of how the piece should sound like.

Examine me: (the piece starts at about 30seconds into the video)

hope the video's helpful to y'all.

-christie-

2010-02-27T08:47:00.007+08:00

Hey Choir!

I've got a really important announcement to make, so please take this post seriously...

Common Tests would have ended by the time next Wednesday comes, so, please be prepared for a big change in the way we do things at choir. We really need to focus a lot more, and work as hard as we can. And this has to be done as a choir effort, not just some people working hard for the better good of the choir, k? Please always remember that personal responsibility comes before choir responsibility. That means that before the comm, conductors and teachers can try and help the choir, each and every one of us has to go home and do all our homework, learn our music and be prepared. Now, going on to our big plans...

By choir camp, we should have learnt our whole repetoire. In other words, we have 4 practices left to finish learning Kodomo, Ave Regina Coelorum, Examine Me, Hodie Christus Natus Est, Ubi Caritas, Laudate Dominum, Mian Yi, Ting Tan Qin, Doo-Wop, Hail Holy Queen, Joyful Joyful and God Be in My Head. That's 12 pieces, excluding all the other pieces the conductors have yet to give us. Also, we will have to master LonDali, Examine Me and Hodie by choir camp in preparation for the Branko Stark workshop.

As you can see, we have A LOT of work to do. HOWEVER, although this seems like a very great task, I believe that we can do it. We will be having small group practices held in the morning (6:55-7:15) and during recesses (10:20-10:40 and 11:20-11:40) on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays from now onwards. It is compulsory for everyone to be at at least 2 of these practices. Please make sure that you are there. SLs will be handing out sign-up sheets soon for you to put down in black and white which practices you are committing to attend. Yes, you are more than welcome to attend more than 2, if not all of the available practices. Please note that all this is being done for your good, so that you have the chance to practice your music.

Before practice on Wednesday (3rd March), please make sure you know Examine Me, LonDali and Hodie thoroughly. This includes new-comers. If you don't know how to learn the score on your own and need help, I am in 4M (linkway, level 2). You can also look for your buddies, octet leaders, SLs, any comm member or anyone else in choir. Ms Tham Pei Wen has also kindly volunteered to help, so if you need help, you can go to her too =D

Choir, I really hope that we work together, and put in our best effort. Remember our CNY performance? It showed us that nothing is impossible for this choir. Please remember to be prepared to work VERY hard for the next 4+ months, whether or not you are going on tour. If you have any problems or worries or anything you feel you want to address, I am in 4M =D Don't worry, I'm not going to scold you even if you say that I'm asking you to do something impossible. I rather know that you think I'm asking you to do something impossible, than you suffer in silence.

Okay. Work hard, and WE CAN DO THIS!!
Love you all!
eli sayampanathan

2010-02-21T17:04:00.005+08:00

CANTABILE 2010

Presented by the MGS (Sec) Choir

and guest choirs from CHIJ Toa Payoh and MGS Primary

Date/Time: 29th May 2010, 7:30pm

Venue: MGS Auditorium, 11 Blackmore Drive

Ticket Price: $15 (Free Seating)

Please purchase your tickets from any mgs choir member.

2010-02-16T12:52:00.002+08:00

heyyy choir!

hope you've enjoyed the first performance of the year. it's amazing how we've come so far, within 2 days. wednesday we werent that great, but we really pulled through, and friday's performance saw this huge jump in standard. just wanna encourage y'all to continue putting in the hard work, cause we got this big hill to climb, with "cantabile" and "russia tour" at the top. xDDD. not to mention that we've now seen what we can do if we put in the effort, we could flyyyy!!! i suppose that we can fly above aeroplanes in the next few months, and continue going up till we reach orbit. or mars. or pluto. ah you know what i mean. xDDD.

just a few reminders (as usual):
- try and learn up the rest of O Virgo Benedicta
- put in solfege for Examine Me until pg4 on the score, stop at the last system of the page, where the time changes to 6/8 and it says "moderato". (F - doh)

yep i think that's it for now.

xDDD
-christie-

2010-02-13T08:56:00.002+08:00

HEYHEYCHOIR!!!!! =D

Yes, for all new-comers, I'm sure you'll all be able to relate to what Sarah said in the previous post...choir, just wanted to say how awesomely proud I am of all of you!! The choir sounded relatively awesome (except for the bad mikingssss...), and, well, yeah...

Well, we know how much effort it took us to get here, right? Since this was the first performance of the year, our standard for this performance would probably have been 50% of our potential. So, imagine if we work as hard (or harder!!)...Cantabile WILL be the best thing humans have ever heard. =D+D=D+D=D+D

Go and look through all your scores over the 5-day weekend, start memorising whatever you can, and be ready for choir on Friday!!

Well, HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR, HAPPY VALENTINES DAY, and...okay, HAPPY TOTAL DEFENCE DAY.

Enjoy!
eli sayampanathan.

spread the love...

Reflection on Today's CNY Performance

2010-02-12T19:48:00.002+08:00

Hi all,
This is my first time posting on the blog... ...
I am supposed to post my reflections/what I think about today's CNY performance... ...
Well, I feel that everybody was great and I think that all of us have put in our best and were enthusiastic. Also, all our efforts that we put in in memorizing the scores have paid off as I think the audience did enjoy the performance and some of them were clapping along to the music too.
This performance was also a new experience for me as it was my first time performing in MGS. At first I was a bit nervous but gradually, I started feeling more at ease and even quite enjoyed singing.

I like today's performance on stage and I am sure glad that we were all able to perform on stage today and no one had problems memorizing the scores!

However, the preparation was sure intense but well, it was worth it! And I think that also without God, and our conductors who have put in effort to train us and everybody in the MG Choir who practised really really hard, this performance would not have been successful.

In general, I am really happy that we were able to put up a good show for our friends and teachers in school and show that our choir is indeed a gold-standard choir! :)

-Sarah Ng-

2010-02-05T20:01:00.002+08:00

Hellooooo (:
So, how's life in choir, so far?
Fun, I hope. (:
Anyways.
We have to memorise 大地回春 and 新年个儿大家唱 by Monday kay?
I know how you feel.
Don't worry cause [ahem]some people[ahem] have more difficulty than people who learn Chinese. XD
(Btw, for those people mentioned above, if you don't understand anything from the scores, please, PLEASE go and ask someone who knows)
Alrighties (:
I'm done here.
BYEEE and
Good luck memorising the scores (:
Mich

2010-01-30T12:58:00.002+08:00

Heyoo Choir!!!

Well, now that auditions are over, the choir should be more stable, so we have to start running like racehorses, k? As in, we shall start practicing to the high heavens...

Audition results have been let out, so all successful auditionees, CONGRATS!! Good job on making it into the mg choir. It would not have been easy, but then again, the mg choir journey is not an easy one either! =D But hey, generations of mg girls have done it, so you'll be just fine...

Please look through all your scores (the whole choir...not just choir of '09), cause we've got a lot to work on in the coming weeks!!

BUHBYE!!
eli sayampanathan

ps. Go sell fundraising cards if you havn't finished!!