It's only week 3 but is everyone already experiencing a busy semester? We feel ya. Over the last 2 weeks, we performed at the Student Life Fair, HERE Arts Carnival, and had our Welcome Tea! Although we're still recovering from the festivities, the semester only gets better from here! Look forward to our Orientation on 3rd September (talk to our friendly SLs for details :)) Here's a recap of what's happened so far! Student Life Fair! Our booth was set up at the Dance Studio, and we even had a selfie taken with Professor Tan Chorh Chuan, President of NUS! Did you manage to catch our flute, clarinet, brass and percussion ensembles at Student Life Fair? Don't worry if you didn't manage to catch us because here are the recordings: NUSWS Welcome Tea! We had a huge turnout at our Welcome Tea on 15th August! Our freshies got to experience the joys of being a NUS Wind Symphony member. It was a night of intense music-making under the tutelage of our experienced conductors, Associate Professor Ho, and Mr Francis Tan. It was certainly refreshing for our seniors to be playing with new faces! Thank you to those who came down and we hope everyone had a great time! :) Picture credits: Phoebe Heng & Poh Zi Yang Japanese Graffiti XIV at HERE Arts Carnival! After only three rehearsals and a bump in, we found ourselves at UCC on a Friday night. It was time to showcase our exciting choreography and music at the HERE! Arts Carnival. We got the audience clapping along and laughing at our cute antics. We would like to express our gratitude, especially to our members and alumni who came down to support us, and hope everyone had a great time listening to our music, drinking beer and eating good food. Picture/Video credits: Muhammad Hafiz Rahman & Poh Zi Yang So that concludes our coverage of a busy but fulfilling start to the semester! Jiayou for this semester everyone! Stay indoors and remember to drink up cos the annual haze is back! Cheers, Christabel We are very pleased to announce that we recently clinched third place and a respectable Silver award for the Singapore International Band Festival 1st Division competition. Under the baton of our conductor, Mr Francis Tan, the band performed Movements 2 and 3 from Three Portraits for Symphonic Band by local composer Kelly Tang, as well as selected excerpts from Sidus by Thomas Doss.
Unfazed by the fierce competition from local bands such as Ngee Ann Polytechnic Concert Band and Republic Polytechnic Wind Symphony, as well as international bands from Malaysia, Taiwan and Thailand, we prepared intensely for two months before finally performing in the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music concert hall before a panel of distinguished adjudicators. Our rendition of Sidus was found to be particularly impressive and commendable, earning praises from both professional and amateur audiences alike. We also received a special mention from composer Kelly Tang for a splendid performance of his composition. We would like to extend our heartfelt appreciation to our conductors and tutors for their boundless patience and dedication, to CFA for its continuous support, and to everyone else who has contributed to our achievement. We hope to build upon this success and continue to soar towards even greater heights by participating in a festival and competition overseas next year to celebrate our 49th year of founding. |
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