Hi stringalings! xD

Hope you all had a restful holiday. Time to get ready for the exciting new term!

HCISO has invited us to attend their concert, which is called Rendezvous. Here are more details:
Date:
Monday, June 28, 2010
Time:
7:30pm - 9:30pm
Location:
Hwa Chong Institution (High School Section) Drama Centre

Rendezvous is a joint collaboration between Hwa Chong Institution String Orchestra and The Australian Boys Choir, bringing to you a repertoire of pieces.

Repertoire
Handel Concerto Grosso in C Major "Alexander's Feast", HWV 318
Robert Volkmann Serenade No. 1 for Strings in C Major, Op. 62
Vesi väsyy lumen alle (Water under snow is weary)
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
The Wanderer
Waltzing Matilda
Amongst other pieces

Tickets are available at $5 from any members of Hwa Chong Institution String Orchestra, or they can be purchased through hcistrings@gmail.com

I think it would be great if we could attend this concert, since HCISO has supported us all these years, we should return the kind gesture:) We're also asking them to attend our concert, so why not go to theirs? Please let me know if you would like to buy tickets! The concert should be really good:)

Thanks! See you all in practice:)
Xi Yun

Hi peeps!

Hope you're holding up okay for the exams. For the S1s to S3s, you're almost finished!!:) For the s4s, ...what can i say..:P Jiayou everybody!

The Nanyang String Ensemble invited us to attend their concert this year. Details are below:

This year, the Nanyang String Ensemble will be holding our biannual concert at Yong Siew Toh Conservatory Concert Hall titled, 'Diluculum: A new beginning' under the baton of Mr Trevor Sze.

Our concert programme is as follows:
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Jean Sibelius: Andante Festivo

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K. 218
Soloist: Tan Tingwei

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Flute, Harp, and Orchestra in C major, K. 299
Soloists: Wang Tong (flute) and Katryna Tan (harp)

Gareth Walters: Divertimento for String Orchestra
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Venue: Yong Siew Toh Conservatory Concert Hall, National University of Singapore
Date: 15th May 2010 (Saturday)
Time: 7:30pm
Free seating

Tickets are priced at $10 each. This concert will feature harp, flute, violin, bassoon soloists and will surely delight your senses! Please support our concert!

Yup that's what they sent to us. Since it's after CTs for the s1s to 3s, please consider going for the concert:) S4s, if you can spare the time, go ahead. We'd want them to attend our concert, right? ;)

If you are interested in buying tickets, pls contact Kyu Ri through email or sms.

By the by, please check the strings blog for updates whevener you can! And feel free to tag:) The committee be posting more info here when the need arises.

Thanks and all the best for the rest of the exams!
Cheerios, Xi Yun

Hello everyone!:)

I'm finally reviving the blog because I have pictures to post!!
Remember the group photos we took on that blistering hot day in the costume?(thanks again for your cooperation;) Siyan kindly sent them to me, so I shall put them up here.






These formal photos don't really show how crazy we are...one day we shall take some informal ones;) We haven't had a chance to take section photos, so we shall do that later in the year as well(before the sec 4s leave of course!)

I hope you're all doing well, especially now during midyears and CTs. Study hard! It'll all be over soon, and JUNE HOLS will be here!And the July concert after that!! So fret not, you have a lot to look forward too:)

Oh on a side note, Mrs Ni will be leaving MGS soon, so if you see her around, pls stop to thank her for her contributions towards mgStrings:)

Cheers everyone! All the best for the exams!
Xi Yun

Hi everyone!

Thanks for coming to the party today!! I think we gave Mr Chan a nice farewell:) He enjoyed it (from the sms i received). I hope you all had fun, and sorry about dinner being so late:S

This is a short post cos i'm gonna snooze. Enjoy the rest of the holidays!! And thanks again for coming:)

♥Xi Yun

Hi peeps!

As you all should know, Mr Chan is going to leave Mgstrings:( of course it's best for him and his family, so we shouldn't be sad that he's going:)

To send him off proper, we're throwing him a farewell party. The details are below:

Date: 29 nov, Sunday
Time: 6.30-9pm (can come at 5pm if you want to cycle)
Venue: east coast park, goldkist beach resort (chalet) F04
*dinner will be provided (we have yet to decide whether it will be potluck, which in that case u may have to contribute a little something)

Mr Chan's been our conductor for our whole ensemble life (so far), and he's been really nice to us all this while. He helped us achieve so much this year, and we should be very thankful for all the hours he's sacrificed in order to train us. So i hope that you all (ALL) will make an effort to come down (despite the fact that it's compulsory). If you have other committments that can be shifted, pls do so, because 29 nov is the ONLY day mr chan can go.

Let's give ms chan a proper farewell, to thank him for all he's done for us:)

Hope you guys can make it!

Thanks yalls
XY

Hellus

Please tell me the dates you are free during the hols so we can settle on a day for the transition rehearsal:)
Pls sms me or email me the dates.
Thanks!

XY

Hiyall!

I think our Sounds of Hope went quite well. Heard a lot of positive comments from friends and family, so YAY US!!!
Thanks to Jean for uploading the clips. We sound pretty good, but we can always be BETTER

Here's the schedule for practice during the hols:
4 Nov, Wed
2.30pm - 5pm
9 Nov, Mon
2.30pm - 5pm
11 Nov, Wed
2.30pm-5pm
16 Nov, Mon
2.30pm-5pm

Mr Chan is coming for the practices, so you must try your best to come. Excuse will only be given for VALID REASONS. The teachers are getting stricter regarding attendance...
And i heard that the librarians are going to have some fun with you all soon!;D
Thats all for now. Check the strings blog regularly cos i'll be putting up bits of info that you all might need:)
See you during practice!

Cheerio,
XY

Our Sounds of Hope performance..


St. Paul's Suite - Jig




St. Paul's Suite - IV. Finale/The Dargason





You Raise Me Up




This is the 31 Oct one.. Not bad, for about 3 weeks of practice.


Jean.

Hi everyone!

Here're a few details about the upcoming rehearsals and SOH:

Wednesday 28/10/09
Reporting time is 6pm, and ending time is around 9.30pm to 10pm, since we ALL have to DO DUTY. No need to wear SYF attire. Dinner will not be provided, so eat first then come:)

Friday 30/10/09
Report at 4.30pm for rehearsal. Bring your own dinner if you are not eating before that. Also bring your SYF attire and black file.

Saturday 31/10/09 and Sunday 1/11/09
Report in school at 5pm and bring your costume as well as makeup. Dinner will be provided.

Have a great week ahead!

Cheerios,
XY

Hi everyone!

This is my absolutely first post ever on a blog... never even tagged a blog in my 15 years of living...
So now that i've FINALLY learnt this art of blogging., I can update you all on impt information AND have idle chit chat with you... ;D
Now that EOYs are over for us, perhaps now we can dedicate just a little bit more time to strings matters, yeah? Make our seniors proud at what we can achieve:)

Ok firstly, for sounds of hope, everyone has to sell 4 tickets, which totals to $80. It seems like a lot, but if you get people to buy, you'll get your money back:D so take that as an incentive! Those who have bought 4 tickets or more already (from the class orders), it is not compulsory for you all to sell, but if you can, that would be great! Please please put in effort to sell! After all this is for the children of cancer patients, and we all like happy children don't we????

On to practices, there will be rehearsal this wednesday and friday. On wednesday, rehearsal is from 2.30pm to 5.30pm. Those who are playing with the choir have to stay until 5.30pm, and those who aren't can leave at 4. On friday, rehearsal is from 2.30pm to 5.30pm. The SBC students have to attend the wonderful "presenting science" thing, so there will be sectionals from 2.30pm to 4pm, then combined from 4pm to 5.30pm. If we practise hard and play well, maybe you can go home early!

Hope to see you all at rehearsal! This is our last concert for the year, so lets make it AWESOME!!!

Cheerios!
Xi Yun

HI MG STRINGS♥

hi everyone!!!
this blog is seriously dead...oh no D:
ok i shall try to attempt to revive it now by posting something!!!
hmm..now that our dear sec 4s have left, MGSE feels really quite empty. BUT!!! we must try even harder, and increase our standard so we can do our seniors proud!
next saturday is our IMM outdoor concert, and i'm sure we want to do well for this concert right??
so...practise hard!and i'll see you all on Wednesday(:
cheers!
kyuri

p.s: someone else post something else please!!this blog needs to be revived!