La Sinfonie d’ Amis (Juniors)
Hi band! Details for Junior Band concert will be as follow:
La Sinfonie d’ Amis (Junior)
7 September, Wednesday.
7pm at Singapore Polytechnic Auditorium.
Tickets is 10bucks each.
Tickets can be purchase from any Lower Secondary Band members.
And, all the best for your CT2 results!
Do support our Junior Band! (:
Btw, those who are interested to attend Satoshi Yagisawa’s concert, please let me know ASAP. Is only 6 Sept, at SCH. 15bucks/tickets.
Thanks,
Josh ; Concert Master!
I Believe In Music XXIX
Singapore Polytechnic Symphonic Band presents…
I Believe in Music XXIX
Under the baton of Mr Adrian Chiang and Guest Conductor, Mr Leonard Tan.
- 12th August, Friday 7.30pm
- Singapore Polytechnic Convention Centre
- Price : $10
- Free Seating.
Part of the exciting repertoire includes:
– El Camino Real
– Joe Hisashi Work 3
– Celtic Folk Song
– An American Elegy
– Variations on a Korean Folk Song
and many more..!
Do let me (Josh) know if you’re interested for this concert asap.
Satoshi Yagisawa LIVE in Singapore
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Presented by Rave Group Pte Ltd
Singapore Wind Symphony, Satoshi Yagisawa & Toru Miura Once again, Rave Group has invited Mr. Satoshi Yagisawa for the second time, to conduct the Singapore Wind Symphony, showcasing his latest band works including this year’s Singapore Youth Festival Central Judging for Secondary School and Junior College concert bands’ required pieces, ‘Memories of Friendship’ and ‘Singapore Flyer’. It will be the first public performance conducted by the composer himself. In addition, one of the most sought-after adjudicator and clinician worldwide, Professor Toru Miura, from one of Japan’s leading music conservatoire, Kunitachi College of Music, will be conducting for the very first time in Singapore featuring classic to contemporary modern works reflecting the everyday life and emotions of people around us. Highlights include: Marimba Concerto, Satoshi Yagisawa Softly As I Leave You Salute to Sousa!, Donald Hunsberger Three Scenes from Soma, Yasuhide Ito Swaying in the West Wind, Satoshi Yagisawa Details for the Concert:
We can only use the NAC Fund if we have 40 or more members attending this concert. So, Band Members, do try to attend this concert. Also, let me know who are the interested parties asap. Thanks! Signing off, |
Updates
Hi Band! 🙂 Just a short update for now.
Firstly, for those involved in the Junior Band Concert please photocopy your new scores ‘Evening Portrait’ and return the original to the Librarian on Tuesday.
Secondly, I’ve update the Committees & Musician List. However, not all Excos names and Musician names are up there. I’ll do so asap.
Thirdly, I’ll try to get the recordings of pieces that the Main Band and Junior Band are performing right now.
Lastly, Have a great weekend ahead. Next Band Practice is on the 2nd of August 2011, 3.30pm to 6.30pm. Attendance is compulsory.
Signing off,
Concert Master; Josh.
CHANGE OF ADDRESS
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address: http://bishanparksymphonicband.blogspot.com/
Please relink and take note. Thanks!
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March hols schedule
Good evening band members,
The training schedule for March has been passed down already if you have not received it, please get it from me (Bryan) or your Majors.
We are left with 36 days (5 weeks) to our SYF.We didn’t do very well during the soundcheck yesterday. I can understand that almost everyone of us, when we are up on stage, we feel rather uneasy and thus, not able to play our best. There is only ONE solution to this – PRACTICE.
Once you practice your parts well enough, no matter where you are playing, who you are playing in front of, you will not feel the nervousness on stage. PRACTICE IS THE KEY to performing well. Besides this, Team effort is essential for a good band. I’m sure I have emphasized several times on that. Disciplinary wise, you will expect tighter enforcements on rules etc. Please cooperate with the leaders, Mr Samuel and teachers. They have really put in a lot of their time and effort into bringing up the band. See this process as a learning opportunity rather than a place to earn cca points. You are learning a new skill, free of charge.
The teachers have given their best to the band (all the planning, staying back, negotiations etc.) NOW it is UP TO YOU. ALL OF YOU to determine whether their efforts have been worthwhile.
Please COOPERATE with us, LEARN and IMPROVE. Practice, practice, practice.
Gold ahead!
Hi members!
Although what we have done during practices these few days are rather boring, the scales, metronome and all, BUT these exercises are meant to help us develop a common pulse within us, so that we will not be rushing/slowing down everytime. If you are still unsure of your notes/fingerings, I urge you all to figure it out ASAP. Notes and stuff are the fundamentals and by right, you should not experience ANY PROBLEMS with notes. Also, take down what Mr Samuel tells you to (eg. detached note, slurs, crescendo etc.). All these little details is what differentiates a Gold band from the rest. And watch the conductor at all times. MEMORISE THE WHOLE SCORE, which is not a difficult at all. Just play it a few more times and it will naturally sit within you.
Our practice hours is already very little compared to other schools. So please display sense of urgency by moving quicker and settle down within the time given. In actual fact, you took 15 MIN to set up today, which I find that it is way too much. 10 mins is a reasonable amount of time for everyone to set up and settle down.
– And as I have mentioned today, I do not want to hear Majors shouting, asking you to keep quiet or settle down. IT IS EXPECTED OF YOU to be silent and not talk unnecessarily during band.
Hope to have a more productive band prac on thursday. 🙂
SYF 2011
JUDGING CRITERIA
The judging criteria are as follows:
50% – Technique
Articulation
Dynamics
Intonation
Rhythm
Tone
50% – Musicianship
Balance
Blend
Expression
Interpretation
Phrasing
Style
The decision of the panel of adjudicators is final and no appeal will be
entertained.
5. AWARDS
5.1 The Central Judging provides the opportunity for school concert bands to
benchmark their performance standards. There is no pre-determined number
of gold, silver or bronze awards. Participating schools will be awarded
certificates based on their performances as follows:
– Gold 80% and above
– Silver 70% to 79%
– Bronze 60% to 69%
– Certificate of Participation 59% and below
To recognise the outstanding achievement of concert bands that have
attained high performance standards, schools that obtain a final mark of 85%
or more will receive the Gold award (with Honours).
Break period
Hi members, we will be having a 3-week break. Next practice, we’ll most probably be shooting the SYF drills video. So we need good attendance. Remind each other to come for band practice.
1. Memorise March Together until BAR 36, Memories of Friendship and Die Fledermaus.
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SINGAPORE YOUTH FESTIVAL 2011
CENTRAL JUDGING OF CONCERT BANDS (SECONDARY SCHOOL LEVEL)
30-HOUR MARCHING COMPONENT REQUIREMENT
1. Secondary schools and IP schools taking part in the SYF 2011 Central Judging of Concert Bands are required to submit a video-recording (VCD/DVD format) of the band members performing the marching routine outlined below:
PART A: BASIC DRILL
a. Sedia (At attention position)
b. Senang Diri (At ease position)
c. Ka- Kiri Pusing (Left turn)
d. Ka- Kanan Pusing (Right turn)
e. Hentak Kaki with Berhenti (Mark time with halt)
PART B: MARCH PAST2. For the march past, the band is required to play the “March Together” by MitsuoNonami. The band is only required to play the first 36 bars of “March Together”.
2. Both Part A and Part B are to be conducted with instruments.
3 . The percussion section (with marching percussion instruments) is to be included inthe march past contingent.
Practice Updates
Hi members, please be reminded that there will be band on these following dates:
NOVEMBER
18th, 22nd, 26th, 30th.
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