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

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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).

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.

NOVEMBER
18th, 22nd, 26th, 30th.

DECEMBER
2nd

timing: 9am – 1pm