Plaisir de Chanson 2008

Well...

It's all over! TPJChoir performed in Plaisir de Chanson 2008 in the Esplanade and I dare say it was a really good performance!

For many J1s around, this is their first performance so if you're one of our audience please forgive them if they did not sing too well...

Wei Wei (00 batch's SC) was damn good ok? Here's a photo of me and him =)

I guess this is the first time you've heard of him. A short intro... He was the Student Conductor for the 00/01 batch of TPJChoir and currently is the assistant conductor of The Vocal Consort which is founded by Nelson Kwei, our ex-choral director. (That should say something about Weiwei yeah?)


We sang a total of 22 songs (including J2 chorus/alumni/combined/...) and I dare say all of them sound better that night then all the rehearsals we've ever had...

I would like to thank a few special people...
1) Nelson (for at least helping us in the first half of the year, until 1st April when that thing happened)
2) Weiwei (for conducting us, and guiding us... I personally wish you'd continue to stay with TPJChoir till they've finished their SYF.. haha) and Samuel
3) Our SCs for guiding us (though we still could not produce what you wanted fully.. but nvm lah?) and the P and VP of the choir
4) All J1s/J2s who sang in this concert
5) All Alumni who sang in this concert
6) Those J1s [Roger, Jeremiah and Joel Koh] who really took the time off to sing in the J2 chorus (you all kept saying "Please take me out..." but I didn't, and look, you've managed to get through it!)... I won't forget having all the extra sectionals with you whenever we could get hold of the time.. haha...
7) All our choir teachers-in-charge
8) All those who have bought our tickets

To end this post, here's a picture of the Bass section, 2008 JAE period... (to make up for the screwed concert booklet =X)

From left to right:
Back row: Tan Xiao Li, Roger You, Joel Goh, Lyndon Leong, Joel Koh
Mid row: Mohamed Haikal, Wong Dai Quan, Gabriel Lim [0708 SL]
Front row: Arron Li [0708 President], Jeremiah Tan

My new section!!!!

Yoz...

The new JAE batch has come to TPJChoir!

Guess wad: my section now has 9 J1s!! (while Tenors only have 4, Altos have ~8 and Sops have ~13).. that makes my section the 2nd biggest (in terms of J1s.. haha)...

Will post photos of us soon... haha...

Plaisir de Chanson 2008 would be held in the Esplanade on the 19th May 2008! Come support!

The CNY performance...

Hi all!

Here are some videos of the Esplanade performance... (more like CIP though...)

I only released the 3.30pm performance though...

欢乐舞曲


拜访春天


春天里


and here's my section (the PAE section)...



Plaisir de Chanson 2008 would be held in the Esplanade on the 19th May 2008! Come support!

Choir CNY performances...

Yozzz...

TPJChoir would be having 2 performances for Chinese New Year!

1) Voices of Spring@Ngee Ann City (Takashimaya)
Date: 13/02/2008
Timing: 7.30pm - 8pm

2) Voices of Spring@Esplanade
Date: 16/02/2008
Timing: 3pm - 3.30pm, 5pm - 5.30pm (2 performances)

We would be performing 3 songs there:
1: 欢乐舞曲
2: 拜访春天
3: 春天里

Here's a version of 欢乐舞曲 TPJChoir and VJChoir combined last year:


Enjoy!


Plaisir de Chanson 2008 would be held in the Esplanade on the 19th May 2008! Come support!

Visit to ESChorale on 11/01/2008...

I visited East Spring Chorale on the 11 Jan '08...

Good to see that they've got a new conductor... Heard from Kai Li that they didn't have a conductor for 4 months!

Anyway...

Listening...

Sops/Altos are very airy! Must ask them to work on their pitching too! More sectionals would do you good =)

1 way to try to be less airy is to support more... (But I dun blame them... they were without a conductor for abt 4 mths liao... i expect them to forget quite a bit) Maybe the SC/SLs can help?

Baritones... Check your pitching! More sectionals would also be good... Considering that you have learnt Laudate Dominum for quite a while already, I still don't see any reason why you just can't get that part right =( Very sad as this is such a nice piece and you don't do it well... Ask you SL to guide you in the jumps/how to get notes/... if you are not clear! (Well... SLs need to be good in their music anyway... haha..)

Try to achieve in-section blending (as in.. everyone try to sing the same style so no one would stick out...)...

Warm-ups...

I spoke to Kaili about some warm-ups you should do... (It worked in my choir at least...) Try to implement it... While Physical warm-ups are good, I feel that you should place more emphasise on the vocal part of it... Might want to ask your instructor to come say 1/2 hr later? so you would have more time to start warm-ups on your own before he comes in... It may also be used for sectionals (that's what my choir does anyway...) to revise through songs which you may have forgotten and clarify the part you do not know before the instructor comes... This is so that you can save time and money and at the same time be more productive...

Try singing chords, thirds and fifths... *Must make sure you can hear the overtones before moving on to the next chord!*

Note: The following are examples and they can be transposed!

Eg. Baritones: C, Altos: G, Sop 2: E, Sop 1: C



Baritones: C -> D -> C, Altos: E -> F -> E, Sop 2: C -> D -> C, Sop 1: E -> F -> E



and Baritones+Sop2: C, Altos+Sop1:G
ESChorale Forums

I've created a forums for you all more than 3 years already! and many of you do not know about it (or you don't care about it =( )

SCs/SLs I've also put up a MIDI making program on the forums so you can type out the music and upload it for your section to listen! MIDIs are quite a good way especially if you do not have a piano/music background at all... If you ever need help in it, you may give me a call at 9738 4238 (PLS call after 8!) or ask Yan Zhi for help...

If you need me to give you a demonstration on how to use it please tell me too... I'll try my best to help you... (But don't ask me to make them for you!)

Overall...

I feel this new conductor is quite good... Cooperate with him and I'm sure the Chorale would be able to achieve better heights =)

Try to learn how to sight-sing too! (At least identify and know how to sing note up/down, thirds, fourths, fifths and octaves)

BTW... If you ever need help, I should be able to help out... (like that Friday... I'm generally free on Weds too...) just give me a call... I'll try to be there...

Disclaimer: I'm just a SL... Forgive me if I've said anything wrong and if I've missed out on anything...


Plaisir de Chanson 2008 would be held in the Esplanade on the 19th May 2008! Come support!