PhilSax Ensemble – Saxophone Section of The Philharmonic Winds
21st September 2010 (Tuesday)
Esplanade Recital Studio, 8PM
Flute Festival 2010
presented by MusicGear
25, 26 September 2010
Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music
Here’s another young composer in the making. Terrence Wong is the composer of Threnody for Band, a work dedicated to remember the late Thaddeus Cheong from Catholic High School. Read all about him here!
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Raffles Winds, the alumni band of RGS, RI and RJC, presented a chamber recital featuring Lee Jin Jun’s world premiere piece, ‘Berceuse’. Gary reviews the performance for families and friends.
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For the first time, The NCC Command Band, Swiss Winds, was involved in the National Day Parade 2010. We speak to Mr Anthony Chew, Director of Music for Swiss Winds, about its glorious history.
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What does singing have to do with playing an instrument? As any trained musician will tell you, it has everything to do with it. Find out why and how from Robert C. Rawlins of Rowan University in this article!
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Here’s another young composer in the making. Terrence Wong is the composer of Threnody for Band, a work dedicated to remember the late Thaddeus Cheong from Catholic High School. Read all about him here!
What does singing have to do with playing an instrument? As any trained musician will tell you, it has everything to do with it. Find out why and how from Robert C. Rawlins of Rowan University in this article!
We get to speak to one of the finest composers in England, Martin Ellerby. A student of Joseph Horovitz, his catalogue features more than 80 works for concert band, brass band and instrumental ensembles.
For the first time, The NCC Command Band, Swiss Winds, was involved in the National Day Parade 2010. We speak to Mr Anthony Chew, Director of Music for Swiss Winds, about its glorious history.
As they say, mallets selection is highly subjective, but what options do you really have? Find out as Ramu writes about the range of mallets that can be used with the different mallet instruments.
There are two parts to a mallet stick, the shaft (point of contact with your hand) and the head (point of contact with the instrument). Take some time to understand the choice of materials for both!
“The best way to attain a Gold with Honours is NOT to desire a Gold with Honours.” Hear what Dr Kelly Tang has to say about his pieces “Two Overtures for Wind Band” and his hopes for SYF 2011!
Raffles Winds, the alumni band of RGS, RI and RJC, presented a chamber recital featuring Lee Jin Jun’s world premiere piece, ‘Berceuse’. Gary reviews the performance for families and friends.
