Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Improvisation Assessment
We had improvisation assessment today, where either lecturers Michael or Jimmy accompanied us on the flute or keyboard while we improvised melody and chords over a 32-bar, A-B-A-B form of chords. I was with Michael and got him to play the melody for the 2 A parts, while I did the chords on the piano. It was vice-versa for the B parts. The whole improvisation went on smoothly, with I trying to "imitate" the pitch and rhythm contours of Michael's flute melody so the overall melody on the whole fitted.
6:43 pm *
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Improvisation Assessment
We had improvisation assessment today, where either lecturers Michael or Jimmy accompanied us on the flute or keyboard while we improvised melody and chords over a 32-bar, A-B-A-B form of chords. I was with Michael and got him to play the melody for the 2 A parts, while I did the chords on the piano. It was vice-versa for the B parts. The whole improvisation went on smoothly, with I trying to "imitate" the pitch and rhythm contours of Michael's flute melody so the overall melody on the whole fitted.
6:43 pm *
- Name: niwdehot
- Location: Singapore
Music has always been an integral part of Edwin’s life since the tender age of 4. The top graduate from the pioneer batch of the Diploma in Music & Audio Technology (Singapore Polytechnic), Edwin achieved the Media Development Authority Gold Medal (Course Medal) & DBS Bank Award.
An avid performer, Edwin plays at corporate and private functions, cafes, weddings, musicals, and community and charity events throughout the year. In Singapore Polytechnic’s “Superstar: The Pop Musical” (2006), he took on multiple roles of Cast Member (Chorus), Rehearsal Pianist and Baritone Section Leader. Edwin was also the second keyboardist in the incidental music band of Young NTUC’s May Day 2007 musical, “A Labour of Love”. He has appeared regularly at music festivals (Singapore Street Festival 2009, MoonFest @ Esplanade 2009) and charity events (Charity Fiesta 2006 @ South West, Music For Hope 2008, Blackout @ Emily 2009).
His artistic passion continues to grow, as does his hope to inspire others through his expressive music.
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My Goals:
-Long Term: To become well-trained in all aspects of music
-Medium Term: To improve my sight-reading and keyboard skills to another level
-Short Term: To brush up on my basic music theory after stopping for 5 years+
Special Skill Set:
Improvisation, Playing-by-ear
Repertoire includes (to be updated):
*Pending (practice in progress)
Electone Organ pieces:
Piano pieces:
Piano/choral arrangements:
(They Long To Be) Close To You - Burt Bacharach
Walk On A Rainbow Trail - Berta & Sonja Poorman
Laudate Dominum - Sherri Porterfield
When You Believe - Stephen Schwartz
*Joyful, Joyful - Beethoven (arr. Mervyn Warren)
*Because He Lives - Sally DeFord
Original compositions:
Vivid Dreams (theme: hope)
And any other tune/piece that I know well (play-by-ear)...
This performance journal was created as part of an ongoing assignment of the DMAT module "Performance".
