Friday, July 22, 2005
I get around.
Round, round, get around, I get around...
We had a capella training by our recently-discovered brilliant singer Mr Eric Wei. The basses and tenors, especially, underwent training for certain parts of the song "Get Around" that we were performing for Graduation 2005. We improved pretty much in our pitching and I would say that we sang much more confidently and were of a higher than satisfactory standard now. We can do better - but then again, there's the problem of time constraint/management and the undeniable fact that we are not a capella professionals. And we had only 1 month to practise... with multiple groups for most of us.
Over this final weekend before the Performance, I'll be having rehearsals throughout Saturday and Sunday. Then I have my CCA Camp on Monday and Tuesday - but the rehearsal's probably gonna be on Monday. Ack - clashing schedules are so common for me. I am still learning to be willing to sacrifice my time. Then Wednesday's the performance - for me I'll be involved the whole day. The class chalet (finally - some relaxation) is on from Wednesday to Friday - a temporary hiatus from the hustle and bustle of polytechnic life!
Being forward-looking is a good thing. Wei Jie and I have decided to embark on a piano duo for the end-year Concert - Gustav Holst's The Planets - Uranus. 16 pages long. 1 page of hard practice every week. It's a rather difficult song. Shucks. Oh well - gotta devote more time to practising for this piece.
1:19 pm *
Friday, July 22, 2005
I get around.
Round, round, get around, I get around...
We had a capella training by our recently-discovered brilliant singer Mr Eric Wei. The basses and tenors, especially, underwent training for certain parts of the song "Get Around" that we were performing for Graduation 2005. We improved pretty much in our pitching and I would say that we sang much more confidently and were of a higher than satisfactory standard now. We can do better - but then again, there's the problem of time constraint/management and the undeniable fact that we are not a capella professionals. And we had only 1 month to practise... with multiple groups for most of us.
Over this final weekend before the Performance, I'll be having rehearsals throughout Saturday and Sunday. Then I have my CCA Camp on Monday and Tuesday - but the rehearsal's probably gonna be on Monday. Ack - clashing schedules are so common for me. I am still learning to be willing to sacrifice my time. Then Wednesday's the performance - for me I'll be involved the whole day. The class chalet (finally - some relaxation) is on from Wednesday to Friday - a temporary hiatus from the hustle and bustle of polytechnic life!
Being forward-looking is a good thing. Wei Jie and I have decided to embark on a piano duo for the end-year Concert - Gustav Holst's The Planets - Uranus. 16 pages long. 1 page of hard practice every week. It's a rather difficult song. Shucks. Oh well - gotta devote more time to practising for this piece.
1:19 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".
