Saturday, August 20, 2005
Rehearsals once again.
It's only been less than 1 month since our last performance for Graduation 2005 on 27 July. And we're already headed for our next performance for SP's 50th Anniversary Closure. We're left with less than 2 weeks to it - fortunately we're doing only ONE 2-minute song (I feel it's not long enough for us to be graded, but oh well).
We're gonna' be having rehearsals every Monday and Friday in school and during the 2 coming Sunday afternoons. I don't think there's enough time for us to really do a very nice piece - so I guess we'll just make do with the standard we're at.
Our piece is "Waltz For The Moon" from Final Fantasy. 3/4 syncopated timing adds to the "cartoony" feeling the piece gives its listeners. We stuck to the original team - Jwee Keat and I on keyboard, Candice on viola, Chrislyn on trumpet, Bo Yuan on French horn, Wee Siong on dizi and Louis on flute. For once, we're doing a fast-paced piece, compared to the slow ones we've been doing in the past. This kinda' brings up the challenge for us to co-ordinate.
I've finished covering the correct fingerings for all 12 major scales - next I'm going for the a, b, c, d, e and g minor harmonic scales that we'll be tested on soon. I've selected Debussy's Reverie (A Dream) as my solo performance piece. I'd rather play an electone organ piece but I have had to bend towards the classical side to fit the requirements on the module syllabus. I'm still brushing up Uranus and getting started on the front part of Jupiter (both pieces to be played at the DMAT Concert). At the same time, I'm up to No. 5 of the Hanon exercises (just started them recently - and there's SIXTY altogether! *freaks out*).
Til' next week...
8:48 am *
Saturday, August 20, 2005
Rehearsals once again.
It's only been less than 1 month since our last performance for Graduation 2005 on 27 July. And we're already headed for our next performance for SP's 50th Anniversary Closure. We're left with less than 2 weeks to it - fortunately we're doing only ONE 2-minute song (I feel it's not long enough for us to be graded, but oh well).
We're gonna' be having rehearsals every Monday and Friday in school and during the 2 coming Sunday afternoons. I don't think there's enough time for us to really do a very nice piece - so I guess we'll just make do with the standard we're at.
Our piece is "Waltz For The Moon" from Final Fantasy. 3/4 syncopated timing adds to the "cartoony" feeling the piece gives its listeners. We stuck to the original team - Jwee Keat and I on keyboard, Candice on viola, Chrislyn on trumpet, Bo Yuan on French horn, Wee Siong on dizi and Louis on flute. For once, we're doing a fast-paced piece, compared to the slow ones we've been doing in the past. This kinda' brings up the challenge for us to co-ordinate.
I've finished covering the correct fingerings for all 12 major scales - next I'm going for the a, b, c, d, e and g minor harmonic scales that we'll be tested on soon. I've selected Debussy's Reverie (A Dream) as my solo performance piece. I'd rather play an electone organ piece but I have had to bend towards the classical side to fit the requirements on the module syllabus. I'm still brushing up Uranus and getting started on the front part of Jupiter (both pieces to be played at the DMAT Concert). At the same time, I'm up to No. 5 of the Hanon exercises (just started them recently - and there's SIXTY altogether! *freaks out*).
Til' next week...
8:48 am *
- 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".
