Young Musician Camp 2009

Dear all,

There will be an event "young musician camp 2009" organised by NYPCO on the 15th and 16th June 2009. There will be Secondary School coming down to join us.
The Schools are Beatty Sec, Mayflower Sec and Northland Sec!

On the second day of the event, there will be a concert at 10 am. All the school will be involve in the sectional ensumble. And end with a combine. Each Secondary school will also be playing a few songs for the audience!

If you are interest in watching. please do email mi at limyuyue@gmail.com to book the number of ticket.

Time: 10am - 1pm
Venue: nanyang polytechnic auditorium
Price: Free

Theory lessons

Hello everyone!

Please take note that theory lessons conducted by our conductor, Mr Mike Chiang, will start this coming week. The details for the theory lessons are as followed:

4 May 2009 (Monday) - 6pm to 9pm
6 May 2009 (Wednesday) - 2pm to 5pm
8 May 2009 (Friday) - 6pm to 9pm
Things to bring: Writing materials
Venue: A240 [Chinese Orchestra Room] :)

Please note down the timing and venue and be punctual yea! Current members are welcomed and encouraged to join in the theory lessons!

PS: Our Chinese Orchestra Room is located at Blk A, beside Theatre for the Arts. Please enter from the BLUE door beside TFA and you will see our room!

Thank you (:

HELLO EVERYONE!

Thanks to all for your help and cooperation during Club Crawl 2009 to promote and attract freshies to join Chinese Orchestra! And some of you actually walked around the Sports Hall, and the whole NYP with the holding boards to advertise NYPCO! Really appreciated your hard work!

Next, good job to all the performers for putting us such a good performance for both days. Not forgetting our student conductor-cum-Vice President, Cheng Heng, for conducting and leading the orchestra well during the performance! *clap clap*

Lastly, to all percussionists! Thank you for all your hard work for the past 2 months in preparation of Tribal Beat. You guys put up a great performance!

Since school has started, everyone jiayou for your studies alright! Do remember to turn up for practices also!

Club Crawl 2009

Hi everyone!



Please take note that Club Crawl will be on 22 and 23 April 2009.



The repertoire will be:

- Tribal Beat

- Ultraman

- Beatles Medley (Bar 56 onwards)

- Lian Zou (5)



Attire: GREEN CO SHIRT, DARK COLOURED JEANS and COVERED SHOES

Meeting time: 1pm sharp

Please be punctual and report at Sports Hall by 12.45pm! Excuse letters will be issued!

Sectional Leaders for AY 2009/10

Hello everyone!

I am here to announce the new batch of SLs for the year!

Dizi: Nai Zheng
Sheng & Suona: Hui Yi
Plucked Strings: Huijun, Michelle
Huqin: Xiao Yang, Yubing
Cello & Bass: Esmond
Percussion: Zi Hui

Congrats to them yea! Please do look for them if you have any enquiries. Thanks!

Resume of Sectional

Greetings to all!

Please note that sectional resumes from today onwards! SLs please inform all your members, including the alumnis, to turn up for practices.

Day	Section
Monday	Dizi, Cello & Bass
Tuesday	Sheng & Suona, Plucked Strings
Wednesday	Combined Practice
Thursday	Huqin, Percussion
Saturday	Guzheng

Time: 6.30pm to 9.30pm

I posted the sectional days in case anyone forgets when his/her sectional is.

And yeah! HAPPY HOLIDAYS!! Enjoy yourselves!

Resume of Practice

Hi everyone!


Practice will resume on 25th February 2009. It's a combined practice, so please remember to bring your scores and your skills back! =))


All the best for your semestral end exams! Do your best alright! See ya guys!

Committee 2009/2010!!

Hi all!

The new batch of committee for 2009 & 2010 has been chosen! Lets congratulate them! ^_^



*Note that the secretary for the year is Liting also =)

*ClapClap!* Jiayou new committee members in bringing NYPCO to a new level! Well done in your interview today!! =)

Happy new year and good luck for your exams!

Ex VP says....

HI dear fellow members,

It is probably time to do some spring cleaning to our CO BLOG already. When was the last post updated? Sep 10th by jiawenwen.... 

December has arrived. Are we satisfied with the amount of things we have done for this year ^^? Annual Concert, Hong Kong Music Festival, Mini Lunchtime Concert, Interviews by Straits Time, Zao Bao, PAP Charity Concert (coming soon..). 

I thought that CO have been pretty much progressive and doing well in terms of publicity and we have been exposed to wide variety of music genres too, thanks to our conductor Mr Chiang. =) Of course not forgetting the effort of our current members as well as our LOYAL batch of alumni! Now u see how teamwork gets the orchestra moving!! 

I hope this carries on and on... forever. =) 

I think we need give a round of applause to our Percussion Team for taking up the challenge to participate in the competition this time round. They have make great efforts and gave their time in for practicing despite having various commitments. **Claps Claps** It is the effort that people will remember. Good Job percussionists !! ^^

Anyway, admins please do update the blog frequently!! btw, we've been FEATURED in 联合早报 on 12th Dec 2008, 3rd last page left hand corner of the paper. DO read them!! Look out for SITI, the Vice-President!! whahaha. Hopefully, the straits time article would be out soon. Keep a look out... 

Regards,

ex.vp. 

Dedicated to SLs =D

Yoyo all SLs, 

please remember to ask your instructors to sign on both the white and pink form before the 2nd last day of each month, 

for eg, last day of june is 30th. Instructors have to sign by the 28th. 

this is to ensure that your instructor will not get their salaries too late, as NYP's finance dept is abit slow in their processing.

& i think almost all setB's practices have already reached 10 lessons right? 

so SLs rmb to tell your setB instructors. =D

btw, i forgot to photocopy july's pink form,

so i dont have the records of the setB instructors pay slip =x

im really sorrrrrrry to all SLs ):

rgds,

jiawen

Hk tee payment

Hi all, the hk-tees will be here soon!

Please pay the money to your SLs ASAP.

Latest by next wed [17 Sept 08]

Price for the HK tee

Current members : $15

Alumni/CS pple : $8.50

Why $15 for current members?

the extra is for CO fund, cuz if i collect the hk tee $$, then i collect the CO fund $$ again, it would be very troublesome for all of us, so we are making your lives easier. :)

Thanks alot! =D

ps: Those who went for the EVCO concert and haven paid me the ticket $$, please pay me soon if not i will keep haunting you. hahaha $13 per ticket.

Regards,

jiawen :D

Resuming of Practice

Hi everyone!

Sectional and combined practices will resume this week. Extra practices will start on Saturday at 930am this week.

There will also be a Spring Cleaning after this Saturday practice. All of you are advice to stay back and help out. 人多好办事.

Do bring along $15 and pass it to your SL by this week. It is for the Hong Kong trip t-shirt.

Please attend the practice tomorrow.

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We are only left with 1 month to the Hong Kong trip. Please try your very best to turn out for practices.

Thank you!

HK accomodation

Hi all,

For your information, the hotel that we will be staying in for the HK trip, is BP International Hotel.

- Two Person Per Room -

Study Break

Hi all!!

We will be having our study break from 8/8/08 to 31/8/08.

Please come back for practice on 1st of September!

Meanwhile, lets all work hard and study for our exams and be prepared to enjoy seeing one another very often (intensive practice) after our exams!!

Jiayou Jiayou everyone!

Please attend the practice tomorrow.

Thank you!

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Also, for members going HK, please make your 1st payment by Friday, 1 August.
We'll be flying to HK on 5 October and flying back on 12 October.

Thank you!

Visit to temple

Hi all,

This saturday, we'll be visiting the temple where Ruixiang's ashes will be placed. If you are interested to go, please inform us as soon as possible. We'll be tagging along with EVCO's bus, thus we need to confirm the number of people going.

Details are as follow:

Date: 21 June 08 (Saturday)
Meeting Time: 12pm
Meeting Venue: Cheng San CC (Near Amk Mrt station)

Those who don't know how to go, do let us know so that we can arrange a time for us to meet at AMK mrt station and we'll bring you there.

Please message either Me (coconuts) or Shing if you are going.

Coconuts: tcs9423@hotmail.com
Shing: emal_shiying@hotmail.com

Thank you!

Remember them..

We can't stop tragedies from happening, what God wants to take away, what He wants to leave behind. However, as long as we stay strong we are still NYPCO!

This day, we will always remember RuiXiang for his helpfulness, cheerfulness and most importantly his contributions to NYPCO & CSCO. His sudden passing have deeply impact the fellow juniors and seniors of NYPCO. We have lost a good cellist who have shown so much passion towards music.

We grieved for this wonderful man who have always been the motivator of cello section, been a great brother for some of us, a leader and most importantly our dear friend!!

To you RX:

We have always look upon you as a brother, a leader and an adviser. To NYPCO, you are an adviser, a good cellist and the pillar for cello section. Now that you have accomplished what you need to fulfill in this life, it is time for you to rest. It saddens the orchestra but we all will stay strong and accomplish what we have promised to do in Oct. We will not fail you and David!!

"Believe in us and be there with us"

NYPCO members, REMEMBER THEM.

With Love,

NYPCO
南洋理工华乐团

Start of Set B practice : New members

Hi all,

Set B practice (for new members) will start this week. Please check below for your practice timings.

Monday

1) Cello & Bass  A242

2) Dizi A240

Tuesday

1) Plucking A240

2) Sheng & Suona A241

Wednesday

-Interview 3pm-

Thursday

1) Huqin (Erhu) A242

2) Percussion A240

Timing for respective sessions: 6.30pm

For new members who did not attend the tryout session previously, please come on Monday - Thursday (including wednesday) to tryout the instruments.  

Any enquiries please email to enquiries.nypco@gmail.com

Thank you!

Upcoming : Farewelcome Day!

Hi all,

There will be a FareWelcome day for our new members and all current members.

Please note that its compulsory for the new members to attend this day as it will be the official day that you join our orchestra (even though you are in already ^_^)

Date: 17 May 2008 (Saturday)
Time: 9am - Finish (night)
Venue: 9am: Orchestra room
Dinner: BBQ at pasir ris

Most likely, transport will be provided for our trip to pasir ris.

Please inform us if you require any "special orders" for instance if you are vegetarian or muslim so that we can make the necessary arrangements for you.

What we will be doing on that day, would be playing some icebreaker games (usual), and will have interaction sessions with your sectional members and of course, our orchestra members. Do take this opportunity to know as many friends as possible!! ^_^.

It will be a fun-filled event, so see you there!!

Any enquiries, please mail them to enquiries.nypco@gmail.com

- To be updated-

Theory lessons & Interview

Hi all,

All new members will be required to attend 3 days of theory lessons conducted by our conductor, Mr Mike Chiang. During these three days, you will learn the basic reading of scores other basics in music.

Day 1
Date: 5 May 2008 (Monday)
Time: 7 - 9pm
Venue: A240 (Orchestra room)

Day 2
Date: 6 May 2008 (Tuesday)
Time: 7 - 9pm
Venue: A240 (Orchestra room)

Day 3
Date: 7 May 2008 (Wednesday)
Time: 2.30 - 4.30 pm
Venue: A240 (Orchestra room)

Please be punctual and remember to bring along your writing materials.

Interview
There will be a short interview session for all new members.
Here are the various time slots that you might be allocated to:

Day 1 & 2 (5, 6 May) :
- 6.30 -7 pm
- 9 - 9.30 pm

Day 3 ( 7 May):
- 2 - 2.30pm
- 4.30 - 6pm

Please do not worry about this interview session, you will not be required to play anything. The interview will only last about 5 minutes, it is just to confirm some of your details and to know more about you. ^_^

We apologise for this late update.

Please mail any enquiries to us at enquiries.nypco@gmail.com

Thank you

Tryout session and Audition

Date: 29 April, Tuesday

Reporting place: A241 (Orchestra room)

Time: 6pm

*Please take note that audition may take place over two days, 29 april (tues) and 30 Apr (Weds) as we might not be able to complete it within one day. Nevertheless, please report on Tuesday.

Please feel free to email us at enquiries.nypco@gmail.com to clarify any doubts!

Hope to see you there! ^_^

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Announcement to all members & freshies:

Event: Fare-welcome party

Date: 17 May, Saturday

Please make yourself free on that day as we will have an official "step down" session for the year 3s and committee members. Also, we will welcome our new batch of freshies to our new family!

Will update on the programs for that day soon!

Nevertheless, we welcome all suggestions and ideas!