Musical Variations @ Singapore Conference Hall

Hi all!

Nanyang Polytechnic Chinese Orchestra proudly presents our annual concert, entitled "MUSICAL VARIATIONS"!




We will be playing a wide variety of songs, from traditional Chinese music to Western pieces! This is NYPCO's first annual concert held at Singapore Conference Hall, so please do support us and be our audience!

For ticket enquiries, please feel free to contact our President, Zi Wei or the Vice Presidents, Cheng Heng or Yu Yue by clicking our names!


Hope to see you there! =D

Exam Break

Hi all!

Due to the final semestral exams in August, all practices will stop from 10 August 2009 to 6 September 2009. Practices will resume from 7 September 2009. Practice time will be as usual, 6.30pm to 9.30pm.

Sectional Leaders, please remind your members and instructors to turn up for practices. When practice resume, there will be a Guan Mo Hui all Set B members at the end of September.

Lastly, ALL THE BEST to all who are having exams! Good luck and jiayou! Must do well for your exams alright! :D

NYPCO on Facebook~

Hi all!

Due to the success of our Beautiful Sunday performance on 12 July 2009, we have created a FAN PAGE for Nanyang Polytechnic Chinese Orchestra! You may click here or the link on the right hand side of the blog to view and join the fan page. Everyone is open to become fan of NYPCO! ^_^

Thanks all members for your hard work and effort in July! Also, thanks to all the members of the public and friends who went down to Esplanade to support us! Without you all, our performance won't be that successful! =D

Also, much gratitude to Alex for creating the page, as well as converting and posting of our Beautiful Sunday videos on Youtube for public view! For those who missed our live performance at Esplanade, do search for NYPCO on Youtube for the videos!

NYPCO was written a POEM!!

After our esplanade performance, A member of public from Shang Hai actually passed us a poem he has written!! Take a look :D

This is what we manage to decipher

美的音樂台上玄，

天籟之音入心來，

台上台下掌聲連，

感慨生命有今天。

Practices at Cheng San CC

Hello everyone!

As you all know, we are left with 15 days to Beautiful Sunday performance. And unfortunately, NYP has extended the holidays due to H1N1, no activities and classes are to be held in school during the extended week of holidays. However, our practices will be as usual at Cheng San CC.

The practice schedule is as followed:

29 June 2009 (Mon) (6.30pm to 9.30pm)
Cello & Bass
Dizi
Percussion
Huqin

30 June 2009 (Tue) (6.30pm to 9.30pm)
Sheng & Suona
Plucked Strings

1 -3 July 2009 (Wed to Fri) (6.30pm to 9.30pm)
Combined Practice

4 July 2009 (Sat) (9am to 3pm)
Combined Practice

Note: Set B practices are CANCELLED due to insufficient rooms. Sectional Leaders, please inform your Set B members and instructors about it.

Please take note of the aboved schedule and be punctual! Those who do not know how to go Cheng San CC, please inform your SLs and meet them.

Thanks and jiayou for your upcoming tests! See you!

Beautiful Sunday @ Esplanade

Hello everyone!

As you all know, we are once again invited by Esplanade to perform for "Beautiful Sunday" on 12 July 2009! And this time, we are playing Chinese pop songs! Cool right? LOL! We are also having additional practices once again on Saturdays. The schedule is as followed:

- 6 June 2009 (9am to 2pm)
- 20 June 2009 (9am to 2pm)
- 27 June 2009 (9am to 2pm)
- 3 July 2009 (6.30pm to 9.30pm)
- 4 July 2009 (9am to 2pm)
- 10 July 2009 (6.30pm to 9.30pm)
- 11 July 2009 (9am to 6pm)

Venue: A248 (TFA Function Room)

The rooms will be opened at 9am sharp!! Please come PUNCTUALLY at 9am to move and set up the chairs and instruments by 9.20am so that practice can start punctually at 9.30am.

The repertoire for Beautiful Sunday is as followed:

1) 安静了- S.H.E
2) 情歌王 - 古巨基
3) 如燕 - Olivia Ong (Little Nyonya's theme song)
4) 我怀念的 - 孙燕姿
5) 我要快乐 - 张惠妹
6) 听海 - 张惠妹
7) 屋顶 - 吴宗宪/周杰伦 & 温岚

And yup, you are welcomed to invite your friends and families to watch the performance. Afterall, it is free of charge and no sale of tickets. (:

Lastly, I know it's ICA week now, so all the best to all for you! Jiayou! :D

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!