Important Issues

Hi everyone,

Important Agenda:

Attendance - Quoted from an email from our asst. conductor, Ernest:

"(18 June) only 15 people turned out of our list of 38 J1 students. If this goes on ... we will just have to ready to get Bronze, or even Certificate of Participation ... Those who miss must only be because of valid reasons, and not excuses such as "I didn't know" ... For those with reasons ... you need to look for Mr Chan and explain your reason to him, if he approves it, the leave forms should be signed and submitted to your SLs or the secretary before the day you are away ... If not your attendance will be absent without valid reason ... ours is the SYF batch, so we have to be even stricter ..."

So please, be responsible for your attendance.

Self-practice -
It has been noted, by the Exco and Miss Wong, that some of you are not yet familar with "Asturias", mainly due to lack of practice. Like Miss Wong said, other schools are already practicing full force for SYF next year. The reason why we did not have that much practice in the June Holidays is because we expect you to at least try your best to practice at home along with the Sibelius score. Ensemble sessions are not for individual practices, but for coordination purposes. We understand that some of you wants to study, but spending around 0.5 hours practicing does not take up much time. So, please find some time at home to practice and at least familiarise yourself with the song. Any queries or difficulties can be directed to your SLs or section mates.

That's all for now.

- Jin Jian

p.s. Attached two videos of "Asturias", one by the founding father of classical guitar, Andres Segovia, and another by one of the best classical guitarists of our time, Yang Xue-Fei. One song, two different interpretations.





p.p.s. To those that actually check the blog, please remind your guitar mates to also check the blog frequently for announcements, updates etc.

Hi All!

Hi everyone,

I was just thinking that it is about time that someone updated the blog...

Some more important stuff:

Guitar Fund - Please hand in asap. We don't want to end up poor and compromising welfare...
Holiday trainings reminder - Remember that there will be sessions on Monday and Friday of Week 3.
Anyone who cannot attend please inform the secretary and your SLs, and get the leave forms done.

- Jin Jian

P.s. Nothing much to say, just want to share with you guys the song that almost every other ensemble/orchestra in our school has played, "Por Una Cabeza", Guitar Ensemble Style.

Enjoy :D

New EXCO

Hi guys, this is your new EXCO for the batch 2010/2011!

President & Section Leader: Lo Sheng Hong
Vice-President & Section Leader: Tran Viet Son
Student Conductor: Marie Lim
Assistant Student Conductor & Section Leader: Ernest Chen
Secretary: Zhu Ying Ting
Treasurer: Ho Sze Yuan
Quartermistress: Jeraldine Yap
Welfare Representative: Amanda Pan
Section Leader: Amelia Chua
Section Leader: Chong Jin Jian

The senior EXCO has officially stepped down from now on, I believe they have done their very best for the guitar ensemble and they deserve a final round of applause (: they are:

Ex-President & Section Leader: Zheng Rui
Ex-Vice-President & Section Leader: Tran Ha Duong
Ex-Student Conductor & Section Leader: Shena Lim
Ex-Secretary: Jean Tan
Ex-Treasurer & Quartermistress: Clara Lim
Ex-Welfare Representative: Kuah Li Qin
Ex-Section Leader: Juliana Ng
Ex-Section Leader: Lu Jun

On behalf of the ex-exco, we really hope that you guys will soar to even greater heights under the new leadership, you must respect them like how you respected us. We will probably drop by once in a while, go for the gold next year!

With best wishes,
Zheng Rui

Tickets

To seniors/other visitors:

The tickets for our concert are up for sale! Details are as follows:

Name of concert: Il Bacio
Date: 7th May 2010
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: College Auditorium
Ticket price: $6

Please contact any current member of the guitar ensemble to get your tickets (:

To J1s/J2s:

As tickets have been allocated to each of you to sell, please take note of the following:

1) When you sell the ticket, tear off the stub and pass it to clara together with the money for accounting purposes.
2) Please keep the tickets in good condition before you sell them, e.g. put them in a proper file rather than your wallet.

Cheers,
Zheng Rui.

J1s list

Hi guys,

This is the list of J1s that are in our guitar ensemble, pls inform us if there is any discrepancy (:

Ang Kah Hwee
Amanda Pan
Amelia Chua
Andrea Ong Shu Yi
Ang Yijia
Chang Xiaomeng
Clarkson Chang
Chen ZhengKai Ernest
Chia Wan Ying Michelle
Chong Jin Jian
Clarence Shen Xuan Yi
Crystal Tee
Daniel Chan
Eu Juan Lih
Brian Ho
Ho Sze Yuan
Jeraldine Yap
Janice Yeo
Jiang Yin
Kock Si Min
Liu YuQi
Lo Sheng Hong
Loh Pei Yu
Low Yu Ting
Low Yu Xuan
Delwen Nah
Neo Hui Ying
Ng Qi Hui Michelle
Cheryl Ong
Pan Yimeng Claire
Pek Jun Peng Alfred
Rebekah Tan
Teo Li Ting
Timothy Ng Yi Ming
Timothy Tan Lai Tian
Toh Yi Ting
Toh Yu Han
Tran Viet Son
Yang Bohan
Yip Xin Ying
Yow See Wei
Yuan Yi Di
Zhu Ying Ting

Cheers,
Zheng Rui

Purchase of guitars

To both J1s and J2s, the updated training schedules and venues are available on the right-hand column.

To J1s:

Hope you guys got to know each other through the orientation today. There will be a booth set up by the guitar vendor at A310 on friday 5th March from about 4pm.
Please assemble as usual at 4.15pm immediately after your CT session at A309, and wait in the room for instructions before proceeding to the guitar vendor next door. There will be no need to bring money along yet.

For those who already have a classical guitar at home, please bring it along on friday and our conductor will decide if the guitar can be used.

Cheers,
Zheng Rui.