Hope you enjoy you stay here! :) "Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend." - Ludwig van Beethoven
Anyway, here to share with you something to make you all relax and laugh abit before the SYF. For those who went to Olomouc with us, do you remember this?
HAHAH. Practice hard, but remember to relax too loves! (:
I WILL PON SCHOOL TO WATCH YOU GUYS I THINK HURRAY :DD
Well, I don't know why but I'm posting here again. Yeah, so here are the recordings of White Horses and Maiden Of Miao Mr Toh recorded on Monday. I've uploaded them on Imeem. Yeah, so enjoy it, I guess.
SYF is right ahead, and the seniors will always be supporting you guys!
Be positive alright! No matter how tired or exhausted you are, dont ever give up! If you're always saying things like " 只剩下___天, SYF 就要来了" (there's only ___ days till syf.), SMACK yourself please. Instead, I think that " 我们还有___天!" (We still have ___days!) sounds so much better :) The things you think/say to yourself will affect your mentality somehow, and in the end, it might affect your stamina/determination/performance etc. Optimism is important! :D
Don't be discouraged - it's often the last key in the bunch that opens the lock!
Mr Toh mentioned to all of you today that the seniors from previous batches do not have a special talent for singing or whatever. It is true! So dont keep thinking that the seniors can achieve GwH or other achievments because they're superb/talented and that you're just ordinary/plain. Smack yourself again please! You guys can do it as well!!! :D
Here's a quote for you all, I think it's really relevant!
"With ordinary talent and extraordinary perseverance, all things are attainable."
Think about it people, alright :) !
I know it's not easy! But dont ever give up! Nobody said it was easy yes, :) difficult things take a certain period of time, Impossible things just take alittle longer! SO HANG IN THERE DESPITE ALL OBSTACLES FACED! AND WE WILL REACH OUR GOAL :)
Hi all. Here's a the Miao Jia explanation. Both english and chinese are used to explain, depending on which is easier to understand. The words in red are explanations for individual words/phrases. The words in blue are meanings for each sentance. I know the chi is damn chim, so I have watered them down to plain and easy-to-understand- chinese. (序曲) The Calling
*Note: As the title of this movement is called, this passage depicts the calling between two lovers with the male and female soloists Yoyoyos. The rest of the choir humming represent the wind, so remember to be GENTLE and OPEN HUM.
1st Movt (思春曲)The anticipation:
*Note: This movement, as the title suggests, speaks of the anticipation between two lovers meeting. (like DUH) I'm only typing this OBVIOUS statement for the sake of all those peeps who've been singing blindly all these while.
*Note: DON'T BE BLUR HOR. Over here the two lovers meet already, thats why the song suddenly jump from emoing to flirting. Once again typing this out for all the gong kias in case you guys have been confused. (actually i was a gong kia too until i decided to activate my brain -.-)
苗家月初升呀, 哎呀苗女正青春呀 月亮刚升起,月光下是年轻美丽的苗女
草原跳月人在花荫鬓上鸡羽轻呀, 哎呀腰际锦带紧呀 跳月: 跟月亮跳舞 花荫鬓: amidst the shadows of the flower 鸡羽轻: light as a chicken feather 她在草原上跳起优美的舞, 轻飘飘的, 就如一根羽毛 莺飞燕语一片欢笑声 她头上有莺飞过和燕子在说话, 声音像是欢笑声
苗家月光明呀, 哎呀苗女解风情呀 解风情: flirt 月亮越照越明, 苗女开始与爱人解风情
芦笙 幽韵 绣笼 风声银环两鬓绕呀 芦笙: 一种乐器 幽韵:lastingly deep and serene 绣:embroider 笼:cage 爱人为她吹着芦笙, 风中充满了幽韵的歌声, 歌声环绕着苗女的耳旁
3rd Movt (跳月舞 )The Celebration: *Note: The lalalas demarkate the opening of the clebration. Sing with gusto and excitement, preferably with an extra punch of the diaphragm.
月上三更, 歌尽三叠 三更: 指很晚 尽:finish 叠:layers 夜以深, 歌过了三个movements也要唱完了 *note: this is the 3rd movement
一唱一和, 笼来笙往心相成 笙: 芦笙 两个情人开始合唱, 表达彼此之间的相爱
风初定, 夜阑静 阑静:很静 风刚刚停,夜晚变得很静
斗转参横, 狂歌欢舞 到天明 参横: 深夜 突然间进入了深夜, 大家开始狂歌欢舞到天明
酒酣半醒舞成一团春 大家一起喝个痛快,尽情跳舞,非常开心
*Note: Now the lalalas demarkate the end of the celebration, Hence the slowing down and decresc.
4th movt( 定终身) The Romance:
*Note: This movement is like the finale. The song closes off with the two lovers' pledge of love to each other. They are FINALLY tgt after all the emoing and flirting and drinking(and puking) and dancing, hence the increasing volume of happiness towards the end. So sound happy instead of millitary-march-like!
*(yet another) Note so that you guys can understand the overall flavour:
The song progresses through the 4 movements like this:
+longing->meeting and flirting->celebrating their getting tgt -> finale with their declaration of love. +as the song enters into each new movement, the night becomes darker and the moon becomes brighter.
Hello choir. I'm not going to give a speech about how we should all kowtow to your seniors and give your utmost respect to them. Well, since I'm a Sec Four, and I'm kinda going to retire soon, I just thought I'll post here for the first time.
Erm, well, somebody told me to post this up here instead of letting it rot at my own blog. I think it was Christopher. Or was it Christabel? Anyways, this is the translation of Ave Maria. I guess we should all know what we're singing about, right? Or were you all singing words in an alien tongue that you all didn't understand all this time?
So I hope this thingy will help in bringing out some of the magic and stuff.
Ave Maria
Ave Maria Hail Mary
gratia plena, Dominus tecum full of grace, the Lord is with you
Benedicta tu in mulieribus Blessed are you among women
et benedictus fructus ventris tui Jesus and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus
Sancta Maria, Mater Dei Holy Mary, Mother of God
ora pro nobis peccatoribus pray for us sinners
nunc et in hora mortis nostrae now, and in the hour of death
Ave.... Hail....
-The soon-to-be-gone and everybody's-celebrating-his-retirement-from-choir Logistics person
Hello choir, haven't been here for a long long long time already. Decided to write something since Sec4s are going to "graduate" quite soon from choir.
I know everyone's working hard so keep it up :) It's sort of a final hurdle, give up now - it's a waste. I know it's tough to keep everyday in the week available for choir but this is just temporary.
Please continue to be in attendance for every practice with and without Mr Toh so that we would be able to progress more efficiently. We have to just focus and bring out the best that we can so that SYF2009 won't be over with regrets.
I'm sure that if we're able to bring out the essence of music making on SYF stage, all this would be worth it. As Mr Toh said, Something that boils down in AHchoir tradition is the die-hard spirit. Although, We had always been able to create magic on stage, let's not take this for granted. You reap what you sow. I don't care what the outcome is but as long as I've put my best, no regrets.
And one last thing, always remember, "Enjoy the music you make."
hey choir. this is the first time that im posting here. might probably well be the last. because i just found out the password and the username which i will surely forget very soon. anyways. im sorry i couldnt make it on wednesday for prac because i had tuition i couldnt change. so i was kinda shocked when i heard that mr toh had walked out on you guys. ok lets just say dont let this bring u guys down. cos you're good enough to get a gwh. definitely. just believe u can.
so i was wondering about what you guys are going to do now that this has happened. anqi down there has said it all - u kind of deserve it. how many times do you find yourselves listening to the same old thing again and again. it gets sucky and boring. and ure not going to censor my post. but yes, it sucks, and its boring, and i know, because half of the time im the one standing up there in front of you wondering again and again whether i should just give up or not. today when i went for the sec1s and sec2s rehearsals i could see that you guys werent really attentive. although youre not in syf now you will be 2 years from now. hello? doors never close. practise hard and take over your sls. destiny.
so. first thing i wanna say. respect your leaders. please. although its just a few weeks, a few practises more, bear with them. they're human, and humans have limits. dont test them, dont cross them, and then blame them when they scold you. its just pure stupid. theyre under a whole lot of pressure trying to get you guys up to standard and then again youre in a world of your own. i sound harsh. i know. but too bad. mr toh is human too. and he has more on his mind than just plain old AHS choir. so when many things happen to a person, hes bound to blow. so yea. anqi ks me again. it wasnt a matter of whether it was coming or not, it was simply a matter of when.
right. second thing i wanna say. anqi is WRONG when she says screw the past. if i knew how to use italics and bold i would. and make the font 384732842389 square or something like that. but i dont. so it doesnt matter. but dont forget the past. ok you can screw it, but take it as a lesson, a reminder to our problems. what wont kill you will make you stronger, so let this make you stronger. a person is defined by the things he or she goes through, so learn from this. so not only listen, but the key word is to remember. if one cant remember, one never learns.
last thing. work hard, try your very best, to the end of your limits. improve non stop. push your boundaries beyond the horizon. you ppl are the next batch of seniors, the next batch of ppl who command respect from your own juniors, the next batch of ppl who actually run the bloody choir. you probably feel that this year's comm hasnt done a superb job in their duties and i admit that has been the case. so you guys definitely can do a better job than us. stand up to it. believe you can. for your own improvement, for your seniors who have tried so hard thus far, for all the other batches who have built the choir to what it was today, and for your dear conductor, work a little harder, for just a little longer. give yourselves and your seniors a syf to rememeber, to be proud of. believe you can, and you will.
-your not-so-dear and everyone-hates-him-now sc :(
Yes, I am sure that after today's incident, many of you are feeling really *censored* up right now. So to all you troubled souls out there, I have something to say.
The things that Mr Toh said today aren't words that were spewed out in the heat of the moment. They are, in fact true and have been real problems choir had had for a long time. Real problems that choir had swept under the rug for a long time. Things like lack of focus, not being able to retain new things you learn, aren't those familiar scenarios played out during sectionals?
Hence, the result of an outburst like this is somewhat inevitable. Although it is true that the way Mr Toh reacted just now may not be the most diplomatic, but we must remember that he is under a lot of stress. A lot of stress caused by us.
So, for the scolding we got just now, I must say that choir, you deserved it. We deserved it.
Having said that, there's nothing left to say about anything on our part. Instead, I have a message to tell all of you. There is no point in grumbling or trying to justify for yourselves, or try to reinvent the facts into a situation whereby you yourself is innocent. Because by harbouring such ill thoughts, we will be stuck at this point. Dwelling about today's incident only makes us unable to move on. So my bottom line is: screw the past, bite the bullet and pia like no mother. There is no time to dwell anymore.
-anqi
AHSChoir
The AHS Choir in the last few years has witnessed unprecedented growth and accomplishment under the inspired baton of our resident conductor, Terrence Toh.
A few of these achievements include the coveted Gold with Honours at the 2007 and 2009 SYF Central Judging for Choir and a Gold at the International Festival of Songs in Olomouc, Czech Republic in 2008.
However, these accolades are not the choir’s only source of pride and joy, but rather the instilling of a passion for the choral art form and a deep desire to bring music to our community.
With this focus in mind, the choir has sung in a host of community based performances, including our annual concerts and as invited guests at various ceremonies held by government and community organizations.
For Terrence Toh and the Anglican High School Choir, no stage is too small nor informal, no challenge too insurmountable nor unnerving, as long as we stay true to the music we make.
Committee 2011/2012
PRESIDENT Kimberly Poh VICEPRESIDENT Chin Ying Xin SECRETARY Krystin Foo TREASURER Jamie Koh DISCIPLINE IC Melvyn Ng DISCIPLINE IC Hui Ting Chen WARDROBE IC Chloe Tan LOGISTICS IC Javen Seow PUBLICITY IC Cheryl Foo SOP SL Lee You Xuan SOP SL Cheryl Ang ALTO SL Joanne Lim ALTO SL Christabel Tan TENOR SL Alcalvie Leong TENOR SL Ng Yu Hng BASS SL Tan JunHong BASS SL Leong Ken
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Hope you enjoy you stay here! :)
The AHS Choir in the last few years has witnessed unprecedented growth and accomplishment under the inspired baton of our resident conductor, Terrence Toh.
A few of these achievements include the coveted Gold with Honours at the 2007 and 2009 SYF Central Judging for Choir and a Gold at the International Festival of Songs in Olomouc, Czech Republic in 2008.
However, these accolades are not the choir’s only source of pride and joy, but rather the instilling of a passion for the choral art form and a deep desire to bring music to our community.
With this focus in mind, the choir has sung in a host of community based performances, including our annual concerts and as invited guests at various ceremonies held by government and community organizations.