Thursday, April 15, 2010

Hi Choir!
I totally just realised that I forgot to put in Sh-Boom :X
So uhh here it is!
-Marian
Oh and this ISN'T the original, I think?!

Wednesday, April 07, 2010

Hey choirrrrrr
Here are the original songs!
1. A Teenager in Love

2. Lollipop

3. Earth Angel

Kkk hope you listen up and learn the piece well!

Saturday, April 03, 2010

Reminder for next prac!

Hey Choir!

Please remember to bring these stuff by the next practice session! (weds)
1) Ticket stubs and money
2)Fundraising Cards and money
3)Choir fees

and rmb there's prac on tues morning!

-lee khim

Sunday, March 28, 2010

hey choir.

random post. yayers:D

so i was reading through all these old choir blog posts from ages and ages ago, and i was rather amused.

i quote,

"late comers will be fined with jumping jacks"- liz

funny, coz we still say that. same words and everything.
kay maybe not jumping jacks.

AND

"To put things into better perspective, we have 11 practices until our concert and only 7 of them are conductor-led.- liz (again)

gahh the "to put things in perspective" thing and "only _ practices are conductor-led" thing.

it's almost as if choir presidents are given a "helpful phrases to use during rehearsal" handbook of something.

HAHA FREAKKYYYY.

well that's all.
man that was random.
okay tata.

-aly.

Friday, March 26, 2010

Hey choirrrrrrrrr here are the notices:
1. Choir fees: if you haven't paid (today was like the latest) better bring on wednesday
2. Pullovers: anyone who wants to design something for the pullover, draw it out and pass to Ellissa in 4M
3. Choir cards:Newbies remember to look for one of the teachers and pass them your money in a bag. State- number of bags sold, number left, amount of money, name and class/
4. Choir tickets: On wednesday, tell Miss Tham how many tickets you have sold and amount collected, but she will only collect stubs in groups of 5. (WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE SOLD ALL 5 BY NEXT WEEK)
Thanks!

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Hi Choir!
I just found this pretty cool performance of Jaakobin, so check it out!
But Christina's solo is BETTTTTTTTER! :B
And when they do that whole ruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuben leeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeevi juuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuda thingy it's cute cos they look at each other etc. SO CHECK IT OUT!

Saturday, March 20, 2010

HOLIDAYS ARE OVER

HI THERE!

The holidays are kind of almost over, not to say choir camp. I really enjoyed this year's choir camp, actually more than last year's one... Although the singing was quite intense, and we like practiced for like 6 hours. Many people kept looking at the clock. It was really fun. I actually got to interact with the new people and the juniors.

However, for the blind trail, I kept getting lost because the people in front of me kept going so fast, while the poeple at the back kept pulling me. But honestly, it felt really fun getting lost, as I could lead the people at the back at my own comfortable speed, althought I was joined back so quickly by the camp comm that were guiding us.

We learnt a lot of new things that is quite impossible to forget like FAITH, TRUST, TEAMWORK.

I'm quite sad that the camp is over, cause I enjoyed all the singing. I didn't really enjoy it this much before, as I felt that we did not use our hearts to enjoy the music that we make, and we were just singing for the ssake of singing and learning and memorising. Now for once, I actually enjoyed the music I was making.

I can't wait for the next practice, though I know it will be very intense as we are supposed to be memorising scores already. I hope all choir members will enjoy singing, and not sing because you are made to sing.

GOD BLESS YOU ALL!

Janice :)
heyy choir:DDDDD

GUESS WOT??

it's ave regina coelorum! and not just any ave regina coelorum. KO MATSUSHITA'S AVE REGINA COELORUM!!

you won't believe how many different ave regina coelorums there are on youtube.
anyway, hope the video helps:)


oh yeah, hope you had fun during choir camp.
it was awesome, no?

farewell
aly:)

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Hey!!

Well, CHOIR CAMP 2010 IS OFFICIALLY OVER. =( It's okay!! Now you can all look forward to choir camp 2011!!! =D Yeah, all except sec 4s...hinthint, we're leaving soon, so coughFAREWELLcough...nevermind, we'll come back and join you for camp next year, kay? Only difference is that we won't sleep on the super-duper-hard MEP room floor...heheh!

I'm gonna keep this short, so just wanted to say that I hope that all of you enjoyed camp VERY MUCH. Of course, there was the good and there was the bad, but overall, I think there was more good than bad, so...SMILE!

I think that camp was a great time of fellowship, learning and growth, so personally, I am happy with the outcome of camp. Just make sure you take home whatever you've learnt, whatever it may be, and remember that choir is just as fun as you make it. This camp could have been a disaster if everyone refused to cooperate, but because of everyone's enthusiasm, we ALL had fun! Let's do the same for our practices, kay?

Well, a few take-away pointers:
1. We are better than we think. Apply all that you've learnt everytime you sing, and we'll grow into the best choir WE CAN BE.

2. Energy and attitude are the two most key things in choral singing. Musicality will take care of itself if we give off our best.

3. Yes, I know you're all waiting for me to say it, so, have FAITH, TRUST and TEAMWORK! =D

Love you all!
eli sayampanathan

"They will fight against you, but they shall not prevail against you, for I am with you, declares the LORD, to deliver you." - Jeremiah 1:19


HEYYYY CHOIR!!!

HOPE THAT Y'ALL HAD AN AWESOME TIME AT CHOIR CAMP. I'm missing it already, and it's the sec3s' second-last year..... so enjoy your time while you still can.

anyway I shall do a sum-up of camp!

remember the three things that are very very important, that we learnt during the camp:

- BREATHE. ( i.e. the cup thing) you do know, of course that obviously because voice comes with breath, so for the voice/sound to be good, you have to BREATHE DEEPER. and use stomach muscles, expand stomach outwards, and be prepared before entries in the music

- ANGER. when you're angry, you'll have the kind of energy that is needed in all the pieces. stomach muscles will naturally be used. dont forget the emotional colours that we learnt during the workshop with Branco Stark, and apply it to the other pieces, not just Hodie. if it helps, do the hand movement thing. you have to really mean the punches, not just wave your hand up and down. but then again, when you're feeling "anger" in your energy, you have to add on externally and show happiness/laughter.

- PHYSICALITY/ENERGY! as vocalists, our instrument has a lot to do with how you're standing, and what you're feeling, so like, be enthu and dare to do things that look weird, but in actual fact helps with your singing. bring the life into the pieces!!

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and another thing, in the next few weeks, months, we'll have to work very very hard, so be prepared to be memorising a whole lot of scores within the next few weeks. so it's best to start memorising, like now. memorisation table will be up soon, with all the deadlines and all, so yeah.

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OH on a more helpful note, I FOUND VIDEOS!!!!!

SISTER ACT 2 - Joyful Joyful



Sister Act 1 - Hail Holy Queen



yeah so go watch and learn how to sing the songs.

lotsa craziness,
christie

Sunday, March 07, 2010

HEYYYYOSSSS CHOIRRR!!!!!

hope y'all have been going through your scores and memorising them.
reminder that this week we will be having extra practices. please remember what slots you signed up for, and go for them.

I was searching youtube, and to aid those who are new to learning the scores, I found a video of a choir singing examine me. so take a look at the video, and get an idea of how the piece should sound like.

Examine me: (the piece starts at about 30seconds into the video)


hope the video's helpful to y'all.

-christie-

Saturday, February 27, 2010

Hey Choir!

I've got a really important announcement to make, so please take this post seriously...

Common Tests would have ended by the time next Wednesday comes, so, please be prepared for a big change in the way we do things at choir. We really need to focus a lot more, and work as hard as we can. And this has to be done as a choir effort, not just some people working hard for the better good of the choir, k? Please always remember that personal responsibility comes before choir responsibility. That means that before the comm, conductors and teachers can try and help the choir, each and every one of us has to go home and do all our homework, learn our music and be prepared. Now, going on to our big plans...

By choir camp, we should have learnt our whole repetoire. In other words, we have 4 practices left to finish learning Kodomo, Ave Regina Coelorum, Examine Me, Hodie Christus Natus Est, Ubi Caritas, Laudate Dominum, Mian Yi, Ting Tan Qin, Doo-Wop, Hail Holy Queen, Joyful Joyful and God Be in My Head. That's 12 pieces, excluding all the other pieces the conductors have yet to give us. Also, we will have to master LonDali, Examine Me and Hodie by choir camp in preparation for the Branko Stark workshop.

As you can see, we have A LOT of work to do. HOWEVER, although this seems like a very great task, I believe that we can do it. We will be having small group practices held in the morning (6:55-7:15) and during recesses (10:20-10:40 and 11:20-11:40) on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays from now onwards. It is compulsory for everyone to be at at least 2 of these practices. Please make sure that you are there. SLs will be handing out sign-up sheets soon for you to put down in black and white which practices you are committing to attend. Yes, you are more than welcome to attend more than 2, if not all of the available practices. Please note that all this is being done for your good, so that you have the chance to practice your music.

Before practice on Wednesday (3rd March), please make sure you know Examine Me, LonDali and Hodie thoroughly. This includes new-comers. If you don't know how to learn the score on your own and need help, I am in 4M (linkway, level 2). You can also look for your buddies, octet leaders, SLs, any comm member or anyone else in choir. Ms Tham Pei Wen has also kindly volunteered to help, so if you need help, you can go to her too =D

Choir, I really hope that we work together, and put in our best effort. Remember our CNY performance? It showed us that nothing is impossible for this choir. Please remember to be prepared to work VERY hard for the next 4+ months, whether or not you are going on tour. If you have any problems or worries or anything you feel you want to address, I am in 4M =D Don't worry, I'm not going to scold you even if you say that I'm asking you to do something impossible. I rather know that you think I'm asking you to do something impossible, than you suffer in silence.

Okay. Work hard, and WE CAN DO THIS!!

Love you all!
eli sayampanathan

Sunday, February 21, 2010


C
AN
TABILE 2010

Presented by the MGS (Sec) Choir

and guest choirs from CHIJ Toa Payoh and MGS Primary


Date/Time: 29th May 2010, 7:30pm

Venue: MGS Auditorium, 11 Blackmore Drive

Ticket Price: $15 (Free Seating)


Please purchase your tickets from any mgs choir member.


Tuesday, February 16, 2010

heyyy choir!

hope you've enjoyed the first performance of the year. it's amazing how we've come so far, within 2 days. wednesday we werent that great, but we really pulled through, and friday's performance saw this huge jump in standard. just wanna encourage y'all to continue putting in the hard work, cause we got this big hill to climb, with "cantabile" and "russia tour" at the top. xDDD. not to mention that we've now seen what we can do if we put in the effort, we could flyyyy!!! i suppose that we can fly above aeroplanes in the next few months, and continue going up till we reach orbit. or mars. or pluto. ah you know what i mean. xDDD.

just a few reminders (as usual):
- try and learn up the rest of O Virgo Benedicta
- put in solfege for Examine Me until pg4 on the score, stop at the last system of the page, where the time changes to 6/8 and it says "moderato". (F - doh)


yep i think that's it for now.

xDDD
-christie-

Saturday, February 13, 2010

HEYHEYCHOIR!!!!! =D

Yes, for all new-comers, I'm sure you'll all be able to relate to what Sarah said in the previous post...choir, just wanted to say how awesomely proud I am of all of you!! The choir sounded relatively awesome (except for the bad mikingssss...), and, well, yeah...

Well, we know how much effort it took us to get here, right? Since this was the first performance of the year, our standard for this performance would probably have been 50% of our potential. So, imagine if we work as hard (or harder!!)...Cantabile WILL be the best thing humans have ever heard. =D+D=D+D=D+D

Go and look through all your scores over the 5-day weekend, start memorising whatever you can, and be ready for choir on Friday!!

Well, HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR, HAPPY VALENTINES DAY, and...okay, HAPPY TOTAL DEFENCE DAY.

Enjoy!
eli sayampanathan.

spread the love...

Friday, February 12, 2010

Reflection on Today's CNY Performance

Hi all,
This is my first time posting on the blog... ...
I am supposed to post my reflections/what I think about today's CNY performance... ...
Well, I feel that everybody was great and I think that all of us have put in our best and were enthusiastic. Also, all our efforts that we put in in memorizing the scores have paid off as I think the audience did enjoy the performance and some of them were clapping along to the music too.
This performance was also a new experience for me as it was my first time performing in MGS. At first I was a bit nervous but gradually, I started feeling more at ease and even quite enjoyed singing.

I like today's performance on stage and I am sure glad that we were all able to perform on stage today and no one had problems memorizing the scores!

However, the preparation was sure intense but well, it was worth it! And I think that also without God, and our conductors who have put in effort to train us and everybody in the MG Choir who practised really really hard, this performance would not have been successful.

In general, I am really happy that we were able to put up a good show for our friends and teachers in school and show that our choir is indeed a gold-standard choir! :)

-Sarah Ng-

Friday, February 05, 2010

Hellooooo (:
So, how's life in choir, so far?
Fun, I hope. (:
Anyways.
We have to memorise 大地回春 and 新年个儿大家唱 by Monday kay?
I know how you feel.
Don't worry cause [ahem]some people[ahem] have more difficulty than people who learn Chinese. XD
(Btw, for those people mentioned above, if you don't understand anything from the scores, please, PLEASE go and ask someone who knows)
Alrighties (:
I'm done here.
BYEEE and
Good luck memorising the scores (:
Mich

Saturday, January 30, 2010

Heyoo Choir!!!

Well, now that auditions are over, the choir should be more stable, so we have to start running like racehorses, k? As in, we shall start practicing to the high heavens...

Audition results have been let out, so all successful auditionees, CONGRATS!! Good job on making it into the mg choir. It would not have been easy, but then again, the mg choir journey is not an easy one either! =D But hey, generations of mg girls have done it, so you'll be just fine...

Please look through all your scores (the whole choir...not just choir of '09), cause we've got a lot to work on in the coming weeks!!

BUHBYE!!
eli sayampanathan

ps. Go sell fundraising cards if you havn't finished!!

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Heyosss choir!

hope y'all have been revising your scores, cause the new people are coming in tmr!!!

so as always, a few reminders:
1. brush up on kodomo, and start memorising
2. londali should be memorised, and if you havent then the deadline is this week.
3. more focus during practices please, we got uphill work to do!

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yay my desktop can work alr, so yeah i can post more, i hope it doesnt crash again.

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To new people:
Welcome to the MG Choir!
please be reminded that the first practice for you gals is tmr,
please be at the bamboo courtyard at 2.10pm, your P.E. attire.
cause there's this thing called PT, a.k.a physical training.

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-christie-

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

It only takes 2 steps to sing with the

MGS CHOIR

Step 1. Attend the Choir briefing

20th or 27th Jan 2010

2:30-5:30pm @ LT1 (*note change in venue– was previously conference room)

You will be given a “tour” of the mg choir which will give you a better idea of what is expected of you if you decide to join us. You will also get to attend part of a choir rehearsal and you may clarify your doubts during a question and answer session.

This briefing is compulsory if you want to be part of the choir. You can sign up for the audition after the briefing.

Step 2. Audition

22nd or 29th Jan 2010

You will be assigned the time slots and venue when you sign up after the briefing.

Please prepare a short song (no pop songs) to sing during the audition.

Audition results will be released through email and will be put up on the choir board by 1 Feb.

Please refer to the Choir notice board outside the MEP rooms (near auditorium) or the choir blog http://mgchoir-.blogspot.com/ for more details.

“Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving; make melody to our God on the lyre!”

Psalm 147:7