this week's practice

hi everyone!
all of us from the sec four farewell comm really really hope that you enjoyed the party, especially the sec fours, cause, well, it was your party.
sec 1-3s please remember that we have practice on:

monday, 4pm - 5.30pm,

wednesday, 4pm - 6pm

thursday, the founders' day technical rehearsal during school hours and 3.30pm-7.15pmish(rehearsal with PLMGS at PLMGS)
friday,  full dress rehearsal during school hours and 2.40pm - 6.30pm

remember to memorise Mr. Tay's pieces, practice Miss tham's ones and to bring your black folders on monday.

yeah. i think that's about it.

bye!
ankita

Cantabile

Hey all,

soooo about Cantabile, here are the details as follows. (Reposting as a reminder) 

MGS Choir Presents Cantabile 2011

Guest Choir: PLMGS
Venue: SOTA Concert Hall
Day/Date: Sunday, 24th July 2011
Time: 8pm
Ticket price: $15 (free seating)

So what are you waiting for? Start advertising! Just a reminder, bring ticket money for PAN on Wednesday! Everyone should sell at least 2, while the sec 2s sells at least one. :)

Oh yes, you can email Ms Tham or the MGS choir email for tickets. But please if you can, email Ms Tham, for the MGS choir email's a bit... dead. hehe. Her email can be found on the school website. :) Oh yes, you're supposed to sell at least 8 tickets, so start now! :) 

hehe, wanted to make it prominent! :) 

Love,

Josephine

Hey guys :) Tis is Lux Aeterna by John August Pamintuan by the Chamber Choir of Asia :) tat is the one we're singin... :)))

thanks :)

Cantabile

Hey all,


soooo about Cantabile, here are the details as follows.

MGS Choir Presents Cantabile 2011

Guest Choir: PLMGS
Venue: SOTA Concert Hall
Day/Date: Sunday, 24th July 2011
Time: 8pm
Ticket price: $15 (free seating)

So what are you waiting for? Start advertising! Just a reminder, bring ticket money for PAN on Wednesday! Everyone should sell at least 2, while the sec 2s sells at least one. :)


Oh yes, you can email Ms Tham or the MGS choir email for tickets. But please if you can, email Ms Tham, for the MGS choir email's a bit... dead. hehe. Her email can be found on the school website. :) Oh yes, you're supposed to sell at least 8 tickets, so start now! :) 


hehe, wanted to make it prominent! :) 


Love,
Josephine

Norwegian folk song - Springar fra Bergen

Hey all, this is the Norwegian folk song thinggum. :) Enjoy! :D

Alicia Keys Empire State of Mind Solo



The version we're learning for our July concert right now was re-arranged from this. =D

-Quianna:-)

Choir Schedule in June

hello everyone, here's the schedule in the June holidays...

June
3/6 Runs - 830 to 850am /Rehearsal - 900 to 1230, 200 to 530 /Chapel //Mr. Tay/ TPW
20/6 Runs - 1.00-1.20pm/ Rehearsal 130 - 500pm/Chapel/Ms J.Tham/TPW
21/6 Runs 1.00-1.20pm/ Rehearsal - 130 -500pm/ Chapel/ Ms J.Tham/ TPW
23/6 Runs 0 900 - 920am/ Rehearsal - 930am -1230pm/ Chapel/ Dr. Miguel Filipe (workshop by Visiting Director of Activities at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Oberlin, Ohio/ TPW

23/6 - everything is the same as above, except for another rehearsal at 1.30 to 5pm with Ms J.Tham

:)

WE ROCK! Lookie at the videos below. :D

MGS Choir 2011 SYF

MGS Choir 2011 SYF

Hey Choir :D

If you haven't seen the videos that the pianist took on SYF day (during rehearsal), here it is :

Hjaoningarima: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPB666rMC0k&feature=share

Londali: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6LRUHTdzQQ&feature=related

There you go :D

Anjali

Hey Choir :)

Are you happy? We got GOLD WITH HONOURS! So cool right? I think we sounded amazing and we somehow managed to cut off well :)

Don't forget how we got here - by working really hard and doing not so fun things like details and more details. But it paid off didn't it? 

Let's continue to work hard for upcoming things like the July concert and for Founder's day.

But for now, just CELEBRATE because we got GOLD WITH HONOURS!!!   Oh yeah!

Love,

Me :)

p.s. I finally figured out how to post on the blog. Are you proud of me? XD

HEY GUYS!! =D
GUESS WHO? =)=)=)
Well, I know I'm alumni, and I dunno if I'm supposed to be able to post anymore (HEH!)
BUTTT, I really can't contain this!!!

WE ARE SO PROUD OF ALL OF YOU!!!
GOOD JOB AT THE SYF!!!
GOLD WITH HONOURS YO! SHIOK TTM!!!

You girls have really done the school, teachers, conductors, and all us alumni proud. Thank you so much for all the hard work put in, and now you all know exactly what your limits are: LIMITLESS. (LOL!)
Remember at choir camp when we were discussing the expectations of the choir? I am very sure that you've proved to yourselves that working towards your expectations, though tough, is definitely worth the while.

Ms J Tham, Mr Tay, Ms Tham PW, Ms Ng and Mrs Heng, thank you so much for all the hard work you've put in! We know that he Choir could not have attained this height without your input. We really miss all of you, and we still keep in mind all that you have taught us! We really miss singing with the MGS Choir, under your baton, but we promise that we are doing our best to spread the joy of singing! =D

WELL. So in short, CONGRATULATIONS!
Tonight, as you all go to sleep, thank the Lord for blessing us, yea?
And don't forget to continue praising His name with your beautiful voices =)

Loving you always,
Eli Sayampanathan, on behalf of all Alumni

ps. We're really proud to be able to call ourselves Alumni of the MGS Choir. And one day, when all of you become alumni too, you'll understand...thank you for giving us this legacy Choir!!

So hey guys

well it's 2.25 in the morning and i somehow woke up in the middle of the night (that never ever happens) and I'm laying here and I can't get back to sleep so I thought why not post a little something something?:P

I think we've come a pretty long way in our prep for SYF and although it was mighty stressful and all I kinda had fun, did yall?

Anyway I wanted to say thank you all for making rehearsals so vibrant and interesting, thank you comm for keeping the choir going, thank you SLs & octet leaders for organizing practices, thank you newbies to being so diligent and thank you non-newbies for helping the newbies and everyone along.

And thank you teachers and conductors for all the support and for whipping us into shape.

Kay I"m kinda excited but kinda apprehensive, scared that I'll freakv out and goof or something, and that's bound to happen if I don't get enough sleep so I'd better stop blogging now.

See yall later peeps.

Aly

Intensity V.S. Volume

Hey guys, 


You know, for parts like bar 75 of the Icelandic Song, Mr Tay is always telling us to be quiet but intense! so guess wot? 


While I was studying, I came up with this great analogy. 


You know right, if you check out the shower in your bathroom. The tap can move vertically or horizontally? Well, let's just imagine, that you want cold water to come out in a big amount. You turn the tap sideways and upwards, right? 


So... in the same way, you have to go 2 directions when you are singing. Whether it's greater intensity or less intensity. Whether it's loud or soft and quiet. And BTW, loud does not mean greater intensity all the time okaay? 


I know this analogy is pretty funny. But I sing better when I imagine it as something else. Haha, am I weird? But I hope this helps you to see the difference, especially those newbies out there. (: 


Okay, let's pray hard for a GOLD WITH HONOURS for our SYF kay. But the thing is, we should just give our best. I think God will be pleased with that. 


Bye, (have to study for history nao) 


Barberella barberella barrrberellaaeee 


p.s guess who? 

HEY GUYS

okay sorry for the delay. okayokay.

acjc choir concert is on MONDAY 30TH MAY.
tickets are $20, $25 or $29
so rmb to text me your orders by saturday!

thanks doods:D

-aly

Londali Bridge

hey all, so i'm using the blog for the first time - hey this is cool! :) Anyway, I've decided to upload this COOL AND EPIC pic from facebook so the juniors know what the actions for Londali Bridge are supposed to look like. COOL RIGHT? Okay so practise your scores and actions! 

so hey guys

hope yall had a good time and camp:)
and learnt aloooooooooot from mr turunen and mr tay and ms tham!
i know i did:)))))))))

okay i found Hjaðningaríma (bet you're wondering how i typed that out) on youchoob and it's titled Gjallarhorn- Hjaðningaríma (lyrics) 
and Gjallarhorn (according to wikipeed) is Jenny Wilhelm's band so i figured it's the one that mr turunen was telling us about, y'know the one with the didgeridoo?

anw i'm not sure if this is the original Jenny Wilhelm version.
it's a little different from the version we sing but pretty cool nonetheless.





(heehee see there how i make the video fit within the big white column i'm so proud of myself obsessive-compulsiveness [obsessiveness-compulsiveness?] isn't always bad)


yepp 
okay.

and that you all for making camp wonderful!
i had a great time with you guys:)

and practice hard for the auditions kay?
okay?
YAY.


see ya!

Hey guys

so i feel kinda bad for not posting so here i am.

okay so anyway keep up the good work and i hope y'all are looking forward to camp:D

and hey eli rachael and leekhim how's life?

okay byeeee.

helllooo choristers!

so... the blog has been dead for quite some time now so i decided to liven it up with a post. *crickets chirping*... okay anyway let's just get straight to the point:) for those of you who weren't at choir practice last Friday (and there were quite a lot of you), in a nutshell, we practiced the three SYF pieces, namely the wind, londali, and hiathningarima(is that how you spell it?). aaannd please remember that for the seniors are supposed to have memorised ( or at least internalised) these three pieces and (according to allison) SYF auditions are coming soon sooo if you still don't know your stuff you better make sure you do it or get someone to help you or else... okay i think that's all for now. remember that you chose choir and choir chose you so work hard and most importantly enjoy yourselves!(i got that from one of the older posts, i'm not sure which one but it really does make sense in a literal sense, doesn't it?)

loads of love,
Ankita