somebody totally stole my identity as barbarella.

happy sixteenth ellissa:D


sorry it's kind of a day late.

-aly

hello everybahhdeeee barbarella is back  


i'm really bored now after all talk on volcano victims 

hey, practice singing when you're free/ in the bath etc. I know it's holiday but
you chose choir and choir chose you so do it :b 

Just do it

 - Nike


Sounds of Hope is going to be good yes? 
yes whether you say no or yes 

no go-backs d:

This is Gustav Holst's Ave Maria:



I also found the English translation to Hjaðningaríma, for those who are interested to know what the lyrics mean:

The grim giants are frightening
The ancients frost giants
And dwarfs, elves, ghosts
Demigoddesses, enchantresses, Norns

I was tired and had a hard journey,
I had bad premonitions,
Finally I sat down
Under an oak tree in the forest

The tree stood leaning on a slope
At a large river's side
Its branches shadowed the entire land
And its leaves hung down low

The grim giants are frightening
The ancients frost giants
And dwarfs, elves, ghosts
Demigoddesses, enchantresses, Norns

The forest giant uttered mighty bellows
Through the field of winds
Enormous floods of water
Cascaded from the castle of storms

 - Quianna :-)

Heyy choir,


Happy belated National Day! Hope y'all are studying hard for this last week of common tests... :] This Friday, choir resumes as usual. (Friday, 13th August 2010) So please don't forget to bring all your stuffs... (eg. file, notebook, pencil, waterbottle, etc...) Please also be sure that you look through your scores (Laudate, etc...) before choir practice later this week.


Not forgetting our sec 4 seniors out there... STUDY HARD FOR PRELIMS :] *hinthint*come back to visit choir soon...*hinthint* Hahas. Y'all can look forward to sec 4 farewell...! 

Alrights, (to everyone) study hard, yeah? Looking forward to seeing y'all in choir on Friday :]

Michelle

hey choir

good job yesterday! God be in my head sounded quite nice from where i was standing:)
okayokay, our holding room for fdd tmr has been changed from the acacia room to the gardenia room. not sure where it is, so we'll just find out when we get there.


rehearsals in the holding room will start at 5pm tomorrow, coz we have to be in the ballroom by 5.30. 


yep, see you all tomorrow:)

-aly

So maybe just for the benefit of those that weren't here today, or whoever needs to confirm info, this Sunday, we have to be at the Gardenia room(according to the Shangri-La hotel website, it's on the Mezzanine level, whatever that is... anyway I guess we can just ask for directions) at Shangri-La Hotel at 5 p.m. We will proceed to the ballroom at 5:30 p.m.
We have to wear black jeans/pants/skirts with a bright top, or a black top with bright jeans/pants/skirts, or a bright dress. Hair can be tied up in any way that we like(as long as it's not too outlandish). For shoes, any kind of shoe is fine except for flip-flops and... well, I don't think high heels are advisable, because you might trip while doing all those side-steps. =D Right, and dark eye liner is compulsory.

-Quianna :-)

HEY CHOIR.

yeah it's the "good job, guys" post that follows all our performances, but seriously, you all were amazing. i received very positive feedback from various people:D and i'm sure you've noticed that we've improved alot since cantabile, awesome huh?

i'm really really proud of all of you, and i had great fun singing with you guys onstage yesterday:DD

okay i promised maria that i'd update the alumni list.

man i seem to be posting alot.

okay byeee.

-aly

Hello, i found Stabat Mater...yeahh....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNt13Vw-K6Q
Annam

hello everybahhdeeee my name is barbarella

hey guys:)

ellissa lamented that the blog was dead, so i'm reviving it.

(clap now)

one week to con spirito.

scores to be learnt and tickets to be sold!

yay:P

rmb to bring ticket orders on wednesday.

we have a whole hall to fill(!!)

the concert's gonna be awesome. yes?

yes.

:D

hey choir.

please bring laudate dominum tonight (1st july)
thankyou:)

hello everybody:)

back to school! i hope you enjoyed you holidays:)

anyway, please look through the following scores (fill in solfege if you need to) for wednesday-

stabat mater

laudate dominum

doo wop (should be memorized for the concert)

the prayer (KEY CHANGE ALERT)

as you know, we have VERY VERY FEW PRACTICES LEFT before the arts festival, so try to learn up as much of the music you can at home, so we can focus on polishing during the rehearsals.

don't stress don't stress, but have a sense of URGENCY:D

you can ask the SLs/SCs/pretty much anybody for help if you need any.

faith, trust and teamwork! (i just felt like saying that but really, it applies in pretty much any situation)

yeah see you guys on wednesday!

-alison

HEY EVERYBODY.

hello russia peeps, i miss seeing your sleepy faces in the lobby every morning:)

just wanna say that i'm really really proud of all of you. we've grown so so so much since we started rehearsing together, technique wise and as a family.

i hope you all had fun in St P making new friends and performing and everything. it was great, wasn't it?

to the home team, thank you for your support and prayers:D

we were, at least i was, thinking of you all alot.

hope you had a great holiday:)

rmb to learn up the july pieces, by when i don't know O.O

see you all in school xP

-aly

HEYYY CHOIRRRR!!!!

WE'RE BACK IN SINGAPORE. unfortunately. hehhh miss st. petersburg.
but still I'm sure we'll have just as much fun here in singapore as we did there.
hope y'all have learnt something from this trip.
and take back something else other than the two gold cups.
xPPP.

ok i'm out of stuff to say.

xDDD
christie

Hey everyone!

I have an announcement to make...AHEM!!

The MGS choir has done us proud yet again. The choir representing us in Russia have taken part in the Sacred and Children's Category, yesterday and today respectively, under Ms J Tham and Mr A Tay respectively. They have attained a GOLD result in BOTH categories!!

To God Be The Glory!

Love,
eli

HEY (non-touring) CHOIR~

russia's great. MISSING YOU ALL.

we've done touring and rehearsals the past few days, and a combined rehearsal/exchange with a vocal ensemble as well as a concert with them.

another concert today, and we're competing tomorrow and the day after.

st petersburg is very very pretty. it's getting colder by the day and I love it:)

yeah just thought I'd give you guys an update.

~~~~

to the touring choir:
I'M REALLY PROUD OF ALL OF YOU.

and remember to be at the lobby by 10.30am.

lub
-aly

HEY CHOIR!!! =D

I know majority of us will be in Russia now, but...nevermind! To all those in Russia, if you get to see this in time, ALL THE BEST AND I LOVE YOU! I am SO proud of all of you! You really sounded quite good at the practices last week. Trust in God, and I'm sure you'll all do well. VERY WELL. =D Haha, ya know, when I was at the airport to send you all off on Saturday, I felt so out of place!!! Like, you guys have grown so much, I had no duty there anymore! OH NO!! Alumni, HERE WE COME! =D I don't know how the other Sec 4s feel about it, but though it will be SO sad, change is not that bad....is it? AHEMFAREWELLAHEM!!!

Anyways, choir, do us proud, kay? All of the choir in Singapore probably are all ripping our guts apart in worry, so...and, BTW, doing us proud does not mean getting a Gold or anything like that. Just means that you've gotta do your best, and glorify God.

LOVE YOU ALL!!!
eli

ps. my posts are getting shorter and shorter....

HEYYY CHOIR!
WE'RE FLYING OFF TONIGHT.
I still cant believe it.
haha dont forget anything kays, apparently it's raining in russia now, it's gonna be so cold.
but even in our excitement, dont lose sight of why we're going there in the first place.
we're not going on holiday.
it's a whole new experience, to be singing somewhere else in the world that we wouldnt normally do in singapore.
I hope that we will conduct ourselves well, and sing to our very best, and give the audience a reason to go WOW.
we sing for the love of the music. enjoy the sound. after all, we are a choir, as a choir, we make music. as a choir, we sing together, celebrate together, and put in all the effort we can.
remember the goals that we set for ourselves yesterday during practice.
dont lose sight of them.

I'll see y'all at the airport tonight.
adios amigos!

xDDDD
christie

HEY touring CHOIR.

WE'LL BE AT THE AIRPORT IN TWENTY-TWO HOURS (give or take)

great job at practice today (or yesterday, whatever)

:D

remember to bring umbrellas and masks and scarves and whatnot.

and remember to bring all the various scores that we need.

see you guys soon~

heyyys people!

we're flying off in 4 days!!!
hope you all are as excited as I am to be going to russia.
it's the last stretch, so we gotta pull ourselves together and just put in all the effort we can, which I know is a lot. xDD. we just gotta focus now.

reminders:
-wednesday, thursday, friday, we have full day choir practices. on thursday the penang choir is coming, so be neatly attired.
-please go learn the russian score, make sure you are able to sing in russian by the wednesday practice i.e. tomorrow
-all scores to be memorised, details all put in.
-bring the 2 chinese new year pieces tmr, and to russia


oh yeahh... recently i've been watching this show called britain's got talent. and this year they've got a lot of good acts. this is just one of them that was quite surprising.
wanted to embed it here, but couldnt, so here's the link if you're interested.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QHk4n7mhe8
btw, they made it to the finals.
from the video you can see that they really like singing, and in the face of the judges, they proved that they were good enough to pass to the next round.
so what can we learn? we learn that we have to just put our whole heart into singing, and just give it all we got.

xPPP
christie

Heyy!

Choir concert was simply awesome ~ and there's no reason for you to deny it :D

I just wanna congratulate the non-touring choir cause' I think most of us did put in much effort in our work (the dance moves and everything) and this shows that anything is possible when we put our heart into it and if we trust God. :D

Colossians 3:23 (New International Version)

²³Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men,

Remember that everything you do is for the GLORY OF GOD :D Dun lose heart and always always strive for the better :D I'm sure the touring choir will do great for the competition coming up real soon :D We'll be counting on you guys ...

As for the Sec 4s who are leaving us soon

wait... you've already left us, we'll definitely miss you lots and lots and yepps! Dun worry and be happy cause the Lord will always be w/ yea :D

Rui Jun '10