Hello Choir! =D

Righto. So, its New Year's Eve, and as the year 2010 officially draws to a close, so does my beloved mgchoir journey. I write this on behalf of the rest of the batch of 2010, who have walked this journey with me, and with you. For blur people, this summarises to the following : ELI's FAREWELL POST =)

I entered the mgs choir in 2007 as a wuss. Ms Tham PW is around to testify for my blur-ness. :D And it wasn't just me, but all those Sec 1s who joined the choir, not knowing what in the world we were in for. I mean, seriously, how hard would it seem when we were doing warm-ups? Literally, those were the WARM-UPS. But as the years went by, and more and more people my age joined the choir, well...we grew up. Well, not completely (heh!), but we did mature. And now, we are all proud to call ourselves alumni of the MGS Choir =D

I would like to thank the batch of 2010 for all the memories we've had together. Yes, there were hard times, but it was the struggles that actually made our celebration worth the while. Our Pizza Hut memories, with all the tabasco and pepsi and cherries...all the prank calls and early morning cup noodles meetings in Prague...the wide-awake moments during choir camps (every single one, without fail)...many many more. It's interesting that although, as a choir, we live to sing in big events, the real meaningful memories we have still lie in the everyday events.

To all still in the mgchoir (and those yet to come), I encourage you to choose your friends wisely. And make as many as possible. I am proud to say that the friends I made in choir have been some of my closest friends in MGS. =D Rachael, Moi, Ruth, Siying, Lee Khim and the rest, THANK YOU. =D I have no enemies in choir, okay? And I DO NOT believe anyone else has any either. We're a family, and will always be, yea? With God as our Father.

I would like to thank the comittee of 2010. Thank you for your enduring patience with all my failures, and thank you for working so hard to make this choir grow. I know that we have succeeded in many areas, and that the committee of 2011 will be there to make all our own failures their successes =)
Ruth: You have been an amazing VP, friend and supporter. Not just in choir, but in every aspect of my life. You were always there (next door!) when I needed someone to talk to, and I just hope I was there for you too. Thank you for always being the one to encourage me on, and support me in whatever I do! =D
Yann Ting: You have great potential, my friend. Use it for God's glory, okay? Thank you for being such a good VP. I will always remember you as being a voice for the people, standing up for the choir's needs. Lead the choir to greater heights, and never forget to give all glory to God. All the best for SYF!
Rachael: Fatass! I've had awesome times with you. Thank you for being such a dedicated committee member, being there to tie up all the loops and manage all the details. You've been so enthusiastic about choir, and that has been such a motivation for me. We shall continue being buddies for life, yeah? I LOVE YOU!
Daphne: Hello Ms Secretary! Thanks for keeping all the choir scores and tolerating me eventhough I nag so much. I'm sorry for always being at your back, I know that the Secretary's job is really difficult! Keep spreading your joy around to others, yea?
Chongs: Our dear SCs! Thanks for making the choir sound so great! The two of you have done such a good job, keeping the choir in good form. I know it would have been hard, having to take after such talented conductors like Ms Tham and Mr Tay, so THANK YOU =D I will never forget the CH-CH-CHONGS =D
SLs: You have the most exaustive job on the planet. Taking care of the needs of the people. Thank you for being such dedicated souls, and taking care of both the music and the admin in the choir. Thank you for your hearts and minds, always being in the choir, all the time. To present and future SLs, ALL THE BEST. It's a tough world! =)

TO TEACHERS AND CONDUCTORS:  Well, someone has to say it, so I shall say it =) YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST. Really. Thank you for all the dedication, blood, sweat, tears and strain that you've endured not just this year, but for the past umpteenth number of years, and will be enduring in future years. The MGS choir is really very privilaged to have you. The choir would not be who we are with any one of you removed from the equation. You have blessed our lives, so when the going gets tough, just know that we're actually a blessing in disguise =D

TO THE CHOIR OF 2010:  I LOVE YOU =D I really do. You have changed my life and....okay, whuutt-evah. Don't ever forget my shunshilk hair, and the schicken pie, and the cherry stems and my "chick" (check...) moments and every other little wincy detail we've had laughs about together. The hours clocked in for choir this year have been the best hours of my year. We are, with NO doubt, the AWESOMEST CCA MGS has. So do me a favour, would you? Make it your New Year's Resolution to make this fact known to the rest of the world ;D

TO THE CHOIR OF 2011 (and all future choirs): Choir, God has given each and every one of you BEAUTIFUL voices for the sole purpose of giving it back to Him. He has given you a good past, that cannot be changed. But He's also given you the gift of the future, which you can choose to mold in various ways. Please, PLEASE choose to make it good. SYF is coming up next year, and I have perfect confidence that we have the potential to attain a Gold with Honours. Commit every future endevour into His hands, and trust Him to lead and guide you to the right paths. The Alumni are looking forward to seeing you excel in every way in the coming year, and in the years ahead =)

As you can see, my summary writing is still fail. And I dearly hope that's not reflected in my 'O' Level Cert. I will miss all of you. Please don't forget me, cause I will NOT forget any of you =) To God Be The Glory.

Love,
Eli Sayampanathan
MGS Choir Alumni 2010

HEYY Y'ALL! :]


Sooooooo, we got our SYF set piece (IMPORTANT PIECE!) on Wednesday. Which means that you'll have to practice the piece. It's a nice piece so it should be fun to practice :D Hahas. The chorus bit is AWESOME. Hahahaha. Okayy. Anyways, try to practice the piece (A LOT A LOT) before the next rehearsal. Especially cause there's so much time in between sooooo, you should have time to practice the piece. :] OH! For those who didn't manage to come for rehearsal, whatever your reason was, the new piece is called The Wind by Kelly Tang. You can listen to the MIDI version on www.reverbnation.com/kellytang then under "songs", click "see all 61 songs" and scroll down til you find "The Wind (Demo)" then go listen to it :] It's really nice. For the people who were at rehearsal, you should have already done this. If not, please go listen and practice at the same time with your score. Okayyy. Have fun with whatever is left of the hols (which actually is quite a lot...). Byebye :]


Smiles, 
Michelle

HEYHEY :)

Eli wanted to know the Choir Schedule to (hehehe) VISIT ;)
so she asked to post it up here

24 Nov (Wed) :  Runs -> 1pm to 1.30pm                          
                          Rehearsal -> 1.30pm to 5pm ( Chapel; Mr Tay)

29 Dec (Wed) :  Runs -> 8.30am to 9am                          

                          Rehearsal -> 9am to 5pm ( Chapel; Mr Tay)

30 Dec (Thru) :  Runs -> 1pm to 1.30pm                        

                          Rehearsal -> 1.30pm to 5pm ( Chapel; Ms Tham)

Stuff to be Done This Wed

Dear Ladies,

Am very proud of what the choir has achieved in the past year and I thought we had a good performance - even though there were small iffy bits, we connected and communicated with the audience, the calm hope of "You are the New Day" as well as the ecstatic joy of "Laudate Dominum".  Kudos to Janice who did a fantastic job despite the last minute surprise sprung on her. 

I do hope this excellent onstage fearlessness, self-discipline (can always be better of course if we're twice more sensitive to our surroundings and the people around us) and good student leadership momentum will be passed on to future generations of MGS girls as a tradition that will last for the next 987654345674324567876543 years.  :)

While it is very good to have distinct goals in life e.g. a concert/competition/clock a gazillion NYAA points, I think it is just as important to understand/remember that goals should not be an end in itself - the process of getting there is just as important as life should be an exploration of what is, what is not, and what it can and should be.  For this purpose, we will read through pieces like the Holst Ave Maria and Wilhelms Hjathringarima just for fun.  :)

While there are many ways of looking at same thing, here are the tonal centers I think might be easiest for learning purposes:
Bar 01 Eb
Bar 17 Bb
Bar 21 Eb
Bar 29 F
Bar 34 Ab
Bar 39-end Eb
But of course, feel free to be flexible and find/use whatever works best for you.  There are no hard and fast rules in life.  :)

with lurve,
Mr Albert Tay

HELLO HELLO
:) woaw this is my first time blogging here x)

Anyways, EOYs are still ongoing and the Sec 4's O levels are coming  O.O
And here I am blogging...hehhehheh

THERE'S CHOIR THIS FRIDAY :)
I'm sure all of you are excited! ^^
OhMgee, I miss you all. <3<3<3 
I can't wait to see and sing with all of you :)

Oh, Sounds of Hope is here again :)
and we need to sell tickets!

Sounds of Hope 2 Concert 

(in aid of National Cancer Centre Singapore)

Date: 30 Oct 2010

Venue: MGS Auditorium

Time: 7:30pm

Ticket price: $20 free seating

LOTS OF LOVE,
C.

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