If you are having extra lesson in the old school, please come for band practice at 1430pm after your lunch.
Thanks
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Monday, October 20, 2008
Dear Majors, Sin Hua ,George, Sheng Jun, Apprentice Majors, and Section leaders
As discussed in today's meeting, we have discovered that we have a lot of issues in the band currently. So, roughly to summarise the entire meeting, below is a the list of the things discussed, and for those highlighted in red, it needs your urgent attention and action immediately.
1 (i)ATTENDANCE
- Members are either late or absent for band practices. Please try to be punctual for every practice, and take care of yourselves to prevent getting sick (ESPECIALLY during the Concert and SYF period!). ALL Majors will be in charge here, to ensure the punctuality of members. Section leaders please report to the Majors who is absent and the reasons. Punishments will be given to absentees or latecomers who do not have any vaild reasons.
1 (ii)Sectional Leaders
It would really be good if you all will take charge of your Sections's members' attendance, welfare, morale, and playing wise. They are to report the strength of their respective sections to the Attendance Taker (AT), and then that AT will report it to Mr Foo before band starts.
2)Toilet breaks
-members tend to visit the toilet very often and thus disruptive to the band practice. Sha, Sharil, Yan Da, Rahman will take charge to ensure that not more than 5 members can go at any one time and, its would be really good if members could go toilet 15mins BEFORE band starts.
3) Ground rules ( all majors,SLs please take charge)
- no playing of PSP during band practice
-Please listen to the conductor
-Always respect your seniors, etc
-I do not want to hear members talking loudly during full band.
4) SYF marching video (Sharil and Rahman take charge of this.)
5) Please report to the majors if you find there is any problems in your respective sections. If anyone is quitting or have some serious problems, please inform the Teacher-In-Charge. Or, if you think you can solve it by yourself personally, by all means.
6) I will be needing a few name-lists so that majors will know who is absent, and the reasons, and give the punishments if necessary. The Name list SHOULD have the members's handphone numbers and email (For Contacting purposes.) Section leaders please update your member hp numbers and pass it to me latest by next week's band practice, Wednesdae The 22nd of October.
7)Attendance takers (On Whichever practice days), please inform Mr Foo about the number of people who is present, absent, or late, after getting the Strength information of each sections from the SLs. (Refer to 1(ii) )
Write inside a book if necessary. (It's Present in the library.)
8) Extra sectional practice if necessary.
( SLs, you can used the band room for additional practice, if there's a need to, for your section members, if you feel necessary to do so.)
Please inform 1 of the committee members 1 day beforehand, if the band room will be open for self-practice, like Sheng Jun, and the The Majors.
9)Section leaders, I want you all to help your juniors if they need help, and i do not want to see anybody slacking.
10)The Songs for the concert, All of them, can be obtained from Sheng Jun. Sheng Jun, Please ensure that everyone, can somehow have a recording of all the songs.
11) We need a Hi-fi set or a CD player for the practice. It would be really appreciated if someone would loan it to us. =)
12) Please make sure that markers are available by the whiteboard, so that Mr Foo or the other committee members or majors can write the latest news on the board.
(Sha and Gu Juan, please take charge.)
13) Seniors please guide your junior during band practices, motivate them, and encourage them if they have problems, and make sure they are actively participating in band.
14)As for the punishment wise matters, it will be discussed on the next meeting.(Date not confirmed, but most likely next wednesday.)
15)As for the informarion on the duties of the committee members, I will confirm with you all ASAP. Latest by next week's Friday, 24/10/08.
All these rules will take effect from 17 October Onwards.
Majors please stay back after the end of Each and EVERY band practice. We will together review the performance of that day's practice, and see what else can be done to improve things and etc...
*PS
Please forward this e mail to the committee. I will be e-mailing you all again after the next meeting.
If there is any enquires, please e-mail me, or contact me .
Best Regards
Yan Da
Privacy Policy
As discussed in today's meeting, we have discovered that we have a lot of issues in the band currently. So, roughly to summarise the entire meeting, below is a the list of the things discussed, and for those highlighted in red, it needs your urgent attention and action immediately.
1 (i)ATTENDANCE
- Members are either late or absent for band practices. Please try to be punctual for every practice, and take care of yourselves to prevent getting sick (ESPECIALLY during the Concert and SYF period!). ALL Majors will be in charge here, to ensure the punctuality of members. Section leaders please report to the Majors who is absent and the reasons. Punishments will be given to absentees or latecomers who do not have any vaild reasons.
1 (ii)Sectional Leaders
It would really be good if you all will take charge of your Sections's members' attendance, welfare, morale, and playing wise. They are to report the strength of their respective sections to the Attendance Taker (AT), and then that AT will report it to Mr Foo before band starts.
2)Toilet breaks
-members tend to visit the toilet very often and thus disruptive to the band practice. Sha, Sharil, Yan Da, Rahman will take charge to ensure that not more than 5 members can go at any one time and, its would be really good if members could go toilet 15mins BEFORE band starts.
3) Ground rules ( all majors,SLs please take charge)
- no playing of PSP during band practice
-Please listen to the conductor
-Always respect your seniors, etc
-I do not want to hear members talking loudly during full band.
4) SYF marching video (Sharil and Rahman take charge of this.)
5) Please report to the majors if you find there is any problems in your respective sections. If anyone is quitting or have some serious problems, please inform the Teacher-In-Charge. Or, if you think you can solve it by yourself personally, by all means.
6) I will be needing a few name-lists so that majors will know who is absent, and the reasons, and give the punishments if necessary. The Name list SHOULD have the members's handphone numbers and email (For Contacting purposes.) Section leaders please update your member hp numbers and pass it to me latest by next week's band practice, Wednesdae The 22nd of October.
7)Attendance takers (On Whichever practice days), please inform Mr Foo about the number of people who is present, absent, or late, after getting the Strength information of each sections from the SLs. (Refer to 1(ii) )
Write inside a book if necessary. (It's Present in the library.)
8) Extra sectional practice if necessary.
( SLs, you can used the band room for additional practice, if there's a need to, for your section members, if you feel necessary to do so.)
Please inform 1 of the committee members 1 day beforehand, if the band room will be open for self-practice, like Sheng Jun, and the The Majors.
9)Section leaders, I want you all to help your juniors if they need help, and i do not want to see anybody slacking.
10)The Songs for the concert, All of them, can be obtained from Sheng Jun. Sheng Jun, Please ensure that everyone, can somehow have a recording of all the songs.
11) We need a Hi-fi set or a CD player for the practice. It would be really appreciated if someone would loan it to us. =)
12) Please make sure that markers are available by the whiteboard, so that Mr Foo or the other committee members or majors can write the latest news on the board.
(Sha and Gu Juan, please take charge.)
13) Seniors please guide your junior during band practices, motivate them, and encourage them if they have problems, and make sure they are actively participating in band.
14)As for the punishment wise matters, it will be discussed on the next meeting.(Date not confirmed, but most likely next wednesday.)
15)As for the informarion on the duties of the committee members, I will confirm with you all ASAP. Latest by next week's Friday, 24/10/08.
All these rules will take effect from 17 October Onwards.
Majors please stay back after the end of Each and EVERY band practice. We will together review the performance of that day's practice, and see what else can be done to improve things and etc...
*PS
Please forward this e mail to the committee. I will be e-mailing you all again after the next meeting.
If there is any enquires, please e-mail me, or contact me .
Best Regards
Yan Da
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Hiies All.. =)
Sheng Jun here. I am just done uploading the repertoire of Mbrosia MMIX into the band blog.
(Look Above the Tagbox, it might take sometime to load finish, so please be patient.)
Most Of The Songs Are in that playlist i have created, but some are not loaded in yet, cause i still haven't find those songs, but i will upload them ASAP once i have them.
The Songs in the playlist, IF you do not hav it with you, in your phone or mp3 player or any other devices, PLEASE DO COME ASK FROM ME.
I have most of the recordings and i will be more than happy to send to you if you need them.
So...That Covered the Playlist Thing.
The 2nd thing i want to say is regarding the packing of instruments for the moving to the new school campus.
The Band Room will be open on Mondae, (Most Probably), to help clean/pack up, and throw those old scores away from the band room before we move to there. (Victor Please take note, and his appointed helpers, please do the same toos. :) tys...)
That covers everything i want to sayye regarding the packing of stuffs.
Band members, I really hope that you all can see the importance, urgency, and how many more days are left till the concert itself.
Time to stop all the slacking (IF you all are still anyways.) , and start treating every single practice that is left till the concert seriously.
The Concert is At the 10th Of January next year, meaning that we actually have exactly 84 DAYS MORE left till the concert from NOW. (2 and 3/4 months).
I maybe will put some tools into this blog, maybe a countdown timer to show the seriousness of the situation.
I will update this blog if there are news of other things. Thanks. =)
Sheng Jun here. I am just done uploading the repertoire of Mbrosia MMIX into the band blog.
(Look Above the Tagbox, it might take sometime to load finish, so please be patient.)
Most Of The Songs Are in that playlist i have created, but some are not loaded in yet, cause i still haven't find those songs, but i will upload them ASAP once i have them.
The Songs in the playlist, IF you do not hav it with you, in your phone or mp3 player or any other devices, PLEASE DO COME ASK FROM ME.
I have most of the recordings and i will be more than happy to send to you if you need them.
So...That Covered the Playlist Thing.
The 2nd thing i want to say is regarding the packing of instruments for the moving to the new school campus.
The Band Room will be open on Mondae, (Most Probably), to help clean/pack up, and throw those old scores away from the band room before we move to there. (Victor Please take note, and his appointed helpers, please do the same toos. :) tys...)
That covers everything i want to sayye regarding the packing of stuffs.
Band members, I really hope that you all can see the importance, urgency, and how many more days are left till the concert itself.
Time to stop all the slacking (IF you all are still anyways.) , and start treating every single practice that is left till the concert seriously.
The Concert is At the 10th Of January next year, meaning that we actually have exactly 84 DAYS MORE left till the concert from NOW. (2 and 3/4 months).
I maybe will put some tools into this blog, maybe a countdown timer to show the seriousness of the situation.
I will update this blog if there are news of other things. Thanks. =)
Friday, October 17, 2008
Dear members,
Please be reminded that there will be Saturday band practices before the holidays. The band practices will start from 9am to 12pm. Also, all members must have a copy of the recording, Chant and Jubilo and chanteys. Last but not least, please make yourself available as far as possible for all the practices as all the practices are very crucial for our next year concert. It is up to our decision on whether to make the concert a success or a failure.
Please be reminded that there will be Saturday band practices before the holidays. The band practices will start from 9am to 12pm. Also, all members must have a copy of the recording, Chant and Jubilo and chanteys. Last but not least, please make yourself available as far as possible for all the practices as all the practices are very crucial for our next year concert. It is up to our decision on whether to make the concert a success or a failure.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
No practice on 17th Oct friday...next practice will be on 18th Oct sat
Please try your best to turn up.
Meeting for all leaders will be this sat at 8am, meet at kallang mrt.
29th Oct we will be shifting to the new school.
Looking at the attendance on the 1st practice and also plus no practice on 29thoct and 31st oct, we might need a few sat practices during school holidays.Do understand the urgency.I appreciate your commitment to the band.
Thanks.
Opening music- Carmina Burana - 4mins
1. Chant and Jubilo - 6mins
2. Ireland -Of Legend and Lore - Robert W. Smith - 7mins
Flutes and Irish drums ensemble( Penny whistle Jig by Henry mancini)-5mins
3. Sinfonia Nobilissima - Robert Jager - 7mins
4. A vision of majesty - James swearingin or chanteys ( sea song) by Robert sheldon-6mins
5.The sailor's hornpipe- Philip Sparke -( tentative) sight-reading soon- 3mins
total - 1 hour (approx)
---Interval------------------(add chairs +Gess band do tuning on stage)
Gan Eng Seng Military Band
1. Overture Jubiloso - Frank Erickson - 7mins
2. Eiger - James Swearingen - 7mins
Victoria School Concert Band - (Do tuning in the holding room)
1. Symphonic Movement - Vaclav Nelhybel - 7mins
2. Chester Overture - William Schumann - 7mins
Chai Chee military Band- 10mins ( To be confirmed)
Manjusri Concert Band
1. First Suite in Eb by Gustav Holst - 12mins
Presentation for tokens of appreciation-3mins
Band playing- Thank you for the music by ABBA (as background music)
Encore- Go west! ( pop song w/ gimmicks)-5mins ( will also be the sec 1 orientation piece)
Total- 1 hour (approx)
**Tentative arrangements
**Must be confirmed by 1st of Nov 2008 ( Mdm elna pls take note tks.)
Please try your best to turn up.
Meeting for all leaders will be this sat at 8am, meet at kallang mrt.
29th Oct we will be shifting to the new school.
Looking at the attendance on the 1st practice and also plus no practice on 29thoct and 31st oct, we might need a few sat practices during school holidays.Do understand the urgency.I appreciate your commitment to the band.
Thanks.
Jan Concert Repertoire
Manjusri Concert BandOpening music- Carmina Burana - 4mins
1. Chant and Jubilo - 6mins
2. Ireland -Of Legend and Lore - Robert W. Smith - 7mins
Flutes and Irish drums ensemble( Penny whistle Jig by Henry mancini)-5mins
3. Sinfonia Nobilissima - Robert Jager - 7mins
4. A vision of majesty - James swearingin or chanteys ( sea song) by Robert sheldon-6mins
5.The sailor's hornpipe- Philip Sparke -( tentative) sight-reading soon- 3mins
total - 1 hour (approx)
---Interval------------------(add chairs +Gess band do tuning on stage)
Gan Eng Seng Military Band
1. Overture Jubiloso - Frank Erickson - 7mins
2. Eiger - James Swearingen - 7mins
Victoria School Concert Band - (Do tuning in the holding room)
1. Symphonic Movement - Vaclav Nelhybel - 7mins
2. Chester Overture - William Schumann - 7mins
Chai Chee military Band- 10mins ( To be confirmed)
Manjusri Concert Band
1. First Suite in Eb by Gustav Holst - 12mins
Presentation for tokens of appreciation-3mins
Band playing- Thank you for the music by ABBA (as background music)
Encore- Go west! ( pop song w/ gimmicks)-5mins ( will also be the sec 1 orientation piece)
Total- 1 hour (approx)
**Tentative arrangements
**Must be confirmed by 1st of Nov 2008 ( Mdm elna pls take note tks.)
Dear members
Band practice will resume on the 15th oct wed 3pm . Hope to see u soon.
We should be moving to the new school by 3rd week of oct.
Leaders do start to tidy up the library..latest by 18th oct sat. Thanks.
Rehearsal for the school song will be on 28nov,5th dec and 12 dec (fri)- 2pm to 5pm.
Do start to publish up the school song before the rehearsal(senior band members).
Shas please try to choose the good players only for this recording session.
5 clarinets,4 flutes,2 alto sax, 1 tenor 1 bari,1 bass clar,3 trumpets,2 horns,1 eup,3 tromb,2 tuba,2 percussions. sharil plays tenor sax.
Majors please help to work on the band camp schedule ...please take note that i will not be available from 6th - 9th Dec...and 19th- 20th Nov (gess band camp).Most other days i'm very busy with my teaching ( SYF period).I suggest band camp to be either on 21th- 23rd nov, 28th - 30th nov, or 12th- 15th Dec. Thanks.
librarian please get the carmina,chant and jubilo scores and school song ready by tis wed.Also make sure all members have all the HK pieces ready at anytime.Thanks.
Hopefully there will not be any sat practices or long practices during school holiday if we put in enough effort in oct-mid nov. lets try our best...Thanks.
sec 1 recruits..keep up the good work.:>
Check up for the latest changed in our concert repertoire.
:>
simon foo
Band practice will resume on the 15th oct wed 3pm . Hope to see u soon.
We should be moving to the new school by 3rd week of oct.
Leaders do start to tidy up the library..latest by 18th oct sat. Thanks.
Rehearsal for the school song will be on 28nov,5th dec and 12 dec (fri)- 2pm to 5pm.
Do start to publish up the school song before the rehearsal(senior band members).
Shas please try to choose the good players only for this recording session.
5 clarinets,4 flutes,2 alto sax, 1 tenor 1 bari,1 bass clar,3 trumpets,2 horns,1 eup,3 tromb,2 tuba,2 percussions. sharil plays tenor sax.
Majors please help to work on the band camp schedule ...please take note that i will not be available from 6th - 9th Dec...and 19th- 20th Nov (gess band camp).Most other days i'm very busy with my teaching ( SYF period).I suggest band camp to be either on 21th- 23rd nov, 28th - 30th nov, or 12th- 15th Dec. Thanks.
librarian please get the carmina,chant and jubilo scores and school song ready by tis wed.Also make sure all members have all the HK pieces ready at anytime.Thanks.
Hopefully there will not be any sat practices or long practices during school holiday if we put in enough effort in oct-mid nov. lets try our best...Thanks.
sec 1 recruits..keep up the good work.:>
Check up for the latest changed in our concert repertoire.
:>
simon foo
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