Daisuke Shimizu Conducting To My Comrades

Sorry this post is not about MAWE on Thailand National TV.

Something interesting and relevant to the Thailand Competition though...

Daisuke Shimizu Conducting To My Comrades (Susinami Wind Orchestra)

Wai Yip

MAWE on Thailand NATIONAL TV yesterday night!

Hi Guys,

Maris Alumni Wind Ensemble performance was aired on Thailand National TV yesterday night! I think is some news report or something like that.

I am trying to get the video! So stay tuned!!

Fredy
maris alumni wind ensemble
~the legacy continues~

Back in Singapore...

on this very day, 1st december 2009 (by right we left Thailand on 30th Nov, reach at midnight of 1st dec).


29th Nov 2009, Sunday was our FINALS for TIWEC. We did our best that we could at that moment but I guessed we still failed to play well on that day. Probably due to the sudden change in repertoire cause of some unexpected circumstances. I do not wish to explain on the unexpected circumstances so those who know will know, those who don't know I am sorry I do not wish to elaborate on that.


I am rather impressed with the instruments each and everyband brought for the competition. How I wish I could have brought all our own percussion over to Thailand. All the bands used their own percussion set. None of them uses the Percussion provided. I was quite ok with the quality, condition and tuning of the SEMI FINALS round but unfortunately for FINALS, we had a different set and that changed alot of things.


After we have played, we will need to wait outside the hall for results. Only the representative can go into the hall cause it is filled with people whom were there to watch the competition and to see the Royal Family representative to come for the award ceremony. The king does not make it for this competition due to his health conditio n but should be fine.

We got 3rd place. It was a complete disappointment. It was. Really. None of us cheered, none of us clapped. It was a total silence from our group. I was so ready for 3rd after the competition. Although I was busying correcting every single notes that was on that bloody screwed up timpani, I was still paying attention on the band. Afterall after the 1st piece which greatly demoralized everyone. Things just never get better. Percussion was weaken from the start. Nothing can be done.

3rd place afterall. We at least made it to the FINALS. Good for MAWE. There are many more that did not make the mark and we did make it to the FINALS.

Good Job everyone.

Everything is over for this Thailand Competition. Although we all know about those disturbing stuffs that happened but never mind. We did our best on Sunday. That's something great.

Thank you everyone for all the good work and cooperation!

Updates on the Thailand trip will be up soon! haha. Give me sometime to churn out all the things we have done!

MAWE gogo!!!

fredy
maris alumni wind ensemble
~the legacy continues~

you know what?

the EMCEES murmured some Thai language in which all of us don't understand a single thing!

After one whole chunk of foreign language bombardment, the emcees changed to a language we all understand! FINALLY!!

Can you imagine the whole introduction was in Thai and we just sit there and laughed when they laughed, clapped when they clapped. SO SO SO SO SO Out of place for all of us.

Ok continue the story...

The emcees changed to speak ENGLISH LANGUAGE!!

The first line they said was ...

Congratulations to...

MARIS ALUMNI WIND ENSEMBLE!!

The whole lot of us just jumped up from the chair, cheering and clapping! We did it!! FINALS HERE WE COME!! Oh My Buddha!!! (Our tour guide used that! haha. He is a buddhist just like any other people in Thailand)

Oh yesh and just an add on, we are OFFICIALLY the Top 3 bands of the Thailand International Wind Ensemble Competition. Now the FINALS will determine our placing.

I hoping for the best, everyone in the band too!!

You guys reading this, do pray for us too!!!

I will try to upload the pics when I got my SD card back!!1

Read more as I updated along the way!!

Thailand Trip -Day 1-

We arrived in Singapore Changi Airport at 1300 hours. Soon, we moved into the departure hall and boarded the SQ 976.

We arrived at the Thailand Suvarnabhumi Airport 30 mins earlier, 1720 hours.

We were brought to a restaurant near the CHAOPRAYA River and enjoy our first taste of the Thai Cuisine. It was ok although personally I thought it was more of like a vegetarian meal. Is today the LUNAR Calendar 1st or 15th of the month?

The restaurant is located near our Hotel, ROYAL PRINCESS (will be uploading pics of the room when I have figured out how to upload to this comp).

The Royal Princess hotel is MUCH MUCH better than expected and I think everyone in the group enjoy and like the hotel.

Practice is simple and sweet. Never played well though.

That's all for today!!

(THIS IS THE SUMMARY ENTRY! FULL VERSION WILL BE OUT AFTER THE TRIP!)

Stay tuned!!!

MAWE Thailand Trip + Updates during Trip

Hi Guys,

In 3 days time we will be leaving for Thailand, I hope everyone is ready for this Thailand trip!

I have uploaded the PDF of what to bring. Please download it and make sure you don't leave out anything.

Please Download the things to bring file from this Link:
Things To Bring

Do take note of our attire. It is in the things to bring list.

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Things to take note:

* Everyone is to report in Maris Stella at 10 AM on 24th November 2009, Tuesday.

* Make sure your hand carry luggage is 25cm x 35cm x 55 cm (MAX).

* Make sure all LAG (Liquid, Aerosol and Gel) items are not in your hand carry luggage.


Other than that we will do last minute check on Tuesday itself.

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We will be updating daily from Thailand for our Thailand Trip, so parents and members can refer to our blog for updates.

Thanks!

Happy Packing!!

Fredy
maris alumni wind ensemble

MAWE Trip + new trainee members!

Hi All alumni members,

Our Thailand Trip STILL GOES ON even though Main Band's trip is cancelled.

Please do take note Alumni Practice resumes 10th October 2009 at 1.30 pm at Maris Stella Band Room.

* Members' list is updated with 5 new trainee members. Welcome all the 5 new trainee members! So in total we have 10 trainees up to date (1st half of 2009 - 4, 2nd half 2009 -6)! Hope you all learn a lot more stuffs in Alumni band. Hoping to hear the best from you all!

PS: It will be fun to name each of these batch like 09A and 09B batch. So you guys have different batch mates for alumni! haha. So batch 09A is batch 09B senior! haha!

Fredy
maris alumni wind ensemble

Maris Alumni Wind Ensemble

Hi All Members and the Public,

With the effect from 19th August 2009, Maris Stella Symphonic Band Alumni is officially re-named Maris Alumni Wind Ensemble.

From now on, all upcoming performances, events and others, the name Maris Alumni Wind Ensemble will be used for this alumni band group.

*all members or the public who use the name Maris Stella Symphonic Band Alumni to link to our blog, please kindly change it to Maris Alumni Wind Ensemble.

Thank you very much.

We will continue to bring the best we can to the audience.

PS: For the main picture of this blog, I have another version with more animations and pictures but unable to use it for the blog as it is 8MB in size. So everyone bear with this less striking main picture of the blog.

Fredy
maris alumni wind ensemble
~the legacy continues~

MARISTalumni @ the PARAGON

Dear all,

Here are some of the pictures taken during Paragon's performance.

Good job everyone =)

Click on the link at the bottom of the post to view the rest of the pictures.

[Click Below]

Cheers,
Wai Yip

A gift for ALL MSSBA members! Our Mascot!

Hi All,

I think this can be our mascot from now on!!

mssba teddy! mssba monogram version

Just for mssbalumni members!

Fredy
maris stella symphonic band alumni
~the legacy continues~

Alumni Shirt Design Voting

Hi All,

Below will be a few designs for our alumni shirt.

The shirt will be a WHITE POLO. I am trying to get white DRI FIT POLO.

Front will be like this.


Now, for the back, please choose according to the 6 Options (A, B, C, D, E, F). My Personal choice will be 1. F, 2. A, 3. B, 4.E, 5. C, 6.D. Choose yours now!

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Please kindly vote for the design with the poll below.

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That's all!

Thanks

Fredy
maris stella symphonic band alumni

Upcoming Events

Hi All,

Please kindly refer to your email for all our upcoming performing dates and program for those events.

I seek highest co-operation from everyone in the band so as to have a successful and good playing performances.

Please kindly inform your SL if you are unable to make it for practice.

** SL > please refer to the members list at the side of this blog. There are some changes to your section members. Those without valid reason and have not been regular or unable to attend practice due to certain reasons have been eliminated from the section. Kindly make sure ALL your section mates do attend practice from now on and inform you if they are unable to make it.

Thank you.

Fredy
maris stella symphonic band alumni
~the legacy continues~

Alumni practice on 27th June 2009

Hi All,

Alumni practice on 27th June 2009 will be cancelled due to H1N1. This week MOE has stated no school activities. So we will need to cancel.

Practice resumes NEXT WEEK.

THANKS!

fredy
maris stella symphonic band alumni
~the legacy continues~

Message from Mr Stephen Melillo!!

All mssba members!

Below is the message from Mr Stephen Melillo after he watched the Chosen video that I have recently updated!!

Below is the email Mr Stephen Melillo sent to me. ^^

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Hello, Fredy!

Thank you for playing this Music about honoring the Great Souls of the Past, like Beethoven and many like him. This is what is meant by Time to Back the Knights. The "Knights" of History regardless of geography or boundary.

I very much LOVE the CONDUCTOR!... and I think the Ensemble sounds very fine considering the Video microphone.

Bravo to you and a special thanks to the Musicians for all of their Giving, and or course to the fine Conductor.

Thanks again to you and Godspeed!

Steve

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So guys! Continue your good work!!! We will need to be even better!!

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And here it is!! The video!!

THE CHOSEN!


Be the best we can be!! mssba gogo!

Fredy
maris stella symphonic band alumni
~the legacy continues~
-creating music style of our own-

Practice resumes on 6th June 2009!

Hi all mssba members,

Please take note that maris stella symphonic band alumni practice resumes on

6th June 2009
Saturday
2 PM
Maris Stella Band Room

Please make sure you are free from things can come down for practice.

Email has been sent out to ALL MEMBERS. Please read, update yourself and of course co-operate with us for those upcoming events!

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Concert coming up and we will need to get things done! After 11 months of break, I am pretty sure we are going to sound rather bad but things need to go on.

Do take note, you will need to come for every practice as this program, you will not be able to get it done a few practices before concert. It is rather impossible to bring back the score and practise on your own too cause a lot of linkages here and there within the band.

So you will need to come down for practices.

We will be giving out scores for these upcoming events in batches. So we will need to settle majority of the pieces before the next batch of pieces come in. Will update you all more about this on 6th june practice.

Hope to see everyone soon!

Enjoy your remaining break before Alumni Band resumes!

Fredy

maris stella symphonic band alumni

~the legacy continues~

-creating music style of our own-

Main Band SYF

To all Alumni Band members,

Main Band has achieved a Gold award in the Singapore Youth Festival Central Judging (Concert Band) 2009.

They have performed very very well on 8th April 2009. It was the best I have seen them perform (and many other alumnus too). Although did not get what they aimed for but still they have worked very hard for this Gold that was awarded by the 7 Judges.

Be it Gold or Gold with Honours. That particular day, 8th April 2009. They have played music that touched the hearts of the audience. I think that's something worth more than any award.

Main band has really made all the Alumnus proud on that very day with their music. Really proud of them.

After Main Band SYF, it will be our turn again anytime soon. We (both mssb and mssba) shall continue to strive to the best we can be.

Maristbands GOGO!!

Fredy
maris stella symphonic band alumni
~the legacy continues~

Something for everyone...

Haha. this is our SIBF video (ONLY BAND VIEW, so we all got cheated).

This is Hymn to the Sun ~with the beat of the Mother Earth~

enjoy!

Since next sat alumni band resumes, there's sth for u guys to do after the practice.

NUS Wind Symphony presents an evening through the evolution of music - in GREEN!

InTempo 2009 featuring an environmental theme, with highlights like Jan Van der Roost's Amazonia, Frank Ticheli's Vesuvius, Satoshi Yagisawa's Hymn to the Infinite Sky. Band classic literature like Fantasy Variations by James Barnes and classical transcription of Franz von Suppe's Light Cavalry Overture are also highlights in the concert.

Date: 21 March 2009 (Saturday)

Time: 1930 HRS

Venue: University Cultural Centre Hall, National University of Singapore

Ticket: $12 (Free Seating)

Music Direction & Resident Conductor: Assoc. Prof. Ho Hwee Long

Programme:

Chorale and Shaker Dance - John P. Zdechilik

Puszta - Jan Van der Roost

Hymn to the Infinite Sky - Satoshi Yagisawa

Vesuvius - Frank Ticheli

-Intermission-

Amazonia - Jan Van der Roost

Pinocchio - Alex Poelman

Fantasy Variations - James Barnes

Light Cavalry Overture - Franz von Suppé

For tickets, please contact me (Wai Yip) at 8112 4941

SYF date for Main band

To all Alumni members,

Please take note that Main Band SYF date and time is as follow:

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Maris Stella High School
Band no. 145

SYF Day = 8th April 2009
Time: 1145AM

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ALL alumni members are encouraged to come and help the main band! So do tell me if you can make it.

35 more days to their SYF!

Let's work together with the main band to achieve the First Gold with Honours in Maris Stella. Since we have gotten the TOP and Champion position in competitions. It is now our turn to help our main band to achieve GwH.


fredy

Congratulations!

On behalf of all the members in the maris stella symphonic band alumni.



We would like to congratulate Mr Adrian Chiang for getting a baby girl, Arielle Chiang on 11th February 2009!



mssba wishes your child has a good health and grow into a beautiful and fine lady!


Once more, thank you for your hard work and all the stuffs you have done for mssba!

Leave your message for Mr Adrian Chiang on the Tagboard!

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SYF

Please do take note that Main Band SYF is drawing near, all mssbalumni members please do come down and have sectional with them if possible.

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NTU and SAB Concert

NTU Concert -Sojourn 2009
21st FEB 2009
VCH @ 730
Price @ $12

Saints Alumni Concert
28 FEB 2009
VCH @730
Price @ $15. Buy in bulk will be $12

Those interested please inform me. Thanks!

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Fredy

A Night of Chamber Wind Music with Dr John Boyd

Everyone please take note..

Everyone is HIGHLY ENCOURAGE to for this concert! It is a MUST GO and MUST WATCH! Very good concert.

A Night of Chamber Wind Music with John Boyd
Date: 21st January 2009 (wednesday)
Time: 730 pm
Venue: Esplanade Recital Studio
Price: $12 for Students.

really it worths the money! You will be seeing professional (SSO players) playing challenging and nice pieces. It is a good way to learn!

Everyone should go for this!

Fredy