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Latest!!!!!!!!! a complete table ( or is it complete? ) of the orchestral pieces i've played before...in GB code
only.....and ..the table loads slowly.....please be patient.thanks...some people told me that it does not work for IE. who cares? I am pro Netscape...down with IE!!!its a pity I have forgotten to include the "green ribbon" in my homepage.Maybe for thge next version of my homepage, coming ....dunno when.Anyway, visit the page that lists the pieces I've played before first:
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ME
I am a 18 year old who is born in a family of music
lovers and Chinese orchestra players. When I was in primary school (red
swastika school)
, the school got us an instructor for guzheng and I was sent to learn the
instrument. That was when I was in primary 1 (7 yrs old).I played guzheng
in primary school for 6 years, before going to Dunman High School
for secondary education
Life in Dunman High School
Dunman High School is a famous school in Singapore
and has one of the best Chinese orchestra in Singapore, although it is
only a school orchestra. When I was in Secondary 1 we had a choice to what
instrument we want to play. I chose guzheng , but since it was a very popular
instrument and probably due to some
( there were only female players ), I was not posted to guzheng but to
percussion. At that time there was a shortage of bass players in the orchestra,
so I later decided to play the double bass in the Chinese orchestra.This
is a link to the unofficial homepage of the orchestra.click here
Playing the DOUBLE BASS
I learnt double bass under the bass instructor, Mr
Lee Tsu Hock , who is a bass player in SSO. I began to like that instrument
and after two years of playing, I can only say that I am with the instrument. I looked up for solo bass pieces
to play and as I love Chinese music and I am in a Chinese orchestra , I
started looking for pieces of works for the bass.....for a Chinese orchestra
.
Western Stringed Instruments That Were
made to speak Chinese
The double bass is used in the Chinese orchestra as
there was no bass stringed instrument in the Chinese orchestra , until
about 50 years ago, when research for a bass stringed Chinese instrument
began. Some instruments were made , but the results was just OK . People
began using the double bass and cello in modern Chinese orchestras . In
the 1930s, the violin was popularly liked by some people of china and some
violin players like the late Mr. Ma Si Cong wrote some pieces
for violin, which were actually Chinese music . but the first major Chinese-violin
work came in 1958: The butterfly lovers violin concerto.
other works for Chinese-cello also appeared. there was a concert by the
Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts Chinese Orchestrain April 1996
that featured a cellist who specializes in playing Chinese-cello: Mr. Dong
Jin Chi.
PART 2 OF MY STORY...
so much for the history of Chinese-string-western instruments....now
back to myself.....
After taking the O levels examination, I went to Temasek
junior college
to do my A levels. I continued to join the Chinese Orchestra , but sad
to say, I am the only Bass player. It is kind of ,
but I have my friends who are also from Dunman High and are cello players
, so during orchestra practice, it is not that bad.
A brief note about TJCCO
Temasek Junior College Chinese Orchestra was established
in 1977, when the school was just founded.It began with a strength of around
30 pupils who were very keen in chinese music. The teacher-in-charge ,
Mr Wu Zhong Bo, now the principal of Xingming Secondary School, was the
suona player.The first conductor was Mr Ou Yang Liang Rong, a well known
SIngapore Guzheng player. Later, Mr Zhou Jin Hao took over, and together
with Dunman High School Chinese Orchestra, staged a successful performance
in 1982. Mr Li Ke Hua took over as conductor in the 1990s. 2 Years ago,
Mr Ng Kim Poo became the conductor, a post which he held for a year before
the conductor of Dunman High School Chinese Orchestra and Nanyang Academic
Of Fine Arts City Chinese Orchestra, Mr Tay Teow Kiat took over. In
Singapore Youth Festival Chinese Orchestra competition 1997, TJCCO got a distinction award, and is one of the
two junior colleges selected for the - a six
school competition held on 23/7/97. well...the competition is over now...
my present school could only manage a consolation. prize...my former school
got 1st .. so congrats to them.... as for TJCCO, we did our best.....afterall,
it is unfair for J.C. co to compete with secondary school co.. as we are
much smaller in size..... for TJCCO I think we did well... considering
the manpower and financial input.... The orchestra is not big , with only
about 50 members... which cannot be compared with DHSCO which has a membership
of around 250...
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