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Sunday, December 23, 2007
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Concert Etiquette Lesson

Hi GYSB cubs,
Thank you for your support in SparksWinds Concert. I hope you all will enjoy the concert as much as I enjoyed practicing for it. I can’t guarantee THE BEST of the concert but I can assure you OUR BEST in the performance and I hope to be able to move you all with the music as the music did for us.

Being the first concert for most of you, I would like to share with you some concert etiquettes. Meaning, the Do’s and Don’t’s as a concert audience. As you are all young musicians, it’s best that you learn concert manners so that people will know that you guys have courtesy to respect the performance and the rest of the audience. Just like not chewing loudly on popcorn during movies, there are things that are best not to do while watch band concerts.

1. Switch all beeping devices to silent mode. (this one needs no explanation)
2. Please refrain from clapping until the end of the song, even when soloists stand up to finish playing their solos in the middle of the song. Many do not know this, especially non-musicians, but it’s considered impolite. So reserve your emotions and applauses till the end of the music.
3. Erm.. the next one I don’t think it will happen but just in case (cos I’ve seen some people doing it) It’s a Band Concert, not Ah Mei’s concert or anything like that… So please be seated and refrain from jumping around your seats. Plus, no food allowed in the auditorium, so don’t go munching away on Chips or Popcorn. Thank You. =?
4. Try not to get over excited and cheer too loudly or overboard, especially those seating among the Circle Seats as VIPs and Guests are seated there as well. Those seated in the Circle Seats will be required to have a little more self-control. Remember, it’s not a Superstar Concert, it’s a Band Concert. (Don’t forget you guys are wearing something that shows where you are from. I think it’s best not to spoil/humiliate the name that we try so hard to build?) Thank You.

I think that is the main few. I suppose the rest of the basic stuffs are quite clear cut. And, for some, there are things you can do when you spend the $$$ to watch a concert. I hope you guys are not there to support anyone cos that would be a waste of money. My intention for recommending you all to go watch more band concerts is for you all to learn from the performers and performance from an audience point of view. Being young musicians, you should be able to appreciate the rights and wrongs of a concert. Good or bad things played/did by a band are also learning points for each individual one of you. How you feel as an audience will also probably be how your audience will feel in future. Paying attention to:
- how each section/instrument sounds
- the techniques that can be done on each instrument
- the level of teamwork within a section, being able to play as a section or not
- the general flow and expression and reaction of the band with the conductor and the music
- the music and how the music is written, how melodies are passed around, how each section gives way to one another or not, and how counter-melodies are being written, how phrases are expressed, etc.
There are just so much to learn from a performance. I really hope you will make your trip worthwhile by learning from the good things that are being displayed, and also learn from other people’s mistakes and note to see if you or your band makes similar mistakes as well. Nothing beats a live performance and witnessing it with your own ears and eyes life. Feel how the music reaches or does not reach the audience. Listen to the message and emotions that the music is trying to deliver to you. Bask in the beauty of the music that is written and being expressed. Listen as a constructive Critic as to what you think is nice and not nice and why you like or do not like certain parts. Let the music get into you and work its way around you and all. Good Luck. I’ve once seen a line and I quote: “Without Music, Life is a Journey Through the Desert.” I’ve walked out of the Desert and into the Beauty of Nature of Music, have you? I hope you’ll find the beauty that music can bring, and to be able to spread and share this beauty to the rest that are still caught up in the Desert. Music is the ONLY Common Language that brings Humanity together. There’s no Human Race that does not have the existence of Music. So speak the language of the World. (But don’t forget to study your own language as well.) =)

Some things above might be too absurd to most of you now, but you’ll understand one day. Enjoy and Take Care.

Loves,
Paps

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In Year 2006, the school band participated for the first time in the SYF Assessment for Marching Bands and was awarded the Certificate of Distinction. In the year 2007, under the baton of Mr Wilson Ong, we were awarded the Bronze medal in the SYF Central Judging for Concert Bands. In the year 2009, under the baton of Mr Jasen How, we were awarded the Silver medal in the SYF Central Judging for Concert Bands. Also participating in Overseas Competitions, the band received the Silver award in the 21st Century International Arts Festival Band Competition 2009 held in Genting, Malaysia. With a bumper crop of 45 recruits in 2007 to a 100 stong band in 2009, the GYSS band looks forward to greater achievements and better music…. one band, one sound!!!

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