Let the Melody flows~!

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Friday, May 26, 2006

Thanks to all that came for the 'In Harmony 21' concert...

we enjoyed performing for u guys,

we enjoyed playing under Prof James Keene's conducting.

we had learnt a lot from all 4 of them...

the guest trumpeter was a replacement..
as the original trumpeter's wife has taken ill and couldn't come to Singapore.
(We pray that she'll get well soon~)

so Dr James Zingara was invited to come on his behalf.

Dr James Z's session with the brasses was laced with his sense of humour, although he worked more with the trumpets, but we learnt quite a few stuffs on general brasses related matters.

hahaha, more info for me...

learn more, then got more to pass on to my brass students.

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like what some of my friends in the audience mentioned...

"the look of satisfaction on the performers' face after the concert..."

we really enjoyed the concert...
although the full band sessions prior to it was 1 of the most taxing, both mentally n physically.....

quite a number of us had fallen ill during the 1.5 weeks of practice with Prof Keene.

some of them are still recovering on concert night. in fact, 1 of them was still having fever.

the commitments of the musicians, i dun doubt it, especially when we got major projects.

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the guest soloists blown the audiences off with their musicalities and technics...

kudos to Prof(Dr)James Zingara and Prof Lynn Klock...

"soloists and conductors that steps into our band practices, add new life and colors to the band amidst our busy schedules."

i thank them for it.

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After concert....

it's back to display rehs for SAF Day Parade.... NDP'06 rehs starting on 3rd June..... aft saf day n ndp... starting rehs for our korea tattoo.... after korea.... gotta stress on another concert.... 10th dec.... with another guest conductor.

for more info, visit the SAF Bands website....

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have a great weekend,

i'm enjoying mine in singapore, while 2 colleagues of mine went on short trip with their own friends to thailand n taiwan, from fri-sun.

Bon Voyage, have a safe journey...

remember to buy stuffs for me~! ^_^v

ok la...

back to my relaxations....

Best Regards,

Keith Koe

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Monday, May 01, 2006

been a long time since i last conducted a band...

lol...

laoshi couldn't come for nyp alumni practice last sat...

so the temporary president smsed me to stand in n conduct for the practice...

so long nv conduct band...

conduct lessons in school different then conducting band...

when i conduct band, especially a more matured band,
i try to have fun, use more different style n approach to the music...
even to the extreme of doing the opposite of wad is intended in the music...

i wanna conduct music, not notes...
experimenting for different feel n interpretations of the music...

not saying tt the original is not nice...
but it just give musicians performing n audience listening,
a fresh new approach....

it also trains the musicians to be able to adapt to different conductors...
not an easy things, when u're sight-reading a new piece, conducted by a unfamiliar conducting pattern or technic...

but of cos, everyone's a critic, those who loves it will appreciate me.
for those who dun.... pls love other things about me....

lol.....

thanks for the opportunity,
Sasa, and the nyp alumni band~!

Best Regards,
Keith Koe LTCL
Trombonist, nypSymphonicBand
Asst QM 1995-1996
Head QM 1996-1998
Student Conductor 1997-1998
Alumni 1998 - present

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Hi guys,

hopes u guys enjoying are your Labour Day Holiday...

those who qualified for the 'Progress Package', have fun spending or saving it~!

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Congratulations to 9 friends upon reaching their next rank of 2SG in SAF Bands, after qualifying by optaining at least a pass in their ippt, grade 5 Theory, and grade 6 Practical.

1)Muhd Hafis - Clarinet

2)Jax Ang Soon Beng- Trumpet

3)Lin Wenjing - Trumpet

4)Marcus Ng Zhongqing - French Horn LTCL

5)Clive Choo Jun - French Horn

6)Ronnie Quek Boon Kiang- Trombone LGSMD

7)Leon Eng - Euphonium

8)Chiu Boon Hwee - Euphonium

9)Alvin Khoo Yongsoon - Percussion

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CONCERT UPDATES~!

IN HARMONY 21 - JAMES KEENE

Date: 24 May 2006, Wednesday
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: Victoria Concert Hall
Ticketing: Complimentary tickets are available by phone reservation only. Tickets are limited to 2 per reservation.

The Singapore Armed Forces Central Band presents a concert with Professor James Keene (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign). With him are several music professors from various US universities, who will also perform and conduct the band.

Dr. Michael E. Ewald (Professor of Trumpet, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Dr. Thomas V. Fraschillo (Professor of Music, University of Southern Mississippi)
Lynn Klock (Professor of Saxophone, University of Massachusetts Amherst)

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Friends who's interested to book the tickets, can contact me to help them to book,
you got either one of my numbers, just sms me....

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PROGRAMME FOR THE EVENING

Scott Boerma Cityscape

Percy Grainger Lincolnshire Posy

Catherine McMichael Woodland Serenade
Lynn Klock, saxophone

Luigi Zaninelli The Golden Horn
Dr. Michael Ewald, trumpet
Dr. Thomas Fraschillo, guest conductor

Norman Dello Joio Scenes from "The Louvre"

Trad, arr. Himes Amazing Grace

Paul Hindemith Symphony in B-flat

John Philip Sousa The Invincible Eagle

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BIOGRAPHY

James F. Keene

George W. Brownfield Professor of Music and
Chair of the University Bands Division, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

B.M. and M.M., University of Michigan

James F. Keene is Director of Bands/Professor of Music at the University of Illinois. Appointed in 1985, he is only the fourth person to hold that position since 1905.

During his 21-year tenure at Illinois, the Symphonic Band and Wind Symphony, under his direction, have been selected to perform for every major music conference in the U.S., have toured throughout the country, as well as Great Britain, and have performed in several of the America’s prestigious concert halls. In addition to producing an extensive recording series for Mark Recordings, the Symphonic Band was featured on the Masterpiece Series distributed by EMI-Toshiba of Japan. These recordings have been broadcast on National Public Radio in the U. S., as well as radio programs in Asia, Australia, and several European countries.

Mr. Keene is a Past-President of the prestigious American Bandmasters Association and recently completed a term as chairman of the Board of Directors. He is also a Past-President of the National Band Association, and The Big Ten Band Directors Association. For several years he served as chairman of the ABA/Ostwald Composition Contest, and is currently a member of the Editorial Board of The Journal of Band Research.

In addition to membership in several professional and honorary societies, Mr. Keene is an Evans Scholar, a Past-President of the Champaign Rotary Club, and a Paul Harris Fellow of the Rotary International Foundation. In 1993 Professor Keene was named as an honorary member of the Board of Directors of the International Percy Grainger Society in recognition of his devotion to the music of Grainger; he also serves on the Board of Directors of the John Philip Sousa Foundation and the historic Goldman Memorial Band of New York City. Recently, Professor Keene was named Honorary Life Member of the Texas Bandmasters Association, becoming only the sixth person to be so honored in the 55-year history of that organization. He has served as clinician, conductor, and adjudicator throughout the United States and around the world, with appearances most recently in Australia, Singapore, Japan and Europe.

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still rehearsing for SAF Day's display performance almost every alternate days for the last 2 weeks...

then the other days are full band for the 'In Harmony' concert, or dining-in performance on 5th may.

somehow still managed to find time to take the 2 trombone trainees after my charge...
even helped ronnie to check one of his....

been thinking of changing the tenor trombone tt i own....

anyone wanna buy a 2nd hand old edition Getzen 3047AF?

lol~
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Best Regards,

Keith Koe LTCL

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The Adventurer

About Me

N A M E : K E I T H K O E

A G E : 3 4

O C C U P A T I O N :

PROFESSIONAL NOISE-MAKER

Hi Everyone~!

I'm Keith aka SephoRa

Welcome to my blog~!

I'm a full-time professional noise maker~! ^_^v

What I do all day is making noise with my Basso Trombone,

or teaching people to make noise with theirs~! ^_^v

MY PERSONAL TENOR TROMBONE + ACCESSORIES

tenor trombone case - Marcus Bonna Brown Leather

tenor trombone light weight mouthpiece - Monette Prana TT4

tenor trombone mouthpiece - Doug Elliot - XT 102, H, H8

tenor trombone - Edwards T350

MY PERSONAL BASS TROMBONE + ACCESSORIES

bass trombone case - Marcus Bonna Brown Leather

bass trombone mouthpiece - Monette Prana BT1L

tenor trombone mouthpiece - Doug Elliot - LB 112LE, 113G K, K8

bass trombone - Edwards - *i'm currently using an Edwards 9.5" Yellow Brass Bell with this straight neckpipe and a Bach 50 Light Weight Slide*

bass trombone - Edwards B-454E - *now i got both a straight bass and double valves bass, thinking of getting the convertor to make it into a single valve bass trombone too~ ^^*

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SINGAPORE ARMED FORCES BANDS

SAF Bands (Official Website)

Boonhwee (SAFc Euph)

SINGAPORE TROMBONE CHOIR

Singapore Trombone Choir (blog)

NANYANG POLYTECHNIC WIND ORCHESTRA

nypAlumniWinds (Official Website)

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