Saturday, June 27, 2009

Thank you for the music


I LOVE AJALUMNI CHOIR!!!

It's a grand night for singing,
The moon is flying high,
And somewhere a bird
Who is bound he'll be heard,
Is throwing his heart at the sky!


I think we threw our hearts to the audience and they loved it! All the hard work that went into the preperation has paid off. A wonderful experience thanks to every single member who are all committed and passionate.

Singing in choir is addictive, the high you get from creating something amazing and the work that goes into creating that something special keeps you wanting more.

Thanks to Mark that brought the choir to another level. Beyond singing, we are now performing and connecting with the audience. I can hardly imagine the level of 'shagness' he experienced every week to keep the energy level of the choir up, and he did a wonderful job conducting us on D-Day despite all the stress.

We often forget the team that did all the background work to ensure that the people in the spot light can shine. Huge huge thanks to Peiying, Whee Geok, Chee Guan, Nad, Mei Rong, Saffie and all the rest that fret and fuss over scheduling, printing, design and all the 'zap ba lang'stuff that makes a performance possible.

To the best basses in the world (ok, at least my world), Guowei, Joel, CG, and Jing Kang, super awesome to sing with u guys, and i think for many songs the basses sounded like a united super Bass!

Can't wait for Gerald's video recording of the concert. H1N1 begone! Let Gerald out so he can compress and edit the video. haha...

Ajalumni choir is a place where i feel safe and happy. No need to be someone elses version of myself. It would be a sad day when i can no longer sing with the wonderful people.

Mmmm....I think my mom would want Zhengkai, Ryan and Mark to be her son. Vastly more talented and better looking then me. She asked which batch Ryan is from, and after telling her that he's from MY batch, she said something along the line of ' 'wah, one look so young and the other look soo....'' i shall not go into THAT. Haha.

On our performance itself, i must say that i enjoyed our 2 John Rutter songs the most. I was especially surprised by What Sweeter Music. When the girls started singing, it was so pure and innocent, and i simply closed my eyes and enjoyed the Sop-Alto duet. And it was even more surprising (cuz we nv sounded like that) to me when the guys started 'dark and dull night....' We sounded so warm and mellow. The dynamics was natural and the whole choir sound like ONE. Ahh....its like enjoying a molten chocolate cake - warm, smooth, sweet and have you wanting more. I'm definitely an addict.

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