Well, i know that it is ridiculous posting twice a day, but i wanted to do it. The excitment is killing me! I have been elected(long ago, but not knowing how significant the event is) by the teachers with threee other peers to attend this World Youth Choral Festival(WYCF)! Well the word infront, "world", depicts that it would be a major event! Choirs from all around singapore would have to elect 4 to join this event. Making the number of participants to reached more than 270! And choirs from other countries like India, China would be coming to perform in the WYCF too, we would be sharing the stage with them! WOO!.Also, renowned conductors from USA, Singapore, UK and Finland would be conducting us! Once in a lifetime chance, YES! -flys over the moon-
The entire choir formed would be split into 2 different groups- SSA and SATB. 2 of my friends had to go for SSA while 1(my jie:D) with me went for the SATB. Whereby we had to learn 5 different sets of songs for both SSA and SATB. Also, there would be a combined choir at the end, where we need to learn 5 more songs. So it would be very tiring. Sadly to say this though(i pity myself)that i had to learn 12 chime songs! Something our school choir hardly does. The titles of the songs are as follows:
1) Theme song with SNYO
For SSA : SATB
2) Ah, dolente partita : My heart is inditing
3) DerWassermamn : Ombra Mai Fu
4) Mieli : Lebenslust
5) Suite de Lorca : Der Gang Zum Liebchan
6)The Joiku : Everlasting song
Combined choir
7) Morning tide from island songs
8) The North Wind and the Sun(Aesop's Fables)
9) The Goose and the Swan (Aesop's Fables)
10) Waltzing Matilda (Jazz Folksong)
11) Lay a Garland
12) Theme song(accapella)
If you would notice, almost half of them aren't in english. Which makes it really hard to memorize them. Damn the lyricist! Just hope i could get pass without much embarassment. I mean, I AM going to sing with the elites from EVERY schools in singapore which includes the gold-in-honours choir- those with good vocals, disciplines, singing techniques, able to sightread, play musical instruments and all sorts of stuffs! Damn, i feel sooo inferior now! Better start revising my music!
And oh, i only knew that this event is really damn major when i knew about the conductors. Hell, they are sooo famous that they have their very own websites! Now, how cool can that be! Famous instructors, teaching us. GOD i love this life! :D
The 4 main conductors are, Lim Yau(singapore), Bob Chilcott(UK), Eugene Rogers(USA), Kari Turunen(Finland). Go yahoo or google their names, and i guarantee that you can see websites about them everywhere!
Lim Yau would be the one conducting for the Opening ceremony for the WYCF.
Bob Chilcott would be conducting for the Combined festival Choir.
Eugenge Rogers would be conducting for the SATB choir.
And Kari Turunen would be conducting SSA choir.
There are a few more minor ones, but i believe they weren't really much mentioning, i know i am mean by doing that, but, no one cares right? Anyway, the event as in when the Pre-festival camp starts to the end of whole event would be from 1st december to 13th december. Try to imagine this, to learn 12 songs in that limited amount of time! Is it even possible? Well, we are to go lyk from morning to night for days with pratices so yea. Homeworks are to be done with care, or i am sure i would be left out- so embarassing.
IT is honourable, for me to be in this festival- being the most active participants, or so they have said(hope they are not lying), and that we don't have to pay fees to join. For other individuals, a sum of $200 are needed, to be included in the whole process, but they are not to go on stage. It is by the choirs afteall! And since this would be a huge major event, i think that the chance of being aired on television would be quite high! NOO. lol.
Damn, still excited about the whole thing after writing this lot, hope you guys don't fall asleep, or stop reading. See ya :)
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