Virtual Practice

Saturday, November 7, 2020

Hi everyone, we wish that everyone is happy and healthy! This week just like any other, we had our virtual practice. The seniors are back with a ' PART THREE ' of their perlembagaan workshop with scoring techniques to ACE perlembagaan tests. Meanwhile, the juniors had a scale check session. Regardless of the ongoing pandemic and difficulties in practicing, we do believe in everyone's ability to improve individually. The form ones had an instrumental with their principals on conducting and teaching methods in preparation for the coming year. Keep working hard and continue to strive to a higher level members!

Virtual Practice

Saturday, October 24, 2020

This week, we're back with our weekly virtual practice. The winds worked on our new pieces, polishing and working together with members to refine small details in the pieces whereas the percussions had a deep dive into the world of pop music with a workshop regarding this topic. We definitely appreciate the diligence and conscientiousness members put in to the session as to not waste the limited chances we get to play together. We hope to keep up the good work and strive for better progress despite being in this hard time. Great work, everyone!

Annual General Meeting 2020

Saturday, July 25, 2020

Hi everyone, we've just had our AGM (Annual General Meeting) on the 25th of July, Saturday. The committee of 2019/2020 has passed the torch to the committee of 2020/2021. 

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have been forced to hold our AGM virtually. 

Here is the new committee list of the year 2020/2021. 

President     : Teoh Jia Yong 

Vice President: Wong Zhi Lam 

Secretary     : Ong Zhi Hsuen

Treasurer     : Tee Yee Kai 

Music master: Avril Long Ji Zi

Assistant music master: Looi Jia Wen

Woodwind Section Leader: Avril Long Ji Zi

Assist. Woodwind Section Leader: Ho Jing Ming

Brass Section Leader: Cheong Eng Qi

Assist. Brass Section Leader: Aaron Foo Xiang Jun

Percussion Section Leader: Tan Yuen Qi

Assist. Percussion Section Leader: Phoebe Liew Hong En

Assist. Secretary: Abigail Hii Beng Ching

Assist. Treasurer: Tok Evan

Drum Major: Teoh Jia Yong

Drill Master: Cheong Eng Qi

Masterclass with Sir Eric

On the 10 of July, we've had our first ever virtual masterclass with Sir Eric! Sir Eric has taught us about score analyzing and enhanced our knowledge on music history, as well as his experience as a conductor and a band director. 

We would like to express our gratitude to Sir Eric for his efforts and dedication. I'm sure all of the members had a great time learning more with Sir. Can't wait for the next session! 

Virtual Game Night

On the 31st of May, the organizing committee of Music Camp 2020 held a Virtual Game Night for all the members via Zoom. The event was held to make up for the deferral of Music Camp 2020 due to the pandemic, but nonetheless, we sure had a whale of a time! 

Exciting virtual games were held throughout the night, and the best group of the night was GREEN group! We would like to express our genuine gratitude towards the organizing committee for their hard work. Also, thank you to all that joined the fun that night, it definitely was memorable!

MCO Virtual Workshop #2

For the past two weeks, our beloved band members have also been working diligently to gain knowledge, and our Virtual Workshop is still ongoing and smooth sailing! 

Week #3

Junior Workshop: Music Theory by Kaei Te

Senior Workshop: Perlembagaan by Huey Qi

Week #4

Junior Workshop: Music Theory by Mei Xin

Senior Workshop: Music Theory by Wen Ling 

On top of that, our beloved section leaders and principals have also been working hard by planning instrumentals, sectionals and masterclasses. We sincerely thank them for their dedication! Also, we hope that our members had a fun and productive time learning and improving themselves <3

MCO Virtual Workshop

Being in isolation doesn't stop us from working! For the past two weeks, we started having our virtual workshop every Saturday morning. Our members had fun learning musical knowledge, thank you committees for your efforts of planning informative workshops. 

Week 1: 
Seniors- Theory (Chords and Modulations)
Juniors- Theory (Italian terms, Intervals)
Special thanks to Bryan and Kaei Te for being speakers.

Week 2:
Seniors- Aural
Juniors- Theory (Beaming, Intervals)
Special thanks to Chloe and Kaei Te for being speakers. 

We definitely look forward to the following workshops!

Orientation Day 2019 Performance

On the 31st of December 2019, Catholic High School held its annual Orientation Day to welcome a new batch of form one students. To wish the students a good start in secondary school, we performed My Neighbour Totoro, having Avril Long, our assistant music master as our conductor. 

We sincerely wish the students a joyful and fresh beginning of school!

Farewell 2019

"Goodbyes are not forever, are not the end; it simply means I'll miss you till we meet again."
On the 14th of December 2019, our band had our farewell to bid goodbye to our beloved form 5s. After five years of dedication towards the band, our beloved form 5s are now stepping in to a new chapter in their life.

On that day, form 5s was welcomed into the bandroom with our cheerful claps and excited cheers. A series of activities were held, notably our cake cutting ceremony, photoshoot session with Sir and most importantly Sir Eric's warm speech. After that, the exciting drama session was inaugurated by our form 1s drama. All members shown their powerful talents in acting and we enjoyed their captivating drama. Prizes were given out to Voon Zi Xian as the best actor, Tan Yuen Qi as the best actress, while the results of the best drama award was a tie between form 2s and form 4s.
After that, a slideshow was played to highlight all the memories our form 5s made throughout their 5 year journey. Our form 5s gave their touching and heartwarming speeches, to mark the end of their long and memorable journey.

We'll definitely miss our form 5s after their departure. Also, on behalf of all members, we wish our beloved form 5s much joy and happiness as they begin a new chapter in life.