A TEMPO XXI VIDEO

Presenting to you… Our Publicity Video!!

Come get your tickets from http://tinyurl.com/atempoxxi or atempo.rsb@gmail.com if you have not already done so!!

A Tempo XXI: Musical Icons

“If music be the food of love, play on.” 
~William Shakespeare.

Raffles Symphonic Band proudly presents to you our very own concert A Tempo XXI. Indulge yourself in a night of music as RSB brings you through familiar tunes such as “Carmen Fantasy”, “The Phantom of the Opera”, “Selections from Up”, and “Rhapsody in Blue” (feat. John Lee, piano). We will also be featuring “The Cries of London” (feat. Seth Lim, vocals), a truly magnificent piece trumpeting the beauty of London.

A Tempo XXI will be held on 24 May 2012, 7:30 pm at the Esplanade Concert Hall. Tickets are priced at $13, $15 or $17 each. Simply place your orders at http://tinyurl.com/atempoxxi , or simply approach any friendly RSB member to purchase your tickets. For any queries, feel free to drop us an e-mail at atempo.rsb@gmail.com. We hope to see you there!

ROAM: From Respighi to Russia

Raffles Institution Symphony Orchestra, together with RI Military Band, RI String Ensemble, RI Chamber Ensemble, & RSB, presents:

ROAM: From Respighi to Russia

“Whether your taste is for lush orchestral symphonies or ebullient modern soundscapes, ‘Roam’ brings together for you some of the most striking music written. In the first part of the concert be transported across a wide variety of musical forms and worlds by our ensembles, and in the second, indulge yourselves in RI Symphony Orchestra’s rendition of Aram Khachaturian’s cinematic ‘Spartacus’.

Prepare your ears for a wonderful classic repertoire.”

The concert will be held at SOTA Concert Hall on the 7th of April. Raffles Symphonic Band will be performing ‘The Cries of London’ by Martin Ellerby, with some of our members also performing for the Symphony Orchestra. Tickets are priced at only $10, so get your tickets now! You can do so via http://tinyurl.com/risymphonyorchestra or 66726334 (telephone booking).

We hope to see you there! (:

Join us for our practices!

Hi everyone!

If you are Year 5 currently enjoying Orientation at RI, or waiting for your appeal into RI to be accepted, and are considering of choosing Band as your CCA in JC, wait no more!

You are warmly invited to come down for our practices (finally!) to feel what it is like to be in a JC Band! The practice dates are as follows:

February Schedule
4 Feb Sat, 8am-12pm
9 Feb Thu, 4pm-7pm
11 Feb Sat, 9am-12:30pm
16 Feb Thu, 4pm-7pm
18 Feb Sat, 9am-12:30pm
23 Feb Thu, 4pm-7pm
25 Feb Sat, 9am-12:30pm
1 Mar Thu, 4pm-7pm

Intruments will be provided, but if you have our own instrument that you want to bring, you are more than welcome to do so! Do leave us an email at rafflessymphonicband@gmail.com with your name, school, and the instrument that you play (at least a day in advance) if you’re interested to come so that we can try to get the instruments for you.

In case you are wondering, our band room is located on the 2nd floor of the Yusof Ishak Block at the Year1-4 side. The gates nearest to the band room would be G15 & G1. If you need help getting into the school (the gates may be locked/require a pass), or if you just got lost finding your way to the band room, just contact Joanne (82886587) or Danial (82686157), or any Yr 6 Band member that you know. Look at the map below for a clearer picture (literally!).

We hope to see you there! (:

Planning to appeal into RI?

Hello there!

If you are thinking of appealing to RI (Year 5-6), you are definitely more than welcome to appeal through band!

Just let us know your name, the instrument that you play, and contact details by contacting either Joanne (82886587) or Danial (82686157).

If you have any queries, feel free to drop us an email at rafflessymphonicband@gmail.com.

We hope to hear from you! (:

Come to our Open House on 10 Jan!

Hello guys!:D

Are you currently waiting for your ‘O’ Level results and have no idea what to do for the coming weeks? Well come on down to our Open House on the 10th of January for a day of fun and excitement! Themed ‘The Raffles Tribe’, this year’s Open House is all about showing you how RI isn’t just a school – it’s our second home, and all our teachers and fellow schoolmates are our second family. There will be many booths that will showcase the range of activities we take part in; our unique approach to academics, the exciting and varied enrichment programmes, our clubs and societies, performing arts and sports groups, the rigorous, challenging and exhilarating intellectual journey we embark on in RI!

So come and vist RI anytime between 10am & 3pm and bask in the magical glory that is our school (Haha jk), but seriously, come to our Open House!! Well, to make it much easier for you, let us suggest some of the most ideal timeslots to come to our Open House: 11:40am & 1:50pm! That is when the members of the Raffles Symphonic Band will be performing – at the Multi-Purpose Hall – one of Disney’s best Classics (come on down to figure out which one ) to show you the how great coming to RI can be! Who knows, there may be something there that wasn’t there before !

Once again, 11:40am & 1:50pm at the Multi-Purpose Hall! Just ask any friendly Befrienders there to bring you to the MPH.

If you need more info on the Open House, visit our Open House fb page here: http://on.fb.me/RIOpenHouse2012

Thinking of appealing? (2011)

Hi there!

If you’re hoping to appeal to RJC, you’re more than welcome to try appealing through band

1. Let us know your name, instrument, and contact details.
Contact Talia (98164122) or Johnson (82301755).

2. Come down for our practices this Wednesday, 12 Jan 2011, 2.30-6.30pm, or Saturday, 15 Jan, 8.30am-12.30pm.

All the best!

P.S. Same goes for ALL JC1/Year 5 students: you’re warmly invited for all practices Please contact us if you need more details.

Come join us!

A shoutout to all JC 1 students 2011 who are going to (or considering) RJC – both RP and non-RP students alike:

Though CCAs haven’t officially begun for you all, please feel free to come join us for band pracs! It’d be wonderful if you could, especially since SYF is coming up soon. WE NEED YOU!

January schedule
5 Jan Wed, 2.30-5.30pm
8 Jan Sat, 8.30am-11.30am*
12 Jan Wed, 2.30-5.30pm
15 Jan Sat, 8.30am-12.30pm
19 Jan Wed, 2.30-5.30pm
22 Jan Sat, 8.30am-12.30pm
26 Jan Wed, 2.30-5.30pm
29 Jan Sat, 8.30am-12.30pm

(*we’ve got a photoshoot at 12pm on 8th)

How to get there
gothere.sg is a useful journey planner.
Our band room is in the RI Sec compound. From the RI Sec bus stop that’s along Bishan Road, get in the gate, climb up the nearest staircase you can find, and head up to the second floor. The band room’s just along that corridor. If you need help getting in the gate (which requires a pass), call Talia (98164122) or Johnson (82301755).

We really hope to see you there!

P.S.
Catch some of us performing in ensembles during RI (JC)’s Open House on 7 Jan! We’ll be at the Multi-Purpose Hall at about 11.55pm.

INVITATION TO JOIN US!!!

Hi all sec 4 band members (RP and JAE) of 2010!

RJ band (RSB) warmly invites all of you to join us in our last few practices for the year! They will be on the 23rd nov, 25th nov and 26th nov from 1.30pm to 5.30pm! Instruments will be provided, but you are encouraged to bring your own/ your current school’s one if you still have it!

Our practices are at RI’s band room, a warm and friendly place at a secluded corner of RI hahah. To get there, you can take mrt to bishan mrt station and walk to RI! (:

Please drop us an email  with
1) name
2) current school
3) instrument
4) handphone number

at  johnsonchiu1001@msn.com or chocolate-buttons@hotmail.com if you are interested.

Thank you!

Hope to see you all!

 

<3 Pei Wen

another attempt at revival

Since some of us decided we couldn’t just let our wonderful batch blog die away and fade into obscurity, I’ll do a quick update.

So band practice resumed, which is a mildly important and uplifting thing to happen…who am I kidding AWESOME BAND PRACTICE STARTED AGAIN YAAAAYYYYY–ahem.

Last Wednesday was refamiliarising-yourself-with-your-instrument day, a.k.a. when-the-trumpet-section-gets-to-slack day (you did not just read that). We practiced our prospective SYF piece, Blessed Promising Future, to prepare for combined practice with Mr Oura on Saturday.

And we still turned out wholly unprepared on Saturday :\ in all fairness a major cause of this was the confusion over how the bars spliced and fit between the full version and the condensed concert one.

This Wednesday was a veritable bag o’ fun =D we managed to go through BPF (reads like BPA…nevermind) a little more shun chang-ish, and we tried our alternative (pw hint hint) SYF piece, A Weekend in New York by Philip Sparke. So now we’ll be practicing both songs to see which one we’d be sticking with!

Some commentary on both of the songs. At first I felt Blessed Promising Future was totally incomprehensible and guai lan, but having played it more I’ve grown to like it very much, especially the epic climax near the ending (: Weekend sounded hard at first, what with all the jazz and swing beats, but a slightly deeper analysis reveals that the piece is rather simple once the rhythm is settled. Both are nice pieces but I personally prefer Blessed Promising Future (topic for discussion!)

Well, that’s all from me for now. All the best to batchmates for the oral presentation, and all the J2s for their ‘A’ Levels!

yifan

P.S.: oh, and please please please be bothered to post stuff, alright? it’s no fun when 3 people do it :\