SIBF GOLD!

Singapore International Band Festival 2010
25 July 2010

Raffles Institution Wind Ensemble
Division 1
Gold, 91.57%, 2nd place

For the first time in history, the Year 2-4s from the Raffles Institution Military Band (RIMB) combined with the Year 5s from the Raffles Symphonic Band (RSB) to form the Raffles Institution Wind Ensemble (RIWE).

RIWE, SIBF day

RIWE started practising its pieces for SIBF, Machu Picchu and Pops March, 2 months before. After eight gruelling weeks of long practices, late nights, and sheer hard work, we emerged weary but victorious. RIWE was ranked 2nd in our division with a score of 91.57%, and was one of just three bands in the division that attained the Gold Award.

Read about it on our school’s website.

RSB would like to thank Mr Oura, for his invaluable patience, guidance, and determination – for never giving up on us all the way. Thank you, Mr Oura, for sharing your love for the music, and simply being such an inspiring conductor!

RSB would also like to thank RIMB for their great effort, and for cheerfully submitting themselves to our leadership where appropriate, one that occasionally manifested itself in slave-driving tendencies. Thanks also goes out to our seniors, who left behind a legacy for us to carry on.

Finally, RSB would like to thank our teachers-in-charge, and anyone else who extended assistance or supported us in the process. We couldn’t have done it alone.