Sunday, June 08, 2008 @11:05 AM
felt like playing o2 jam but i cant seem to connect to the site. grh. and that's not because i'm influenced by my sis, who takes other people's psp to play something similar and up to the extent of playing until there's no battery. so mean. the only reason she doesnt own a psp is because of me. haha. i should say i almost told my mum (who agrees to get her one) to buy her one. omg. thankfully i didnt. sorry gor gor. i know i'm not being helpful.
just wanted to share some gz stuff.
guan1 mo2 hui4i thought guan1 mo2 hui4 was one successful event. i really appreciate the invitations of associate professor ho, mr phoon and mr lum. i thought their comments for all the various schools' performances were very insightful. in short, the most important parts for ensembles to take note of include accuracy in pitching, namely our 4, 4# and 7; the use of our left hand as a contrast + complement to our right hand's melody and lastly the use of percussion instruments to complement the song. i should say i really learnt a lot from that session though i am very sure most students fell asleep. it made me appreciate the beauty of an ensemble once again and the importance of each and every single person in the ensemble. we need the confidence, more than the skills to portray our music. gosh. i think i'm gonna consider studying chinese music which is something really tough.
another thing about guan1 mo2 hui4 was the talk by master lian rong shi. (and true enough, more people were asleep.) i should say he's a really learnt person about the history of gz and how it has changed over the years into what we see and know as of today. not only that, he also mentioned about the differences in the way chinese music pieces are being composed and expressed by different people from different dynasties in the past. i was totally amazed and i thought that's really interesting. i should say it really takes much effort to really appreciate and to play those pieces well.
concert 2008as i kept telling my friend, this is an informal concert so i dont really care; i dont care if i dont play well, i dont care if everything doesnt run smoothly. perhaps in the first place i wasnt really in the mood for concert so i kept on thinking things wont run that well. i should say i was quite a loner during all the practices so it makes me want to just finish the concert fast. just get it done and move on. however, nearing the concert itself, i started to feel that maybe it wasnt that bad. it really helped feeling more positive and that explains why i will start to miss going for gz practices. i will miss the juniors although no promises that i'll go back and play if help is required. for once, i should say i really really really love performing, to be on stage sharing my music.
thank you seniors for coming back to support me, namely alina, hanling, huiping, jianyue, vee vee, gwenda, chenye, jia fang, wanxuan, wenying, yuquan. elizabeth too! although you couldnt make it. and others. cant rmb so many people's names. sorry.
thank you to my sis, jerry gor gor and joel gor gor for going too! (: and thanks to joel gor gor for sending my sis and i home. i could have gotten a free ride home. i didnt know jianyue drove to school to watch our concert! ): nvm.
thanks kaixin for the gz scores! (:
that's all for gz stuff.