26th May 2005. Victoria Concert Hall. 7.30pm. La Risonanza II: a production by Meridian Junior College Choir. It was the 2nd public performance owned by the choir, as well as the 2nd installment of the La Risonanza series.
2 weeks before the concert: SYF was just over. Everyone were tired, rehearsals for the concert were lacking of energy. Some of the songs are totally new. Learning of the songs were done so quick. There were no sectionals at all! Fear of failure of the concert can be sensed floating in the air. Dance steps for the ABBA have to be learnt, and not all the songs are done with the choreography. Furthermore, ticket sales are kinda bad. Members are selling ticket too slowly. But well, I am proud of myself for selling all ten tickets considering i wasn't from choir and so all the tickets that I sold are for those who are totally have no idea what choir concert is all about.
1 week before the concert: The new songs began to sound quite pleasant though there are still parts of the songs where people rubbish through. Some choreography were done to several songs to add spice, which is cool. ABBA dance steps for Super Trouper and Mamma Mia more or less taught to the members. And the steps are nice considering it was a last minute inspiration. Thanks to Kok Yong and Daolin, both of you had done a great job. Chamber choir too had done great job in learning their two songs (which compared to the rest of the 'pop' songs the choir is singing, more difficult?) fast, including the hilarious yet interesting choreography for 'short people'.
Concert day: Excitement diffuse through the dry atmosphere of the victoria concert hall. TKSS choir is joining the concert as the guest choir. And it must be said that they are fantastic, super! For the first songs, the halls were not fully filled. The circle seats were near empty. However, the choir just sings its best for the audience who had turned up. Ave verum corpus by MJChoir was nicely done, Lux Aurumque by MJchoir was soothing and warm (at least I think it sounded more than nice), Shoga III by MJchoir to me wasn't too nicely done, Itsumo Nando Demo by MJchoir was better than expected after much trouble memorising the words. Then it was the TKSS performance. I heard their performance was stunning. Well done. Follow up was the female chorus with two songs from the les choristes. They sounded very good. Zofia, well done for the solo part. Her voice is as pure as Morhange, the boy who sings at les choristes. Then it was the male chorus. Glad the audience like it and laugh, perhaps, for the simple choreography that was done to the songs. -Intermission - 2nd half of the concert: the hall was almost filled. That was a good sign! The Year II chorus did not do a very great job. Well to me, it sounded bad, some forgot their lyrics (including me). haha. Then it was the chamber choir performance. Comprising of mainly good singers and die-hard enthusiasts of choir, they really sounded goldly harmonious as a group. Well done Xiang Rong for the solo in short people, and for the humorous acting. Then TKSS again. Last but not least, the ABBA! The choir members burst into stage with much energy to perform the ABBA songs with its choreographed moves. Overall, the ABBA was done according to expectation. Not less, not more.
After concert: comments from my friends was joyful. All of them enjoyed the concert (yay!) and agreed that it was worth the money. One of them commented that the La Risonanza II was better than the La Risonanza I. Another one, commented that this concert was an eye-opener to him. Heard from some other audience, that the concert is a great job done. That they enjoy the concert to the fullest!. Congratulations to all Meridian Junior College choristers.
Before I end this post, just wanna thanks the following group of people: Kok Yong for the ticket sales and administrative work. Kok Yong and Daolin for the choreography. Gerald for music preparation including warm-ups. Benjamin for the concert schedule. Joy and Daolin for publicity of the concert. The rest of the committee for doing a great job in their assigned area. The Year 1 committee for helping us out, especially Rachel for helping in the treasury work. The choir members for coming consistently for rehearsals.
*MJ Choir rawks!*
2 weeks before the concert: SYF was just over. Everyone were tired, rehearsals for the concert were lacking of energy. Some of the songs are totally new. Learning of the songs were done so quick. There were no sectionals at all! Fear of failure of the concert can be sensed floating in the air. Dance steps for the ABBA have to be learnt, and not all the songs are done with the choreography. Furthermore, ticket sales are kinda bad. Members are selling ticket too slowly. But well, I am proud of myself for selling all ten tickets considering i wasn't from choir and so all the tickets that I sold are for those who are totally have no idea what choir concert is all about.
1 week before the concert: The new songs began to sound quite pleasant though there are still parts of the songs where people rubbish through. Some choreography were done to several songs to add spice, which is cool. ABBA dance steps for Super Trouper and Mamma Mia more or less taught to the members. And the steps are nice considering it was a last minute inspiration. Thanks to Kok Yong and Daolin, both of you had done a great job. Chamber choir too had done great job in learning their two songs (which compared to the rest of the 'pop' songs the choir is singing, more difficult?) fast, including the hilarious yet interesting choreography for 'short people'.
Concert day: Excitement diffuse through the dry atmosphere of the victoria concert hall. TKSS choir is joining the concert as the guest choir. And it must be said that they are fantastic, super! For the first songs, the halls were not fully filled. The circle seats were near empty. However, the choir just sings its best for the audience who had turned up. Ave verum corpus by MJChoir was nicely done, Lux Aurumque by MJchoir was soothing and warm (at least I think it sounded more than nice), Shoga III by MJchoir to me wasn't too nicely done, Itsumo Nando Demo by MJchoir was better than expected after much trouble memorising the words. Then it was the TKSS performance. I heard their performance was stunning. Well done. Follow up was the female chorus with two songs from the les choristes. They sounded very good. Zofia, well done for the solo part. Her voice is as pure as Morhange, the boy who sings at les choristes. Then it was the male chorus. Glad the audience like it and laugh, perhaps, for the simple choreography that was done to the songs. -Intermission - 2nd half of the concert: the hall was almost filled. That was a good sign! The Year II chorus did not do a very great job. Well to me, it sounded bad, some forgot their lyrics (including me). haha. Then it was the chamber choir performance. Comprising of mainly good singers and die-hard enthusiasts of choir, they really sounded goldly harmonious as a group. Well done Xiang Rong for the solo in short people, and for the humorous acting. Then TKSS again. Last but not least, the ABBA! The choir members burst into stage with much energy to perform the ABBA songs with its choreographed moves. Overall, the ABBA was done according to expectation. Not less, not more.
After concert: comments from my friends was joyful. All of them enjoyed the concert (yay!) and agreed that it was worth the money. One of them commented that the La Risonanza II was better than the La Risonanza I. Another one, commented that this concert was an eye-opener to him. Heard from some other audience, that the concert is a great job done. That they enjoy the concert to the fullest!. Congratulations to all Meridian Junior College choristers.
Before I end this post, just wanna thanks the following group of people: Kok Yong for the ticket sales and administrative work. Kok Yong and Daolin for the choreography. Gerald for music preparation including warm-ups. Benjamin for the concert schedule. Joy and Daolin for publicity of the concert. The rest of the committee for doing a great job in their assigned area. The Year 1 committee for helping us out, especially Rachel for helping in the treasury work. The choir members for coming consistently for rehearsals.
*MJ Choir rawks!*
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