Tuesday, August 30, 2011
It's 1 week of holiday thanks to Hari Raya & National Day!
Minus time for assignments and preparation for quizzes, I managed to go for Bookfest @ Malaysia yesterday!
And yesh, update my blog! xD
Uh oh, I'm not working for Bookfest this year.. hehe
It was kind of hilarious when the Popular staff actually told me "Miss, it's free entrance for 18 and below." when I was going to pay at the ticket counter with my cash on hand.
I was stunned at first but she repeated it again. ROFL
Of course, I smiled and made the payment :)
RM2.50 inclusive of 2 Bookfest Catalogues & wrist tag for 18 and above!
There are many books that I wish to get but thinking of the leisure time I left... so I think maybe getting it next year? @.@
Don't ask me how much did I spend on these
night view of Petronas Twin Tower~
Anyhow, will be going for second round, tomorrow!! :)
Saturday, August 13, 2011
2 days concert tour on 9th - 10th Aug 2011 by Asian Youth Orchestra in Dewan Filharmonik Petronas, KLCC, Malaysia was a concert that music enthusiasts wouldn't want to miss it.
It was an 8:30pm show but THooi, JJie & I left our campus at around 5pm considering the traffic will be congested.
Yeah, I even skipped my entrepreneurship lecture as not to be late for the concert >.<
[actually it wasn't planned earlier to skip the lesson but the new schedule was out at the very last minute in which I really can't change my routine]
Even so, we reached KLCC at 7 something.
I can't imagine if I were to go after my lecture which means I will definitely late or even miss the whole concert!
We were planning to take our time and have a nice dinner initially but all the restaurants and even food court were fully-occupied!
Yeah, it was the hour where Muslims were about to 'buka puasa' and that was peak dinner hour :x
We went around the floors to hunt for nice food and yet, plan phailed.
At last, we decided to wait for our turn to be seated at Sushi King.
There were not much time left when the foods were served and we were sort of gobbled the food.
Then, there was a long queue of customers who wanna pay for the bills, which including us -_-
We dashed to the philharmonic hall after that.
Glad that I wasn't wearing high heels! xD
We were just so in time that we manage to get in to the hall around 10 seconds just before the show started!
The most interesting part was definitely the astonishing performances by AYO conducted by Richard Pontzious featuring Stefan Jackiw the violin soloist.
Admitting that I was really lethargic on that day but I was so alert when the music begun.
I just can't take my eyes and ears off of them!
Here's the repertoire of the day:
Symphony No. 1 by Prokofiev
Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso by Saint-Saens
Carmen Fantasy by Sarasate
Symphony No. 4 by Tchaikovsky
There was an impromptu violin solo by Stefan Jackiw playing Nocturne in C Sharp Minor by Chopin!
Whee~
The fascinating concert adjourned by a big round of applause from the audiences for more than 10 mins!
I can feel the numbness on my hands after clapping for such a long period.
Haha...
Oh yes, we got to bump into quite a number of musicians as well as music lovers friends of us during the concert!
It was so delighting to meet my ex-KLPac SB conductor Bruce Lee again :)
Finally, I've got to see the famous vocalist & choir teacher Mr. Ian Lim in real!
hahaha
Well, bump into Winston in this concert reminded me of his graduation recital invitation which I've yearn to go.
It's rather sad that I can't turn up for it since it clashes with my new time table ='(
Notwithstanding, all the very best Winston and I know it will be definitely a great recital!
2011/2012 Season Catalogue! :D
Thinking back, everything was just so rush yesterday even though we did departed earlier. lol!
Anyhow, we were considered quite lucky as the road was not as congested as expected, we found the car park easily, and we manage to enter the hall at the eleventh hour!
What's more, we got to be seated by the attendant at the second last row which has better acoustic and view rather than the seats that we have bought. muahahaha!
As for me, I got to have a copy of the Narnia Orginal Soundtrack that I've spotted in THooi's car. ahahahaha...
Finally, I'd like to thanks MKuan & THooi for the joyous day :)
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Pixies Crew, Cast & Musicians!
Pixies Musicians
Months of practices, weeks of rehearsals, Pixies The Musical has finally come to an end after yesterday night of celebration party at the Lark, Pixies Commander’s house. Indeed, the cast has spent months of practices while the musicians spent a week or two of intensive rehearsal for this 5 shows of musical. Of course, not to forget the key people behind the musical, Gan Jia Ying (Composer, Bookwriter & Lyricist), Chow Jun Yi (Orchestrator) & Jay Yow Wu Jun (Producer & Sound Designer).
The Actors Studio!
Well, my pixies journey started with my randomness of clicking the advertisements, links at the Facebook during my semester break (yeah, I was too free that time, haha….) and tadaa.. Pixies The Musical Audition Call event page has caught my attention! Quickly, I sent my biography to them and booked my slot for audition. Few weeks later, there I received an email that I’ve been qualified for the musical as the keyboardist after the audition. To my delight, I’ve never join such musical before although I’ve played for choir as accompanist, in symphonic band & orchestra. Musical is a new and exciting one for me. Yet, I was facing another problem which was the time clash of my classes with the musicians’ schedule, as well as the transportation problem. Anyhow, the world is so small that later on, I found out that my friends, Issac the oboist, Lance the trombonist and Angus the photographer were in the Pixies team too! Some of them stay considerably nearby my area so yeah, my transportation problem was solved. Haha… Anyway, it was sad that Lance couldn’t join us at last due to unexpected circumstances…
I knew musicians like me were rather annoying (LOL!) since we asked Jia Ying for the scores for quite a number of times. The score has finally completed after months of waiting and yes, they were freshly out from ‘oven’! I’ve been hearing friends of mine especially played in MPYO, commented that Jun Yi, the orchestrator of the musical’s works are killing! Uh oh, Jun Yi was invited to compose music for MPYO before, so they know his style of composition pretty well. I finally got to play his work on the day we receive the scores and indeed, with the wide range of chords, running notes (blame on my small hands & not-so-agile-fingers) as well as fast tempo plus limited time to practice, it was really a challenging one!
All of the musicians and cast had intensive practices and rehearsals together 1 week before the performance days at the studio. Seriously, I was touched by the music during the first practice. Stunned , it was really out of my expectation that every single song composed and orchestrated were so nice and the harmony of the music played by the musicians was just so amazing. They were 100% made in Malaysia by young Jia Ying & Jun Yi!! And, you’d definitely astounded by the awesome acting & singing of the cast. Besides singing, they have to memorize their respective long dialogue! I guess I was the only 1 blurring during the practice. LoL.
There were a total of 5 shows in 3 days time. Yes, it was worth for me though I skipped my Friday lecture & tutorial classes as well as music classes. The overall performance of the show was getting better from 1st show till the last show. There was an unforgettable scene during the last show when Eva fell down from the boxes which stacked up together. I really salute her steadiness and how she performed when an unexpected incident occurred that time. Bravo Yi Fen!
I got to learn a lot of things, amidst of meeting all kinds of multi-gifted people from all walks of life in just such short period thanks to Jia Ying and the crew behind the scene. Joining this musical was of no regrets and truly an eye-opening one!
Wish to see fantastic productions of Jia Ying real soon and work with the fantabulous cast & crew again! :)
Of Feathers & Chapters (choir) with Jia Ying
Flower pixies with Miss T~
Eva and the lil pixie~
Eva & The Pixies Commander~ So sweet... haha
Todd, the Eva's daddy
Miss T~
Epic scene in which Amaryl carrying Merle! xD
"You suck" scene. lol
Amaryl the Princess!~
The Poison King~
Merle The Messenger~
The Great Pixies Superior~
Commander Lark~
Pixies Cast!~
with Mark, the Pixies Superior... Somehow it looks I was added a hair ornament. lol!
Yi Fen, the talented beauty and lead actress of the musical!
Miko, the flower pixies and Lee Peng, the 4th keyboardist!
Joonkie, the Poison King.. Be astounded by his evil laughs! xD
with Amaryl, the greatest actress and my friend :)
Winston, the flute + piccolo soloist & Jun Yi, the tall + talented orchestrator
Aiks... I didn't really get to take photo with each of them due to time constraint... =/
Anyway, 2 months time have just passed but somehow the musics are playing in mind even till now!
How nice if there’s an original soundtrack of this musical~ ♥
If you realized, the show was ended like around 2 months ago.. Yeah, I’m only able to squeeze out my time to complete my unfinished blog post which was started to write on 1 month +, today… >.<’’
But, better late than never right? hahaha... More accumulated blog posts upcoming!
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Yeah I've back to KL & had a random lunch with my brothers, Khew & MHua again this afternoon!
Uh, we are not really free today but still, MHua is good enough to pick up us and gather :)
Basically we were busy settling & thinking of our own stuff but I'm really delighted to meet with them within my 1 week of real short holiday.. >.<
"Android time" was so much of fun ♥
Wonder when will we meet again..
Miss our sis Shir... and my all-time favourite KHeng... @.@
Till then, I have to busy dealing with both personal & work stuff =/
(Yesh I know I'm still on holiday & should be relaxing & enjoy my life now -___-!l)
Miss you all......
food of the day :)
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Attn: My lovely friends & siblings
Invitations for hang out, meet up, movies, lunch, dinner, concert, trip, yam cha or what so ever entertaining, and of course gosh... so TEMPTING for me, please ask me after my finals & when I'm back to KL larr on 19th July 2011... I feel very sad when I can't make it either and indeed, feel sorry for keep on rejecting >.<
Alright, it's time to continue my revision & can't wait to meet you all very soon!
Till then, will resume blogging real soon of being hiatus for more than 1 month!!
p/s: sorry FLing, please give me a lil bit of time & I'll keep it up-to-date. haha
Signing off... and wish me luck! :P
*闭关* * Retreat*
Much ♥,
Kit Yee :)
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Happening on 1st & 2nd of July 2011, Rainforest World Music Festival Preview 2011 will be held @
Amphithetre, Taylor's University Lakeside Campus~!
It's more or less like the RWMP in Sarawak yet in a smaller scale.
Highlights of the festival:
Paddy Keenan, Ireland
Victor Valdez Trio, Mexico
Taylor's Symphony Orchestra
and other surprises!
Interested! But how?
1) Drop by at Taylor's Lakeside Campus during our roadshow on 2nd & 9th June from 9.30 am to 3 pm, 6th & 13th June from 9.30 am to 3 pm.
2) Reserve your tickets and collect them on the actual day but we need full payment in order to reserve your tickets. This can be done by bank transfer. Details of bank payment will be sent to your email personally.
2) Reserve your tickets and collect them on the actual day but we need full payment in order to reserve your tickets. This can be done by bank transfer. Details of bank payment will be sent to your email personally.
or
Email to rwmfpreview2011@yahoo.com to reserve your ticket(s)!!
Ticket pricing?
RM30/ pax (public)
RM20/pax (Taylor's Staff & Students)
* Price inclusive of T-shirt, meal vouchers at restaurants and doof gifts!
So what are you waiting for?
Yeah, Taylor's Symphony Orchestra is once again invited to perform for the opening for this preview.
Not all players of TSO were on stage due to stage limit...
Can you spot me? :P
Les Doigts De L'Homme from France
Explosive, eclectic, and unexpected, Les Doigts de L’Homme, takes gypsy jazz further than ever before. Infusing this exciting up-tempo music with elements of swing, rock, and even punk, they are pure energy in human form. Their show is dynamic, comedic, passionate and always captivating. They meld gypsy jazz standards and their own compositions with influences of Balkan and rock, all with a close eye on the details. Les Doigts de L’Homme combine excellent musicianship, innovative creatively, and powerful showmanship, to move this popular genre into a new direction – reaching beyond the limits into a refreshing new sound. Les Doigts de L’Homme is unmistakable authentic with explosive energy perfectly mastered.
Yuichiro Tokuda's Ralyzz Dig from Japan
Yuichiro Tokuda is an emerging star in the Japanese music scene. After studying at the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston, he returned to Japan to form the Yuichiro Tokuda Quintet whose first album was acclaimed as"the cutting edge of the present progressive form of jazz" in Jazz Life magazine. In 2008, Tokuda received an award as the “New Face of the Year in Art & Culture” from the Chiba-City Government, the first time ever for a jazz artist. In 2008, Tokuda changed his band’s name to Yuichiro Tokuda’s RALYZZ DIG. Last year he performed in Japan’s most prestigious jazz festival “Yokohama Jazz Promenade” as well as in numerous other smaller festivals throughout the country. Yuichiro Tokuda has released four CDs.This will be RALYZZ DIG’s premiere performance in Malaysia.
Beat of Soul from Indonesia
Beat of soul is one of a famous band in Indonesia scene because the band always opens for Indonesia artist Tompi during his concert. The vocalist is one of the famous stars in Indonesia Media part.
8am from Malaysia & Indonesia
8 AM is band of five musicians, they are from Malaysian and Indonesian. They also took part Ambon Jazz Plus Festival, Indonesia at year 2010 accompanied a Spanish singer , Sergio Camacho in the performance. The Keyboardist, Timothy Toh was played for some musical in KL Pac, Jazz Bars in Malaysia and some sessions for local artist in Malaysia. Other than that, the durmasts was Worked with Korean Pop Band Super Junior at their recent concert at Bukit Jalil.
Irma & Friends from Malaysia
Irma is a singer songwriter who's influenced mainly by Jazz and R&B musicians. She had performed in PWTC, Formula One F1 cocktail party for F1 drivers and the famous Jamiroquai. She also sang for One Buck Short as a backup vocalist. She frequently sings at Jazz clubs, and pubs around KL. Recently, she sang at the Michael Buble pocket concert. Irma will be backed up by talented musicians who has extensive performing experience around KL.
And, crowds... Haha... Spot yourself if you were there! xD
(photos & info credited to Sunny Shrestha, Serge and Borneo Jazz Festival Preview 2011 Facebook page)
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