Saints Orchestra

who are we?(:

Saint Andrew's Chinese Orchestra[SACO] 圣初华乐

Our Family(:

SACO 2009&2010 batch

SACO roots
SACO was established in 1978 by the late Mr Yeo Puay Hian

Conductors that we've had:
The Late Mr Yeo Puay Hian(till January 2007)
Mr Low Cher Yong(January 2007 - January 2009)
Mr Zou (January 2009 - November 2009)
Mr Tan Loke Chuah (present conductor)

dear Teachers-In-Charge:
Mdm Hue Kin Lan
Mrs Seet Sook Yee
Mr Wang Chengri

SACO was awarded silver at the 2007&2009 SYF Central Judging

Practice times:
twice a week!(:
Wednesdays are combined practces(: from 4pm to 7pm
&Fridays, we have sectionals(: from 5.30pm to 7.30 pm

SACO's calendar(:

Events that are coming up!

DSA through chinese orchestra(phase two) :
phase one& two for DSA has ended(:
thankyou for all those who participated in the DSA!(:
work hard for your O levels!

SACO camp at the end on 2010
CONFIRMED on the 26th - 29th of NOVEMEBER
starts on the evening of the 26th
ends on the morning of the 29th
three days three nights!
its a INTENSIVE TRAINING CAMP! ;P
the tutors would be coming down on two days
Mr Tan should be coming for all three days
successful DSA students are required to attend this camp!(:

2011 J1 intake orientation performance
its definitely in JANUARY
during one of the orientation programs
so we hope to see you guys in SA next year!

Chinese New Year celebration!
in the CC during the program!

SYF!
in EARLY MAY!
jiayou people((:

more events to be updated again!(:

any questions? :D
dont fret!(:
you can email us at saintsorchestra.yahoo.com.sg
we'll reply as fast as we can(:
our facebook page(:
SAJC's main webpage(:

(last edited on 31 august 2010)

Saturday, May 03, 2008

Hi people! I'm jordan from the 06/07 batch. I am the guy in black glasses running up and down in the cc during your practice looking busy. Well to cut the intro short, just let me say how impressed i am about how far the orchestra has gone. Arrangement of songs is not an easy thing, as i recalled how sometimes when i came up with not so perfect scores, there was so much hassle and fear right before the concert, last minute changes here and there, and of course not so encouraging moments. But here we have now, a concert with a playlist full of arranged music! I never thought this was possible, much less coming from the batch directly after my year of graduation. I must say a good job to all arrangers for this years concert who put in so much hard work to perfect the pieces, converting them to jianpu, and applying the feedback from your peers. Not to mention the performers themselves for giving support to them by practicing dilligently and bringing their pieces to life! The happiness you feel when mere ink on paper transforms into beautiful music to the ears cannot be described, but can be felt strongly, especially to the arrangers.

So i'm here now with an upload of the recording of your session today to let you guys hear what mistakes you have made, how the arrangements can be further improved if neccessary, how to hone your part, and last but not least, give you guys a peek at what you can expect from the quality of the sound recording of the concert. Its crystal clear isn't it? So keep this as a motivation to practice and make the best out of the concert, and hopefully i can make a cd that is good enough to sell! Big dreams eh. Anyway my general comments for the session today: Just improve pitching and tempo and you guys would do great!

With love, Jordan.

p.s: For people with low download speeds when streaming imeem, or simply want the mp3s on your ipod or something, here are the links for the files.

part 1 : http://www.zshare.net/download/11498281b0e35f87/
part 2 : http://www.zshare.net/download/114986424c2ee9a7/

saints.orchestra at 10:46 PM