the chamber singers

2009-08-17T22:38:00.001+08:00

boon lay and boon keng,
are my favourite places.
i go there often.

i live in boon keng,
boon keng is next to boon lay.
she lives in boon lay(:

dont you just love haikus.

2009-06-24T12:13:00.001+08:00

anyone free enough to read this,
go wiki read les mis.

so tht yknw wht kind of feelings to put in for each song.

dont force me to summarise the plot.
otherwise you might be singing journey to the west or sthg.

SOME random human pic

2009-05-23T07:54:00.004+08:00

GUYS...

5thofMay

this pic looks damn nice! :]

the 中国四大美人

GK and QY

rehersal...

random pic.

candid!

look at charlene!

AHA!

YanPeng and Donuts

The Black Beautys

2009-05-23T00:58:00.003+08:00

Disclaimer: this is purely for entertainment purposes only and totally fictional. any resemblence to real names or events is purely coincidental and most certainly not intended. Thank you for your understanding.

If religion was a thing that money could buy

then the rich would live and jonathan dies

All my trials, lord

soon be over

All my trials, lord

soon be over

Oh I know a little thing that sets us free

its that jonathan is dead for eternity

All my trials, lord

soon be over

All my trials, lord

soon be over

Rejoice, my brothers!

Rejoice, for he is gone.

All my trials, lord

soon be over

All my trials, lord

soon be over

so hush little baby don't you cry

you know that jonathan has died

All my trials, lord

soon be over

All my trials, lord

soon be over.

*applause

2009-05-23T00:55:00.003+08:00

uhm, can everyone donate like about $100 to support my growth treatment so tht i can reach 180m, thn liangying and wangjia wont bully me?

k la. maybe you all dont like me. so nvm.

still can donate for _ _ _ _ _ _ _'s weight loss treatment, or _ _ _ 's sex change operation.

:D

2009-05-21T00:35:00.003+08:00

tjakra. you noob. forgot to blog leh.
lucky i rmb.
my econs was crap.
the day i post on blog, remind me to post it here.

anyw, i help tjakra blog la.

jonathan sucks.
jonathan sucks.
jonathan sucks.
jonathan sucks.

if religion was a thing that money coud buy, the rich would live and jonathan would die.

k la. just kidding k. dont take it to heart.

idk if tjakra gna post video.
if he does. it's epic.
epic. i mean it.
EPIC.

Cantemus,

2009-05-04T21:32:00.003+08:00

WE SING, FOR JOY. AND BECAUSE SINGING IS TO LOVE, AND BE LOVED.

We will sing for each other on stage tomorrow, and make good music that is worthy of us.

GO RVCS! <3

Music Made | Music Making | Music to be Made

2009-05-04T19:37:00.006+08:00

RVCS! Well done for SAJC concert!
I'm glad all of us pulled together on stage.
Glad that Miss Tham is happy with our performance.
And most imptly, all of us did it for each other!

OK, still I think post mortem is necessary :)

Singing:
As Torrents in Summer ->
Overall ok but I guess not as good as we anticipated it'll be.
Still it's our first song! xD So no doubt we felt quite insecure.
So K la, forgivable I guess!
Norveg Leanyok ->
EXCELLENT!!! Touched by how much we've displayed ourselves!
We did ourselves justice! Nice feel and all. Nice!
Ubi Caritas ->
Sincerity was all that we need to make this piece a song!
LET US BE UNITED AS ONE ; LET US BE CAREFUL ,
LEST WE BE DIVIDED IN INTENTION .
LET US CEASE ALL QUARRELS AND STRIFE .
AND LET CHRIST DWELL IN THE MIDST OF US .
We achieved it finally. That was the most comforting and relieving fact!
Cantemus ->
SING , BECAUSE SINGING IS A GOOD THING .
SING , BECAUSE SINGING IS A HAPPY THING .
SING , BECAUSE SINGING IS TO LOVE AND BE LOVED .
I feel that, no matter how unmusical it sounded,
it's the first time that we meant the meaning of the lyrics.

Whole day:
I think we fared ok.
Hey ppl, discipline lalala..
I can say there's improvement?
Ya la, got la. but not enough!
I've faith that we can do better!
It's the sincerity we have for what we do.
If we wanted to be discipline, I guess nothing can tempt us to go otherwise.
So strive on tgt K!

I suppose something woke me up that day.
Confession.
I am sorry for being crappy and always being too much.
I thought it'll be the best but I was wrong.
I am just glad that all these were unraveled by Miss Tham and allowed us to see the light of working tgt! :D

Ppl, words of advice:
Letting go is the toughest thing to do.
Some things are meant to be let go.
Not giving up but letting go will perhaps bring about better outcome!
Yes, ppl around are different.
But I really learnt to work tgt as one, to not pick on one anothers' problem and build hatred over them.
Learn to forgive and really forget.
Some things once we learn to accept them, we will be able to have an open mind.

Jiayou bah RVCS!!
Tmr's our BIG DAY!
Sing For Joy! xD
Rmb, what's impt is us being tgt and the music we make.
If these are good, then we WILL feel good.
Enough is enough! :DDD
Smiles no matter what K!

These are well wishes from some seniors:
1) Sing ya best tmr and enjoy the moment on stage K. Jiayou!
(Do the songs justice and equality,
so as to achieve happiness, properity and progress for ourselves!)
Eunice Yeap <3 Alto
2) Hey RVCS, relax and think of the things Miss Tham told you to do.
Trust her, trust one another. You'll do fine. :)
Sing with each other, as one voice yea?
Rmb the "behind 1 tree" concept? Haha... All the best!
Kit Leng <3 Soprano

Making good music, choir write-up

2009-04-19T01:00:00.000+08:00

I thought that it'll be cool for the choir to see the write-up that was done for the SAJC concert programme booklet by Yan Peng and I. In a way, it sums up the aspirations of the choir and remind us all of what we set out to be. So here goes:

Making good music: what else can a choir do? No matter the size of the choir, good music transcends all: time and languages, cultures and styles.

River Valley Chamber Singers (RVCS) aims to do just that. Conducted by Ms Jennifer Tham and consisting of just the first batch of IP year5 students, the choir has been making good music together for ten months now.

Despite having a total number of only 27 singers, RVCS is still able to produce sounds that will amaze. This is because every single member in the choir is an independent singer who, when put together, creates fantastic, youthful group dynamics and beautiful harmonies.

As a young choir, RVCS has not had any chance to showcase our voices yet. In tonight’s virgin performance, we present As Torrents in Summer by Edward Elgar and Norvég Leányok by Zoltán Kodály as depictions of rain; Ubi Caritas by Imant Raminsh and Cantemus by Ilne Arne as expressions of love.

As Torrents in Summer is a soulful number with rich imagery to match while Norvég Leányok is a Hungarian song filled with the drips of rain backgrounding the simple story of love. Then we sing of the love and charity of God in Latin in a prayer for joy and round off our repetoire with Cantemus, a clear representation of how much we absolutely love singing and how much joy we derive from singing.

RVCS also cherishes the chance to sing Immortal Bach together with SAJC choir and sincerely thanks them and Ms Tham for this wonderous oppotunity to make and share good music.

tough journey, but we'll make it

2009-04-19T00:30:00.000+08:00

Hello there, this blog was set up with the intent of capturing our growth as a chamber choir since we are the first batch of JC singers. Any reflections, pictures, videos, or music comes here! :D WE WILL HAVE FUN PHOTOS FROM SENTOSA SOON!!! :D

"Will we remain as a chamber choir in the future when RVHS (JC) section grows?"
I asked Ms Tham on 3rd April through the phone. Ms Tham replied that she likes the idea of a small choir, and that a chamber choir can have a total of 40 singers. So our name remains. It's pretty cool anyway; our acronym RVCS can mean RVChorale (Seniors) as well.

The upcoming weeks will be very busy for all of us, with EC and MA lecture tests PLUS the very important events (see right) coming up. Our Sentosa outing will be a breather for all of us yeah!

Study hard for the tests but don't neglect choir music! Take them out and practise for a few minutes every day (with details) for de-stress purposes! :D

I really wish that RVCS will grow to be more united and make good music together as we grow. So let us put our hearts and voices together to create a solid foundation for our juniors okay! No doubt the journey will be tough, but I have faith that we will make it.

RVCS, ALL THE WAY!

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