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Later on, the audience were given 10 minutes to vote fort their
Song Composing
Song Composing
Competition
Jointly reported by:
Victoria Hwang Jr1S(6)
Victoria Hwang Jr1S(6)
Rachel Koh Huey Shin Jr2Z(3)
Rachel Koh Huey Shin Jr2Z(3)
On 11th June 2021, Kuen Cheng Music Composing Society
held a song composing competition. It aimed to showcase
the enthusiasm and talents of students regarding their song
composing skills, and all students from Kuen Cheng High
School were encouraged to participate in the competition.
The judges were Mr Ting Thiam Hock/Teh Thiam Hock, a
Chinese teacher at our school and the teacher-advisor
for Kuen Cheng Broadcasting Club, and two other music
teachers, Madam Hee Siaw Fuey and Mr Sim Wei Yih. The
latter judge was a graduate from UCSI University. The
judging criteria were the song’s melody (30 marks), lyrics
(30 marks), composition concept (20 marks) and music
video (MV) performance (20 marks).
There were no shortages of impressive vocals, unique
melody and MV presentations. Among many outstanding
compositions, the 乱炒曲 (scrambled melody) from the “八
独中作文比赛讨论区” (Eight Independent Chinese Schools’
Essay Competition Discussion Area) team has won an
extremely high praise among the audience for their cute
music video and singing. Throughout the competition, the
audience was extremely supportive of the participants,
often leaving motivating comments in the chat.
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two favourite songs via Google Forms while the judges were
deciding on the winners. After voting, the event ended, the
emcees announced the results of the competition. Below are the
results of the audience vote:
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Feathers), in second, we had team ∞ (Infinity) who performed
13th achieving a marginally higher 11 votes, and in the lead was
team 5
team 5 – “Eight Independent Chinese Schools’ Essay Competition
Discussion Area”, winning with a landslide 23 votes.
To close the competition on a positive note, Mr Sim Wei Yih said he
felt very satisfied with the results of the competition. He did not
expect students to do this well whilst the pandemic worsened,
as life would not have been easy for the students. Finally, he gave
some pieces of advice on song composing to all the participants.
Members of the Newsletter Club held a short interview
session with the top three scorers of the song composing
competition. Through this interview, a member from one of
the teams revealed that they were from the Music Composing
Society and had gotten encouragement from their coach
to participate. The team was very satisfied with their results
this time and they felt that their hard work had paid off.
The “Fifteen Adorned Feathers” team added that their
song “Appreciate Nature” was a spontaneous idea from
one of the Senior team members, but holds a much deeper
meaning to it. The team wanted to encourage people
to appreciate nature more, as the song title suggests,
and not to trap oneself within the world of technology.
Overall, winning teams have learnt the benefits of teamwork. A
member of a top scoring team said, “if I were to participate alone,
I might not have won.” They saw how wonderful teamwork could
be and were ever grateful for their teammates. They aimed to
continue working hard and improving in future competitions.
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