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Magkatugma Melodies ng Gitara With that, the concert took off with an ensemble
– Online Guitar Concert 2021 song by Kuen Cheng Guitar Club, a familiar childhood
lullaby named “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”. The song
jump started the vibes of the musical program, starting
Jointly reported by: off light and continuing with the softness of the next
Tan Ginny Sr2A performance, the theme song from a Studio Ghibli
Michael Ng Sr3A movie, “Ponyo”.
On the 12th of June, Kuen Cheng Guitar Club hosted an online After that, several performances came in line, such as
concert through Zoom. They collaborated with some special guests A Plazzolla’s “L’Evasion” performed by the Kabataang
to bring the performance to life, namely Kabataang Gitarista from Gitarista Trio and “Coffee Rumba” performed by the
the Philippines and the Guitar Club of Keat Hwa Private High School, Kuen Cheng Guitar Club. There was also a solo singing
Kedah. performance by a member of the Kuen Cheng Guitar
Club, Ian Richard Siguty, of a song named “Till My
The show kicked off a little off schedule due to technical problems, Demon’s Gone”.
but it still carried on relatively smoothly. It started with some light
banter between the hosts to lighten the mood, which transitioned to The songs that followed presented a range of different
an introduction about their club. musical styles. The KH Guitar Club played classical
numbers like “Capricho Arabe” and “Marzuka + Tango
The hosts then invited their teacher-advisor and Coach, Ms Kira No 1”, while the Kabataang Gitarista Trio performed
Yong King Lih, to briefly introduce the history of their Club and their Filipino folk tunes like “Manang Biday”, which was about
transition from a quartet-style group to a classical ensemble group the marriage of a young girl. Kuen Cheng Guitar Club
playing style. This change was put into motion in 2015, a few years members complemented the culturally rich songs with
after Ms Yong took over the club, and has then continued until today. some modern tracks like “Twilight” and Sungha Jung’s
“Felicity”.As the show went on, the songs performed
After that, there was a short introduction of the guest players. The went from atmospheric, relaxing tunes like “Andreina
first one introduced was the Keat Hwa High School Guitar Club (KH Venezuelan Waltz” and A Barrios Magnore’s “Vals, Op 8
Guitar Club), which was originally an ukulele club. After the students No 4” and progressed towards livelier, upbeat songs like
brought in guitar, the club started playing guitar instead of ukulele “Felicity” and “Rosas Pandan”.
more often under the guidance of their coach Mr Ng Zhen Han.
Two teacher-advisors of Kuen Cheng Guitar Club
The show then continued with an introduction to the Kabataang brought to the audience the next song cover: “Luka”,
Gitarista (KG) by their Program Director, Alyssa Mantan. The trio’s a song dealing with child abuse. Ms Yong played the
name means “Guitar from the Youth” in Filipino, and they are part of guitar while Ms Foong Keet Yee provided vocals. This
a bigger group of guitarists that were trained in classical guitar free of was followed by the second ensemble performance by
the Kuen Cheng Guitar Club: “Under The Sea” from “The
Little Mermaid”.
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