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After a long wait, the Kuen Cheng What was the process when joining the
Chinese Orchestra’s holiday training orchestra?
program is finally back! It kicked off at 2
p.m., 8th June 2022. After a short briefing on All three of the alumni joined in multiple

other things to note on (such as the Senior activities, including:
Middle 3 students’ theory exams and the - Welcoming and farewell parties
purchasing of the orchestra’s t-shirts and - Group camps

badges), the program finally started. Let’s - Performances and competitions
see what the orchestra’s members were up - Orchestra exchanges
to!

They all stated that the activities were enjoyable,
Day 1 - For the newbies especially the competitions as they have learnt
Since the newbies had yet to have their to stay together and control their emotions.
instruments, they learned about some
basic theory such as musical notation and

rhythm. The newbies also filled out a form
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Day 1 - For the rest
of the members How did you feel when you were first our instrument groups, without
As they already had their instruments, the assigned into your instrument group? needing any basic skills, but I
other orchestra members got to practice enjoyed the classes because the
their basic skills and learn new songs. The older students were fun.
two coaches, Mr. Goh Suk Liang and Mr. Yuan Hui: To be honest, I was very shocked
Chong Koi Min also gave useful tips to and sad at first, because I wanted to join
members when entering each instrument’s the flute group. I remember crying for Xin Jieh: As I wanted to enlarge my
breakout rooms. several days at a time. Sometimes, I also social circle, I joined the orchestra.
gave weird excuses just to escape training The interesting performances by
sessions. However, I moved on quickly and the members also intrigued me.
Day 2 - For everyone soon learned to love my new instrument. I wanted to join the percussion
For day 2, the same activities were held, group originally (which Yuan Hui
but luckily, the Orchestra Committee was in, haha!), but I got assigned
managed to invite 3 alumni, Teo Yuan Hui, Wynn Khei: I first entered the orchestra into the erhu group instead.
Tan Wynn Khei and Lim Xin Jieh who all because my mother suggested it, and I was
graduated during 2019. They were from way luckier than Yuan Hui, as I loved erhu,
the percussion and erhu group. They talked so I was very happy when the instrument

about their experience and memorable group members were announced. However,
moments in the orchestra. I thought at first that we would be assigned
directly into

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