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Musical Instrument
Piano Performance Hall:

Classical Music Auditorium (Western)

Reported by Lee Ai Lin (Sr2ScC)
Reported by Ng Ting Hui (Sr2ScF)
Lee Ai Lin (Sr2ScC)

On the 4th of June, The Musical slowly enters the climax then returns to the
Instrument Auditorium, hosted by the head melody from the beginning. Due to various
of the Co-curricular Department Ms Hee instruments being used, sound clashes are
Siaw Fuey and the Wind Orchestra, via Zoom inevitable in an orchestra. These situations
Continuing the session on pop complaints from the customers but she commenced at 1pm straight. A total of 62 have been overcome by various techniques
music conducted a few days ago, on the 3rd could not understand why people did not students including 5 performers attended this from assiduous musicians, which enabled the
of June 2020, a piano performance hall on appreciate the beauty of classical music. event. production of orchestral music we listen to
classical music conducted by our school’s She also shared a funny story during her today. Similarly, when we face a problem in
music teacher, Ms Hee Siaw Fuey was held college days where she and her classmates Ms Hee started off by sharing her life, we should persevere until the end to get
online over Zoom. She started the session by had to analyse and do a presentation on pop bizarre music life. She talked about how she what we want.
introducing the history of classical music. music. Jay Chou was a famous singer at first started learning piano despite hating
that time and her friends were really keen it, and how her blind friend changed her Consequently, members of the
Classical music was produced in the on doing the presentation about him. She mind about quitting piano. She then talked Guitar Club prepared various solo guitar
West during the period from 1750 to 1820, tagged along with her friends but ended up about western music, explaining how all the performances. It started off Lee Ru Yu with her
which was also known as the Classical pronouncing the singer’s name wrongly notes hit differently and how the symphony song “Etude No.32”, followed by Chan Yan
era. Examples of well-known classical during the presentation, which led to her combines all notes together to make the music Ming playing “Romanze”. Then, Allan Khooi
music composers are Wolfgang Amadeus friends distancing themselves from her. more vibrant. played “River Flows in You” melodiously.
Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Then, the president of the guitar club, Low
Joseph Haydn. During that time, the music Before the session ended, Too Kai Then, Ms Hee shared a video of Wei Chuan performed “Flaming”. Lastly,
produced had a lighter texture than Baroque Le from Jr1C presented a skillful piano an orchestra performance while giving Chan Wei Han played us the song “Bourrée
music and was mostly homophonic, performance of “Für Elise by Ludwig van explanations on its musical aspects. She BWV 996”. Before the sharing session ended,
which means a clear melody was played Beethoven”. Ms. Hee further explained stated that an orchestra usually begins with Ms Yong King Li, the teacher advisor of the
over a subordinate accompaniment. that this song was supposedly written for a memorable melody and slowly enters the Guitar Club presented “Happy” by Pharrell
one of the composer’s female students climax then returns to the melody from the Williams, concluding the entire session.
Ms Hee shared her experience of that he fell in love with. However, she beginning, with a memorable melody and
working at a hotel as a pianist. Due to her interpreted the song differently which
background in classical music, she barely led to the student leaving him without
knew how to play any modern music. Thus, notice. Moreover, the identity of “Elise”
all the songs she played were classical music remains unknown, though researchers have
which did not correspond with the lively theorised that she could be Therese Malfatti,
environment at that time. She received Elisabeth Röckel, or Elise Barensfeld.

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