MTDC ROCKS

2010-06-14T09:10:00.001+08:00

This time it ain't about promoting other bands' concerts. It's our turn now! We've worked so hard and for so long! Finally the day is here :)

Music Talent Development Centre Concert Band Graduation Concert

DATE
16 Jun 2010
Wed, 7.30 pm

DURATION
Approx 2 hrs

INTERVAL
Approx 30 mins

VENUE
Esplanade Concert Hall

TICKET PRICE
Standard - S$7 (S$6 + S$1 Sistic Booking Fee)

The Music Talent Development Centre (MTDC) Band Programme is a new initiative by the Ministry of Education, Education Programmes Division to provide developmental opportunities for musically talented students to harness their musical potential. Housed in Ang Mo Kio Secondary School, the MTDC Band training programme includes group instrumental tuition by professional instructors, combined band practices and theory instruction.

Be entertained as the band performs familiar favourites such as Light Cavalry Overture, Hobbits Dance and Hymn, March-Bou-Shu, Dance Fever, and Earth, Wind & Fire in Concert, under the baton of their conductor, Mr Brando Tan. This evening’s concert will also feature Flight: Adventure In The Sky, a piece specially dedicated to the MTDC Band Programme, by local composer, Mr Benjamin Yeo.

Other than that, the saxophone, brass and percussion ensembles will also be featured! :)

If you are interested, please place orders from Sistic or any of the participants! You can also send in your orders to mtdc-rocks@live.com

Schools participating:
Anglo-Chinese School(Barker)
Ang Mo Kio Secondary School
Clementi Woods Secondary School
Crescent Girls' School
Holy Innocents' High School
Hwa Chong Institution
Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Secondary School
Peirce Secondary School
Raffles Institution
Singapore Chinese Girls' School
St Margaret's Secondary School
Whitley Secondary School

Do join us for a time of musical evening! We hope to see you there! Thank you!

the badge movement

2010-05-16T21:36:00.005+08:00

Badge Suggestions (:
Any other ideas?
The pop up one (drumset) there's one for every section.
Lazy to put everything up here

Chloeeeee

we all love the simpsons

2010-04-18T11:23:00.001+08:00

MySpace-Countdowns

lets get it started in here

2010-04-04T20:38:00.002+08:00

Hello folks(: for those who still come here.....

SCGS Presents Rapsodia Giubilante

VENUE: ESPLANADE

TIME/DATE: SUNDAY 23RD MAY 2010 7.30PM

TICKETS ARE $20 ,$40 $60 $75 OR $100

If you wanna go, ask any of the SC girls :D

see you guys this saturday ☺

♕ CHLOEEEE

HELLO :)

2010-03-07T18:18:00.002+08:00

HELLO PEOPLEEE! :) Nicole here.
Hope MTDC was funnn yesterday! Anyway, PLEASE UPDATE THIS BLOGGG!
Anyone is welcomed to update this blog! :D
As you all know, CONCERT IS AROUND THE CORNERRR.
So please please please please please practise! :D
Okay, can I advertise St Margaret's Limelight band concert here? :) OKAY!

ST MARGARET'S LIMELIGHT BAND CONCERT

DATE : 7TH APRIL 2010 (Wednesday)

VENUE : ESPLANADE

$11 FOR STUDENTS/SENIOR CITIZENS. $21 FOR ADULTS.

PLEASE PLEASE APPROACH ME IF YOU'RE INTERESTED! :D
Advertise to your fellow friends too alright! Pleeeasssee try to make it alright! :D

2010-02-24T21:48:00.003+08:00

Hello everyone! :D
Skin changed! I hope you all like it! If don't then I'll change! Give opinions kay! Heehee. Everybody add me on facebook! If you have, well.
http://www.facebook.com/clarinetsanddinosaurs?ref=profile
I post videos and stuff so yeah! Go see and watch and everything! Haha!
I'll see everyone on Saturday! We shall meet again. (Muahahahahaha.)
PRACTISE! PRATISE! PRACTISE!

xoxo, jamie!

2010-01-31T19:20:00.003+08:00

Heyyy people! :D

Hope you all had fun at MTDC yesterday :)
Well anyways, if you remembered, Ms Foo highlighted that we don't really have much practises.
though febuary might sound far from june, and considering we have ONE practise per week only, that will just cut down to almost less than 15practises left before the concert!

Soooo, let's work hard together and make june16 a fabulously awesome day alright! :)

2010-01-07T18:20:00.004+08:00

HEY PEOPLE!
In case you all haven't been to the MTDC page on FB, this is for YOU.
Ms Foo wrote a wall post regarding this saturday's practise!

"Hey everyone! Happy new year! I figured out that you people will check facebook more than your email? Friendly reminder that MTDC training is resuming this week ok! Same time 2pm. Everyone please gather in the band room and wait for me first. Please pass the message to all your fellow bandmates! See you soon!
Cheers!"

Sooo, make sure that you're at the band room by 2pm!

Nicole :>

2010-01-06T21:10:00.003+08:00

HELLO PEOPLE! SCHOOL HAS REOPENED!
Okay, that might be a good/bad news.

FOR THOSE WHO ARE BLUR AND DON'T KNOW THIS,

MTDC STARTS ON 9TH JANUARY 2010!

9TH JANUARY 2010!

MAKE SURE YOU ALL COME BACK OKAY! :D
Have funnnn in school (or maybe not)

- Nicole :>

2009-12-29T21:44:00.001+08:00

HELLO PEOPLE! :) BELATED MERRY CHRISTMAS!
I've just included the practise dates under the "DATES" section!
I know it's abit messy, but it'll do great help yeah? :)
Enjoy your holidays before it ends!

Nicole

2009-12-16T00:07:00.000+08:00

Hey peeps :D
I kinda changed the blog skin, thought it looked cool :D
Haha, boy abuse, ok violent
Anw i've put up all the birthdays i could find on facebook here
Hope its correct, if i forgot you, im sorry!
Haha, but the birthday's a tad hard to see,somethings wrong with the code i guess D:
Anw keep the blog alive (:
And if you wanna change the skin, go ahead (:

Chloe

2009-12-13T00:36:00.000+08:00

Alright, HELLO PEOPLE! :)
You all should really keep posting man!
Like even though it's as random as "Oh! i just finished drinking barley"
Hahaha, okay. I should stop being random.
Oh, i forgot! HELLO, I'M NICOLE :)
Hmmm, so yeahhh.
FOR THE SAKE OF ALL THOSE LAZY PEOPLE WHO DON'T CHECK YOUR INBOX ON FACEBOOK.
THIS IS SPECIALLY FOR YOU. YES, YOU!
Jamie actually sent out this message asking if you all want a new year countdown!
SUGGESTIONS PLEASE! And i actually messaged you all the user/pass for this account.
Soooo, if anyone asks me... you know what will happen!
Hahaha, kidding :) Oh well! KEEP POSTING MAN! :D

Poll! (:

2009-12-09T19:59:00.001+08:00

Which MTDC Outing idea will work out? (:(survey software)

2nd Post.

2009-12-08T20:16:00.000+08:00

So I still remember the Euphos. (:

Hey guys,

Kang Ming from HCI/Tubas here. 1st to post on this ultimate blog of coolness, so it's an honour! (: (Apart from Nicole's post.) I should really refrain from too many smiley faces. It'll bore you guys, yeah? (almost put one there. phew.)

Few things I wanna talk about here. (:

Firstly, let's thank our dear Nicole for putting up this wonderful blog! (: Although it's black and white (apart from the tagboard), I'm sure it'll soon be colourful due to the posts here, yeah? So spice it up with some posts when you have free time! Yes, like now I have WAY TOO MUCH TIME to spare. So make use of this blog to advertise your concerts, put up some fun stuff and ideas and so on. (:

We just had a fun fun camp! And a fun fun exchange with the Thai Band! Of course, don't forget to thank our dear Ms Shirin Foo, for organising them! She has taken much time off from her work, other affairs (and also her iPhone playing time) to help us!*clapclapclap* Thanks, Mama Foo (: I'm sure all of us would agree that this camp definitely bonded us, and prepared us for the End-of-Camp concert.

Personally, I would like to thank each and every one of you guys for being so fun-loving and enthusiastic about this programme so far. And our performance for the concert was somewhat commendable, so kudos to you guys! Thanks for brightening up my MTDC life so far! (:

Of course, we still have a long road ahead of us, 13 pracs gone, 21 pracs left, 1 performance left. So, our aim now, although far, is our Esplanade performance. So, our attention will also be slowly shifted from section/ensemble, to the big picture - the entire band. We will now have to blend into not one colour, but many. Imagine you're light green. Light green now must not only blends with dark green, but it has to attempt to blend into red, yellow, purple, blue and many others.

Can we do it?

We can, but we'll also need to concentrate more on our individual work. From what Leanne said during the feedback session, we can think to ourselves. Have we done a good job ourselves first, before contributing to the entire band? Let's work on ourselves, before we work together, yeah? (:

Also, we'll also have to bond together more! (: So this brings me to my main topic (although there's many in this post,) which is the MTDC outing. (: There will most probably be an MTDC outing organised in this holiday season, and the latest we'll have it will probably be March holidays. So, we need valuable ideas and advice from you guys on what you'd prefer to do. Feel free to drop me an email at wongkangming@hotmail.com or msn chat with me regarding your ideas. (:

Let's work for a common goal: ESPLANADE 2010! (:

HEY!

2009-12-07T23:21:00.000+08:00

HELLO PEOPLE! :D

This shall be the MTDC blog where umm, announcements(?) and whatever things are shared.
WE CAN TALK HERE TOO! HEEHEE! :D

I'll SLOWWWLLLYYY fix up all these stuff like the blogskin, tagboard and whatsoever.
Anyone and everyone is welcome to contribute! :D