T H E V I O L I N S P E C I A L I S T S

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Singapore 140169

Phone: 6472 5765 / 6526 7928 E-mail: musarteduhut@gmail.com

Website: www.musarteduhut.com.sg

Republic Polytechnic Rulang Primary School

Tanjong Katong Primary School Yew Tee Primary School

Northland Primary School (Ms Cindy Heng) Nan Hua Primary School

ShuQun Primary School (Mr Chen & Mdm Oon) ACS Primary School (Ms Hoong)

Keming Primary School All Schools Teacher - In - Charge

Parents and Guardians of all young performers Mr Phoon Yew Tien

Mr Phoon Yi Mr Phoon Yu

Mr Xiao Chun Yuan Mr Chiam Zhi Bin Mr Fu YongRen Mr Kan Chuan Ms Karen Seah

Instructors, Soloists and all Performers All Stage crews and helpers

All who had contributed to the success of this concert in one way or another.

:: Appreciations :: MUSART EDU HUT PROUDLY PRESENTS

STRINGS FOR YOUTH

12th February 2011 (Saturday) 7.30pm

The Republic Cultural Centre, Theatre

Republic Polytechnic

MUSIC DIRECTOR: LEE HOON PIEK

Music Director

MusArt Edu Hut has organised this public concert to showcase our talented young musicians whose ages

range from 3 to over 40. The participating young musicians are from 8 different primary schools such as, Rulang Primary School, Tanjong Katong Primary School, Yew Tee

Primary School, Northland Primary School, Nan Hua Primary School, ShuQun Primary School, Keming Primary School; 8 other community clubs; and as

well as our students from MusArt Edu Hut together with our professional conductors and instructors.

Through this concert, we aim to provide to our students a chance to perform on stage with friends and teachers in unity. This is indeed a great opportunity for one to hone his/her skills and techniques as they learn from one another in the process.

Thank you very much for all the supports given by all parents,

teachers, and friends of the music circle, without all of you, this

concert would not be a successful and memorable one.

Congratulations to all talented young performers for the great show

that you had put up and thank you for all the hard work that you have

put in.

Thank you and Well Done!

Lee Hoon Piek

Managing Director

MusArt Edu Hut

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遗落的戒指

Xiao Chun Yuan - Composer

Xiao, a student composer, arranger and a classical vocalist. He was born in 1981 to a

family of artistic culture. In his secondary school days, Xiao was one of the school‟s

pioneer choral members. After graduation, Xiao later joined Hsinghai Arts Association

and was a choral committee members for year 2000 - 2008 and 2010 - 2012.

In 2005, Xiao went under the wing of Madam Elena Ng Choy Luan, a local soprano

and vocal educator. Under Mdm Ng‟s coaching, Xiao participated in his first singing

examination and was awarded with Merit. In 2007, Xiao was invited by Addidas to

sing for a theme song in their commercial advertisement.

In 2008, Xiao was one of the first batch of local students who enrolled into Singapore Raffles Music College

studying Advanced Diploma in Classical Singing Performance. In the same year, he joined Echo Philharmonic

Society, which was founded by Mdm Elena Ng since 1997.

In 2009, Xiao went under the tutelage of Mr William Lim, a notably well-known singer for oratorios and operas

in the Asia region. In 2010, Xiao decided to study for the Foundation Degree In Music Performance, a degree

course awarded by Thames Valley University, London. Xiao is now currently Year 2 student. Besides the stud-ies, Xiao was awarded 2

nd prize in the 4

th ZhongSin International Music Competition, Male Vocal Open Cate-

gory and DipLCM in Singing by London Of College Music Examinations Board, Thames Valley University.

Furthermore, Xiao was the leader of Singapore Raffles Music College‟s 11-member strong chorus in Mahler‟s Symphony No.2 that year. Xiao will be participating in the choral singing at Chingay Parade 2011, which is or-

ganized annually by Peoples‟ Association.

Besides singing, Xiao also have great interest in composing and arrangements. Currently, his works includes genres like orchestra, vocal, choral and piano trios. The works can be found at www.sibeliusmusic.com

Kan Chuan - Vocalist

Currently studying at NAFA as a classical vocalist in his last year, Kan is a regular per-former in concert & opera singer in the Singapore music scene. Under the tutelage of Ms

Nancy Yuen and now Mr Lim Shieh Yih, two renowned teachers well known in the Singa-

pore‟s music scene, Kan has improved tremendously in his vocal technique and aspires to

perform as an excellent vocalist in the near future.

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Fu YongRen - Lyricist

Fu, a freelance lyrics and song composer since 1989. He formed his group of Xin Yao

songwriters in Secondary school. Yongren went on to showcase his song composi-tions with the Young Songwriter Society between 1991 till 1999. He participated in

the Song Festival 1995 and Songwriting competition in year 1997.

Although the contested song had only managed entering its Semi-final, Yongren was enlisted to Charm Song-Writing Gallery as their Songwriter between 1997 to

1998 for then Polygram Records. To date, Yongren has wrote about 200 over songs.

Late 2000, he collaborated with Calvin Nam from Parablue Music to produce the

album „Sleeper Tales‟ and the lyrics „Ni Ai‟ was written for the Singer – May Ong.

The work can be found at http://www.myspace.com/shixian1

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Australian Folksongs

Phoon Yew Tien - Composer

Under the tutelage of composer Leong Yoon Pin and Elaine Dobson, Phoon Yew Tien

is Singapore's most recorded classical music composer. Phoon is not only well-

grounded in both Eastern and Western musical vocabularies, his output covers the entire spectrum of chamber music, songs, music for theatre and concert hall. He has

earned a fine reputation as a significant composer, both in Singapore and in the inter-

national arena.

For three consecutive years, 1977 to 1979, he won the Distinguished Prize in the Na-

tional Song Writing Competition - the prizes were awarded for the works Our Song in

1977, Nanyang University (1978) and Song for Workers (1979). While attending the

Queensland Conservatorium of Music on a Singapore Symphony Orchestra scholar-ship, Phoon was awarded the Dulcie Robertson Prize in composition thrice (1980,

1981 and 1983), for best composition.

In 1984, Phoon won the prestigious Yoshiro Irino Memorial Prize for Composition, awarded by the Asian Com-

posers League, one of the highest awards to be given to a young Asian composer. In 1996, 1997,2001 and

2004, he was also awarded the top Local Serious Music Award by the Singapore Composer and Authors Soci-

ety (COMPASS).

On 14th April 2000, the Singapore Symphony Orchestra premiered his Variants on an Ancient Tune as one of a

series of new works commissioned for the 20th anniversary of the orchestra. On 12th October 2000, the Bei-

jing China Film Orchestra performed works by Phoon Yew Tien in his solo composition concert in Beijing Con-cert Hall. The concert was jointly presented by the government of the People's Republic of China and the Sin-

gapore National Arts Council. He was also commissioned by the Singapore National Arts Council to compose a

large scale work ( Confucius - A Secular Cantata ) for the Singapore Arts Festival 2001.

Since 1987, Phoon's compositions and arrangements have been performed and recorded by the orchestras

such as the Singapore Symphony, the Russian Philharmonic, Shanghai Philharmonic, Shanghai Music Conserva-

tory Symphony, , Shanghai Music Conservatory Chinese Orchestra, Singapore Chinese Orchestra ,Hong Kong

Chinese Orchestra and the Kaohsiung City Chinese Orchestra of Taiwan.

Besides composing symphonic works,Chinese orchestra music and chamber music,Phoon participated in al-

most all Singapore Arts Festivals since 1984.He has collaborated with many Singapore artists including Kuo

Pao Kun, Goh Lay Kuan, Tan Swie Hian , Lim Fei Shen and Yan Choong Lian to Create music for television (Grandpa?s Meat Bone Tea),over 20 theatre productions (Evening Climb, Lao Jiu, Kopi Tiam, The Oolah World,

Family, The Spirits Play, Descendent of the Eunuch Admiral, etc.), dance theatre (Nu Wa, Xi Fangping, Tang

Huang, The Homing Fish, etc.) and dances (Nuo Dance, Madhouse, Dao, Qing Ming etc.).

Phoon's music successfully combines a Chinese idiom with contemporary compositional techniques and styles.

It is often transparent and spare in texture, making effective and careful use of tone colour. Phoon Yew Tien

has been a Committee Member of the Advisory Council on Culture and the Arts (1988), a member of the Na-

tional Arts Council Resource Panel, and Associate Conductor of the Singapore Chinese Orchestra. From 1993 to 1996, he was Head of Music at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, where he lectured from 1984 to 1999.

In 2000, Phoon was appointed by the Singapore government to re-arrange the National Anthem.

Phoon has been serving as an Arts Advisor to the National Arts Council since 1998. In 1996 he was awarded

the Cultural Medallion by the Singapore Government, the highest award given in the field of the arts in Singa-

pore. He has also been appointed by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra to be the Composer in Residence for

the year 2003.

MusArt EduHut comprises of a group of dedi-cated and qualified musicians who specialize in the instruction of a variety of musical instru-

ments, ranging from classical music to traditional Chinese Orchestra music. Apart from instrumen-tal courses, we also conduct music theory classes, percussion and movement, as well as conducting

Chinese Orchestras, organizing and training string orchestra groups in

MOE Schools as well.

The team of professional specialists halls from

prestigious institutions such as the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of NUS, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and foreign institutions such as the London College of Music and music conservato-

ries from Beijing and Shanghai.

MusArt Edu Hut is also engaged by the People‟s Association (PA) as one of the Private Operators to provide and conduct quality market courses at

the Community Clubs (CCs) and Resident Com-

mittee Centres (RC).

In MusArt Edu Hut, we train our students to be a soloist and to perform with passion. We prepare students to go for violin, piano and theory of mu-sic graded examinations which are provided by The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Mu-sic (ABRSM) and Trinity Guildhall. Many of our

students had attained remarkable results.

MusArt Edu Hut

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Strings Ensemble “Rondosarus” by Mary Cohen & Robert Spearing

“Viva Vivadi” by Goldsmith, Owen “La Petite Danseuse” by Elliot Del Borgo “Cable Car Crossing” by Robert S. Frost

Conductor: Yee Choong Sing

Vocal

“遗落的戒指”by Xiao Chun Yuan

Vocalist : Kan Chuan, Piano: Chiam Zhi Bin

Piano “Black Keys Etude“ by Frederic Chopin

“Nocturne op 15 No. 1 in F Major” by Frederic Chopin Soloist: Lee Si Yuan

Violins

“Double Violin Concerto” by J.S. Bach Violin I : Dionne Poon Yuxiani

Violin II :Fu Xuan Cindy

Soprano “Un Bel Di from Madam Butterfly” by Giacomo Puccini

Soprano: Karen Seah

Double Bass

“Sonata in G minor” by Henry Eccles Soloist: Fang Fan

Violin “Concerto for Four Violin In B Minor Mvt 1” by Vivaldi

Concert Repertoire

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Conductors & Soloists

Luo Wei - Violinist A graduate from NUS Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music. He is well trained violinists, teacher as well as a skillful soloist. Many of his students had given very remarkable feedbacks on his performances and teachings. Luo is currently a full-time Violin Instructor of MusArt EduHut. He had con-sistently achieved good results for students and delivers all positive expec-tations.

Tian Rong - Violinist

Started learning piano at the age of 5 and started studying the violin at the age of 12 in Henan Music School. Tian is an outstanding young musician of He Nan Province who had played Dvorak Violin Concerto with He Nan Symphony Or-chestra. She studied in NUS Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music with full scholarship from 2003 to 2007. She is currently a full-time Violin Instructor of MusArt EduHut.

Lim Qing Yang - Violist Lim Qing Yang majored in the viola at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) with Jiri Heger. He has also learned the violin since the tender age of 4 and subsequently the piano at 5.

Zhang Tong - Cellist

Zhang started to learn cello when he was 7 years old. In 2001 he went to Shanghai music middle school with a scholarship. In 2006 he participated in a cello festival in Kansas city in USA with full sponsorship. In the same year, he went to Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music with full scholarship and stud-ied with Qin Li Wei, the head of cello study. Zhang graduated in 2010 and in the same year he participated in the Great Mountains Music Festival in Korea with full sponsorship. Zhang attended master class and private class with Aldo parisot and Jian Wang. Zhang had went to the fellowship in Hong Kong philharmonic orchestra audition in final round.

Fang Fan - Bassist Fang graduated from Xing Hai Conservatory of music High School in China‟s Guangdong Province, formerly a student of Double Bass teacher Yuan Gu Xin. She is now studying under the tutelage of Jacek Mirucki , a musician of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Fang Fan is currently a first year student at Singapore Raffles Music College.

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Conductors & Soloists

Yee Choong Sing - Conductor Yee learned orchestral conducting skills from Prof. Song Guang Hai (Retiree), former Conductor of Shanghai Film Orchestra. Yee is remarkable Chinese Strings musician and educator whom had been performing for more than 20 years locally and in overseas. Yee obtained a Diploma In ErHu with Distinc-tion in 2006. Prof. Song had remarked that Yee is a conductor who is full of musical feelings and passion and is capable of “moving” the musicians with his baton. Currently Yee is a manager of MusArt Edu Hut.

Phoon Yi - Conductor Phoon Yi started conducting at the age of 12 and became the conductor of his secondary school‟s Chinese orchestra at 14. He has also obtained grade‟s 7 and 8 in Erhu and Violin in the years 2005 and 2008 respectively, showing proficiency in music playing as well as in conducting. Phoon Yi has also a been a former member of the Singapore National Youth Orchestra (SNYO).

Chiam Zhi Bin - Pianist Chiam first started learning to play the piano at 10 years old under a private teacher before taking lessons at Opus One Music School. In 2009, he went to Musikacademie Tubingen, Germany, for a 3-month piano performance pro-gram under Prof. Wei Tsin Fu. During his stay, he has learnt no less than 3 pi-ano concertos and 3 other major works before touring Germany, Austria, and Liechtenstein. Currently, Chiam plays for ballet with Dancepointe Singapore, and accompanies musical theatre, vocalists, musicians, and choirs.

Lee Si Yuan - Pianist

Lee started learning the Piano at the age of 14 and has made tremendous progress in his technique and musicianship in the past 4 years.

Karen Seah - Soprano

Karen a convener of events related to the arts in education and general educa-tion (www.worldprime.org). She is a dancer and instructor of Argentine Tango. She has been studying singing with Hawk Liu since 2003. .

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Concert Repertoire

Cello “Bach Prelude”

Soloist: Joseph Lim

Viola “Sonata 2nd movement Andante” by Pietro Nardini

Soloist: Lim Qing Yang Piano Accompanist: Lee Si Yuan

Strings Quartet “Australian Folksongs” by Phoon Yew Tien

Violin I: Luo Wei, Violin II: Tian Rong, Viola: Lim Qing Yang, Cello: Zhang Tong

Violin

“Paganini caprices No. 24 Op 1” Soloist: Luo Wei

Cello

“The Swan” by Saint Saen, Camille “Fantasiestucke, op. 73”

Soloist: Zhang Tong Piano: Phoon Yu

Strings Ensemble

“Pavane” by Maurice Ravel “Pomp And Circumstance No. 4” by Edward Elgar

“Declarations” by Jeffrey S. Bishop Conductor: Phoon Yi

:: Good Night ::