Rank 1 – 5M (Wan Ahmad Aimann, Morgan Nathan, Raja Hisham Aleef, Razlan Ashwyn Arif Richard Azlan) – 71.5%
Rank 2 – 5G (Pravin Abraham, Bryan Quah, Ching Kah Chun, Muhammad Syazwan) – 64.8%
Rank 3 – 5E (Jonathan Micheal Chin Yoong Kim, Toh Kean Seng, Mohamad Hakeem Mohamad Shukor, Taschvind Sielan, Adam Eizaaz Rashid Abdul Rashid) – 61.5%
Rank 4 – 5W (Shaun Chin Jia Zhun, Chew Tian Joon, Tengku Ezran Ezzaeddean, Lionel Leow) – 59.7%
Rank 5 – 5M (Teh Qing Da, William Tey Kent Shin, Dickson Tan Seng Fang, Sofea Athila Norazman, Dave Sanjay Shah) – 58.5%
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Band Competition – Category A Finalists
Rank 1 - 3W (Sara Nadyana Safinul Azli, Gavin Wong, Tan Jun Sern, Darren Yau Jun Loong, Muhammad Imran Mohammad Nazmi) - 63.8%
Rank 2 - 3W (Wan Arif Iskandar Adnan, Carol Tock Yikeng, Yap Choong Lit, Nikki Ou Yang Hong, Desmond Loo Jian Ming) - 54.7%
Rank 3 - 2N (Phoebe Len Cia She, Yip Sai Hong, Lee Chi Qin, Joseph Lian Xiany, Ho Song Ying) - 52.3%
Rank 4 - 2D (Valavil Nikhil Chandra, Wan Muhammad Arief Hilman Wan Zefri, Nur Athira Abdul Halim, Tai Yee Jun, Willie Ng) - 50.2%
Rank 5 - 3G (Muhammad Jamie Amir Muhammad Yusof Barker, Julian Ng Cheng Lun, Tong Lit-Vern, Tong Lit-Yuan, Louis Lai Siu Jin) - 49.5%
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Wow, wow, wow...
The first wow was dedicated to the production crew who did a great job! From planning to execution, I see the elements of leadership, communication, teamwork and dedication - four very crucial ingredients to make an event a success. Well done, guys!
The second wow was definitely for the number of hidden talents who came forward to join this year's band competition. We had 11 bands from Category A and 12 from Category B who battled out to compete for the top 5 positions in the finals. Amongst the contestants this year, I witnessed some with very strong passion in the performing arts and the strong desire to conquer the stage. However, this batch of students lacks the experience performing before an audience, and they must equip themselves as soon as possible with the necessary X-factors to be competent stage performers. Do not give up even though the good luck star does not shine upon you this time.
The final wow is a thumbs-up to our judges - Mr Andrew Tan, Mr Anson Ong and Mr Jim Lee. This has been the second time they were invited to judge the prelims of the band competition. A sincere appreciation from me as well as the production team for your passion in nurturing young talents and the way you motivate our students by giving them the feedback which I personally think was not only constructive but serves as guidelines for them to continue to improve their skills and most importantly the attitude while performing. Thank you!
p/s: I love you Ashwyn, Aimann, Al and Morgan! I am gonna miss you next year. Band competition will never be the same without you all!
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Rank 1 3 Jenner (68.6%)
Rank 1 3 Galileo (68.6%)
Rank 3 3 Mozart (68.0%)
Rank 4 3 Columbus (65.0%)
Rank 5 2 Newton (60.2%)
Rank 6 2 Rembrandt (55.2%)
Rank 7 3 Wordsworth (52.0%)
Rank 8 1 Rembrandt (44.4%)
Congratulations to all especially to the lower forms as this must be your first stage performance for band. I am sure your time will come if you continue to brush up the skills and constantly join competitions like this to gain more stage experience. With the next round, all of you are required to play slow numbers and the marks you get in the next round will be added to the one you obtained here. The top 5 scorers will qualify to the finals in June. However, please be reminded that if you final score is less than 60%, you will not be eligible to enter the finals although you are among the top 5. This is to ensure that only the BEST gets to compete in the finals.
All the best and see you on the 29 April!
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Rank 1 4 Mozart (80.5%)
Rank 2 5 Edison-Ian (78.5%)
Rank 3 5 Galileo (74.0%)
Rank 4 4 Galileo-B (72.9%)
Rank 5 5 Mozart (69.0%)
Rank 6 5 Wordsworth (67.8%)
Rank 7 4 Wordsworth (66.6%)
Rank 7 5 Dickens (66.6%)
Rank 9 4 Edison (64.5%)
These are the top 9 that qualified to the next round - Semi-finals.
You are required to present a slow number (not rock at all!) and the marks (together with the marks you obtained from the prelims) will be added up. The top 5 bands with the highest scores will be shortlisted to the finals. Please be reminded that if your overall score is lower than 60%, you will not be eligible to enter the finals although you are among the top 5 finalists. This is to ensure that the ones who enter finals are with good standard!
Well done to all and congratulations to the finalists! We will see you all on Friday, 29 April.
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This year's band prelims will be held on the 11th of March, on a Friday, after school for both Category A and B. It will be held in the hall. Only 10 bands from each category may proceed to the next round which will be held on the 1st of April and the 29th of April.This year we will be having two quarter finals whereby the marks from both rounds will be tallied and accumulated whereby the top 5 with the highest marks will go through to the grand finals. As for song choices:-
Prelims - You will play for 2 mins, a song from before the 90's
Q-final-1- You will play the whole song, any song from any era BUT it must be a slow number.
Q-final-2- You will play the whole song, any song from any era BUT it must be a fast number.
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2. 4 Edison (71.4%)
3. 5 Aristotle (70.0%)
4. 5 Dickens (67.8%) - Gan Ming Yao
5. 5 Mozart (67.2%)
5. 5 Dickens (67.2%) - Razlan
Congratulations to all the finalists!
As you would have noticed, the marks were very close and thus, anything could happen during the finals. I won't expect any of the teams to practise your song during the exam period but at least you spend some time during the holidays getting the following done:
1) Coordinating your costume to match your theme.
(Most of the bands yesterday were not properly dressed up. Like I always say, please don't come on stage after the pasar malam session. If you think you were good, very good, but still you didn't get through, that would most probably be the reason)
2) Think careful whether your vocalist can carry the song that you choose for the finals or not. We all like to think that the drummer is the band leader and the bass is the great support. Therefore, we always focus on the drummer, etc. However, your vocalist is the one person who directly engages the audience during a live performance. Therefore, a vocalist who sing out of pitch is definitely a bad impression no matter how great all your musicians are. You won't want to pay to watch a band with a tone-deaf vocalist singing, would you? Discuss among your band members truthfully and tactfully (which I lack) to decide on the best candidate to sing for your band! Another reminder is that since the weighting for vocals is very high (25%), you may want to get a singer who can sing for a band, I mean someone who got into the finals for solo singing might find it difficult to convince the audience in a band performance.
3) Jam, jam and more jamming....you need to play as a team. This is called communication! Listen to each other during the performance as many of you are lacking in this skill. We all like others to listen to us, but we have never tried to listen to others. Remember, performing on stage is a mutual interaction, either between the performer and the audience, or the performer and his musicians, etc.
4) Last but not least, control your energy on stage, especially when you are fed with lots of energy from the audience. The audience can go crazy (that's your intention to put up a performance), but you cannot join them as you are still performing. Their job is to enjoy the music but yours is to put up a good performance. Please take note of this to prevent the shiok-sendiri syndrome.
May be most prepared team win!
p/s: Faris, good job! You totally blew us to the top! Keep it up!
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