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Wednesday, July 20, 2005
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interesting to note that toh ban sheng is recognised amongst nelson kwei, jennifer tham and others as the premier condutors of thhe new age musical scence in singapore.. there is consideralbe complaint of lack of acknowledgement towards the choral scence in singapore, in contrast to the drama scene, and i have to say i agreee. greatly.
nelson kwei was resident conductor of raffles voices before toh ban sheng came in and took over, for what erason i'm not too aware, because the very year that toh ban sheng took charge of the choir, i entered the school, and at the same time, the choir. it's also interesting to note that despite the complaints that nelson kwei is not given sufficient recognition for his contributions to the choral scene in singapore, he is very obviously the widest known choral conductor in singapore amongst the others recognised by the NUS, simply by checking up each conductor through a Google search.
next years it the choral olympics. wonder if we will be taking part, and somehow, tho i wld look forward to it if it wld happen, there's this foreboding also.. because it always so consistant, our acheivement of good results in overseas competitions; the choirs that dared to go for such international hallmarks only do so because of the extremely intense training and efforts put in by the members of the choir. Victoria Chorale aside, most other choirs that have acheived outstanding results in international competitions are school choirs, and this are not recognised at all. but even with independant choirs, such as the Victoria Chorale, recognition is denied by the Very sector of the government which take charge of such artistic affairs.
some details and links here.
in the end, all the hard work to ensure that our trip overseas to compete with other countries and choirs of such high standards is undermined by the very society that we strove so hard for, besides for the very beauty of the music itself. as a general rule, the arts are valued in schools even below the uniformed groups, not to mention the sports groups. it's very obvious even in the primary schools; upon discovering with certain shock that i was in a choir, a friend from church still in primary school exclaimed, why didn't you just join uniformed groups?
no amount of stressing, complains and discouragement of these artistes will cause us to gain recognition amonst our contrymen, even amonst the ones we love. at least for my case. questioning everywhere, why why did you join choir, waste ur talent, whydon't join basketball, why dont' join uniformed groups, why don't just join something else?
how about, because i love to sing?
is that so much more unworthy than sports and marching in rows?
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