Friday, 3 February 2023
Temasek Polytechnic Auditorium 1 & 2, 7.30pm
$5, Available here
Temasek Polytechnic Band presents their first live annual concert after 2 years!
Avec L’Expression XII: Onward, Our Muse takes you through a musical journey architecting auras of hardships, successes and trying times during COVID-19. The band had served as its own muse ensuring an everlasting thrive for success despite the arduous journey set by the pandemic. Let’s reminisce the good times and not forget the trying times of COVID-19 to ensure a future brighter than before!
The concert is organized in conjunction with the Tapestry: MELODY Music Festival, which is fully produced and managed by the talented student-artistes of Temasek Arts Centre. From 6th January 2023 to 3rd February 2023, Tapestry: MELODY presents a month-long harmony of seven music CCAs from Temasek Polytechnic. Look forward to the great sounds of Temasek Polytechnic’s Band, Chinese Orchestra, Chorale, Fusion Percussion, Music Vox, Salvo Drums and String Ensemble! Tickets to all events part of the Tapestry: MELODY Music Festival can be found on Peatix, through the search ‘Tapestry: MELODY’.
The Temasek Polytechnic Band performs a wide repertoire of concert music from classical and pop arrangements to movie soundtracks. With the rich blend of woodwind, brass and percussion instruments, they will surely leave audiences at the edge of their seats. Under the baton of conductors Mr Tan Beng Wee and Mr Ignatius Wang, they have been actively contributing to the vibrant arts scene on and off campus since the establishment of the polytechnic in 1990. TP Band is a platform for all budding, talented young musicians to develop their musicianship and performance capabilities.
Programme
March Willing and Able / Satoshi Yagisawa
Princess Mononoke Medley / arr. Takashi Hoshide
Selections from The Greatest Showman / Paul Murtha
Persis Overture / James L Hosay
Bells of Civilization & Enlightenment / Hiroki Takahashi
Music for a Festival / Philip Sparke
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