by Seow Yibin | Feb 17, 2016 | Perspectives |
10 most memorable stuffs about being an untalented bandsman in a band during secondary school that only untalented people from there will understand[1] The rehearsal time is largely occupied by rehearsing you. Your name is mentioned when music goes bad, whether or not... 
by Tim Lautzenheiser | Feb 16, 2016 | Perspectives |
The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man’s foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher. —Thomas Henry Huxley Everyone wants “the answer”– the answer to everything from installing a garage door opener to dealing with... 
by Tim Lautzenheiser | Jan 20, 2016 | Perspectives |
[blockquote author=”Charles DuBois” pull=”normal”]The important thing is this: to be able, at any moment, to sacrifice what we are for what we could become[/blockquote] If we were fortunate, we all had some teachers who were able to touch... 
by Seow Yibin | Dec 31, 2015 | Perspectives |
On creating a wholesome program I approach this topic with fear. The more I reflect on this topic, the more I find that the methodology of rehearsal cannot be divorced from the rationale of rehearsal. Through a conductor’s rehearsal, the way he thinks about music will... 
by Chee Meng Low | Dec 5, 2015 | Perspectives |
(cover photo: The Edmonton Saxophone Quartet where the writers plays with) The saxophone is the invention of a single man, Adolphe Sax (1814-1894), with the suggested year of invention of 1839, according to Jean-Marie Londeix. The saxophone is not a single instrument,... 
by Keiichi Kurokawa | Nov 22, 2015 | Perspectives |
The All Japan Band Competition (AJBC) is a familiar event to band people from all over the world. Despite the fact that one may have seen the videos of the performances in the National final of the competition through DVD or online clips, I do feel that the structure... 
by Tim Lautzenheiser | Oct 22, 2015 | Perspectives |
Cooperation Creates Victory We are a society that thrives on competition. We compete in school for grades, we compete in our professional lives to achieve positions and titles, we compete in our daily life-patterns for everything from a faster lane on the freeway to a... 
by Chee Meng Low | Oct 22, 2015 | Perspectives |
This article is part 2 of the series: ‘Cultures Across Countries’. Since moving from Thailand, I came to Canada in 2010 to pursue the doctorate degree in saxophone performance and minor in conducting. When I became the director of Wind Orchestra and instructor of... 
by Seow Yibin | Sep 28, 2015 | Perspectives |
A brief exploration of Wind band music in a Singapore context [blockquote author=”” ]Art in our society has become perverted to such a degree that not only has bad art come to be considered good, but even the very notion of what art is has been lost, so... 
by Editor | Sep 8, 2015 | Perspectives |
This review is written by Desmond Chow Desmond Chow graduated with Honours from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) in his Bachelor of Music course. His teachers include Ma Yue and Tang Xiaoping from the Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Desmond is currently a member...