Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Hi everyone....I totally agree with what Mr Zul had said below. Think about it, the music that we play represents us. We want the audience to share the same feelings as we have when we play the music and this can only be transmitted if we ourselves play and performed with all our heart and soul.I'm sure Singapore Conference Hall will once again play witness to the power of music from NJC Angklung Ensemble.
The audience will be swayed to the sound of Reverie and their emotions will go berserk as they listen to it. There will be total silence as the audience and the adjucators start to relflect on their personal experiences to fit the music. Their reminiscence will be guided by our music.....as we bring them through their sadness, lift them up and instill in them the spirited and fiery mood of the music as it hits the end....
And as usual, Zapin will be a blast. The sound of Angklung, Kolintang, the rebanas and the box drum.....it will blow their mind away as they experienced modernity amidst traditionalism in its true essence. Your high spiritness, your precision playing, your "cheekiness" will be the envy of the audience. There will be smiley faces, they will be audience swaying left and right to to the sound of Zapin, there will leg tapping and the voice of NJC Angklungnites shouting "Zapin" will rock the place.
All these can only be achieved if you "feel" for the music and "feel the shake".
Points to note: the adjucators will be looking at
Technique ( 50%)
articulation
dynamics
Rythm
Tone
Intonation
Musicality(50%)Interpretation
Expression
Style
Phrasing
Balance
Blend
Group Dynamics