The timeline of the ACS Guitar Orchestra
Chamber did something like this for their concert programme.. and i think i shall start doing one for guitar, as far as my mind can remember (and i'll try to make it as formal and accurate as possible, but should the element of humour enter, dun be surprised, cos the nature of guitar is liddat). Anyone who wants to add anything feel free to tag. lol.2002 - ACS(I) Guitar Ensemble is formed by Ms Ng Shau Ching, with a group of 27 'enthusiastic boys from Secondary One to Three' (school magazine 2002) under the instruction of Mr Thomas Liauw, 'organiser of the annual Guitar Festival in Singapore'. The ACS Guitar Ensemble made its debut without a conductor during a teacher's day performance with a performance of the piece Amazing Grace. The president of guitar at this time was Brandon Lye, the first ever MEP student to offer guitar as first instrument at the GCE O level examination.
2003 - The ACS(I) Guitar Ensemble was taken over by Mr Terence Choo in November 2002, and formal structures such as establishment of a committee. The ensemble made its first appearance at the Singapore Youth Festival (SYF) in July (due to SARS back then) and obtained a Gold with its performance of a Gavotte by Bach and Tango by Albeniz, both arranged for 3-part guitar ensemble. The ensemble performed on the school's new guitars from Spain. Before the SYF, the ensemble also held its debut concert on 12 July. A small group of students passed the Trinity College First Recital Ensemble examination with distinction.
2004 - Two new coaches join the ACS(I) Guitar Ensemble, Mr Michael Gaspar and Mr Balraj Gopal. With the outstanding performance in the Trinity College First Recital Ensemble examination, the small group has been asked to perform at the High Scorer's Concert. That year's concert, Kaleidoscope, was a collaborative effort with the ACS(I) Chamber Orchestra and Choir. The president for the year is Benjamin Wong, vice president 1 Abiel Pascual.
2005 - The ensemble now obtains Niibori instruments, Alto guitars, Bass guitars and a new Contrabass, and is renamed ACS(I) Guitar Orchestra. At the SYF competition the orchestra was awarded a Gold award, with the performance of pieces Sevilla by Albeniz and Spain by Chick Corea. The Festival of Arts concert that year was 'Guitarra Serenata', alongside other performances such as the ABS Annual General Meeting dinner and Methodist Teachers' Get Together. The president for the year is Lim Jun Jie, vice president 2 Chen Yi, student conductor Ang Dun Hao.
and the future of this timeline.. is in the future of the orchestra to write. k anyone from guitar or anywhere who wants to copy and paste this stuff anywhere, feel free to do so, its not under copyright or what. its pretty reliable, i've looked through the past 4 years of school mags.
BUT,
i cant help it, i want to do something i'd call a NORMATIVE timeline, one with my own opinions. lol.
2002 - ACS(I) Guitar Ensemble is formed by Ms Ng Shau Ching, with a group of 27 'enthusiastic boys from Secondary One to Three' (school magazine 2002) under the instruction of Mr Thomas Liauw, 'organiser of the annual Guitar Festival in Singapore'. The ACS Guitar Ensemble made its debut without a conductor during a teacher's day performance with a performance of the piece Amazing Grace. I WONDER WHY. do u noe how we started the piece.. The president of guitar at this time was Brandon Lye, the first ever MEP student to offer guitar as first instrument at the GCE O level examination, sitting on the extreme right nodded his head in an exaggerated manner just to get us to start together.
2003 - The ACS(I) Guitar Ensemble was GLADLY taken over by Mr Terence Choo in November 2002, and formal structures such as establishment of a committee. The ensemble made its first appearance at the Singapore Youth Festival (SYF) in July (due to SARS back then) and obtained a Gold with its performance of a Gavotte by Bach and Tango by Albeniz, both arranged for 3-part guitar ensemble. (YAY!!) The ensemble performed on the school's new guitars from Spain, which are now in dismal condition in my opinion. Before the SYF, the ensemble also held its debut concert on 12 July. A small group of students passed the Trinity College First Recital Ensemble examination with distinction.
2004 - Two new coaches join the ACS(I) Guitar Ensemble, Mr Michael Gaspar and Mr Balraj Gopal. With the outstanding performance in the Trinity College First Recital Ensemble examination, the small group has been asked to perform at the High Scorer's Concert, but ironically half the group has left the school by the time the concert comes, so a new group is asked to play, the same few spastic pieces we played for the concert. like diao lah. That year's concert (rather unsuccessful in my opinion), Kaleidoscope, was a collaborative effort with the ACS(I) Chamber Orchestra and Choir. we made the mistake of playing really 'classical' stuff like canon in D and Air on (from) G string.. plus chamber items, plus choir = quite boring. my father was falling asleep. The president for the year is Benjamin Wong, vice president 1 Abiel Pascual.
2005 - The ensemble now obtains Niibori instruments, Alto guitars, Bass guitars and a new Contrabass, and is renamed ACS(I) Guitar Orchestra. At the SYF competition the orchestra was awarded a Gold award, with the performance of pieces Sevilla by Albeniz and Spain by Chick Corea. you see, even with the implementation of a new 'gold with honours' standard, they DIDNT GIVE OUT ANY for the secondary schools division. hence we effectively concluded that even with our rather spectacular performance and not receiving it, the judging panel was rather biased. lol. the onli sch which got GWH was temasek jc, ironically conducted by none other than thomas liauw. The Festival of Arts concert that year was 'Guitarra Serenata', which featured the first ever guitar concerto played with guitar orchestra accompaniment, the 2nd movement of concerto de aranjuez, performed by none other than yours truly. ok so it wasnt the whole thing, i still cant play some sections of the piece, but it was quite cool, with that special stick-on mike and setting of the dark cpa that contributed to a really nice performance atmosphere. its a night i wun ever forget in a long time. alongside other performances such as the ABS Annual General Meeting dinner and Methodist Teachers' Get Together. The president for the year is Lim Jun Jie, now an acjc student council member, vice president 2 Chen Yi, now who holds no post and is attempting his ATCL at the end of the year, and student conductor Ang Dun Hao, who is now SC of VJ guitar. all the best haha.
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