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President's
Message
Dear Friends of Symphonia,
Thank you for spending this wonderful Sunday afternoon with us. Wel-
come to Symphonia Festiva X: Adelante! The New Beginning.
This years repertoire revolves around themes of peace and hope amidst
change, featuring monumental works such as La Passi de Cristo (The
Passion of Christ) and Hajj. Other highlights include familiar tunes from
international sensations- The Sound of Music and Les Misrables. These
works tell epic stories during times of great change and progress, captur-
ing the essence of Adelante.
Now sit back, relax, and may you find peace through our music.
Yours Sincerely,
22 Jolene Heng
12TH President, SMU Symphonia
resident
conductor Adrian Chiang
Conductor
Adrian also started a new orchestra in 2015 called Singapore Sounds in cele-
bration of Singapores 50th national celebrations. Infusing Chinese, Malay and
Indian instruments into a western Symphony Orchestra, Adrian premiered
a full concert of new arrangements and compositions with this uniquely
Singaporean Orchestra. This concert also featured SSOs Co-Concertmaster
Lynnette Seah on the violin.
Adrians passion for conducting was borne through the years, and developed
over the course of a wide range of professional conducting studies with re-
spected figures such as Lan Shui, Jonas Alber, Luke Dollman, Sean Edwards,
Allan McMurray, Eugene Corporon, Robert Reynolds, Tom Lee, Richard Craig,
Richard Floyd and Frank Ticheli. Other music teachers who had a great influ-
ence in his developmental years included Mary Ang, Yeong Yoon Ching, Tan 33
Chan Boon, and David Wong.
From our humble beginnings as a small ensemble in 2003, SMU Sym-
phonia has grown leaps and bounds over the last decade into a full-
fledged wind and strings symphony. The bands development has been
a result of continual pursuit of excellence by past and present musicians
both within and outside the university.
Our core values are music, friends and fun, and we have appeared in
both local and overseas community performances to share the joy of
music in the heartlands and lift the spirits of residents,
our story
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12th executive committee
JOLENE HENG SI YING, LYU BINGJIE CARL,
PRESIDENT OFFICE OF LOGISTICS AND
ASSETS MANAGEMENT
HO BING HONG,
VICE PRESIDENT SEE WENYU,
OFFICE OF HUMAN RESOURCES
OFFICE OF MUSIC
OFFICE OF LIBRARY
WONG RACHEL,
OFFICE OF SECRETARIAT VIVIAN TAN XUE JUN,
OFFICE OF LIBRARY [DEPUTY]
OFFICE OF MARKETING &
COMMUNICATIONS [DEPUTY]
DONG WENJIA,
WENDY NG SOCK LING, OFFICE OF MARKETING &
OFFICE OF FINANCE COMMUNICATIONS
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indian culturAl society
OUR GU
art like Rangoli and club gatherings to
strengthen bonds between members.
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SMU IVORY KEYS
UESTS
Liok Kee. the club aims to cultivate an
environment where musicians can cre-
ate music and play freely without cen-
sure. They believe that the cornerstone
of true musicianship is not just about
playing all the right notes, but possess-
ing the ability to communicate to an au-
dience through a performance.
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our
(arr. by)
Alfred Reed
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(arr. by)
stephen melilo
repertoire 99
our
(Arr. by)
ferrer ferran
LA PASSIO DE CRIST (THE PASSION OF CHRIST)
follows the birth of Jesus to his cruxification
and ultimate rise from death.
---INTERM
II. The Three Temptations
This movement capitalises on dissonant sounds
to depict the Devil trying to tempt Jesus into ARZI
proving his identity by killing himself. Jesus resist
s the three temptations and triumphs.
SAIY
III. The Arrival at the Temple, The Last
LES MIS
Supper, The Arrest, The Sentence, The
Crucifixion, The Hope
The climax of the piece, the third movement de-
picts the capture, crucifixion, and revival of Jesus.
Highlights include the creative use of auxiliary
percussion instruments to mimic the crucifixion
process with nailing and whipping sounds. The
piece ends with a glorious flute solo as Jesus is
revived, bringing hope and peace to his believers
once more.
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Prason Joshi
Guest singer: Rikin khanna | Arranged by: Phoon Yu
repertoire 11
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our
Claude-Michel Schonberg
(arr. By Bob Lowden)
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Richard Rodgers
(arr. By Frederick Muller)
repertoire 13
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FLUTE / PICCOLO TRUMPET
our musicians
HO BING HONG* NG TIAC WOO
YEO XIN HAO BEN TAN WEI YAN
HENG CHUN KAI YEO CHERN HAN JACKSON
THAM JIANG JUN TRISTAN TAN TAO YANG
CHUA ZHIHAO JOEL CHUA WAN SIANG
DUAN DUONI ONG SHI CHUN
Chng Yuan We
OBOE TROMBONE
TAN CHENG YEE RACHEL LIM ZHI WEI, RUSSELL*
BRANDON YEO JUN KIAT WONG JUNJIE, KENNETH
LIM JIN RONG
WENDY NG SOCK LING
CLARINET MUHAMMAD HANNAN
VIVIAN TAN XUE JUN* BIN MOHAMAD FAUZI
ASHLEY KHOO JING HUI MUHAMMAD DANISH DURRANI
CHIANG HUI LIN JODIE BIN MOHAMED YUSOF
CHENG YUAN WEN HENG CHEN XUAN NATHANIEL
CHANG YA YIN
GARY GOH YIPENG
JEFFREY ANG CHEE LIM TUBA
JOCELYN CHENG LEE FONG CHONG, JOSH
LING HUA SEET TAN YAN ZHI
MUHAMMAD ASHRAF VANESSA CHIA WEN XIN
BIN MOHAMED SALLEH CHOO BING SHU, BENSON
TAN YIN
TAY QIN YAN EUPHONIUM
WONG WAI SIANG NG PANG WEE IGNATIUS*
TENG MAY FONG SHIRLEY
DARREN TNG JIA HAO
BASS CLARINET HUANG ZIHAO TIMOTHY
JOLENE HENG SI YING*
ALTO SAXOPHONE
CONTRABASS CLARINET SEE WENYU
TIMOTHY JOHN TJOE SHAWN HEW
MAY CHUA MEI YU
BASSOON
SAMUEL YAP TENOR SAXOPHONE
KER ZI YI
FRENCH HORN ONG YAN PEI ELLIOT
GOH HUAT LENG JET
MICHELLE WONG SU YI BARITONE SAXOPHONE
NG SIANG YEE LYU BINGJIE, CARL*
MARCUS NG ZHONG QING
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BENJAMIN LIM WEI CAI
DOUBLE BASS CELLO
WONG RACHEL* GAO TIAN*
AMIRUL HAZIM BIN ALI CHENG XUN CHI GAIL
FOO HUI WEN TAN XIAO EN
LIM HUI SHAN ERICA RUMCHAWANWONG LEE JI-
JACQUELINE MICHELLE BONG ASHENG CHARLES
MEI-EN MALCOLM ANG SHI CHUAN
MIN NG
1ST VIOLIN ANGELA KWEK GUAN LING
HUI BO* SHARENY CHEW
NAH SHIN YOUNG LEE SHEN YEE
JOHN NG QI HENG
CHUNG TIN LONG PERCUSSION
TEH FANG HUI LEE MING DING JOEL*
DENZEL LIM YE HAN AMANDA LIM WEN HUI
LEX PHUA JIA FA CHEW ZHI TING VANESSA
AMANDA KYE-NING TAN DONG WENJIA
MANDIA JOSE POCHOLO MANAS
NURUL AFIQAH BINTE RASHID
2ND VIOLIN SYAFIQ BIN BUSTAMAM
KRISTI ANASTASIA TAN YINXIN* TAN SZE ENG
JIAO YIGE
TAN MATILDA ELIZABETH PIANO (IVORY KEYS)
CHUA BOON LIN TAY QI HANG
KIM GAN CHUA YUE FANG
LOH CHAI NA
LIM SHI XUAN,IVY VOCALS (ICS)
WEE YAO RUI RIKIN KHANNA
JUSTINA TAN JING JUN
YANG CYNN LAURA
PHEE WEIHENG TABLAH (ICS)
SOH KAI MUN SHALABH VERMA
VIOLA HARP
STEVEN HALIM* CHARITY KIEW
CHEN CHEE MING
SHERMAINE ANG SHI MIN NARRATOR
JOSE PAOLO T. BOQUIREN
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* SECTION LEADER
SMU Symphonia would like to express our greatest gratitude to the
following, without whom this concert would not be possible:
Our Advisors:
Professor John Sharpley, Professor Joseph Peters,
Professor Margaret Chan, Professor Saw Cheng Lim and Professor Mark Chong
Our Manager:
Ms Janice Low for her advice and assistance
As well as....
Mr Phoon Yu and Ms Syafiqah Adha for arranging the pieces
SMU Indian Cultural Society and SMU Ivory Keys for collaborating with us
Our respective tutors, for sharing their musical experience and guidance
Mr Marcus Lee Sheng Wei and Ms Raynie Raynie Moo Wee Lim for providing
assistance with photography and videography
All members, associate members and alumni for their time and effort in
making this concert a success
Our families, friends and loved ones, for their support and understanding
You.
For being such a wonderful audience.
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