Welcome to
CHIJ ST NICHOLAS GIRLS SCHOOL
STRING ORCHESTRA!
About Us
- CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls' School String Orchestra
- Formed in 1997
- Conductors: Mr. Chan Wei Shing & Mr. Mervyn Goh
- Number of Members: 48
- Practise times:
Tuesdays - 1515 till 1830
Thursdays - 1530 till 1830
Contact us at sn.string@gmail.com
A BRIEF HISTORY
The ensemble was set up with the help of Ms Tan Ee Sin in 1997. It was known as the Chamber Ensemble then with a membership of 10. Today, however, we are 65 strong and have many more experienced instrumentalists. Throughout the academic year, the Orchestra is featured at lunchtime concerts, orientation concerts and teacher's day celebrations.
We were invited to perform at Inter-school COLOURS Awards and have performed in various school concerts such as Jubilate II, III, IV as well as Fluid Fusion. Our other performances include performing for the 7th Asia Pacific Life Congress at the Singapore Expo, Civil Service College Course at Raffles City as well as an exchange programme in 2005 in Hong Kong with St Paul's Co-educational College. The SNSO also constantly renders its service to Dover Park Hospice and other organisations.
For the past 3 Singapore Youth Festival Central Judgings the SNSO has attained the Gold award as well as a Gold with Honours award in 2007. Recently, we have obtained a Gold award in the Singapore Youth Festival Central Judgings 2009. We are currently under the baton of Mr. Chan Wei Shing, a cellist with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and Mr. Mervyn Goh.
ACHIEVEMENTS
- Gold at the Singapore Youth Festival Central Judging 2003
- Gold at the Singapore Youth Festival Central Judging 2005
- Exchange Program with St Paul's Co-educational College in 2005
- 'A Joint Affair' in collaboration with Hwa Chong String Orchestra in 2006
- Gold With Honours at the Singapore Youth Festival Central Judging 2007
- Gold at the Singapore Youth Festival Central Judging in 2009
THE COMMITTEE 2009-2010
THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE
President: Yeo Ying Tong
Vice President:Tan Wei Tian
Secretary: Hannah Ho
Treasurer: Charlyn Lee
Librarian: Chea Ruei Ern
Welfare and Communications Officer: Charmaine Wee
Quartermistress: Cheryl Lim
Quartermistress: Heidi Tan
Assistant Librarian: Jan Chiang
Assistant Welfare and Communications Officer: Sonia Ann Thomas
Assistant Quartermistress: Xu Shu Ya @ Juniana Wijaya
THE MUSIC COMMITTEE
Concert Mistress: Charlyn Lee
Student Conductor: Chan Li Ting
Section Leader-Violin 1s: Charlyn Lee
Section Leader-Violin 2s: Charmaine Wee
Section Leader-Violas: May Loh
Section Leader-Cellos: Tan Wei Tian
Section Leader-Basses: Chea Ruei Ern
Assistant Section Leader-Violin 1s: Valerie Foong
Assistant Section Leader-Violin 2s: Deshalynn Liew
Assistant Section Leader-Violas: Isobel Tan
Assistant Section Leader-Cellos: Chia Yung Ci
Assistant Section Leader-Basses: Chia Ying Yin
LEVEL REPRESENTATIVES
Sec 2s: Yang Wei Ling
Sec 3s: Stephanie Lam
Sec 4s: Tan Weng Chen
VIOLIN 1s
Charlyn Lee
Valerie Foong (Assistant SL)
Tan Weng Chen
Stephanie Lam
Yang Wei Ling
VIOLIN 2s
Charmaine Wee
Deshalynn Liew (Assistant SL)
Chan Li Ting
Alyssa Lin
Amanda Foo
Fang Chu Wen
Natasha Lee
Tan Ray Yueh
Lim Yi Shuen
Charis Lee
Amy Kwan
Lim Yi Fan
Loh Yi Lin
Pang Hui En
Rachel Tan Rui Ning
Michelle Tan
Ashley Tay
VIOLAS
May Loh
Isobel Tan (Assistant SL)
Hannah Ho
Cheryl Lim
Heidi Tan
Amanda Chua
Jasmine Lee
Bernice Lim Jia Min
Liew Jia Hui
Ho Pui Yng
CELLOS
Tan Wei Tian
Chia Yung Ci (Assistant SL)
Juniana Wijaya
Woon Qing Wen
Steffi Kwan
Sonia Ann Thomas
Jan Chiang
Ingrid Tan Zi Yu
Yip Hui Xuan Beverly
Lim Shao Min
Nicole Low
Joanne
DOUBLE BASSES
Chea Ruei Ern
Chia Ying Yin (Assistant SL)
Yeo Ying Tong
Tay Li Lin
Sonia Lau
Stefanie See
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Hi guys! Here's the details for Take 5 concert!
Take 5
Date: 6th Dec, Sunday
Time: 7.30pm
Place: Esplanade
Price: $12 for students (U.P. $20)
Sms me if you're going asap! And please please do go and support Mr. Chan! :D
<333 yingtong
Stringaling at 11:35 PM
beneath our song lies our strings
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Hi stringers!This is the new seating arrangement during orchestra practice. (Done by May :D)
Please do continue to practise during the holidays. Esp. Dvorak Serenade!! We don't want to disappoint Mr Chan again yeah? :/
There will most likely be check ups in January on Dvorak so if you want to get 'promoted' to the front stands, work hard! (:
<333
Wei Tian
Stringaling at 10:22 PM
beneath our song lies our strings
Saturday, October 17, 2009
hey stringers!
a note of reminder: CCA ON FRIDAY, 23 OCTOBER 2009! Report at 3.15(:
<3 yeh old boss
Stringaling at 7:20 PM
beneath our song lies our strings
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Hey yo stringalings!
How's the blogskin! It's not the final one yet and we'll continue touching it up!:D
It's the holy days now and all of us are studying and mugging. But remember to relax too! When you want to take a break, just take out your instru and play some scales or a small part of Mozart's Eine Kleine or Tchaikovsky! It's good to have some practice!
Oh and to all the sec1s and sec2s performing, ALL THE BEST AND JIAYOU! Play and WOW the audience yeah!
loveeeeeeeeeee you guys to bits!
老板
Stringaling at 3:13 PM
beneath our song lies our strings
SURPRISE!
We finally changed our blogskin!!! Special thanks to Ying Tong(老板/boss) for creating it =D
We're stil in the process of editing the skin and the background pic (which does not include the greys) is just temporary. So don't worry, everyone will have their faces pasted on the blog soon... >:D eheheh.
<3 老板娘
Stringaling at 2:09 PM
beneath our song lies our strings