Wednesday, April 06, 2005 @2:15 AM
WHAT A WEEK!!!!!
Last Thurs was like the most exciting day of the year - so far. Well, yes, my life isn't that exciting but there IS a highlight nevertheless! =) It was the Chamber Music Festival, and T.H.E Quartet was very honoured to have a masterclass with the Australian String Quartet. They're such dynamic ppl, you never want the masterclass to end. We were alright on stage, but you should have seen the nerves backstage. Setting the tempo, clogging our ears to not listen to the beethoven group onstage, singing our parts, checking that we had ALL our scores, all these were pretty nerve wrecking! Nerves are good, cos it set us up pretty well, and I thought we probably played one of our best. Great job guys! =)
The masterclass was EXXCCIITTING!! They were clear in their instructions, had good demonstrations on my not so good violin, and were to the point about what they wanted from us. The feedback I got was that we were much more projected after ASQ gave us a few tips. So, that's good!!!
And the MOST EXXXXCCCCIIIITTTTTIIIIIINNNGGGG part came when we got our ticket to more exposure!!! T'ang Quartet offered to coach us! Woooohoooo! That's like MAJOR impact on me. I was like huh?!?!? You serious?!??! It's like a privilege. REEEAAALLLYYY a privilege! T.H.E Quartet was like SHOCKED, lost for words. Before our masterclass we were already talking about staying together etc. Never did we think an oppurtunity like that would fall on our laps. =) Looks like T.H.E Quartet will be together and around for quite some time ya? =D
Special thaaaaannnkkssss to Judy, our coach and mentor of T.H.E Quartet! THANK YOU!!! Without you, I don't think ASQ would want to conduct a masterclass with us, and the chance for more exposure wouldn't have been possible! Thanks for bearing with all the out of tune chords, tuning them for us, and teaching us to play as T.H.E Quartet! =)
Oh, and if you were wondering why we're T.H.E Quartet, we didn't know either. Untill the day before the masterclass. We were just kinda hyper and Elizabeth went, "Aren't we the haydn emperor quartet?" And the rest of us went, "Oh yaaaa!!!" And that was how our name came about. It's the first work our quartet has ever worked on =) It was like God just plonked the name in our minds.
God is a faithful God. He really is. I've seen how He has worked in my life. He's truly amazing.
Presenting T.H.E STRING QUARTET...
Our 1st violinist, Ditong, ever faithful to the Urtext version of Haydn's Emperor =p
Our Second Violinist... Which happens to be me...
Our Violist, Jeremy, also our manager... =)
Our Cellist, Elizabeth who has a loud, booming cello!
Therefore forming, T.H.E String Quartet...
Exhuberant! After the masterclass with ASQ!
Working out the changes before the recital concert on Friday.
No matter how hardworking we are, dinner is still a must! @ Marina food court.
Walking walking walking into the future of T.H.E String Quartet! =)
Photos courtesy of Jon, and the one @ marina, thanks to shaun! =)
