February’s Beautiful Sunday series at the Esplanade features the Band of Toa Payoh South Community Club – Novo Winds, with a ‘spring celebration’ themed performance. Amid the ongoing pandemic, the performance will see a downsized… Read More »Celebrating Spring with Novo Winds
The Beautiful Sunday series returns to the Esplanade Concert Hall for the first time since the start of circuit breaker, featuring the PAssionArts AudioImage Wind Ensemble (AI) in a heartfelt tribute to everyone’s efforts towards… Read More »Beautiful Sunday: Hopes and Dreams
Singapore Youth Festival 2021: Arts Presentation for (Secondary School & Junior College / Centralized Institute Levels) Secondary School Bands & Ensembles 29 March – 14 April (Weekdays only) Venue: TBC / 9.30 am – 6.00 pm Junior College… Read More »SYF 2021: What You Need to Know
Presented by the Wind Bands Association of Singapore (WBAS), Concerts Go On:LINE is a series of four chamber ensemble recitals showcasing local freelancer musicians performing a mix of high-quality chamber works and band works adapted… Read More »WBAS Concerts Go On:LINE
“Stop using junk music that sounds like every other junk piece. There’s an awful lot of music out there called educational music, but it’s not really educational at all.” ~ The Instrumentalist, 1990 “What we… Read More »Re-evaluating Repertoire
In conjunction with Singapore’s first-ever virtual National Day Celebrations, Band Directors’ Association (Singapore) is featuring a new music video of ‘Count On Me Singapore’ featuring 400 Singapore wind band musicians alongside original singer Mr. Clement… Read More »Band Together, Singapore! – A Virtual Performance
With just a few months into the year, 2020 has already distinguished itself as a historic anomaly. The Coronavirus Disease (Covid-19) has affected many lives globally, and Singapore initiated the Circuit Breaker in April 2020… Read More »10 Band-related Activities for May Holidays
In its recent Annual General Meeting (AGM), the Band Directors’ Association of Singapore (BDAS) saw the formation of a new committee for the term 2020-2022 under re-elected president Adrian Chiang. “I am truly privileged to… Read More »Introducing NICA – A Stronger Voice for Band Directors
During the years of nation building in the 1960s, our late Prime Minister Mr Lee Kuan Yew felt strongly that Singapore needed military music to maintain the national spirit and to present an elaborate display… Read More »The Sport of the Arts: Marching Bands of Singapore
Inspired by his mum – a self taught pianist, and an elder brother who plays the trumpet in the school band, Clive Choo became interested in the field of music in his early years. Upon… Read More »Conductors to Watch: Clive Choo
