Organized by the Wind Bands Association of Singapore (WBAS), the WBAS Youth Band Festival 2015 is open to all band students from primary school to university level. Participating students will experience advanced band musical literature,… Read More »WBAS Youth Band Festival 2015 Auditions
Daisuke Shimizu is a young Japanese composer who graduated from Showa College of Music in 2002, having studied composition with Yoshibumi Fujiwara. He has composed for premier bands such as the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Eastern… Read More »Composing the Imaginary Worlds
A brief exploration of Wind band music in a Singapore context [blockquote author=”” ]Art in our society has become perverted to such a degree that not only has bad art come to be considered good,… Read More »What is Good Band Music?
The 2015 edition of the Band Student Leaders Workshop saw at least 400 student participants over a period of 5 days from 3 to 8 September at Tanjong Katong Secondary School. This annual event organized by the… Read More »Leadership – Doing The Right Thing!
This review is written by Desmond Chow Desmond Chow graduated with Honours from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) in his Bachelor of Music course. His teachers include Ma Yue and Tang Xiaoping from the Singapore Symphony Orchestra.… Read More »Playnick Mouthpieces: Finding the Desired Sound
Douglas Bostock is the current Music Director of the Argovia Philharmonic in Switzerland. He is also Guest Professor in the conducting and opera faculties at the Tokyo University of the Arts, and Visiting Professor at… Read More »Maestro Douglas Bostock – The Conducting World
Douglas Bostock is the current Music Director of the Argovia Philharmonic in Switzerland. He is also Guest Professor in the conducting and opera faculties at the Tokyo University of the Arts, and Visiting Professor at… Read More »Maestro Douglas Bostock – An Inspiring Career
[blockquote author=”Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749-1832, German Poet, Dramatist, Novelist)” ]Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative and creation, there is one elementary truth the ignorance… Read More »Achieving Success in Your Band Program
In conjunction with the 190th Anniversary Celebration of renowned clarinet maker, Buffet Crampon, the Singapore Clarinet Festival (SGCF) is a two day event organized by The Band World. Held on 29 and 30 November 2015 (mark your… Read More »Two Days of Clarinet Festivity!
This article is part 1 of the series: ‘Cultures Across Countries’. In my early days, I was involved in the high school band in Malaysia (Chong Hwa High School, Jln Gombak) and eventually in a community group… Read More »Cultures Across Countries: A Personal Perspective
