Currently based in Rochester, New York, Lien Boon Hua is the Music Director of the award-winning Orchestra Collective, widely regarded as one of the finest wind ensembles in Singapore. The Band Post speaks to Boon Hua,… Read More »A Class of His Own – Lien Boon Hua
Good Old Times Band or G.O.T Band in short, came together on 11 January, as old friends gathered on stage to revisit familiar tunes and exciting music together. The sold out concert was a homecoming event and… Read More »Tonight Got Band?
Do Singaporean wind bands have a repertoire they can call their own? Do we have our own “classics”? Indeed we do, but we seem to be reluctant to celebrate these works as well as their… Read More »Classics of Our Own: A Personal List – Part Two
Yamaha today introduced the 3300 Series timpani at the 2015 NAMM Show. The 3300 Series timpani integrates features from Yamaha’s top of the line timpani to provide world class sound in a portable and easy… Read More »Yamaha 3300 Series Timpani Provide Great Sound, Portability and Easy Set Up
Music and technology put together can create some amazing stuff for learning! Last November, Buffet Group announces the world premiere of a free app for Apple and Android smartphones & tablets available all over the… Read More »An App for Wind Musicians – Urban Play
Yamaha today introduced two new Custom clarinets at the 2015 NAMM Show, the YCL-CSVR (B-flat) and YCL-CSVRA (A). Improved features on the new CSVR clarinets provide the warm sound quality and playability required by progressing… Read More »Yamaha Custom CSVR Clarinets Deliver Warm Tone and Playability Professionals Demand
Having always been a fan of words-of-wisdom, notable quotes, inspirational road signs, etc., it is interesting to observe how our mind re-frames this-or-that worthy-saying so it is applicable for our own set of circumstances; i.e.… Read More »The Joy of Performing and Sharing Music
Yamaha today introduced the MKAW Series of Keiko Abe signature marimba mallets at the 2015 NAMM Show. The MKAW Series, designed with input from Abe, a Yamaha Marimba Artist renowned around the world, features Birch… Read More »Yamaha Expands its Line of Keiko Abe Marimba Mallets
A highly charged, electrifying, intense and emotional movie with 46 awards and 78 nominations about Andrew Neimen (Miles Teller), a 19-year-old play-till-your-hands-bleed jazz drummer studying in a fictional music school, Shaffer Conservatory, learning under a… Read More »Whiplash May Be Your Next Scary Movie
Suranaree Girls’ Wind Symphony clinched the Top Prize from Concert Band Class A at the recently held Thailand International Royal Trophy Band Competition. Organized by the Department of Physical Education of the Ministry of Tourism and… Read More »Suranaree Girls’ Wind Symphony Wows at Competition
