FOBISIA's Got Talent at Primary Music Festival By the Marketing & Communications Department, Tanglin Trust School
The Woodwind Primary Music Festival was hosted by Tanglin Trust School, in Singapore, from 5 to 19 May, 2018. Tanglin Trust School’s Junior Music department was delighted to host the FOBISIA Primary Music Festival 2018 in March. This dynamic and inspirational event involved 270 Year 5 and 6 students and 34 staff from 12 FOBISIA Member Schools. Following a wonderful welcome dinner, and a visit to Gardens by the Bay, the rehearsals commenced. The talented students participated as members of either the choir or the orchestra, rehearsing separately with their ensembles, in smaller sectional groups or in magnificent combined rehearsals with all 300 musicians. The students prepared the repertoire for their final Celebration Concert which this year had the theme of ‘Concert in the Cosmos’ featuring items such as Also Sprach Zarathustra, The Final Countdown, Kang Ding Qing Ge, Fly Me To The Moon, Star Wars and Star Trek. A highlight of the five days was the FOBISIA’S Got Talent performance in which each school demonstrated their creative skills and artistic talents with their own individual items. These included songs, dance, drama and even some rhythmic sumo wrestlers! In addition to their rehearsals the children enjoyed taking part in three workshops – a fantastic ‘Introduction to Jazz’ workshop by the local jazz band ‘Tropic Green’, a fun and energetic dance workshop and a wonderful art workshop in which the children painted cosmic shapes with glow-in-thedark paint to feature in the grand finale of their concert. It was an honour for Tanglin to host the Festival and to welcome students, staff and parents of the visiting FOBISIA schools. The final performances absolutely delighted and engaged the audience; congratulations to all involved!
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THE FOBISIAN: June 2018, Term 3, Issue 27