Fritz Quartet @ Bayer Schering Pharmaceutical Dinner: St Regis

26 March 08

We were engaged again by Sophia from Rubix Cube to perform for the Bayer Schering Pharmaceutical Dinner at the Consulate Room, St Regis.

It was a reunion of sorts as we had worked with Sophia earlier for the Cevarix Corporate Seminar. Coincidentally, the floor captain in-charge of the event was also the same coordinator for Mark and Soo Yeon’s wedding held at the St Regis Ballroom!

We were situated on a slightly raised platform at the front of the room. However, as it was a very intimate setting, with only 5 tables, it also meant that we were in close proximity to the guests. It was a challenge for us to keep our volume down without losing the dynamics of the music , as we did not wish to be intrusive to the conversations going on. Thank goodness we were not mic-ed up!

When our performance was over, we were rewarded with applause and happy smiles! It was indeed a great way to end our evening!

Fritz Quartet @ Land Transport Excellence Awards Presentation Ceremony 2008

18 March

Having just performed at the Chihuly Room on the 8th of March, we were reunited with Ritz Carlton Hotel for tonight's event.

It was indeed a pleasure to finally meet Kelvin Kang, Events Director of Superstar Special Events, after months of email and phone exchanges.

We were situated outside the ballroom for the cocktail reception, before shifting into the ballroom for the dinner.

It was a rather huge event judging from the massive crowd gathered outside the ballroom waiting for the event to start!

The ballroom was quite a sight to behold, and it truly lived up to the description given on their website :

“California elegance combined with contemporary accents are the hallmarks for our largest event room. The Ritz-Carlton Ballroom features majestic Bohemian crystal chandeliers, exquisite muted aqua blue wall coverings with a modern floral design in platinum accented with antique white decorative wood moldings. The walls are complimented by warm chocolate floor coverings with a coco background, aqua boarder and a pale sand sea fern pattern.”

Mic-ed up and ready to perform, we began our 2nd set for the evening in the ballroom, while pausing occasionally for the speeches and award presentations. The Guest-of-Honour for tonight's event was Mr Raymond Lim, Minister for Transport and Second Minister for Foreign Affairs.

With dinner being served, the marvellous aroma was making us hungry! Luckily, we managed to scramble off for a quick bite at Marina Square during our break before resuming our third set for the night.

At the end of the event, Kelvin came over to thank us and complimented us on a job well done. He also expressed his interest in engaging us for future events. Thanks Kelvin! It was great working with you too!

An interesting titbit:
When quizzed on why he had engaged the quartet for such a high-profile event, despite it being the first time working with us, Kelvin commented that Tze Chuan’s "honest face" made him feel that he could trust us. Tze Chuan was of course, over the moon, while the rest of us rolled on the floor in laughter by the "honest face" comment.

Fritz Quartet @ Meritus Mandarin

02 March 2008

Today we performed for the WIN Awards Dinner at Meritus Mandarin.

We were scheduled to perform at 8.50pm but the programme was shifted forward.

The audience loved our renditions of 夜来香 (ye lai xiang), 月亮代表我的心 (yue liang dai biao wo de xin) and 梁祝 (liang zhu or Butterfly Lovers Concerto) as we were rewarded with warm applause after each piece.

Fritz Quartet with Stephanie from Original Media, our friendly and spunky coordinator for the evening.

Thank you to Joan from Original Media as well for the numerous email exchanges and phonecalls. It was great working with you. :)

Fritz Quartet @ St. Regis

23 February 2008
St Regis Hotel Ballroom

After our performance at the Esplanade Library, we headed down to St Regis to perform for a Cervarix corporate seminar on the treatment of cervical cancer. As the Q&A session took longer than expected, we had too much time to entertain ourselves. Didn't help that we were still on a post-performance adrenalin rush.

(Friends have complained that they don't see enough of Johnny's pictures here, so here are some photos of Johnny having some fun with the bouquet of flowers that Max got from his fans at the Esplanade Library.)

Johnny and Max having a friendly exchange.

Meanwhile the Q & A session was still in progress, so we adjourned to the sofas outside and listened to the chill lounge live piano music.

We were then informed that it might be much better to shift our performance from the stage in the ballroom to the buffet area. And this we did in record breaking time.

Besides playing familiar movie theme songs, we performed some of the zesty tango pieces we had performed earlier at the library. Several guests gathered to enjoy the music while having their very delicious looking high-tea.

Many thanks to Sophia from Rubix Cube for having us at the event. Not to mention the pretty photos you have taken for us!

Fritz Quartet Presents Tango, Library @ Esplanade

Fritz Quartet Presents: Tango!
23 Feb 2008 (Saturday)
Library @ Esplanade , Open Stage
2pm-3pm

It has always been our wish to perform at different venues and to share our love for music with more people.

When we were offered the opportunity to perform at the Library @ Esplanade, we were extremely excited, as it offers an intimate performing space.

As the Tango is conventionally associated with the sensual and the erotic, we decided, instead to showcase other facets of tango, such as its close ties with the everyday life of Buenos Aires and its cheeky and mischievous side.

The turnout was great, and we were really pleased to see all 50 chairs filled, a rare treat for a Saturday afternoon. In fact, there were many more left standing with some spilling over to the Esplanade Cafe, enjoying their afternoon coffee and cakes while watching our performance.

And of course, having our previous clients spend their Saturday afternoon watching our performance was perhaps the most rewarding of all.

We were especially touched to see Patrick again (we had performed for his birthday party in June last year) who later sent us a congratulatory sms:

"Linda and I were sitting well out of the way and enjoyed the concert as it reminded us so much of Buenos Aires, which we know so well"

For those who have missed the performance or wish to view our performance again, we will be posting clips of the performance on youtube as soon as we have sorted them out. So do check back here for more updates!

No, Max did not sing- he was sharing his thoughts on Tango.



Special thanks goes to Alf Chern for the wonderful photos, Mark Checkley for video-taping and editing the clips for us, and Mr Goh Peck Keong for coordinating the event. Many many thanks for your warm support!

Lastly, thank you so much to all who came down to watch our performance, we hope you enjoyed yourselves as much as we did!

Fritz Quartet Presents Tango!

Come join us for an afternoon of Tango music!

23rd February 2008
Open Stage, Library @ Esplanade
2pm-3pm
Admission is free.

For more information, please refer to the library blog at http://blogs.nlb.gov.sg/epcl/music/fritz-quartet-tango-repertoire/

Exciting programme lined up! :)

Fritz Quartet @ St Regis

2 Feb 2008


Saturday night, we performed for the wedding of Mark and Soo Yeon at St Regis Ballroom. It was our first time at St Regis, and we were especially impressed by the sound system provided by St Regis.


The digitalised signboard outside the ballroom



Going through our repertoire for the night to match the evening's programme


At 8pm, the guests streamed in and filled the vast ballroom. As Mark had indicated he wanted light and lively music, we planned our repertoire accordingly. Soon, it was time for the first march-in (Canon in D) and the guests welcomed the newly wed couple with thunderous applause. We continued with favourites such as Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik and Bach's Air on G.

We took our set break when the couple left for their costume change. It was an eyeopening affair as the couple emerged the 2nd time with Korean traditional costumes!

We opened our 2nd set with Chinese favourites 夜来香 (Ye Lai Xiang) and 月亮代表我的心 (Yue Liang Dai Biao Wo De Xin) while the couple left for their 3rd costume change. We performed Fly Me To the Moon, a jazz favourite for their march-in.

Thanks to staff of St Regis for the helpful technical assistance and our congratulations to Mark and Soo Yoen! :)