Fritz Quartet at Anderson Junior College
Friday 19 May 2007
The Fritz Quartet performed at Anderson Junior College today as part of the school's Art Appreciation intiative. We had been approached some time in March by Mr Andy Quek to participate in this programme and we had immediately agreed to perform.
This is especially because we believe in sharing our love for music with people, and of course, we hope that through our performance, we would be able to dispel the notion that string quartet music is boring, and puts people to sleep.
For this 20-minute performance, we picked our repertoire with the intention of exposing students to various genres of music. We started off with Mozart’s Divertimento in D, a fast-paced classical piece with many exciting running passages.
Next up, we performed Coldplay's Shiver, arranged for String Quartet by Music Arranger and Pianist Chin Wanyee especially for this performance. It was an interesting infusion of string quartet sounds with indie rock, and judging from the warm response, was a hit with the students. Kudos to Chin Wan Yee for a superb arrangement!
An excerpt of the Butterfly Lovers' Concerto ( 梁祝) likewise generated a wave of gasps from the students as our first violinist Tze Chuan gave a soulful rendition of the piece, hitting the impossibly high notes with impeccable execution. Lastly, we ended with a tango piece titled Por Una Cabeza, finishing our performance with fervor.
Many thanks to Mr Andy Quek for coordinating the event with minimum fuss on our side. A big thank you as well to Chin Wanyee for rushing out the scores on such short notice, we will definitely give you a recording of your arrangement (once we get it out). :)
The Fritz Quartet performed at Anderson Junior College today as part of the school's Art Appreciation intiative. We had been approached some time in March by Mr Andy Quek to participate in this programme and we had immediately agreed to perform.
This is especially because we believe in sharing our love for music with people, and of course, we hope that through our performance, we would be able to dispel the notion that string quartet music is boring, and puts people to sleep.
For this 20-minute performance, we picked our repertoire with the intention of exposing students to various genres of music. We started off with Mozart’s Divertimento in D, a fast-paced classical piece with many exciting running passages.
Next up, we performed Coldplay's Shiver, arranged for String Quartet by Music Arranger and Pianist Chin Wanyee especially for this performance. It was an interesting infusion of string quartet sounds with indie rock, and judging from the warm response, was a hit with the students. Kudos to Chin Wan Yee for a superb arrangement!
An excerpt of the Butterfly Lovers' Concerto ( 梁祝) likewise generated a wave of gasps from the students as our first violinist Tze Chuan gave a soulful rendition of the piece, hitting the impossibly high notes with impeccable execution. Lastly, we ended with a tango piece titled Por Una Cabeza, finishing our performance with fervor.
Many thanks to Mr Andy Quek for coordinating the event with minimum fuss on our side. A big thank you as well to Chin Wanyee for rushing out the scores on such short notice, we will definitely give you a recording of your arrangement (once we get it out). :)
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