Fritz Quartet @ Ritz Carlton

Wedding of Mark and Su-Jan
29th December

Today, we played for our last wedding of the year, held at Ritz Carlton.

The Solemnisation Room

Our set-up at the back of the room

Cocktail area

Special Requests
*Processional: Canon in D
*Signing: Air on G
*Recessional: Wedding March (Mendelssohn)

Set List
Vivaldi Winter Evening
Grieg Morning
Boccherini Minuet
Dvorak Humoresque
Mozart Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 1st Mvt
Schubert Marche Militaire
Strauss Blue Danube Waltz
Vivaldi, "Spring from the Four Seasons"
Theme from New York New York
It don't mean a Thing
You light up my life
Can you feel the love tonight (Lion King)
Over the Rainbow

The beautiful and surreal solemnisation ceremony

Congratulations to Mark and Su-Jan!

Special thanks to the helpful staff of Ritz Carlton for the help with the PA equipment.

Fritz Quartet @ Square 2

24 Dec

Today marks the end of our Christmas series at Square 2.

Repertoire List:
Winter Wonderland
I'd be home for Christmas
All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow
Deck the Halls
My first Noel
Silent Night
Hark the Herald Angels Sing
Joy to the World
The Little Drummer Boy
Jingle Bells


Taking a breather in between songs.

Thanks to Nora and Silah from Star Mission for coordinating the event, as well as Hock for providing technical assistance.

Merry Christmas to all!

Fritz Quartet & Nightsound in Motion

14 October
Nightsound in Motion
Playden @ Arts House

2pm: Soundcheck with the band

The sign leading to the 2nd level

We experienced some technical difficulties during the soundcheck, which caused some feed-back from the mics.

Johnny looking pensive as we wait for the technical difficulties to be sorted out

4pm: We had time for a short run through of some of the pieces with the band.

5.30pm: Breaktime! All mic-ed up and ready for the show (Fritz Quartet photo)

Getting into the swing of things-- bright smiles! We had the entire dressing room to ourselves! (Fritz Quartet photo)

Then it was showtime at 7pm!!

Above photos courtesy of Lightbox Productions (http://www.lightboxproductions.sg/)

Photo Courtesy: Geraldine.

Everything went smoothly and we enjoyed ourselves tremendously. It was a refreshing change for us playing something non classical! :) We are also glad that we had the chance to play local composer Tan Chan Boon's work.

Kudos to members of Nightsound: Req, K, Euge, Alan, XR as well as guest players Edmund (saxophone) and Luke (percussions). It was a blast working with you guys!

For more information on Nightsound: http://www.nightalive.com/

Fritz Quartet @ Singapore Art Museum

18 Dec 2007

After many days of torrential rain, the skies cleared up for the special day of Haresh and Margaret. It was cool yet not too windy when Margaret walked down the aisle with the flowergirls to the tune of Canon in D.


Post ceremony, we played Bach's Air on G, as yellow balloons carrying the well wishes of guests, were released into the air. It was such a poignant moment for us watching the balloons rise up into the skies.

The buffet dinner was held in the Glass Hall, a really cosy room. As we were playing, several guests came up to us to thank us for our music. It was especially heartwarming when Margaret and Haresh came to us at the end of the night with huge beams on their faces! :)

Fritz Quartet @ Raffles Hotel (SPH Event)

11 December

Bingling took the helm of First Violinist today as our beloved Tze Chuan had the good fortune to go on holiday. Everything went smoothly as planned and we garnered much applause from the distinguished guests such as Singapore Press Holdings' Chairman, Dr Tony Tan, CEO, Mr Alan Chan, Media Development Authority's Assistant CEO, Mr Seto Lok Yin, and several top management personnel of renowned international publishing houses.

It was a private dinner setting with 6 tables in Raffles Hotel’s East India Room. As the guests enjoyed their sumptuous dinner, the Fritz Quartet played familiar tunes such as the Theme from New York New York and Kanon in D. To add on to the Christmas cheer, Bingling had also selected Danny Boy and Greensleeves to be played during the event.

Many thanks to our guest players Hongyap and Yaw Chang for agreeing to play with us at such short notice but delivering professional standards of performance nonetheless. Thanks to Pearly Mak too for facilitating the event. The Fritz Quartet looks forward to working with you again.

Lastly, thank you to the audience for lending us your ears.

- Max

Fritz Quartet @ Au Jardin Les Amis

7 Dec 2007
Today the Fritz Quartet performed for an Atradius Event, held at Au Jardin Les Amis, Botanical Gardens. It was the first time we have played at Au Jardin, and it was indeed an interesting experience. We especially loved the acoustics of the place, and we had great technical support from the av crew, who miced us up.

The exterior of the restaurant.

It was especially tiring today because we played 2 sets consecutively. It certainly didn't help that it was raining the whole of today! Nevertheless, it was especially sweet when guests at the event smiled at us and said "Great job" after our pieces.

Thanks to Hong Yap for guest playing with us. A big thank you as well to Christabelle and Prisca from SPRG for coordinating the event.

Fritz Quartet @ ACS Oldham Hall

6 Dec 2007 The Fritz Quartet was invited to perform for the wedding anniversary dinner of Mr & Mrs Choe Peng Sum (COO, Frasers Hospitality) at the Acs Oldham Hall.

The hall was transformed beautifully, with colorful chairs and table cloths.

Our stage set up. We had to make do with 2 mics instead of 4.

Tze Chuan and Johnny during the set break. Mr Choe had graciously reserved a table for us to have our dinner. Yummy! We especially loved the peking duck.. the eggtarts...the popiah... etc.

Tze Chuan and Max. The resident photographer takes a break to pose for the camera....

Compliments from a beaming Mr Choe: "I'm really glad I engaged you to perform tonight, thank you so much".. as well as a few guests who waved goodbye to us and said 'THANK YOU' when they left while we were still performing our last few songs, rounded up our evening's musical experience at ACS Oldham Hall.

Our thanks to Zhengyang for being there, as well as Mr Chong for coordinating the event and ensuring we were fed. :)

President's Design Award

27 Nov 2007

The Fritz Quartet was invited to perform for the President's Design Award Ceremony cum gala, held at the Esplanade Concert Hall, with President S R Nathan as Guest of Honour. The Award Ceremony was also the opening event for the Singapore Design Festival 2007.

When the doors of the concert hall opened at 6pm, we performed:

Theme from New York New York
Bengawan Solo
Butterfly Lovers' Concerto
Can you Feel the Love Tonight



After the event, we played for 2 more sets at the VIP Foyer. It was a night of beautiful people, and great ambience.

Our thanks to Brandon and Edward, Andrew from Music & Movement, as well as Esplanade staff for ensuring a smooth performing experience. :)