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.

The LTA Award Plaque

The guests mingling around at the end of the event

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.


Tze Chuan and Bing Ling

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. :)