PCGHS Band

All members please take note, all practices in March will be cancelled until further notice due to the Covid-19 outbreak. Kindly inform your parents accordingly.

Date: 18/1/2020

Time: 8am – 12pm

Venue: B5 – B7

Our first Annual General Meeting of the year was held in January 18th. All members from form one to form six were involved, and we gave a warm welcome to our new form one members. Our teacher advisor gave a short speech on the importance of discipline, and the new committee members were announced soon after that. As usual, the rules and regulation were announced, and any new changes were updated.

“The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious.”

Our conductor and drum major announcing the new committee members.

Woodwinds senior section leader writing down the new AJKs within the woodwinds section.

Date : 29 December 2019

Time : 8:00a.m.-2:30p.m.

Venue : Auditorium, School Hall

When moving on the to new year 2020, our school organised the orientation day to welcome the new F1 students at our school . As per tradition , we gave a performance for both to introduce and recruit more members for our school band . We had performed melodious song which is “Despacito” and “Timber” . Jacelyn Cho Vyin Yeng ,our student conductor did a great job conducting this performance.

“Sometimes the prize is not worth the costs. The means by which we achieve victory are as important as the victory itself.”
― Brandon Sanderson

Our brass members having photos together .”Cheese !”

 

The preparation before going to the performance

 

Full band photo after the performance .

Date: 25-29/11/2019

Time: 8am – 1pm

Venue: First World Hotel, Genting Highlands

The start of the school holidays meant the start of the annual Music International Music and Arts Festival (MIMAF). After four months of practices, our band members were finally ready to face the competition. It was both an exciting and terrifying event at the same time; our members were very excited as they were able to stay in Genting Highlands with their friends for 5 days and 4 nights, while it was a nerve-racking experience for our newer members as this was their first competition. There were two songs that we presented during the competition: Concerto D’Amore and Ammerland. Our blood, sweat and tears paid off when we achieved Gold awards for the full band, brass ensemble and woodwinds ensemble categories. Our percussion ensemble also managed to score a Silver award.

The band members would like to thank our teacher advisor Ms Looi Ling Ling , the teachers who accompanied us throughout the whole event, our president, conductors, drum major and as always, all the helpers. We were glad that they were there to help us every step of the way.

“Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is. “

–Vince Lombard

Our woodwinds members were waiting outside for their turn to perform for the ensemble competition.

Here’s a picture taken by the brass members after performing in the ensemble competition.

The helper was trying to encourage the members before entering to the ensemble competition.

Our conductor leading our band through some warmups before the competition.

On stage.

All of the band members took a family photo at the lobby.

An amazing event to be remembered.

Date: 5/10/2019

Time: 8am – 1pm

Venue: School Hall

Graduation season has come and gone amidst the soft rain falling outside. It was a day of the ending of a chapter, but also the beginning of a new one, and we would like to say congratulations to our F5 seniors for reaching this milestone.

During the graduation ceremony, we performed a medley of songs from the Disney classic “Aladdin” to entertain the graduates and their parents. Near the end of the ceremony, we also performed the song “Mayday Medley” as an encore with our F5s.

Lastly, we would like to wish all our graduating seniors a happy graduation and success in whichever endeavours they would pursue.

“When you leave here, don’t forget why you came.”
—Adlai E. Stevenson

Thanks for everything.

Date: 23/6/2019

Time: 8am – 1pm

Venue: Dewan Sri Pinang

This year’s indoor competition was one to remember, for many different reasons. For one, it was the second time this competition was not held in April, and instead was held in June. June was, as always, a busy month for us, as we had to prepare for our school’s Sports Day as well. However, even though the odds were against us, our members still practiced diligently and with full effort. The two songs we presented this year were the Malay folk-song Gelang Sipaku Gelang and A Huntingdon Celebration, by Phillip Sparke.

Our efforts were not in vain, and we swept a Gold award in our category. We would like to thank everyone involved in this journey with us–especially our coaches Mr Lim and Mr Kwok, and our teacher advisor Ms Looi Ling Ling.

“Impossible odds set the stage for amazing miracles.” — Jentezen Franklin

Performing onstage under the baton of our student conductor.

Gold, just like our scarves.

Date:

Time: 8am – 2pm

Venue: B5 – B7, Padang

It was a busy training camp for us, as we practiced for both the upcoming Sports Day and indoor competition. It was also proving to be a new experience as our new form one members would be joining us for a dance performance while we performed our songs. Despite everything (shout out to the especially scorching sun), we kept our heads high and our eyes focused on our goals.

“Hard work doesn’t guarantee success, but improves its chances.” — B. J. Gupt

Parade marching.

Trombones working hard.

Persevering under the hot sun.

Date: 23-30 March 2019

Time: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Venue: Padang, B5-B7 classroom

Last March holiday, we held a training camp for our members to improve their stamina and the skills on playing pieces for performances and competitions. Our members had worked hard under a blazing sun to ameliorate their skills. We had fun in those practice sessions and it was a tiring yet memorable training camp.

 “Growth is actually contagious, so if you want to reach your goals, you’ve got to get around people who are going in the same direction you want to be going, and you will catch the success.” — Dr. Henry Cloud

Outdoor pieces playing with 90 degrees stepping.

Our first training camp with our new members.