SHARELER <3
*27 March 2009

I think the band should learn and understand that Mr Tan, our conductor, is not a metronome. A conductor is someone who puts all our musicality and our emotions together. A conductor is there to guide us on the right path to express our music together. We should not play music as an individual, but play it as a whole. We should look constantly at the conductor so that we understand what kind of feelings, what kind of emotions, what kind of music the piece represents. By looking at the conductor, band members will be able to think together, feel together and make music as a whole. We should look at the conductor constantly while playing music. As i sit by the synthesizer, i can see almost everyone in the band. Our weakness is that we just love the score so much. We love to scrutinize the black dots and stems. If everyone will just pull their eyes away from the stand, from the plain scores, we will be able to understand what the conductor wants, what the conductor think of the piece and hence be able to perform music together. I said, perform and make music, not play out the score. So what if individuals are able to perform music? If we do not look at the conductor and understand what kind of music he wants us to play, we will not be able to express musicality as a whole. What we play will just become the musicality of individuals.

Jiayou for SYF, Amkss symphonic band. Lets perform and impress as one.

Shareler.