West Winds

West Winds 15th Anniversary Concert, All Things Japanese, 29th Mar 2008

wwinds — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:21:13 +0000

Concert Photographs

http://picasaweb.google.com/wwinds.photos/WW2008AllThingsJapanese

Recruitment Announcement

wwinds — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:05:21 +0000

West Winds is looking for YOU!
(imagines image of finger pointing at yourself)

Looking for committed team-players for the following sections:

1. Bassoons (1)
2. Trumpets (3)
3. Saxophones (2 Alto, 1 Tenor, 1 Baritone)
4. Clarinets (B-flat, alto and bass)
5. Percussion
6. String Bass
7. Tuba
8. Euphonium (2)

Requirements:
1. Completed at least GCE O-Levels (or at least 16 years of age)
2. Able to commit both Saturday evenings and Sunday afternoon rehearsals
3. Candidates are welcome to join us for rehearsals beginning Sat 26 April 2008 at 7pm, after which there will be an audition.
4. Candidates are expected to have good sight-reading skills and a good knowledge of scales for the audition.

To WWinders: do spread the word around, but do also take note of the section requirements as some sections are already full.
Membership closes on 24 May 2008.

Rasull

Break !

wwinds — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:01:50 +0000

Hi All

Thanks for all the effort put in last week and lasting the hectic weekday rehearsals. Many thanks too for doing a good show and selling out the concert.

Now its time to go for that well-deserved break. We’ll be breaking for 3 weeks, rehearsals for the next project will start on 26 April ‘08.

Come back on 26th too if you want your goodie from concert night too (performing members will know what it is…..).

See ya in 3 weeks !

West Winds in Concert 2008 “All Things Japanese”

wwinds — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:00:04 +0000

West Winds, Band of the Bukit Batok Community Club

presents

All Things Japanese

29 March 2008, Saturday, 7.30pm

Esplanade Concert Hall

In Collaboration with Esplanade - Theatre on the Bay

Conductor, MAJ Philip Tng and Guest Conductor, Mr ITO Yasuhide

Tickets Price: $20/$15

(Concession for Senior Citizens/Students/NSF only: $12)

Tickets Avaliable on Esplanade Box Office and all SISTIC’s authorised agents from 18 Feb 08.

Be mesmerised as West Winds brings you the best of Japan in this evening of enchanting music – from Japanese wind band works, to Japanese composers’ interpretations of Asian music, as well as tributes to the Japanese landscapes from Western composers.

Established since 1993 with the support of the People’s Association and Bukit Batok Community Club, West Winds is made up of a group of passionate musicians from different walks of life, from civilian to military, professional to student. The band has won a Gold medal when it participated in the Singapore International Youth Music Festival in 1996, and has since toured Australia, USA and Japan.

Repertoire highlights:

March-Bou-Shu

YAGISAWA Satoshi

Jalan-Jalan ~Vision of the Isle of the Gods ~

TAKAHASHI Shin’ya

Japanese Tune

KONAGAYA Soichi

Impressions of Japan

James Barnes

Ryukuan Fantasy for Piano and Band

ITO Yasuhide

Sinfonia Singaporiana for Band

ITO Yasuhide

Gloriosa - Symphonic Poem for Band

ITO Yasuhide

West Winds featured in NAC Annual Report FY2006/07

wwinds — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 02:27:57 +0000

West Winds performance at the WASBE 2005 international Conference is featured in NAC’s Annual report. See Page 4 of the link.

http://www.nac.gov.sg/static/doc/abo/annualreport07/A_Flying_Start.pdf

wwinds.org now points to the new site.

wwinds — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 08:26:58 +0000

The domain name wwinds.org now points to this new site. For reference, the old site is still available at http://wwinds.org/archives.htm .

West Winds in Concert 2006

wwinds — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:48:11 +0000

West Winds in Concert 2006 recordings available.

West Winds Christmas Party 07

wwinds — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 04:40:53 +0000

Link to the photo taken….

http://picasaweb. google.com/ benokw/WWChristm as2007

West Winds on Facebook

wwinds — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 08:18:03 +0000

Check it out at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8170575933
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Chipmunks March

wwinds — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 05:04:27 +0000