Our First Public Debut!
Written by Sam

I was really glad that we got this little opportunity to play.

Music of the Spheres was a "sacred music" concert, so what better to play than Taize songs? We therefore played 2 Taize songs: "Wait for the Lord" and "Bless the Lord", and our third song was "Holy Darkness", a beautiful hymn by Dan Schutte.

All in all, the experience was worth it. The ensemble was able to perform publicly for this first time, and because of this, we really worked together to practice - with a goal in mind. For some of us, this was our first public performance. For myself too, even though I have performed on stage before, this was the first time being in a small-ensemble scenario in a proper concert. And the pressure is even greater!

And so what I learnt from today is that certainly, with time, we are always brought into to new stages, new situations. That is when you are challenged to face up to the task, and it is also when you know you are growing.

And while I can complain forever about about how my last ending note was kinda "weak" with the violin not sounding out at that last bit (due to trembling hands!!!).... I just want to thank God for bringing the ensemble through all this while, for keeping us together and giving us this common passion to play music!

I thank also our four singers from the GII Choir and the St. Teresa Church: Melvin, Alvin, Dion and Delvinia, for lending us their wonderful voices which were an invaluable part of the whole performance.

Lastly, many thanks to Amanda & Han Oh for organising this wonderful charity concert for the Jesuit Refugee Services!

And so, it was really fun after all!


So now, what's next? We look forward to many other events like the next Parish Prayer Meeting at OLPS which we'll be playing at (31 October), the World Aids Day Mass on 29 Nov (only Elizabeth and Sam performing) and Christmas at the end of the year with the GII Choir!

And... After the concert!