It's two days to Malaysia Day! How will you be spending your weekend?
Here at Toccata Studio we're getting ready to wrap up an art exhibition: if you haven't had the chance to see the paintings, do come by this weekend as tomorrow is the last day of the Autumn: Art Exhibition / September 2014!
The cello recital last evening was a success! Check out pictures and insta-vids at both Toccata Studio's and Ng Chor Guan's Instagram accounts.
We kicked off the first weekend of September with the opening of the Autumn: Art Exhibition / September 2014: there was food and friends and wise words from well-meaning people all around! We'd like to thank those of you who came and shared the wonderful afternoon with us, hope to see you again soon!
On Sunday we had Cake Project #14, where pitchers Suhaili Micheline, Teo Wey Herng and Ng Chor Guan each tries to woo the audience with earnest presentations of their projects. Suhaili Micheline's 'Marrying Me' is a musical about self discovery, the ups and downs of a mother daughter relationship, and ultimately, self love. Though Suhaili did not win, she is bringing the performance to New York City! Best of luck, Suhaili!
Second pitcher Teo Wey Herng represents Toccata Studio in presenting an event named 'Square Fete'; it is a festival that will be put on by Toccata Studio in January featuring a series of events and performances including a contemporary art exhibition. Teo Wey Herng quoted Malaysian writer and painter Duola in her presentation: 'we want to bring arts back into SS2'.
Winner Ng Chor Guan pitched his ongoing project RE: Revolution Evolution, a live performance inspired by cycling and recording the present world with modern day tools: Ng Chor Guan and collaborator cycles about the area they feature and collect sound and visual material, which will be transformed into coherent music and visuals, forming a poignant performance. Donate a few ringgit to their Gofundme page: http://www.gofundme.com/d9n82c They are planning to bring this around the world!
Also check out the video for RE!
On Tuesday evening we had Suhaili Micheline in Toccata Studio for our 9th installment of Dance=Music Series! She and composer Ng Chor Guan recreated the performance space and turned it into a room where 'a parcel is unraveled'; the performance room is scattered with crumpled newspapers and the space under the piano turns into 'a cave', says a member of the audience. This Friday we've got Yi-feng: a solo recital by Seth Woods, an artist who is reputed to be 'straddling several genres' and performs a diverse range of music including the works of Bach and avant-garde compositions. Outside the chamber and solo setting, Seth has played with the New York City Ballet, Orchestra of St. Lukes, Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra, Di Capo Opera Theater and Vertical Player Repertory Opera. Seth Woods will also perform an improvisation session in the second half of the concert with Malaysian composer, Ng Chor Guan, who will be manipulating the theremin.
Hope to see you this Friday!
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It's the long Merdeka weekend! What are your plans?
Here at Toccata Studio we're busy with the last bits of preparation for the art exhibition next week (come to the opening! It's 6/9/14, a Saturday), and also for the 14th Cake Project! Have you checked out our Cake Project page on Facebook recently? We post stuff about creativity and inspiring things regularly! Go now!
The Rakyat Post compiled 5 of this year's Merdeka ads and this below is our favourite! Go check the rest of them out, if you like!
The seed of a tree fell into his heart It grew upAnd reached God... Make Like a Tree is a musical traveling project started by Sergey Onischenko from Ukraine.All songs are recorded in different places of the world inspired by meeting with musicians who play in dissimilar music styles. Each concert is played with new members and can turn Make Like A Tree in a duo or in quite a large improvising ensemble. Check out Sergey's Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/makelikeatree Date: 1/8/2014; 8.30pmAdmission by minimum donation of RM25.
