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Recital Series - Music for Piano by W.A. Mozart
With The Kind Support Of The Lee Foundation
Date
:
3 April 2006
Time
:
6.30pm
Venue
:
Lee Foundation Theatre
    NAFA Campus 3
    151 Bencoolen Street
    Singapore 189656
Enquiries
:
music@nafa.edu.sg
Admission
:
S$5 (Available at the door)
 
Boris Kraljevic - Piano
 
Adagio in B Minor KV. 540
Sonata in C Major KV. 545
Fantasie in C Minor KV. 475
Sonata in C Minor KV. 457

 
Artist Talk By Shu Yang and Thomas Berghuis
Topic
:
Performance Art Practice & Artist Archival and Documentation
Date
:
3 April 2006
Time
:
8.30am - 11.30am
Venue
:
#03-08
    NAFA Campus 3, Wing B
    80 Bencoolen Street
    Singapore 189655
Admission
:
FREE
    Click here for more information.
 
Shu Yang will share with us his performance experiences and explore the practices adopted within Performance art whereas, Thomas Berghuis will discuss the importance of archival and documentation of artist’s art processes.

 
Prelude - A Glimpse of Our Aspiring Pianists
Date
:
4 April 2006
Time
:
8pm
Venue
:
Lee Foundation Theatre
    NAFA Campus 3
    151 Bencoolen Street
    Singapore 189656
Enquiries
:
music@nafa.edu.sg
Admission
:
FREE
 
Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12 in C sharp minor
Piano - Dale Huang
Beethoven Sonata in E Major, Op. 109
  3rd movement: Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo
Piano - Sophia Hakim
Tchaikovsky Doumka (Scene rustique russe) Op. 59
Piano - Chong Chin Lee
Brahms Sonata No. 2, Op. 2 in F sharp minor
  1st movement: Allegro non troppo ma energico
Piano - John Chua
Rachmaninoff Prelude in D Major Op. 23, No. 4
  Prelude in G sharp minor Op. 32, No. 12
Piano - Emmanuel Qiu
Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 in D flat Major
Piano - Xie Xinying

 
 
Music Platform - Student Recital Series
Date
:
5 April 2006
Time
:
12.30pm
Venue
:
Lee Foundation Theatre
    NAFA Campus 3
    151 Bencoolen Street
    Singapore 189656
Enquiries
:
music@nafa.edu.sg
Admission
:
FREE
 
Chill out with the NAFA Choir in this lunchtime performance conducted by Zechariah Goh Toh Chai and Jennifer Tham.

 
"ICON" Awards Show 2006
Date
:
7 April 2006 - 12 April 2006
Time
:
10am - 5pm
Venue
:
Gallery 1 & 2
    NAFA Campus 1
    80 Bencoolen Street
    Singapore 189655
Email
:
Ms Tan Mei Ling Renee
Enquiries
:
6512 4089
Admission
:
FREE
 
This exhibition is an annual event that showcases the achievements of NAFA’s Visual Communication students. On display are design works covering Graphic Design, Advertising Design, Design Drawing, Digital Media, Visual Studies, Photography/Digital Photo Media and Jewellery Design.

 
PARADOX
Two Voices, Two Cultures, One Magic Evening
Date
:
8 April 2006
Time
:
8pm
Venue
:
Lee Foundation Theatre
    NAFA Campus 3
    151 Bencoolen Street
    Singapore 189656
Ticketing
:
Tickets available through SISTIC
    Concession tickets for students S$20 only!
 
PARADOX is a duo concert with piano which brings together the best of opera and jazz for one magical evening.
 
The show features the famous opera singer Stella ZHOU and the French jazz singer Guylen HARRIS. Each diva will be accompanied by her own pianist, Yuko Kamimoto (classical) and Mario Serio (jazz). All four artists have gained a reputation as soloists in Singapore and abroad. They bring their talents together in a musical programme which features folk songs, classical lyrics, jazz songs and musicals standards.

 
Theatre Repertoire Series -
A Tennessee Williams Menagerie
Date
:
8 April 2006 & 9 April 2006
Time
:
8 April 2006, 8pm
    9 April 2006, 3pm
Venue
:
Studio Theatre
    NAFA Campus 3
    151 Bencoolen Street
    Singapore 189656
Enquiries
:
theatre@nafa.edu.sg
Admission
:
FREE
    Click here for more information.
 
2nd-year Theatre students present selected scenes from representative plays by Tennessee Williams, such as “A Street Car Named Desire”, “The Glass-Menagerie” and “Cat On A Hot Tin Roof”.

 
专题讲座 : Theatre Stories From The Antique Wares
古董文物中的戏曲故事
Lecturer : Dr. Ni Yi-Bin (Lecturer from NUS University Scholar Programme)
Date
:
10 April 2006
Time
:
2pm - 4pm
Venue
:
C5-17
    NAFA Campus 3
    151 Bencoolen Street
    Singapore 189656
Admission
:
FREE
 
专题讲座 : Theatre Stories From The Antique Wares
古董文物中的戏曲故事

 
NAFA Symphony Orchestra
Date
:
11 April 2006
Time
:
8pm
Venue
:
Lee Foundation Theatre
    NAFA Campus 3
    151 Bencoolen Street
    Singapore 189656
Enquiries
:
music@nafa.edu.sg
Admission
:
S$8 (Available at the door)
    Click here for more information.
 
Conductor - Peter Esswood
Soloist - Li Ting Ting - Guzheng, First Prize Winner, Music Essentials Concerto Prize, NAFA
 
Programme
Mendelssohn: Fingal's Cave (The Hebrides) Overture, Op. 26
Delius: A Walk in a Paradise Garden
He Zhan Hao: Lin An Tragedy
Smetana: Vltava (from Ma Vlast)
Sibelius: Karelia Suite

 
Revota
Date
:
14 April 2006 - 16 April 2006
Time
:
8pm
Venue
:
Studio Theatre
    NAFA Campus 3
    151 Bencoolen Street
    Singapore 189656
Email
:
dance@nafa.edu.sg
Enquiries
:
9099 3849
Admission
:
S$15 (Students’ Concessionary - $10.00)
    Click here for more information.
 
A fusion of the words “Revolution” and “Rotation”, REVOTA attempts to portray the microcosmic rhythms within us that resonate with the cosmic movements. The longing for self-discovery constantly drives our developing and evolving consciousness. It is a form of expression as well as an effort to understand the essence of who we are.

 
Recital Series - Music for Wind Quintet
With The Kind Support Of The Lee Foundation
Date
:
17 April 2006
Time
:
6.30pm
Venue
:
Lee Foundation Theatre
    NAFA Campus 3
    151 Bencoolen Street
    Singapore 189656
Enquiries
:
music@nafa.edu.sg
Admission
:
S$5 (Available at the door)
 
Gyorgy Ligeti : 6 Bagatelles for Wind Quintet
W.A. Mozart : Sonata in e minor K.V. 304
Darius Milhaud : The Chimney of King Rene Suite for Wind Quintet
Jaques Ibert : Trois pieces breves
 
Evgueni Brokmiller - Flute
Carolyn Sonderegger - Oboe
Tang Xiao Ping - Clarinet
Jamie Hersch - Horn
Liu Chang - Bassoon

 
 
Music Platform - Student Recital Series
Date
:
19 April 2006
Time
:
12.30pm
Venue
:
Lee Foundation Theatre
    NAFA Campus 3
    151 Bencoolen Street
    Singapore 189656
Enquiries
:
music@nafa.edu.sg
Admission
:
FREE
 
M. McLean Tango
  Csardas
  Fandango
String Ensemble
Qu Chun Quan The Autumn of River Lixia
Orch. by Yeo Siew Mong Csardas
String Ensemble
Soloist: Chua Yew Kok (pipa)
W. A. Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A, KV 581
Ng Wei Ping, Yap Pheck Chuan (violin);
Chiew Yu Yang Jeremy (viola)Chan Si-Han (cello),
Desmond Chow (clarinet)
G. Holst St. Paul’s Suite
String Ensemble

 
Performance by NAFA Vocal Studies Department
Date
:
20 April 2006
Time
:
8pm
Venue
:
Lee Foundation Theatre
    NAFA Campus 3
    151 Bencoolen Street
    Singapore 189656
Enquiries
:
music@nafa.edu.sg
Admission
:
S$8
 
Featuring scenes from Act 1 of “Cosi fan tutte”, to be sung in Italian.

 
NAFA Theatre Season -
An Evening of Western Classics
西 方 古 典 戏 剧 之 夜
Date
:
21 April 2006 & 22 April 2006
Time
:
8pm
Venue
:
Studio Theatre
    NAFA Campus 3
    151 Bencoolen Street
    Singapore 189656
Email
:
Ms Zhang Jing
Enquiries
:
6512 4195
Admission
:
FREE
 
3rd-year Mandarin Drama students act out scenes from Western classical repertory in Mandarin.

 
Ignite
SVA Diploma Graduation Show 2006
Opening
:
21 April 2006, 6pm
Date / Time
:
22 April 2006 - 29 April 2006, 10am - 8pm
 
30 April 2006, 10am - 5pm
Venue
:
Gallery 1, 2 & 3; Seminar Room (#2-08); #02-05; Skylight Studios
    NAFA Campus 1
    80 Bencoolen Street
    Singapore 189655
     
    Sculpture Square (Beside NAFA Campus 1)
     
Email
:
Mr Chan Keng Hong Ivan
Enquiries
:
6512 4085
Admission
:
FREE
    Click here for more information.
 
The largest visual arts exhibition in Singapore is back, showcasing graduation works by diploma students from the NAFA School of Visual Arts’ various programmes, namely, Art (Teaching), Fine Art, Interior Design, Multimedia and Visual Communication. Themed “Ignite” to depict the notion of using light that shines up as analogy for brainpower in creative output, this thoroughfare of creative ideas attracts industry professionals to view and evaluate our standards measured against industrial expectations.

 
Fund-raising Concert Series I -
Jane Chu (Chinese Canadian Soprano)
Recital Accompanied by Fang Yuan (Pianist)
Date
:
23 April 2006
Time
:
7.30pm
Venue
:
Lee Foundation Theatre
    NAFA Campus 3
    151 Bencoolen Street
    Singapore 189656
Email
:
Ms Ong Lay Ching
Enquiries
:
6512 4168
Admission
:
S$20 or S$50 (Donation)
    Click here for more information.
 
A solo recital by Chinese Canadian soprano, Jane Chu. A much sought-after soprano on the international opera scene, Jane Chu has sung main roles with numerous renowned operas and orchestras. Her recent accolades include winning the 1999 Cumberland International Opera Competition and the Gerda Lissner Foundation Competition in 2000. This concert features a mix of excerpts of Italian operas by Lotti, Bellini and Mozart, as well as works from China and Singapore.

 
SSO On Campus
Lim Yau Conductor
Date
:
28 April 2006
Time
:
7.30pm
Venue
:
Lee Foundation Theatre
    NAFA Campus 3
    151 Bencoolen Street
    Singapore 189656
Admission
:
FREE
    Click here for more information.
 
Join the Singapore Aymphony Orchestra on campus for an evening of delightful dance music as we travel through time with the dances of Mozart, Strauss, Tchaikovsky and Bizet, including Swan Lake and Carmen. Come ready with your dancing shoes!

 
NAFA Theatre Season -
Much Ado About Nothing
莎士比亚喜剧 <无事生非>
Date
:
28 April 2006, 29 April 2006, 30 April 2006 & 1 May 2006
Time
:
8pm (28 April 2006, 29 April 2006, 1 May 2006)
    3pm (30 April 2006)
Venue
:
Studio Theatre
    NAFA Campus 3
    151 Bencoolen Street
    Singapore 189656
Enquiries
:
theatre@nafa.edu.sg
Admission
:
S$10 or S$12
 
For their 2006 Graduation Show, the 6th batch of Diploma-in-Theatre graduating students will perform William Shakespeare's “Much Ado About Nothing” in Mandarin. Directed by theatre maestro John Clark, the former Director of NIDA, Australia.

 
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