BUATAN MALAYSIA

Young Choral Academy Chamber Choir presents - 'Buatan Malaysia'

Come watch and listen to this young and spirited group of talented singers perform a variety of local Malaysian compositions in an exciting performance that you'd never forget!

Dates
Saturday, March 28, 2009 at 3:00pm
Sunday, March 29, 2009 at 5:00pm

Venue
KL Performing Arts Center(KLPac), Sentul Park

The Young Choral Academy (YCA) Chamber Choir, the result of the merger between the YCA Youth Chamber Choir and the Young KL Singers’ (YKLS) Chamber Choir, will be announcing their arrival in the Malaysian music scene with their debut production, ‘Buatan Malaysia’ featuring arrangements of Malaysian choral music.

The reason for this, as stated by the chamber choir’s music director Susanna Saw is to “find the choir’s identity, because in past productions, both the YCA Youth Chamber Choir and the YKLS Chamber Choir sounded best singing original Malaysian songs and arrangements.” Through this production, the YCA Chamber Choir strives to show the audience that any genre of Malaysian music, be it pop, folksongs or even – yes – patriotic songs can be a pleasure to listen to and perform. For the members, Saw states that this production is to help the performers learn and understand their own country’s music better, and through this develop a love for it.

This production features purely local arrangers, such as Geneviene Wong, Juliette Lai, Wong Shuen Da and the choir’s very own Assistant Music Director Tracy Wong. The audience will be able to enjoy original arrangements of songs that are close to the hearts of most Malaysians, such as Tan Sri P.Ramlee’s Getaran Jiwa and Bujang Lapuk, Sheila Majid’s Sinaran and even a completely different rendition of Jalur Gemilang along with some completely original compositions such as Not Alone Anymore and Tracy Wong’s Walk With Me.

The chamber choir will be working with stage director Melissa Teoh, who lectures at Sunway University College’s Department of Performance & Media. Melissa is also a double nominee for this year’s Boh Cameronian Arts Awards for Best Set Design for the productions Air Con and Hero. This being her first time directing a chamber choir, Melissa voices that this production also poses a challenge for her in the sense that “the approach and process that is to be adopted in tackling a chamber choir performance from a stage director's point of view”. She also feels that this production is worth watching due to “the collaborative efforts of the creative team and the performers in making the productions a sharing of music on a personal level with the audience, and not just the mere presentation of it.”

Armed with a stage director, original arrangements and compositions, the YCA Chamber Choir’s debut production promises a reminiscent night for Malaysians with a twist as the audiences will hear familiar tunes to songs they probably know all the words to in a completely different light and will be introduced to the wonders of our very own Malaysian arrangers. The production will take place at Pentas 2 of the KL Performing Arts Center (KLPac) on the 28th and 29th of March with three shows: 3.00pm and 8.30pm on Saturday and a 3.00pm Sunday matinee show. Tickets can be purchased from the KLPac Box Office (03-40479000) for a flat rate of RM25.

For more information:
Pls email tracy.wong@youngchoral.com or youngchoral@gmail.com