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Monday, March 31, 2008

Friday, March 28, 2008

Composers check out!

Asian Contemporary Music Festival

In the year 2009, ACMF will be put together with TIMF, having its event held in Tongyeong and Seoul, Korea, from March 26 until April 2. The ACME-TIMF 2009 widely welcomes newly composed music that gathers music and people, crossing over generations and continents through new trends and media with open-minded communication.

About ACMF

Application form 

Thursday, March 27, 2008

搬走了吗?

如常的回家,回去你心房里的家。
以为我会如常的被想念,但原来挖了个无底洞自己在陷!
心房还在,但你不在。
你也碎了... 你真的搬走了...
是吗?


click here to play “回到碎了的心房里” if the player doesn't work.

碎了就走, 留下我单独!
拾碎片,掌被割,心也割...
以为你懂了,但还是没轻放。

累,我去睡。

爱是易碎物
请小心轻放

你绝心的摔
我慢慢的拾,割到了自己的掌,也割心。

夜了,愁了,感觉重重的...
无助,心哭,我的坟墓在你心里那处?


Click here to play “八卦” if the player doesn't work

我的房间变了,你要来看看吗?
看了才摔可以吗?

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

没有想到我遇到了


click here to play “Tum Tum 转” if the player doesn't work.



这些是我在2003年8月23日burn去CD的蓝色大门的照片和故事。我还在光良哪儿工作,那时我已经很累了,很想逃了。两年多后我在飞机上遇到了一个和孟克柔很像的人。看到了还傻了一眼。
见到她3个月后我就开始为一部中文片配乐。导演拿了蓝色大门的DVD要我听电影里的音乐。我做那部电影时满脑都是你... 那部短片有得奖的哦... 哈哈哈 
蓝色大门的导演也是UCLA毕业的哦!

我在准备明天在大学的讲座,找着资料,无经意的看到这片CD,好奇开来看看有什么重要的在里面... 






现在有想你。

Friday, March 14, 2008

Letter from Dr. Chan, Head of UPM Music Department

Dear colleagues and friends,

I am spreading information about the Music Program offered by UPM for STPM grads who are thinking of taking up music in local government universities. Kindly forward this mail to your colleagues, friends, music teachers and music schools around who might have contact with potential students. Kindly forward this message as soon as you can, preferably before 22 March 2008 so that potential students will have time to consider before the dealine of application to KPT. Thank you very much.

Regards, Chan

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To STPM graduates who are contemplating studying music in government university:

Before you fill in the application form, you must be wondering which university to choose as your first choice. It is important for you to know what kind of program each university is offering so that you will get to learn what you want to learn later. Below is a brief description about music program offered by Universiti Putra Malaysia.



INTRODUCTION TO UPM MUSIC PROGRAM

Bachelor of Music Program (Music Performance) offered in Universiti Putra Malaysia, under the Faculty of Human Ecology, focuses on music performance, with a coherent and comprehensive content of Western Classical music tradition, but with also exposure to popular, jazz, commercial and traditional music. Performance is the core of the program where every student would have to have a major study instrument where individual instrumental lesson is the main component throughout the course which will lead to a Final Solo Recital for graduation at the last semester.
Besides, students will have to take an orchestral instrument as their second study instrument. Students will have performance experience and training in various combination including solo, chamber, choir and orchestra.
The program also provides a strong and concentrated support courses to enhance the performance skills, which is known as performance support courses. Performance support courses are divided into 1) theory and composition courses, 2) analysis and interpretation courses and 3) history courses. Beside all the performance and related courses mentioned above, UPM's music program also include a number of 4) academic courses in music that prepare students to pursue Master degree in music in various fields like performance studies, music education, music therapy, ethnomusicology.

THE STRENGTH OF THE DEPARTMENT

The department is known for its vigorous training on solo performance and orchestra training. Facilities in the department includes a Steinway 9 foot grand, two Kawai grand pianos, 12 upright pianos, full Orchestra percussions, three double bass, three bassoons, three horns, and other orchestral instruments.
Miss Yeoh Pei Sze (violinist), who is also an examiner for Trinity Guildhall, and Dr Loo Fung Chiat (pianist) are leading the classical performance studies in the department. Students majoring in jazz and commercial music are also increasing under the tutelage of Dr Chan Cheong Jan (pianist, composer) and Mr Arif Yusof Zain (saxophonist), and also with our adjunct professor Ooi Eau Jin. Conductor of National Symphony Orchestra Mustafa Fuzer Nawi is training the department's orchestra, while Mr Ian Tan is instructing the department's choir.




TYPE OF COURSES

A. PERFORMANCE COURSES
First Study Instrument
Second Study Instrument
Solo Instrumental I, II, III and IV
Lecture Recital
Final Recital
Choir I, II, III
Orchestra I, II, III
Chamber music I, II

B. THEORY AND COMPOSITION COURSES
Musical language (Tonal Harmony)
Advance music language
Orchestration
Basic Composition

C. MUSICIANSHIP COURSES
Aural skill I (Solfege, ear training and keyboard harmony)
Aural skill II (Solfege, ear training and figured bass)
Basic Conducting Technique

D. ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION COURSES
Performance practice
Repertoire studies
Analysis and interpretation

E. HISTORY COURSES
Musical awareness (Baroque until Classical)
Advanced music awareness (Romantic until Contemporary)

F. ACADEMIC COURSES IN MUSIC
Psychology and sociology of music
Music and child development
Introduction to music therapy

G. MUSIC TECHNOLOGY COURSES
Introduction to music technology
Audio system
MIDI and sequencing
Recording Technique
Electronic Music

H. OTHER COURSES
Jazz Appreciation
Jazz Improvisation
Music Industry

Further information please contact: chanupm@gamil.com or 0389467122 Dr Chan


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CHAN Cheong-Jan
D.Lit (Doctor of Literature in Musicology-Osaka University)
Senior Lecturer (Music Education, Composition and Ethnomusicology)
Music Department,
Faculty of Human Ecology,
Universiti Putra Malaysia,
UPM Serdang, Selangor,
MALAYSIA
Poscode 43400
Fax 603-8656-1689 (Attn:Dr Chan)
Tel 603-8946-7132
Mobile 6017-871-2011