APAC ORCHESTRA
ATTENDING SCHOOLS
- Welcome
- Conductor Introduction
- Group Photos
- Schedule
- LiveStream
- Final Concert Program
- Event Photographs
- Additional Information
Welcome
Message from the Head of School
Dear APAC Orchestra families and friends，
Warmest greetings from Concordia International School Shanghai! It is our honor and privilege to host you for the APAC Asia Division Orchestra 2023.
This year we have over 80 students from six APAC schools along with chaperones joining us for what we hope will be a wonderful time of cultural exchange, learning from each other, and above all, beautiful music and fun for you all.
Our thanks to Arjan Tien from Holland for travelling half way across the world to lead the festival, culminating in a concert on Saturday evening.
We are excited to have you in Shanghai over the next few days. Blessing on both your time here and your performances!
Blessings,
Mr. Steve Winkelman
Head of School
Message from High School Principal
Welcome, APAC Orchestra participants! Concordia is pleased to be hosting APAC Orchestra this week! For some of you, this might be your very first APAC, and for others, your last. No matter where you are in your APAC journey, we hope that you take every opportunity to make new friends, to be accepting of others, and to enjoy all the little moments!
We know that you all have been working diligently this year and practicing often! We are excited to hear how well you blend all of your talents at this weekend’s concert! Please be sure to thank all of your dedicated orchestra teachers and directors!
Wishing you a wonderful APAC experience!
Eileen Beckman
High School Principal
Message from Director of Student Activities and Sport
Welcome APAC Orchestra!
The Concordia community is so excited to welcome you to Shanghai, and especially back to our school. We are also excited to welcome our guest conductor, Mr. Arjan Tien. Arjan is professor of conducting at the Conservatoire of Amsterdam and at the Maastricht Conservatoire, has served as the principal conductor of the Atheneaum Chamber Orchestra at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague and is currently principal conductor and artistic director of the Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy and VU Orchestra in Amsterdam. Tien studied violin and viola at the Utrecht Conservatory, Netherlands and studied conducting in the UK, France and Switzerland.
Another highlight of this event will be the performance on Thursday evening from the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra String Quintet. We have missed the camaraderi and fun that our APAC friends bring to our campus. Take advantage of this opportunity to get to know some new people and develop your passion for orchestra together.
A number of people have assisted in making this event happen. I would like to personally thank them for their time and energy. Thank you to our Coordinator of Visual and Performing Arts, Mr. Darrell Roddick, and our Orchestra Director, Ms. Mia Bjorkman, for the meticulous planning to make this a memorable event. Thank you to our Operations team for helping with setups, our marketing team, our admin support team in the Activities and Sport Department who have done the legwork for the event, and our greater school community for all of the work they have done to make this event possible.
We hope to help make your visit in Shanghai a pleasant one.
If there is anything you need, please let us know.
Matthew Macinnes
Director of Activities and Sport
Conductor Introduction
CONDUCTOR BIO
Widely considered to be one of the most versatile conductors of his generation, Arjan Tien is a welcome guest with many orchestras and has been invited to work with internationally established orchestras such as the WDR Funkhausorchester, the Philharmonie Westfalen (Germany), the Royal Bangkok Symphony, the Radio Philharmonic, the Netherlands Symphony and the Residentie Orchestra; the Bilkent Symphony Orchestra (Ankara), the Orchestre Symphonique Bienne, the Belgrade Philharmonic, the Kongelige Livgardens Musikkorps in Copenhagen, the Guards Band in Helsinki, the KZN, Johannesburg and Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestras and many others, as well as opera houses such as the Dutch Touring Opera, Opera South, Opera Spanga, the Wermland Opera Sweden. In November he will make his first appearance at the Kassel Festival in Germany with the Kyiv Symphony Orchestra.
Arjan Tien also enjoys working with young talents. He is professor of conducting at the Conservatoire of Amsterdam and at the Maastricht Conservatoire, and Artistic Supervisor and Chairman of the Jury of the SA Conductor’s Competition. He also conducted the Netherlands Student Orchestra and the Youth Orchestra of the Netherlands on several tours and will work with the APAC Festival Orchestra in Shanghai later this year.
He was the artistic director and principal conductor of the Magogo Chamber Orchestra from 2006 to 2012 and from 2008 to 2016; he also was the principal conductor of the Atheneaum Chamber Orchestra at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague.
In 2017 the Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy has appointed maestro Tien as its principal conductor and artistic director. Since 2021 he also serves as principal conductor of the VU Orchestra in Amsterdam.
Tien studied violin with Philipp Hirschhorn and viola with Ron Ephrat at the Utrecht Conservatory and obtained his diploma with distinction, was a member of the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, and made his solo debut with the Salzburg Chamber Soloists in São Paulo and Vitória, Brazil. He studied conducting with George Hurst in the United Kingdom, with Roberto Benzi in France and Switzerland, and with Jean Fournet in the Netherlands.
Arjan Tien has frequently been recorded by labels such as Channel Classics Records, Decca Records, Universal Music, Sony BMG – Heita Records and Brilliant Classics in a wide range of repertoire. His recordings have received outstanding international acclaim.
Group Photos
Schedule
Thursday, November 16
7:30 Bus pick-up at hotels
7:45 Students and Directors arrive on campus
8:00 Opening Ceremony – Rittmann Theater
8:30 Group Picture with Festival T-Shirts
8:45 Full rehearsal – Rittmann Theater
9:45 Break & Campus Tour
10:15 Sectionals and auditions with conductor
11:30 Full rehearsal – Rittmann (1) *
12:30 Lunch. Students cover their own meal.
13:15 Full rehearsal – Rittmann (2) *
14:45 Break
15:00 Full rehearsal – Rittmann
16:00 Sectionals
17:30 Dinner on Campus (provided by Concordia)
19:00 Concert – Rittmann -Shanghai Symphony Orchestra String Quintet
20:00 Finished – buses leave
22:00 Curfew
Friday, November 17
7:45 Bus pick-up at hotels
8:00 Full rehearsal – Rittmann (3) *
9:30 Break
9:45 Mini concert for HS
10.00 Upper and lower string sectional
11.00 Full rehearsal – Rittmann
12:30 Lunch. Students cover their own meal.
13:30 Full Rehearsal – Rittmann (4) *
14:45 Break
15:00 Sectionals – (if needed)
16:00 Full rehearsal – Rittmann
17:00 Finished – buses leave
Evening Schools arrange and cover their own dinner
22:00 Curfew
Saturday, November 18
8:45 Bus pick-up at hotels
9:00 Full rehearsal or sectionals (5) *
10:30 Break
11:00 Full rehearsal – Rittmann
12:00 Lunch (Director’s meeting)
13:30 Final Rehearsal – Rittmann (6) *
15:15 Snack
15:30 Get dressed for concert
16:00 Photos with guest conductor
17:00 Concert-Rittmann
(LiveStream – No VPN Required)
(LiveStream – VPN Required)
18:00 Closing Ceremony – Rittmann
18:30 Banquet – PC Commons
19:30 Bus to hotel
9:00 Full rehearsal or sectionals (5) *
10:30 Break
11:00 Full rehearsal – Rittmann
12:00 Lunch (Director’s meeting)
13:30 Final Rehearsal – Rittmann (6) *
15:15 Snack
15:30 Get dressed for concert
16:00 Photos with guest conductor
17:00 Concert-Rittmann
(LiveStream – No VPN Required)
(LiveStream – VPN Required)
18:00 Closing Ceremony – Rittmann
18:30 Banquet – PC Commons
19:30 Bus to hotel
*Warm up led by Directors
Sectional Rooms:
- R302 - Violin 1
- Band room – Violin 2
- R306 – Viola
- Theatre – Celli
- Lobby – Basses
Rooms for cases/coats/bags (on Saturday only):
- AISG – Girl’s Dressing Room, 1st floor of Rittmann Theatre
- WAB – Boy’s Dressing Room, 1st floor of Rittmann Theatre
- SASPD – Practice Rooms, 2nd floor of Rittmann Theatre
- SASPX – Choir Room, P201
- CISS – Orchestra Room, 306, 3rd floor of Rittmann Theatre
- ISB – Band Room
LiveStream
Final Concert Program
Concert at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 18
The APAC Orchestra will be performing an exciting program of challenging music including:
1. EDVARD GRIEG - HOLBERG SUITE
I. PRAELUDIUM
II. SARABANDE
III. GAVOTTE
IV. AIR
V. RIGAUDON
2. EDWARD ELGAR – SERENADE FOR STRINGS
SERENADE FOR STRINGS
I. ALLEGRO PIACEVOLE
II. LARGHETTO
III. ALLEGRETTO
3. KARA KARAYEV – 3 MINIATURES FOR STRING ORCHESTRA
I. BERCEUSE
II. AYSE
III. DANSE
4. JOHANN STRAUSS – NEUE PIZZICATO POLKA
Event Photographs
Additional Information
WiFi SSID: APAC_Orchestra PW: Renew@2324
- There will be a violin maker and a bow maker on campus from 12:00 to 4:00 p.m. each day available to support students as well as selling various items. Please click for more info.
- String Quintet performed by members of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra. Please click for the program.
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