HAPPY YOUTH DAY!
Thrilled to attend the SYF 2023 concert celebrating the culmination of nearly two years of hard creative work by many good folks! The exuberance and spirit of excellence displayed by all the young performers tonight in the disciplines of dance, instrumental music, song, drama and film, was simply spectacular. They all, and their mentors and creative coaches deserve a ton of accolades. I'm honoured to have been commissioned once again to create a new choral piece for SYF, this time with the brilliant Americ Goh. He composed a polyrhythmic, mixed meter, thoroughly modern piece of music that successfully evokes the complex realities and untapped potential of young people in the present day. I managed to catch many of the 130 or so school choirs in SYF competition in March, and was blown away by their sensitive expressions and creativity in their presentations of "Morning Rain". They all rose to the challenge of mastering a demanding song. I pray each of them will always keep a song of hope in their hearts as they grow up, enter society and lead us someday. Warm thank you to the MOE's Desiree, Adeline, Marilyn and the ever-inspiring Kelly Tang, for inviting me to this enriching project. "Hope will make thee young, for Hope and Youth are children of one mother, Love." ~ Percy Bysshe Shelley
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