NUS Arts Festival 2017

Rockfest 2017

NUS Halls of Residence

Tue 21 Mar | 7pm | UCC Theatre | Free Admission

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Headliners: Take Two
The Locksmiths (Sheares Hall)
Annoying Oranges (Sheares Hall)
Obama in Pajamas (Sheares Hall)
RHockefellas (Raffles Hall)
THreshold (Temasek Hall)
Pigeonbread (Kent Ridge Hall)
TRIGGERED (Eusoff Hall)
The East Winds (King Edward VII Hall)

The annual concert that unites the musical talents of NUS' six residential halls is back. Rockfest 2017 is a platform for student bands to express themselves through a variety of spirited music. This year's Rockfest 2017 explores its own Brave New World by exploring a variety of genres - pop rock, metal, reggae and jazz. Come and enjoy a night of frenetic music with your friends.

NUS Wind Symphony Creative Partner: Centre for Biomedical Ethics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine

Since its inception in 1968, the NUS Wind Symphony Creative Partner: Centre for Biomedical Ethics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (NUSWS) has established itself as one of the premier wind orchestras in Singapore. Boasting an illustrious history, the wind orchestra places its emphasis on creating quality music with a wide range of quality repertoire of varying difficulty – from orchestral transcriptions to modern band music.

From its humble beginnings as a military band, NUSWS has since grown from strength to strength, playing works of increasing depth and sophistication under the baton of its Resident Conductor, PBM A/P Ho Hwee Long, as well as Assistant Conductor, Mr Francis Tan.

As one of the pioneering bands in Singapore, NUSWS also aims to produce world class musicians who have a fine appreciation for the arts and who will lead the arts scene both locally and internationally. NUSWS performs two concerts every year Da Capo in October featuring freshmen talents, and InTempo, Singapore's longest running concert series, in March and has participated in several music festivals and competitions overseas.

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Professor Ho Hwee Long

Music Director & Resident Conductor

Associate Professor Ho Hwee Long started conducting in 1967. He was a french horn player with the National Symphony Orchestra (1967-1967), and the founder and conductor of the Singapore Polytechnic Band and the National Theatre Symphonic Band. He was the Music Director of the Singapore Teachers' Band from 1986 to 1991. In 2008, A/P Ho was appointed Music Director and Resident Conductor of the NUS Wind Symphony. A faculty member since 1974 in the National Institute of Education, he is currently an Adjunct Associate Professor of the Visual and Performing Arts, and the coordinator and lecturer of the Special Diploma in Band Directing and Advanced Diploma in Band Directing.

Francis Tan

Assistant Conductor

Francis Tan received his music education from Indiana University and Australian National University, where he studied with several notable instrumentalists and pedagogues. His diverse contribution to the music field includes involvement in the coaching, performance and community arenas, including working with youths and professionals at various Wind Bands Association of Singapore festivals and at West Winds, Band of the Bukit Batok Community Club, as their Assistant Conductor. Currently Francis is reading his Masters in Conducting at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music.