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MUsic for tHe senses fUndraising concert 2012 | 12 September 2012 | Esplanade, recital Studio
Melodic Stimulus for the Senses
In a moving performance at the Esplanade, recital Studio, the nUSS Choir took the
audience on a journey through the sphere of human senses all for a good cause to raise
funds for the nUSS research Fund for Dementia.
Held for the second year,
the fundraising concert
was brought to an
intimate gathering of
members and guests who
thoroughly enjoyed the performance
accompanied with the exploration of
their various senses.
This year’s concert titled Music
for the Senses featured a repertoire
of contemporary, sacred and classic
songs put together by Darius Lim,
NUSS Choir’s Music Director.
Darius best explained the
intention of the evening’s programme,
“Music is a universal language and so
are the different senses that one has.
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While each sensorial experience may
be named and described differently
using one’s cultural language and
description, there is no denying a
universality that runs through one’s
sense of taste, touch, smell, hearing
and sight. Some even encounter the
ethereal and mysterious sixth sense.
May we absorb the experience, make
it a part of us and send it forth as we
share our lives with others.”
Mrs Goh Chok Tong, Patron
of the NUSS Choir who graced
the event, and the audience were
encouraged to touch and feel the
seashells which were specially
picked up by the Choir members
from the sands in Phuket where they
competed in the 1st Asia Cantate.
The intensity of their enthusiasm
with Gloria left no doubt that the
pinnacle of the night’s experience
had been reached considering that
this was the very piece that took
them to victory, clinching them
the Golden Voices Award at the
International Choral Festival.
Darius displayed his pianistic
prowess with two brilliant solo pieces
while Freda Lim shone brightly in
her vocal rendition of The Girl in
14G, a Broadway-inspired number,
accentuating and rounding up the
evening’s audio pleasure.