“Earth Beat” – KVSS’s Annual Concert - 1st October 2017

Kinta Valley Symphonic Society (KVSS) annual concert on 1^st October 2017 at Dewan Leong Wan Chin (Perak Girls School) is very different from they had before.

It is a celebration and a dedication to the Earth that we are living in and the nature that is surrounding us.

More often than not we always take the beauty of Nature for granted, the lovely hills surrounding Kinta Valley, the lush greenery and trees that we see everywhere, the air that we breathe.

But we spoil it all by destroying the hills, polluting the sea, chopping down trees indiscriminately.  

If we love our living planet so much and we wish that our future generations live in a clean and healthy world we need to do something now to protect Mother Earth from deteriorating.

KVSS wishes to do its bit in sharing the beauty of the Earth through music and creating awareness to the public that protecting our Earth from further contamination is of utmost importance.   

In this concert the Kinta Valley Wind Orchestra (KVWO) will be performing under the baton of guest conductor Mr Eric Lee, Artistic Director of Philharmonic Winds of Malaysia (PWM), Kuala Lumpur. Also conducting is KVSS’ very own student conductor, Mr Aaron Chin.

 

KVSS rehearsing hard for 1st October

The programme for this concert, carefully selected by Eric is inspired by Nature as can be seen by the titles such as To Be Vivid Stars, Versuvius, Mayday Medley and others.

Earth Beat highlights that there is an intimate connection between the beauty of music and that of Nature. The uniqueness of this concert lies in the sense that the audience have to visualize and interpret the colours of Nature.

Preparation was underway since June. Considered a huge orchestra with 61 performers and 2 conductors, KVWO is joining forces with PWM. There will be 48 players from KVWO, 12 professionals from PWM and one from KLPac Orchestra.

The objectives of organizing this concert are:

1) to raise funds to support KVSS programmes for 2017-2018
2) to promote an appreciation of symphonic band music in Kinta Valley and beyond
3) to support Visit Perak Year 2017
4) to contribute towards making Ipoh a city known for its performing arts

Annual fund-raising concerts are usually held to meet the expenses of running the society and to push through our objectives. As such we would like to appeal to generous sponsors to support the society’s mission to bring music and the arts to the residents of Ipoh.

For invitations and enquiries, interested parties may call 010-307 0360 or 012-506 2313.