NUS Arts Festival 2012: Inspiration - We Sing Mar 16, 2012

University Cultural Centre Courtyard
50 Kent Ridge Crescent, NUS Centre for Arts, 119279. Tel: 6516 2492
8pm

Price: Free admission
Official Website: http://www.nus.edu.sg/cfa/NAF_2012/index.html

Description
The ITE Show Choir will electrify you with their infectious repertoire and invite you to sing and dance along!

Performing renditions of popular classics, big band swing numbers, songs from TV series Glee and familiar Asian tunes, the show choir is all about perfecting the challenging combination of singing and dancing. Get ready to be swept off your feet by the youthful and heartfelt energy of the performers!

Formed in 2009, the ITE Show Choir has grown to become one of the leading and most sought-after show choirs in Singapore.

Led by vocal instructor Irene Jansen, they were prominently featured in the Ricola Show Choir Challenge 2010 advertisement, and also performed at the Singapore Idol Finals 2009, Suria’s Muzika Ekstravaganza 2011, Suria’s Simfoni Lebaran 2011 as well as many outreach platforms at the Esplanade Concourse.

NUS Arts Festival 2012: Nicholas Chim with The Middle of Nowhere Mar 10, 2012

University Cultural Centre Theatre Foyer
50 Kent Ridge Crescent, NUS Centre for Arts, 119279. Tel: 6516 2492
7pm

Price: Free admission
Official Website: http://www.nus.edu.sg/cfa/NAF_2012/index.html

Description
Nicholas Chim is a singer-songwriter from Singapore who has been performing with his guitar, since 1999. Having played to regional audiences in countries such as Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia - both solo and with backing musicians - Nicholas’ brand of indie folk music has proven to be heartfelt, contemporary and inspiring all at once.

Nicholas Chim’s evolutionary journey of indie folk music is expressed in his second album Forgiefan - a record that is both classic and contemporary, highlighted by Chim’s haunting vocals along with guitar chords that are lucid yet dreamy.

With his latest full-length album, Forgiefan, Nicholas Chim has set himself apart as a unique voice in a growing contemporary folk music audience. Citing influences such as Bon Iver, Nick Drake & Ray Lamontagne, his music has proven to be accessible, dynamic and enchanting - traits common to the global pool of emerging independent artists.

NUS Arts Festival 2012: 24 City - Film Screening Mar 10, 2012

University Cultural Centre Courtyard
50 Kent Ridge Crescent, NUS Centre for Arts, 119279. Tel: 6516 2492
8pm

Price: Free admission
Official Website: http://www.nus.edu.sg/cfa/NAF_2012/index.html

Description
24 City chronicles the dramatic and thunderous fall of a State-owned munitions factory and its conversion into a luxury high-rise apartment complex.

Artfully composed, rich in offbeat details, and punctuated with pop songs, 24 City weaves together the stories of three generations of factory workers (some real, some played by actors) into a fascinating oral history of post-revolutionary China and bracing meditation on the massive physical and psychological changes transforming the country.

NUS Arts Festival 2012: Celebrate Taiko! Mar 09, 2012

NUS Arts Festival 2012: Celebrate Taiko!
Mar 09, 2012

University Cultural Centre Courtyard
50 Kent Ridge Crescent, NUS Centre for Arts, 119279. Tel: 6516 2492
7pm

Price: Free admission
Official Website: http://www.nus.edu.sg/cfa/NAF_2012/index.html

Description
Join TENKO, a Japanese taiko drum ensemble as they drum up the heat to this youthful arts festival. Presenting the traditional Japanese art form of taiko drumming, this performance promises to be a dynamic showcase high in energy.

Performed using taiko drums and traditional Japanese instruments, each piece showcases its unique rhythm, tempo, style and flow to create the celebrative mood.

TENKO is a Japanese taiko drum group in Singapore, which started as a family taiko group and has since grown to include members of different nationality and races, all connected by the passion for taiko