Category: Music
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From choir to angklung (and choir)
About last week, I, along with some friends whose tenure is less than a year, had the ‘honor’ to give a small presentation in front of my company’s branch seminar. I chose angklung (a traditional Sundanese, or West Javanese musical instrument made of bamboo and played by shaking it, each having one musical note) for […]
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80-person strong!
I never conducted a choir this huge before. It is an 80-person strong choir, and who else but my high school choir? This also marks my 10th anniversary with this group, since I joined it in October 2006. I am humbled and feel honored.
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The number ten
Earlier last week, I celebrated a major, yet subtle milestone. This is my eleventh consecutive years of participating in my high school choir—to put it another way, this year is my tenth anniversary participating in the choir. It was marked by a Sunday service at one of the major churches in Jakarta.
Matthew Hanzel 