Secondary School CCA

[2ppaamm]

2ppaamm:

yeeling:

Talk to the school! In her case, I believe she can be exempted from taking other CCA in school.


My girls primary school doing so for sports. Only need a letter from the coach, club or prove of competition representation and they will add that commitment into her report book.

Just that someone got to keep her record properly and submit to the school to claim the points.

Tried that already. My older daughter was in the same shoes. For some reason, the school values attendance over results. So for this daughter, I'm trying to do something more creative. Gain competition points and participation points from different CCAs. That's why I'm looking for the least siong CCA.

Aha! I just found the CCA. She was asked to audition for choir as the pianist... never knew there's such a CCA. We thought it is great! Even if that is more practise, I think she will not dread it. Just to let you guys know there's this as well.

[mathsparks]

:congrats: 2ppaamm, and she's doing wat she enjoys!

[2ppaamm]

mathsparks:

:congrats: 2ppaamm, and she's doing wat she enjoys!

:thankyou: now I will hear even more of her in the house!

[phankao]

2ppaamm:

phankao:

[quote=\"2ppaamm\"] Sorry if I recall these facts wrongly, it was 6 years ago when my kid was in SNYO. May have changed now...

Your boy is now 15years old. The pianist? So he was in SNYO when 6 years ago, when he was 9??? Wah, Pro! They accept so young, ah? What instrument he played there? Cannot be piano, right?

No, he was 10, the youngest SNYO can take. Clarinet. He was doing grade 8. But he also stopped playing already leh... now don't even play twinkle twinkle little stars. He is into guitar now. Jamming with his primary school friends...[/quote]Oh yeah, it's much easier to get in using any instruments other than violins.

[phankao]

2ppaamm:

Aha! I just found the CCA. She was asked to audition for choir as the pianist... never knew there's such a CCA. We thought it is great! Even if that is more practise, I think she will not dread it. Just to let you guys know there's this as well.

Not necessarily a CCA on it's own with most schools. Eg. the pianist in my dd's sch choir, she is an MEP student with voice as her 2nd instrument and has an advanced abrsm grade in voice too. They don't always use a pianist anyway, since the choir often sings acapella. And for important events like SYF, this \"pianist\" would sing, not be the pianist. Pianists(or rather accompanists) are engaged instead. So she is actually in choir, and not the accompanist for the choir.

[2ppaamm]

phankao:

Not necessarily a CCA on it's own with most schools. Eg. the pianist in my dd's sch choir, she is an MEP student with voice as her 2nd instrument and has an advanced abrsm grade in voice too. They don't always use a pianist anyway, since the choir often sings acapella. And for important events like SYF, this \"pianist\" would sing, not be the pianist. Pianists(or rather accompanists) are engaged instead. So she is actually in choir, and not the accompanist for the choir.

O... I'd better tell her. But I think she'd be ok. She spent 5 years in the primary school choir. Thanks for telling me, didn't know this. :thankyou:

[2ppaamm]

phankao:

Oh yeah, it's much easier to get in using any instruments other than violins.

Yep, violin is a string, much harder. I don't he has the patience for that...he was in the primary school band, and got interested in clarinet. So I asked an SSO clarinet player to teach him. He basically finished the grades in a year. Pianist (and violinist) have this kind of advantage. It's much easier to pick up other instruments once you have a string instrument as a base, I reckon.

[phankao]

2ppaamm:

Yep, violin is a string, much harder. I don't he has the patience for that...he was in the primary school band, and got interested in clarinet. So I asked an SSO clarinet player to teach him. He basically finished the grades in a year. Pianist (and violinist) have this kind of advantage. It's much easier to pick up other instruments once you have a string instrument as a base, I reckon.

Ah, but it is easier to audition for most orchestras if the string instrument is one that is other than violin. That's why I said specifically \"other than violin\". Bc violin is sooooooo common. So, if we are talking about viola, cello or double bass, it's in demand. Eg, I think snyo takes in cellists/double bassists with low grades as long as they can play.

[2ppaamm]

phankao:

Ah, but it is easier to audition for most orchestras if the string instrument is one that is other than violin. That's why I said specifically \"other than violin\". Bc violin is sooooooo common. So, if we are talking about viola, cello or double bass, it's in demand. Eg, I think snyo takes in cellists/double bassists with low grades as long as they can play.

If I have another kid intending to pursue orchestra, I would then try other strings rather than violin. Why fight with the crowd? Still get in and experience the same kind of fun, friends and trips.

[daisyt]

thanks mathsparks for the link.