The Singapore Heralds Choral Society was founded by the late conductor and composer, Mr Samuel Ting Chu-San in 1961 with the objective of promoting wholesome and healthy music.
The Society is a non-profit organisation with about three quarters of its presentations aimed at providing funds for charitable and religious organisations, education institutes, National Arts Council and even the National Defence Fund.
The Society now has about two hundred concerts to its credit. Apart from the regular local performances on stage, over the radio and on television, the Society's choir has, at the invitation of many organisations, embarked on many concert tours to West Malaysia.
The Society is also responsible for the sponsoring of many local concerts by local and foreign soloist and choirs, among which are the Korean Children's Choir, Taiwan’s Rong Sing Children's Choir, the Allegro Singers from Hong Kong, and the Loving Harmony Choir from Taiwan.
On the international scene, the Society was one of the few choirs to be invited to perform at the 1970 World Exposition at Osaka, Japan. En-route to Osaka, the choir performed in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Tokyo.
In 1973, the choir performed in Australia, touring the major cities of Perth, Fremantle, Melbourne and Sydney.
In 1978, the choir again went on a concert tour to Hong Kong and the whole of Taiwan.
In 1982, "Heralds" was invited by the Australia Chinese Community Association (ACCA) in Sydney to give a concert in aid of the Association's building fund.
In the same year, another concert was undertaken for a fund raising for a church in Batu Pahat, West Malaysia.
In 1983, Heralds was the first in Singapore to be invited by the Peoples' Republic of China to give concerts in five major cities, that included Guangzhou, Guilin, Hangzhou, Beijing and Shanghai.
Off shooting from "Heralds" were other auxiliary groups such as The Echo Children's Choir, Echo Women's Choir, Echo Youth Choir and the Angklung Ensemble which were respectively formed in 1971 , 1974, 1975 and 1976.
The Echo Youth Choir, which was inaugurated in 1975, was a link between the Echo Children's Choir and the Heralds Choir, while the Echo Women's Choir was formed to encourage housewives and working women to participate and enjoy music.
Owing to the problem of having a suitable venue for choir practice, the Echo Angklung Group and Echo Children's Choir had to terminate their activities in 1982 and 1983 respectively.
Since its inception in 1961, the Heralds Choral Society has maintained its two fold objectives of promoting Cultural music and raising funds for charities. The wide repertoire of songs rendered in its annual concert includes secular music, Negro spirituals, sacred songs, folk songs, art songs and local compositions.
The media of languages employed are mainly English and Chinese with occasional stints of Malay, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Filipino and even Thai. These will serve to disseminate the finer points of music to every music-loving Singaporean.
新加坡佳音合唱團是由已故指揮和作曲家丁祝三先生, 在1961年為在新加坡促進”健康音樂”而成立.
佳音合唱團是個非營利性的業餘組織, 四分之三的演唱會收入是為慈善機關, 宗教組織, 教育機構, 國家藝術理事會, 甚至國防基金 湊款.
在一九六十及七十年代, 除了經常在本地舞台, 電台和電視台上表演之外, 佳音合唱團也常受許多組織的邀請, 到馬來西亞做巡迴演唱會. 該團至今已有超過200場的演出.
合唱團也曾為很多本地和外國的獨唱家及合唱團在新加坡開演唱會,包括南韓兒童合唱團, 台灣榮星兒童合唱團, 香港明儀合唱團等.
在國際舞台上, 佳音是1970年大阪世博會的受邀參加合唱團體之一. 在去大阪途中, 合唱團沿途訪問了香港, 台灣和東京.
1973年, 佳音合唱團到澳洲做巡迴演出, 訪問了珀斯, 弗裡曼特爾, 墨爾本和雪梨(悉尼).
1978年, 佳音再次到香港, 曼谷, 台灣的台北, 台中, 台南和高雄做巡迴演出.
1982年, 應澳洲雪梨澳華公會(ACCA)的邀請, 佳音在雪梨市政廳為該會舉行演唱會, 籌募建會基金.
同年, 合唱團到了馬來西亞的峇株巴轄為當地一間基督教會籌募建堂基金.
1983年, 佳音成為新加坡第一個合唱團體, 受中華人民共和國政府的邀請, 到中國大陸, 包括廣州, 桂林, 杭州, 北京, 上海五大城市演唱.
佳音合唱團屬下還有 愛國兒童合唱團, 佳韻女聲合唱團, 佳青合唱團和Angklung樂器租, 分別在 1971, 1974, 1975 和 1976成立.
佳青合唱團是愛國兒童合唱團和佳音合唱團的連接橋樑, 是一個為青少年組織的合唱團. 佳韻女聲合唱團是為鼓勵喜愛唱歌的家庭主婦和職業女性而成立.
基於練習場地不便的理由, 愛國和Angklung組分別在1982, 1983 年解散.
自1961年成立以來, 佳音合唱團一直保持著促進音樂文化和為慈善機關籌募基金的宗旨. 所唱的歌曲包括世俗音樂, 黑人靈歌, 聲樂歌曲, 民歌, 藝術歌曲和本地的創作歌曲.
演唱歌曲採用的語言主要是英語和華語, 但也有馬來語, 印尼語, 日語, 韓語, 菲律賓語甚至偶爾有泰國語, 更有助於把音樂傳播到新加坡的每一個愛好音樂愛好者.
The Singapore Heralds Choral Society was founded by the late conductor and composer, Mr Samuel Ting Chu-San in 1961 with the objective of promoting wholesome and healthy music.
The Society is a non-profit organisation with about three quarters of its presentations aimed at providing funds for charitable and religious organisations, education institutes, National Arts Council and even the National Defence Fund.
The Society now has about two hundred concerts to its credit. Apart from the regular local performances on stage, over the radio and on television, the Society's choir has, at the invitation of many organisations, embarked on many concert tours to West Malaysia.
The Society is also responsible for the sponsoring of many local concerts by local and foreign soloist and choirs, among which are the Korean Children's Choir, Taiwan’s Rong Sing Children's Choir, the Allegro Singers from Hong Kong, and the Loving Harmony Choir from Taiwan.
On the international scene, the Society was one of the few choirs to be invited to perform at the 1970 World Exposition at Osaka, Japan. En-route to Osaka, the choir performed in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Tokyo.
In 1973, the choir performed in Australia, touring the major cities of Perth, Fremantle, Melbourne and Sydney.
In 1978, the choir again went on a concert tour to Hong Kong and the whole of Taiwan.
In 1982, "Heralds" was invited by the Australia Chinese Community Association (ACCA) in Sydney to give a concert in aid of the Association's building fund.
In the same year, another concert was undertaken for a fund raising for a church in Batu Pahat, West Malaysia.
In 1983, Heralds was the first in Singapore to be invited by the Peoples' Republic of China to give concerts in five major cities, that included Guangzhou, Guilin, Hangzhou, Beijing and Shanghai.
Off shooting from "Heralds" were other auxiliary groups such as The Echo Children's Choir, Echo Women's Choir, Echo Youth Choir and the Angklung Ensemble which were respectively formed in 1971 , 1974, 1975 and 1976.
The Echo Youth Choir, which was inaugurated in 1975, was a link between the Echo Children's Choir and the Heralds Choir, while the Echo Women's Choir was formed to encourage housewives and working women to participate and enjoy music.
Owing to the problem of having a suitable venue for choir practice, the Echo Angklung Group and Echo Children's Choir had to terminate their activities in 1982 and 1983 respectively.
Since its inception in 1961, the Heralds Choral Society has maintained its two fold objectives of promoting Cultural music and raising funds for charities. The wide repertoire of songs rendered in its annual concert includes secular music, Negro spirituals, sacred songs, folk songs, art songs and local compositions.
The media of languages employed are mainly English and Chinese with occasional stints of Malay, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Filipino and even Thai. These will serve to disseminate the finer points of music to every music-loving Singaporean.
新加坡佳音合唱團是由已故指揮和作曲家丁祝三先生, 在1961年為在新加坡促進”健康音樂”而成立.
佳音合唱團是個非營利性的業餘組織, 四分之三的演唱會收入是為慈善機關, 宗教組織, 教育機構, 國家藝術理事會, 甚至國防基金 湊款.
在一九六十及七十年代, 除了經常在本地舞台, 電台和電視台上表演之外, 佳音合唱團也常受許多組織的邀請, 到馬來西亞做巡迴演唱會. 該團至今已有超過200場的演出.
合唱團也曾為很多本地和外國的獨唱家及合唱團在新加坡開演唱會,包括南韓兒童合唱團, 台灣榮星兒童合唱團, 香港明儀合唱團等.
在國際舞台上, 佳音是1970年大阪世博會的受邀參加合唱團體之一. 在去大阪途中, 合唱團沿途訪問了香港, 台灣和東京.
1973年, 佳音合唱團到澳洲做巡迴演出, 訪問了珀斯, 弗裡曼特爾, 墨爾本和雪梨(悉尼).
1978年, 佳音再次到香港, 曼谷, 台灣的台北, 台中, 台南和高雄做巡迴演出.
1982年, 應澳洲雪梨澳華公會(ACCA)的邀請, 佳音在雪梨市政廳為該會舉行演唱會, 籌募建會基金.
同年, 合唱團到了馬來西亞的峇株巴轄為當地一間基督教會籌募建堂基金.
1983年, 佳音成為新加坡第一個合唱團體, 受中華人民共和國政府的邀請, 到中國大陸, 包括廣州, 桂林, 杭州, 北京, 上海五大城市演唱.
佳音合唱團屬下還有 愛國兒童合唱團, 佳韻女聲合唱團, 佳青合唱團和Angklung樂器租, 分別在 1971, 1974, 1975 和 1976成立.
佳青合唱團是愛國兒童合唱團和佳音合唱團的連接橋樑, 是一個為青少年組織的合唱團. 佳韻女聲合唱團是為鼓勵喜愛唱歌的家庭主婦和職業女性而成立.
基於練習場地不便的理由, 愛國和Angklung組分別在1982, 1983 年解散.
自1961年成立以來, 佳音合唱團一直保持著促進音樂文化和為慈善機關籌募基金的宗旨. 所唱的歌曲包括世俗音樂, 黑人靈歌, 聲樂歌曲, 民歌, 藝術歌曲和本地的創作歌曲.
演唱歌曲採用的語言主要是英語和華語, 但也有馬來語, 印尼語, 日語, 韓語, 菲律賓語甚至偶爾有泰國語, 更有助於把音樂傳播到新加坡的每一個愛好音樂愛好者.