114A, Jalan Burhanuddin Helmi, Taman Tun Dr Ismail, 60000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Tel: +603 7733 4691 / +6014 624 2733 GST No: 000379019264

Email: youngchoral@gmail.com Website: www.youngchoral.my

THE YOUNG CHORAL ACADEMY SDN BHD

ALIEN ADVENTURE An Original Musical

by the

The Kuala Lumpur and Subang Jaya Children’s Choirs

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CONTENTS

1. Introduction 3

2. Reply slip 4

3. Appendix 1 - Sponsorship packages 5

4. Appendix 2 - Biographies 6 - 10

5. Appendix 3 - The Artistic and Organizing Team 11

6. Appendix 4 –Musical Synopsis 12– 13

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Young Choral Academy Sdn Bhd

114A, Jalan Burhanuddin Helmi,

Taman Tun Dr.Ismail,

60000 Kuala Lumpur. 20th August 2015

Dear Sir/Mdm/Mr. /Mrs.

Re: SPONSORSHIP FOR ORIGINAL CHILDREN’S MUSICAL, ‘ALIEN ADVENTURE’

I am writing on behalf of the Young Choral Academy (YCA) with regards to sponsorship for our original

children’s musical, Alien Adventure, which will be held on 21st and 22nd November 2015 at the Damansara

Performing Arts Centre (DPAC).

We are extremely excited to be able to present a new original work which showcases fresh, vibrant

Malaysian talent. Alien Adventure is a completely home-grown musical written by Sylvia Wong, with music

by one of our young up-and-coming internationally-acclaimed composer/arrangers, Yeo Chow Shern. It

will be directed by Boh Cameronian award-winning director Nell Ng of Pan Productions (The Producers,

Merrily We Roll Along, Cabaret). This musical will feature the Kuala Lumpur Children’s Concert Choir, the

Kuala Lumpur Children’s Choir, and its sister organization, the Subang Jaya Children’s Choir.It will be the

first original children’s musical that YCA has staged.

We believe that young talent should be nurtured and given as many opportunities to grow as possible.

We also believe strongly in supporting Malaysian arts. In keeping with this philosophy, YCA would like to

invite you to partner with us in this journey by means of corporate sponsorship.

Please feel free to contact Ms Sherlysaa Chiew at 014-624 2733 (email: youngchoral@gmail.com) for

further details, or for discussion of the sponsorship options that we have put together.

We very much hope that you will partner with us for this exciting new production. Your generous support

means a great deal to continuing education in the arts, to fostering greater ties between corporations and

Malaysian arts, and also to nurturing young, up-and-coming performers in the local performing arts scene.

Thank you very much, and we look forward to a favourable reply.

Susanna Saw

Director, Young Choral Academy

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Reply Slip

Kindly reply and send all cheques together with the reply slip to our address below by

Saturday, 31st October, 2015:

Young Choral Academy Sdn Bhd Attention: Ms. Sherlysaa Chiew 114A, Jalan Burhanuddin Helmi, Taman Tun Dr.Ismail, 60000 Kuala Lumpur

Yes! We would like to be a participating partner in the concert

We hereby enclose a cheque for

RM ____________________________________

Cheque No. _________________payable to YOUNG CHORAL ACADEMY SDN

BHD

We will include our official logo / advertisement to be placed in your souvenir

programme books, posters and postcards;

We do not wish for our logo to be reproduced / advertised, but we would like to

be acknowledged in your souvenir programme books.

Others

We regret that we are not able to sponsor the concert at this moment.

Here are our company’s particulars:

Name / Organization & Address

Company stamp & authorized signature

Telephone & Fax Number

Contact Person (full name)

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APPENDIX 1

General sponsorship packages

• Package A RM 3,000.00

Benefits : One full page, A4 size, full colour advertisement @ programme booklet

: Six complimentary concert tickets

• Package B RM 1,000.00

Benefits : One full page, A4 size, black and white advertisement @ programme booklet

: Four complimentary concert tickets

• Package C RM 500.00

Benefits : Half page of A4 size, black and white advertisement @ programme booklet

: Two complimentary concert tickets

• Advertisement @ programme book

Specifications: Language : English No. of pages : Not exceeding 28 pages Size : A4 (vertical) Paper Quality :230 gsm art card both side coated Printing : 4 colour printing (staple binding) Quantity : 500 copies Ad format : Adobe Illustrator – high resolution Kindly send all artwork/advertisement material to us by noon (12pm) Saturday, 31st October 2015

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APPENDIX 2

THE KUALA LUMPUR CHILDREN’S CHOIR

Formed in April 2003 by Malaysian choral conductor and pedagogue Susanna Saw, who remains its Artistic

Director, The Kuala Lumpur Children’s Choir consists of over 120 young singers aged between 6 and 15.

Its sister choir, the Subang Jaya Children’s Choir, was formed in 2010. From its home at the Young Choral

Academy (YCA), the nation’s first academy for the training of choirs and a centre for choral education, the

primary philosophy of the choir is to introduce choral singing as a healthy curriculum in a fun and relaxed

environment based onthe Kodaly Method of teaching.These young singers are nurtured and encouraged

in the hope that their abilities will be recognized, which will in turn lead to the raising of standards of

choral singing in Malaysia.

Members of the Kuala Lumpur Children’s Choir have made successful tours to Australia, Austria, China,

Germany, Hong Kong, Latvia, Singapore and South Korea, and won many prizes and awards. They have

also collaborated and shared the stage with many international ensemblessuch as the All American Boys’

Chorus (USA), New York Harlem Singers (USA), City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (UK),

Hong Kong Treble Choir (Hong Kong), Pretoria Girls’ High Choir and Pro-Cantu Youth Choir (South Africa),

Zvjezdice Choir(Croatia) to name but a few. Notable festival appearances include the 20th International

Kodaly Symposium in Brisbane (Australia), Singapore International Youth Choir Festival (Singapore) both

in 2011, and a regular guest choir at the Malaysian Choral Eisteddfod (Children’s Symposium).

The choir has collaborated on numerous occasions with the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO) in

concerts such as the Lord of the Rings Symphony, Some Enchanted Evening with Sir Willard White, Mahler

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Symphony No. 3 and the Malaysian premiere of Carl Davies’ work Creepy Crawlies with the composer

himself conducting. They also made their opera debut in Bizet’s Carmenfor EST Opera. Engagements for

the 2014/15 season have included performances with the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra for Mahler

Symphony No. 3, Home Alone, Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols for Young Choral Academy and a return

engagement with the MPO with an international opera cast in Bizet’s Carmen in January 2015. They will

also be performing with the Kuala Lumpur City Opera’s fundraising debut concert this coming October.

SUSANNA SAW (Executive Producer) Susanna Saw is a graduate of the Melba Memorial Conservatorium of

Music, Australia. She was the choir teacher for The Australian Boys

Choir Institute 1996-1998, and obtained her Australian Kodaly

Certificate in Primary Level Music Education in 2001 and Secondary

Level Music Education in January 2015. Since her return to Malaysia,

she has founded The Young Kuala Lumpur Singers and The Kuala

Lumpur Children's Choir. Currently, she is a lecturer and choir director

at the Faculty of Music at the University of Malaya and Malaysian

Institute of Art (MIA). She conducts the MIA Ladies Chorus, which has

won many Gold Medals from various international competitions. These

achievements include becoming Champion of the Female Chamber

Category at the 6th World Choir Games in Shaoxing, China 2010, and at

the 2nd Vietnam International Choir Competition, 2012. Susanna is

founder of the Malaysian Choral Eisteddfod (formerly known as Young Singers Choral Festival) in 2003, an

annual young musicians' event in Malaysia dedicated to the increase of choral knowledge through various

invited choir tutors from overseas.

In 2007, Susanna established the Young Choral Academy in Kuala Lumpur, a venue for choral lovers to

learn more about choral music and a platform for young Malaysian composers and arrangers to compose

more choral works. She helped to bring in the Kodaly Training Course to Malaysia to improve the local

standards of classroom music teaching. Since 2007, Susanna has been invited by the Interkultur

Foundation, Germany, to be a member of the Jury for the Asian Choir Games and World Choir Games

(Indonesia 2007 & 2013, Austria 2008, Korea 2009, China 2010, Vietnam 2011, United States 2012, and

Latvia 2014). She has been appointed Choir Olympic Council Member of the Foundation, and has

presented workshops on Malaysian Music in Vietnam 2008 and 2010, Austria 2009, Croatia 2010, and

Australia 2011 and 2014. Susanna also received invitations to be the Jury at various International Choir

Competitions (Bandung, Indonesia 2010; Japan 2012; Singapore 2013 & 2014; Bali, Indonesia 2015; and

Hong Kong 2015) Susanna is also an active member of the Asia-Pacific Choral Summit, International

Federation of Choral Music (IFCM) and the International Kodaly Society.

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NELL NG (Director)

Nell Ng is a versatile performance artist and a

familiar face in a variety of media, with wide

experience in theatre, film, television, dance,

and radio, as actor, emcee, comedian, TV

host, scriptwriter, producer, choreographer

and director. She has been described by

the Press as a creative genius and an artistic

chameleon with a portfolio that is both

extensive and impressive.

Nell is the Artistic Director of PAN Productions, she directed and wrote PAN’s much loved and

fondly remembered debut Always in Wonderland?. Her directorial repertoire includes the critically

acclaimed productions of Kander and Ebb’s Cabaret, Frank L. Baum’s The Wizard Of Oz, Mel Brooks'

The Producers, Toy Factory Singapore's Romeo & Juliet, The Rising Son, Stephen Sondheim's Merrily We

Roll Along, Jason Robert Brown’s The Last Five Years, the December Love Series and Restless Heart – a

solo concert by Janet Lee amongst others.

Nell is a dedicated professional whose humanity, strength and vivacity often prove infectious both to

friends and strangers alike. Nell feels blessed to be doing what she loves and loving what she does.

MAK CHI HOE (Music Director) Mak Chi Hoe enjoys a busy and varied career as an award-winning

singer and choral conductor. A prize winner and laureate of several

voice competitions, he became the first Malaysian singer to sing in

both the prestigious World Youth Choir and Asian Youth Choir,

touring to over twenty-five countries from 1998-2005 and singing

under many eminent conductors. Solo engagements have taken him

to China, France, Germany, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Spain

and throughout the UK, working with ensembles and companies as

the English Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra of the Age of

Enlightenment, Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Ex Cathedra, Singapore Lyric

Opera, Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra among others. He is the

winner of the 2015 Kakiseni Cameronian Arts Award for Best Solo

Vocal Performance for his work with EST Opera, Malaysia.

As a choral conductor, he is the recipient of many awards and was the first Asian to win a prestigious

conducting fellowship to work with the award-winning London Symphony Chorus (LSO Chorus) in the

2010/11 season which launched his conducting career in the UK. He was appointed Resident Chorus

Master at Birmingham Conservatoire from 2009 - 2012 and made his festival debut in 2011 as Chorus

Master for the Lichfield Festival Chorus where his work received much praise. He was also Chorus Master

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of the Birmingham Cathedral Festival Chorus, Birmingham City University Chorus and Chorus Mentor for

the internationally acclaimed Birmingham Opera Company.

Chi Hoe studied at the Birmingham Conservatoire in the UK where he received Master of Music degrees

in Voice and Choral Conducting, both with Distinctions and was named one of Birmingham’s ‘New

Generation Artists’ in 2008. He won all the major conducting prizes including the 2009 and 2010 Michael

Beech Conducting Awards and the Principal’s Prize for ‘outstanding contribution to the musical life at the

institution’. He is a co-founder of the Malaysian Choral Eisteddfod, a leading choral festival for young

singers in Malaysia and a member of the International Federation for Choral Music (IFCM) and the

Malaysian Choral Federation. Chi Hoe is currently Artistic Director at the Young Choral Academy and

Resident Chorus Master for the Kuala Lumpur City Opera (KLCO).

SYLVIA WONG (Script / Librettist)

Sylvia Wong started performing at the age of 4, when she

participated in society performances, National Day Displays,

Cheng Meng Displays and school productions. At 8, she

performed for the closing ceremony of the 17th Southeast

Asian Games in Singapore. While studying there, Sylvia was

privileged to study acting and stage management.

Hence, Sylvia pursued her degree in performing. She graduated

from Murdoch University in Perth, Western Australia with a

Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication Studies, and

Theatre and Drama. During her sojourn in Murdoch, she was

fortunate to participate in university productions and

experience genres from mainstream to experimental theatre.

Shifting from Singapore to Malaysia in 2000, she has provided training, stage direction, and workshops to

young people in their various performing arts projects. She currently works with schools, societies,

performing groups, Tunku Abdul Rahman University College and City Ballet.

Besides teaching, Sylvia has continued her education in the performing arts through hands-on experience

in various community theatre, performances, choir productions and competitions. This has led her to learn

from and work with numerous local and international artistes and lecturers. She has been invited by

INTERKULTUR, Germany, to stage manage and venue manage international choir competitions such as

the 6th, 7th and 8th World Choir Games, the 1st Vietnam International Choir Festival & Competition, the

Xinghai Prize International Choir Championships and the Asia Pacific Choir Games.

Sylvia is constantly on the look-out for performing workshops and classes of various genres to learn new

and different techniques in performing and teaching. In 2010, she achieved the ATCL (Communication

Skills - Public Speaking) from Trinity College London, and has added Public Speaking to the series of classes

that she teaches.

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YEO CHOW SHERN (Music) Malaysian composer Yeo Chow Shern recently graduated

from the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music with a major

in composition and minor in violin. Prior to this, he received

his music education at the Malaysian Institute of Art and was

an exchange student with the Peabody Institute of Music in

Baltimore, USA. His principal composition teachers include

Chong Kee Yong, Steven M. Miller, Ho Chee Kong, Kevin Puts,

Yuan Leow Yunn, and has worked with composers Branko

Stark and Cecilia Kim in master classes.

His choral work "The Sound of Portuguese Malacca" was

selected and made into recording by the Lisbon Chamber

Choir in Portugal for the CD project "Asian Music". In

February 2013, he represented Malaysia/Singapore to

participate in MODART13 in Sydney by The Song Company

directed by Roland Peelman. Chow Shern won the 2013

Southeast Asia Competition and Festival with his work "What

is a Tree?" for Zhong Ruan and ensemble. His latest

accomplishment "Teo" for Flute, Oboe and Bassoon, which

will be premiered at the ACME Darmstadt and in Cologne in August 2014.

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APPENDIX 3 The Artistic and Organizing Team Executive Producer : Susanna Saw Director : Nell Ng Music Director : Mak Chi Hoe Stage Manager : Teow Yi Ling Assistant Stage Manager : Sherlysaa Chiew Yock Shya Stage Crew : Chia Hoo Kit, Ryan Yap, Nicole Yap Production Administrators : Ang Poh Yee, Darlyn Goh Lighting Designer : Ee Chee Wei Sound Designer : Hep Kim Fai Costume / Wardrobe Mistress : Lai Suk Yin Props Mistress : Karen Tan Choreography : Nell Ng, Regina Neoh Musicians : Malaysian Institute of Art’s Music Department

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APPENDIX 4 MUSICAL SYNOPSIS OF ‘ALIEN ADVENTURE’ Song titles are denoted in italics Scene 1: Scene opens on board an alien ship. Six alien children - Leslie, Drew, Alex, Jamie, Jesse, and Robin – are trying to use the ship’s computer to locate a missing friend, Skye, who has gone in search of intergalactic souvenirs for Parents’ Day. They are worried because she is a kleptomaniac, and might get everyone into trouble (‘She’s a Klepto’). When they locate her on Earth in Malaysia, they ask the computer to beam them there, hoping to catch her before it’s too late. Scene 2: The group of alien children find themselves at Batu Caves during Thaipusam, in front of the gigantic statue of Lord Murugan. At the temple, the devotees are singing and getting ready for the festival (‘Glory to the Lord’). Skye isn’t there however, so the group hurries off to look elsewhere. Scene 3: The ship’s computer beams the alien children down to Malacca, right in the middle of preparations for a Peranakan wedding (‘Peranakan Wedding’). In the process of trying to look for Skye, the children get caught up in the festivities; they manage to sneak away during the party. They discover to their horror that Skye has gone to steal Taming Sari, the historical keris that is part of the Articles of State Regalia belonging to the Sultan of Perak. They immediately transport themselves to Perak, fearful of an intergalactic incident. Scene 4: Scene opens to chaos – the children have located Taming Sari, but have unwittingly set off the alarm on the display, and are now being chased by guards (‘Get It Back’). They manage to beam the keris back to its original place by making the guards believe that Taming Sari is fighting them, and escape back to their ship. Scene 5: The children are safe aboard the alien ship, but are angry at Skye for getting them into trouble (‘Some Friend’). They are shocked to discover that she was aboard the ship just a short while ago but has beamed out again after leaving them each a labu sayong, and a recorded apology on the ship’s computer. Scene 6: The children are now in Kelantan by the beach, still trying to track Skye down – only to discover she has stolen several prized competition Waus. In order to calm the angry contestants down, they help them to make new Waus to enter the competition (‘Make a Wau’). After this, they decide to rent a boat and go out to sea for some relaxation. Scene 7:

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A terrible storm overturns the boat and washes the aliens up onto the beach. When they recover consciousness, they discover that Leslie won’t wake up. Frightened, they give him medication but nothing works. A sea creature takes pity on them and tells them that the youngest Mermaid Princess has fallen in love with Leslie and taken his soul; if the children plead with coconut palm flowers and dance the Ulek Mayang, she might release him (‘Plead with Coconut Palm Flowers’). Skye, discovering their plight, gets angry and threatens to fight the mermaids. The oldest of the Mermaid Princesses then releases Leslie from his sleep, and he wakes up. Scene 8: The children are back on the alien ship. Leslie has recovered fully after a good night’s sleep. Skye decides that she will steal a dragon since no one will miss it, and beams herself to Lake Chini in Pahang. She challenges her friends to find it before she does, declaring the last one to do so will be the loser. The children beam after her in pursuit (‘Seri Gumum’). Scene 9: All the children, minus Skye, have returned to the ship, disgruntled because they couldn’t find the dragon in Lake Chini. The computer informs them that Skye has beamed into her room just before they came back, and that there is a now a dragon in the cargo hold. After initial reactions of disbelief and laughter, Alex orders the computer to take them home, signalling the end of their adventure.