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The Malaysian Philharmonic Youth Orchestra (MPYO) continues to bring youthful enthusiasm in music in its upcoming concert on Sunday, 31 March 2019 at 3.00 pm at Dewan Filharmonik PETRONAS (DFP), KLCC. One of Malaysia’s youngest orchestras, the MPYO celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2017 with a host of concerts that affirmed its stature as an orchestra to be reckoned with in this region. Officially launched on 13 January 2006 with an objective to encourage and nurture local young musicians’ passion and appreciation of all genres of symphonic music, the MPYO indeed is a ‘stage for young talent’ with each section of the orchestra receiving professional coaching from the musicians of…

oin the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO) in concerts themed Women In Music with a programme devoted entirely to women composers to be conducted by a woman. Held in conjunction with the International Women’s Day on 8 March, the concerts are a befitting tribute to celebrate women’s achievements in every field of endeavour.  Musically knowledgeable concertgoers will recognize names such as Fanny Mendelssohn (sister of Felix), Clara Schumann, Lili Boulanger, Germaine Tailleferre and, more recently, the Americans Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Joan Tower and Jennifer Higdon, and also Malaysia’s very own Vivian Chua. Scheduled on Friday, 8 March 2019 and Saturday, 9 March 2019 at 8.30 pm at Dewan Filharmonik PETRONAS, the…

As a parent, I admit that most of the times I am quick to be the Mother Lion that shields and protects her cubs. Our most natural instinct is to never let our kids face sadness, failure, loneliness and more in their lives. However, these challenging situations are inevitable when they grow up. Therefore, it is also our job as parents to raise resilient kids who know how to face these challenges and overcome them in their lives. Our children will experience disappointment, frustration and failure; criticism and disapproval; and/or exclusion/bullying by peers etc. What are the ways we can help them get on their own two feet without solving…

Every once a year, our little family will need to travel to Kuching and Sarikei to visit our families for Chinese New Year. I realised every year, we would struggle to decide which is the best time and cost saving method to travel to Sarikei from Kuching. This is because there is no airport in Sarikei! I also found information online so limiting and out of date so I decided to write it out here. 1) By Air The most time saving but not so cost friendly method is to fly by Airasia or Malaysia Airlines from Kuching International Airport to Sibu Airport. From Sibu, it is another 1.5 hours…