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 Who says Chinese orchestras can only play Chinese or traditional music? NYPCO (NYP Chinese Orchestra) has challenged the notion of Chinese orchestras with their Billboard Rockx! Concert, which took place on the 23rd November at the Esplanade Concert Hall, by playing, you guessed it, rock and popular music! With a strong history of three very successful K-Attack! performances, NYPCO is well-known in the local Chinese orchestra community for its beautiful music. The orchestra opened with �Welcome to the Black Parade� by My Chemical Romance, and the wind instruments team, donning in black rocker-chic attire, entered through the concert hall guest entrance and marched pass the audience playing a show-stopping melody. As they reached the stage, the NYPCO team was introduced and the entire orchestra proceeded to wow the audience with their songs. Having attended many music concerts, I have to say that the conductor was extremely relaxed and friendly with the audience. We were encouraged...

�You will never know. Whatever situation you find yourself in, even though you may not like it at first, could be a very big opportunity for you,� said Fariza Begum. This was how Fariza, an NYP alumnus, carved out a name for herself in Floorball. The Diploma in Business Management graduate was very involved with the Floorball team during her years in NYP.  Fariza was a goalkeeper and helped her team clinch several titles at the inter Polytechnic-ITE (POL-ITE) Games and Inter-Varsity-Polytechnic (IVP) games. Fariza Begum in action during a match Fariza picked up Floorball during her Secondary 4 days after being pushed to participate in her school�s inter-house games, and joined her school�s Floorball team as a goalkeeper.   After her performance at the event, she was further encouraged by one of her teachers to join his Floorball club, which opened the doors for Fariza to play Floorball competitively. Fariza described her initial thoughts on joining the club: �I didn�t want to ...

It is not easy becoming a VJ (Video Jockey), but Alyssa Alanna Tan, a NYP Diploma in Mass Media Management Alumnus, is determined to become a successful one, not just in Singapore, but also in Japan. The 21-year-old freelance host won the opportunity to host a segment at MTV World Stage Malaysia 2014, on 16 August 2014, and thought her experience was nothing short of amazing. Alyssa took part in the Acuvue and MTV Asia Dare to Be contest earlier last year, and her video was one of the four submissions picked by MTV as a winning submission. Together with three other host-winners from Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, Alyssa went through intensive training courses with MTV VJs Hanli Hoefer and Alan Wong, and was given invaluable tips and advice on how to host with confidence. Watch Alyssa's winning submission: �It was exciting to be able to meet the MTV VJs, and they really gave us a lot of insights,� she said. �We went through an intensive three-day workshop where they taught us m...

Too much going on? Too long, didn�t read? Here�s a one-page cheat sheet to everything NYP-related! The bare facts  Wait, there�s more! We�ve got five new buildings, with state-of-the-art learning facilities and plenty of new places to eat, shop and relax, coming up is 2015 . The best part? The T-Junction will have cyber games rooms, jamming studios and more! Let me tell you a story� We�ve got plenty of interesting stories about famous digital artists , designers who believe in retaining Singapore�s rich heritage , entrepreneurs who made their first million at 24 and fitness enthusiasts who are now building multi-million dollar empires . Others simply want the ability to savour ice-cream again , help their community or make their mark on Silicon Valley . You can also learn more about our awesome CCAs and great food ! NYP Time Machine 2015  Take a look into your future with the NYP Time Machine . You also stand a chance to win awesome prizes like H&M vouchers, Starbucks...

 The Journey: Tumultuous Times (??:?????,) is into its second season as part of MediaCorp Channel 8's ambitious nation-building trilogy. It stars Shaun Chen, Romeo Tan, Andie Chen, Jeanette Aw, Felicia Chin, Chen Hanwei and Carrie Wong as five young people who live through World War II and the Independence of Singapore. From left: Arthur Chan, Nicole Goh, Lim Pei Yi , Koh Ming Hui, Kabilan Panneerselvam, Leong Chee Loong and Jame Woon. Visual effects play an important role in creating an authentic-looking, historical period drama, so MediaCorp turned to our School of Interactive & Digital Media (SIDM) for help. This season, the team had to produce visual effects for over 250 scenes, and this massive undertaking would turn into a Journey in its own right for our students. Mr Daniel Tan, Director of the School added that, �We are very appreciative of this opportunity given to us by our partner MediaCorp. It may be hard work but the actual experience can only be claimed by those w...