The ART of turning

PRESSURE into PLEASURE

FARIDAH JAMAL

MEGA ANGKLUNG ORCHESTRA (5 schools) S’PORE YOUTH CELEBRATIONS (Esplanade Theatre. June 2013)

1980-82 1983 - 1992

2004 -1993 -

From STUDENT CONDUCTOR to PART-TIME INSTRUCTOR-

- to FULLTIME INSTRUCTOR & CONDUCTOR-

- COMPANYDIRECTOR

• The word Angklung originated from the Balinese words ”angka” meaning “tone “ and ”lung”: “broken”. Angklung then means an incomplete tone.

• In Sundanese dialect, the name comes from the actual rattling sound: “kurulung angklung”.

The Angklung is a musical instrument or rattle made out of 2, 3 or 4 bamboo tubes attached to a bamboo frame. The black bamboo is chosen and cultivated as it is the most ideal type of bamboo (thick, succulent & malleable yet hardy) that can be crafted to produce an excellent tone.

- believed to have appeared in Indonesia during the Hindu dynasty, in the Sunda province of West Java, INDONESIA in the

7th - 15th Centuries

- important role in the Sundanese ritual ceremonies to honour Dewi Sri, the goddess of fertility, in a hope that their life and land would be blessed; in courtly and everyday living.

• DE-STRESS!

• DISCIPLINE: Individual & Team

• BALANCE & BRAIN-GYM:

movement-alertness-psychomotor-

memory power-musical

• HARMONY & SOCIAL SKILLS

• NEW KNOWLEDGE; MUSICAL EXPRESSION;

CREATIVITY

• CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING

The Power of Angklung in Team-building: DOCENTS

of Asian Civilizations Museum 2009

The Power of Angklung in Team-building:

In Summary:

The Power of Angklung in Team-Building