Art of Healing Calligraphy Event at Tan Tock Seng Hospital

Our fusion performance was featured on Channel 8 News!


Kewei on vocals/erhu
Clarence on guitar



Our calligraphy autographs on the guestbook!



Traditional tea ceremony as part of the event :)

Singapore Chinese Orchestra... goes Pop!

chinese orchestra has always been in my blood,
my dad plays the erhu and flute,
my mum plays the pipa,
and of course in the early courting days
my dad pretended to learn the pipa from my mum
just to spend time with her :)

i think this performance made my parents very very happy :)



i was given the chance to perform with the Singapore Chinese Orchestra,
and one of my original songs 心型空洞 was arranged by Tan Kah Yong, in full-blown Chinese Orchestra style!!!


Kah Yong and his wife caught in the audience :)
It was great working with him the 1st time, and I was thrilled by the sound of my own song :)


with Quek Ling Kiong the conductor... he is awesommmee!
Super nice, with such flair and style in conducting


during rehearsals :)


i also played the erhu on the traditional piece called 赛马
(playing in front of the full-time pros is no joke!!)




my sweet papa


the end of a great experience!


my darling mummy





sneak of my song 心型空洞 (which will be in my upcoming EP!)

video courtesy of Evonne!

my only regret is that this chinese orchestra version will only be available as a live fuzzy youtube one.

ps. love the 萧 solo in the interlude!!!


check this out

My song is officially A Hole in Heart Shape.
Ok, the original meaning of Heart-Shaped Hole doesn't sound terrific either.

And it is

"a popular song composed by Tay Kewei, this piece expresses the laments of the heartbroken female lead who can't bear to give up her lover who has continuously let her down."

My first official introduction of my song on print!
haha


Thanks to Eriol, Nicholas Tan and many more for the lovely photos!
And to everyone who dropped by! :)

Art of Healing Anniversary at Tan Tock Seng Hospital Atrium

It was a lovely afternoon at Tan Tock Seng Hospital,
I performed with James on the white baby grand piano,
awash with sunlight from the sunroof,
to appreciative patients and staff from TTSH :)

Epson's CNY Company Dinner @ Orchard Hotel

Julia the coordinator, Kexin on Vox, Weiling on Er hu and Ian on Keys.

When it comes to CNY,
Epson sure knows how to set themselves in the mood :)

I travelled back to the 1970s
as I found myself surrounded by demure ladies clad in cheong sams and
gentlemen donned in 上海滩 scarfs and outfits!

Yes it was Epson's Spring dinner, Shanghai Night theme!

The ballroom was living it up,
with activities bustling around every corner.
There were old school candy stalls,
even a sand art shifu conducting life demonstations of his sand masterpiece!

Of course there was Yours Truly :)
We performed 2 sets of 7 Shanghai Jazz familiar tunes;
春風它吻上了我的臉, 今天不回家, 夜上海, 可愛的玫瑰花,
得不到的爱情, 月亮代表我的心, 夜来香.







We even threw in the Festive CNY song - 迎春花!

Wishing everyone a Happy Chinese New Year in Advance!

Jackson & Anthia's Wedding @ Mandarin Oriental

Hi Kewei,

Thank you very much for the wonderful performance on Tuesday. My guests loved the music. Hope you all enjoyed yourselves as well! Sorry I was too busy that night to even say hello properly. Thank you once again! :)

Cheers,
Anthia

Jackson and Anthia's snazzy bridal car and beautiful backdrop made for great photos!


Kewei on vox, Daniel on guitar, Nic on percussion

They are also one of the few couples who requested for an erhu jazz trio for their wedding -
we covered a fair share of erhu instrumental pieces together with jazz vocals :)


Yours Truly emcee Kitty also brought much joy to the celebration!




Congratulations once again to the glowing couple!

MCYS Dinner & Dance @ Suntec Convention Centre

I was the guest judge for the MCYS Superstar Competition!

together with the other 3 judges

It was all great fun - and I find it so hard to be critical :p

Also performed 2 numbers for the guests :)

AMD Corporate Launch @ Indochine, Forbidden City

AMD launched their 45nm Quad-Core Opteron Processor codenamed Shanghai.

What? Shanghai?

Here you go-

We played Ye Shanghai on erhu as their opening song.


And sang a couple of pop-jazz tunes for the happy party crowd :)

Photos from Alvin Lim! :)

Alycia & Boon's Wedding @ St Regis

Daniel on guitar, Niq on percussion, Dawn on vox, Ivan on sax, Ein on keys, Xianyang on erhu, Selwyn on violin

Hei Kewei

Thank you so much for the good band you help put together for boon and I.
We went up to the band to thank them, especially for the effort they had to rehearse over the phone to assure us that the march in song was upbeat and grand enough to the parents' liking : )

We all had a great time. Please extend our regards and thanks to the entire band again

- Alycia

This is perhaps the biggest band to date so far -
a 7 piece band in the new swanky St Regis hotel!

I've long heard about the legendary St Regis hotel and have always passed the steely grand exterior wondering about the inside.
Stepping into the St Regis Ballroom on Saturday for the wedding of Alycia and Boon, it seemed like all my expectations of grandeur had sprung into life!



Alycia had a clear vision of what she wanted and we were happy and honoured that she had picked us for her special day.

To match the east meets west decadent fusion atmosphere of the day,
a 7 piece band comprising vocals, violin, erhu, bass guitar, keyboard, saxophone, and percussion was assembled.

A grand instrumental piece was constructed to the careful instruction of the bride to introduce both parents of the bride & groom and the couple, followed by a sexy mix of vocal and instrumental upbeat numbers like 我要你的爱, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, and The Way You Look Tonight.

For to-be couples, don't be afraid to tell us what you want! We love fulfilling your requests :)

To Alycia and Boon, it was great seeing you enjoy your big day and thank you for having us! Our deepest congratulations to you :)

Wee Teck & Yanhan's Wedding @ Holiday Inn Park View

Have you caught the major blockbuster of the year?





once again, cutest shrek dedication slips customized by yourstruly!


To complete the theme of the night,
the wedding entourage also included
snippets of shrek, the movie!

The repertoire for the night
consisted of mostly romantic Chinese duets
like Ai he cheng nuo, Jin tian ni yao jia gei wo...
suited to fit the couple's likings :)



We also performed many songs specially dedciated
to Wee Teck and Yan han's loved ones;
Yi ren yi ban (ji lang ji bua)
to their parents for having brought them up throughout the years,
and peng you by Zhou hua jian to thank all their friends
for being part of their special day :)



One of the highlights of the night came
when Xian yang played the er hu, accompanied by keys
and me on vocals for the song "yue liang dai biao wo de xin".
He also performed tian mimi and
a solo er hu piece dedicated by happy audience
from the crowd - "Liang Zhu".

Congrats to you Wee Teck YanHan!

Band: Steve on Keys, Leon and Kexin on Vox and Xian Yang on erhu.

Photos courtesy of Mark Foo :)

Pioneer Electronics Regional Press Conference @ Parkroyal on Kitchener

Pioneer Electronics launched their latest Kuro plasma TV

and treated the press to a spread at Hai Xiang Restaurant.

We performed an erhu-fusion set specially for them :)

F1 Ferrari Party by Mubadala @ Parkview Square

The band from New Asia welcomed the entourage for F1,
bringing them a fusion trio of the Chinese erhu, the Arabic gambus, and the guitar.


At the very grand Parkview Square.


Being part of F1 events, especially for Ferrari, was definitely an honour!

Esplanade Outdoor Theatre Opening Concert (Part III)

To commemorate the opening of the Esplanade Outdoor Theatre,
an all-star concert was held on 23 Jun involving local singers and musicians such as

Shirlyn Tan
Ngak & Clement
Vanessa Fernandez
Tay Kewei
Wu Jiahui
Kaira Gong
Jack & Rai
Jonathan Leong

in order of appearance :)

The all-star band, led by Kenn C (bass)
was Jimmy Lee (drums), Mei Sheum (keyboards), Christine Sham (keyboards), Daniel Chai (guitar), Joshua Tan (guitar), Reggie Pereira (percussion), Lim Wee Beng, Lau Sze Chia and Natasha Liu (string trio)





the waterfront theatre, much larger than before...
more spectacular!
thanks zang thio for the pic :)


pic thanks to eric ng :)
i love this one!

photos below by avenue8 photogs - bernard, adrian and sherman! many thanks!






love this one cuz it shows off my awesome shoes!!! haha



with kaira gong, jonathan leong, wu jiahui and ngak

many more i didn't get to take pics with!




our finale item - singing Always Be My Baby :)





more pix of the show on taykewei.blogspot.com :)

videos to be added soon!