8 Days - November 02, 2017

8 DAYS | 79

MICappella You and I

“Live” in Concert 2017

The leading Asian vocal band will hold their largest

concert to date in Singapore at the historic Capitol

Theatre. The band has won first place in the

Moscow Spring A Cappella Festival and the award

for Best Asian Album at the 2017 Contemporary

A Cappella Recording Awards for their MICappella

Reloaded album. Expect an evening bursting with

great energy as they take you on a musical journey.

Nov 4. 8pm. Capitol Theatre, 17 Stamford Road. Tix:

$48–$78 from http://www.apactix.com. http://www.facebook.com/

MICappella

COMPILED BY PEGGY FONG

person who will lend her
his ear: the King. Featuring
songs from the writers of
SRT’s Red Riding Hood and
Treasure Island.
Till Dec 8. Mon–Fri, 10am;
Sat, Sun, 11am, 2pm. KC Arts
Centre, 20 Merbau Road, Rob-
ertson Quay. Tix: $25–$48 from
Sistic*. http://www.srt.com.sg

Mosaic Music
Series: The Joey
Alexander Trio
Fourteen-year-old Grammy-
nominated jazz pianist
Joey Alexander presents
an evening with his trio,
featuring songs from his
highly anticipated second
album Countdown like ‘City

Lights’, ‘Sunday Waltz’ and

‘For Wee Folks’. The album

builds upon the swing and

improvisational style of his

debut album My Favourite

Things, and reflects the

growth and reflection of

Alexander as an artiste.

Nov 7. 7.30pm. Esplanade

Concert Hall. Tix: $48–$108

from Sistic*. http://www.esplanade.

com

PianoBotanica

2017

The annual concert-in-the-

park presents a special

fifth edition in celebration

of Brazil’s 50 years of

diplomatic relations

with Singapore. Catch

Singapore’s jazz maestro

Jeremy Monteiro, along

with guest performances

by Juliana da Silva, Melissa

Tham and Jazz Brasileiro.

Nov 4. 6.30pm. Shaw Founda-

tion Symphony Stage, Singa-

pore Botanic Gardens. Free.

http://www.PianoBotanica.com

Eric Watson’s

World of Chinese

Music

Known for being one of

the pioneer composers of

Nanyang music for the

Singapore Chinese

Orchestra, this

concert will present

compositions by Eric

Watson. Highlights

include ‘Dialogue for

Solo Tabla and Chinese

Orchestra’, a cross-

cultural performance

featuring tabla performer

Jatinder Singh Bedi; ‘An

Independent Note’ which

commemorates a historic

part of Singapore’s history

and features actor Lim Kay

Tong; ‘Tapestries: Time

Dances’, the winner of the

Singapore International

Competition for Chinese

Orchestral Composition

2006; and ‘Concerto for

Sanxian’, which will be

premiered by SCO musician

Huang Guifang.

Nov 3. 8pm. Singapore

Chinese Cultural Centre Audito-

rium, 1 Straits Boulevard. Tix:

$30–$70 from Sistic*.

Rossa: The

Journey of 21

Dazzling Years

After a sold-out concert

at the Istana Budaya in

Love 97.2 Birthday

Musical: Liang Shan Bo

& Juliet

To celebrate 23 years of Love 97.2, the DJs show

their appreciation for their audience’s support with

an original comedy musical: a comedic spin of the

classic Chinese tale Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai,

and Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Featuring DJs

Dennis Chew, Kenneth Kong, Chen Biyu, Mark Lee

and Marcus Chin, among others.

Nov 3–5. Fri, 8pm; Sat, 2pm; Sun, 2pm, 7pm. MES

Theatre at Mediacorp, 1 Stars Avenue. Tix: $48–$138 from

Sistic*.

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