Knocking – Experimental work from Hands 1
Synopsis Knock! Knock! Knocking … !The constant drumming, like the insistentknocking on the door, is like a scene on thedark silent stageCan you hear it?These heart-felt pleas from the 6 pioneers … These 6 pieces will be like a galaxy of starsunfolding like a dream before your eyesEach of these pieces share their soul search-ing […]
RI YUE CHU YIN (The Birth of HANDS PERCUSSION Gamelan) – with special guests ‘The Eight Mallets Percussion’
Synopsis Living in a country with such diverse traditional roots has inspired the HANDS PERCUSSION TEAM onto this exciting journey to celebrate the unity of Armour and Skin. As simple as it sounds, mastering percussive art-forms is a challenging conviction. Ri Yue Chu Yin is put together by a passion for difference, with a blend […]
Dreams in November
Synopsis Everyone dreams whether they remember it or not. Dreams give an insight into our inner thoughts, hidden feelings, fears or ambitions. They provide an unrestrained avenue for us to experience our greatest desires without the daily inhibitions we place on ourselves in real life. Often we hold back doing what we truly want because […]
Kaleidoscope – HANDS Drumming Festival, Jom Jom Drums!
Synopsis This year HANDS adds a little more scope to their annual student concert series, ‘Drum Slices’. Kaleidoscope is intended as a learning festival for drummers, percussionist or for any music enthusiast for that matter. It opens with a drumming competition for primary school kids and a series of workshops by HANDS, Hands Gamelan Group, […]
Drum Slices 3 – Rhythm Ride
Synopsis The focus of this years concert is on rhythm. Rhythm is one of three basic elements of music, and the most important. It is combined with melody and harmony to create beautiful music. With two years experience, there is now more refinement and greater energy in the students creativity and performance. Rhythm Ride explores […]
Pulsing Spirit
Synopsis Negativity is like noise, distracting. It distracts you from being ‘in the moment’, from remembering what you have, from appreciating the now! What we have is often taken for granted. What we do not have, we wish we did and the struggle to get this often leaves us unhappy. The performers in this concert […]
Drum Slices 2
Synopsis Following last year’s overwhelming response to , the HANDS Percussion Team is once again putting on a not-to-be-missed show. This time around, there will be more spectacular pieces with collaboration among participating schools. Come see the sequence to the show that was nominated for four BOH Cameronian Arts Awards (Best Group Performance (Instrumental), 2 Best […]
Chaos in Unison
Synopsis Drums! What does it mean to you? Drums could mean different things to different people – it could be a tool to let your frustrations out with, an instrument through which you express your emotions or it could be like a lover, something you cannot live without. The sound of drums brings about different […]
10:Entwined Calling – HANDS 10th Anniversary
Synopsis 10:Entwined Calling is the collaborative result of a shared inner calling among a group of artists to create expressions of freedom using different art forms. Each artist is unique but the common thread among them is a desire to express themselves without thought of consequences or ‘what would sell’. Consequences seem to control our […]
Drum Slices- HANDS Students Concert
Synopsis Hands students concert which involved 120 students performers from award winning drum troupes. On stage for the first time children aged 4 to 18 perform 8 pieces of choreographed Chinese drums and percussion music. Trained by core members of The Hands Percussion Team over the past 6 years. These children bring more then music […]
Dialogue in Skin
Synopsis DRUMbeat, heartbeat. You don’t have to be a musician to understand why drums are important in music. But there’s more to the story. The drum has many faces-including the face of the person exhilarating relationship between drum and drummer. The heart of the programme comprises a team of 15 drummers presented by Hands Percussion […]
When Percussion Meets
Synopsis The first HANDS production of various types of percussion instruments and music coming together. A melting pot of different cultures and music influences. When Percussion Meets is self-explanatory, where traditional Chinese drums meet everyday objects, dance and drums combine to express challenging living environments, children are still children yet are able to have the […]