London college to hold fundraising concert to celebrate ties

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Trinity College London is celebrating 90 years of assessments in Malaysia with a fundraising anniversary concert on Nov 22.

It will be held at 8.30pm at Pentas 1 of the KL Performing Arts Centre (KLPac) in Sentul.

The first Trinity examinations were held in Penang in 1921

Tickets are priced at RM53 per seat and the entire amount will go towards the charity fund for seven charity organisations and homes, Trinity Guildhall national manager (music) Lim U-Jin said.

“Audiences will get a blend of various musical performances and there will also be a short play.

Not to be missed: (From left) Joshua, Denise, Trinity Guildhall speech and language manager Carol Fonseka and U-Jin.

“The charity concert reflects our charitable association and we chose beneficiaries from different states as our examinations are held in various states too,” he said.

The beneficiaries are StART Society, Petaling Jaya; Perak Palliative Care Society, Ipoh; Sarawak Children’s Cancer Society, Miri; Pusat Jagaan Kanak-kanak Sayang, Petaling Jaya; Bethany Orphanage Home, Teluk Intan, Perak; St Maria Goretti Girl’s Hostel, Keningau, Sabah; and SJK (C) Kuala Kemaman, Terengganu.

StART programme director Joshua Lee said the funds would be used for paying teachers and purchasing musical instruments.

The concert performances include choir by The Dithyrambic Singers, a short comic play Sure Thing by Marvin Wong and Marina Tan, piano recital by Wong Shuenda, violin recital by Denise Mubin (accompanied by Angel Lee), baritone recital by Ralph Mcdonald (accompanied by Genevienne Wong), and Danielle Perrett on the harp.

Concert performers are related to Trinity in various roles: Ralph Mcdonald and Danielle Perrett are Trinity music examiners and professional musicians and others are Trinity outstanding young candidates.

Sure Thing is a short comic play by David Ives featuring a chance meeting of two characters, Betty and Bill, whose conversation is continually reset by the use of a ringing bell, starting over when one of them responds negatively to the other.

The play was first presented at Manhattan Punch Line’s Festival of One-Act

Comedies, New York City, in February 1988.

Eight-year-old Denise Mubin started formal lessons at the age of four under the tutelage of Angel Lee. When she was six, she achieved her Grade 6 with high distinction and was the youngest member selected to join the prestigious Permata Seni Muzik Program, a government-funded programme developed to train and nurture talented young musicians. Her ambition is to become a famous violinist.