By anil on 2008-02-02 18:20:22 - 6 months and 18 days ago.

SAISA Jazz Concert and Honor Recital at AIS-D

American International School, Dhaka.
1st Feb 2008 ~
Jazz Choir ~ Jazz Band ~ Selected Soloists and Ensembles.
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Jazz Choir Soprano:

Nadila Ali / Trysten Reynolds / Natalie Ring / Lita Turkka / Shaba Mehnaz.

Alto:

Megan Bodary / Soo Rim Jin / Haena Kim / Jessica McGifford / Sae Rom Hur.

Tenor:

Jae Yang / Iain Gillett / Hyun-Jae Lee / Sonam Sadutshang / Mitul Bhat.

Bass:

Arneeb Mahbub / Simen Russ / Nabil Siddiqi / Daniel Peniston / Tae Hyoung Kim.

Jazz Band Trumpet:

Daniel Martelly / Prashant Singh / Wang Kyu Kim / Je Sik Yu / Sang Hyuk Yu / Chuck Hwang.

Trombone:

Chalana Perera / Stefan Vincent / Erfan Yahya / Bill Zhuang.

Saxophone:

[Alto] Jin Young Heo / Mari Chris Herrera / Sarah Bieniek / Jeeseok Yoon / Yun Suk Chae / David Sidibe.

[Tenor] Jeong Hoon Park / Young Woo Song / Michael Ross / Sang Heun Yu.

[Baritone] Quinn Richardsdon.

Rhythm Sections:

[Bass] Ning Han / Young Hoon Song.

[Guitar] Ali Farooqi / Pratik Acharya / Anton Bredy / Arif Elahi.

[Percussion] Soo Ah Jin / Tekendrajet Parmar / Abhishek Bhaduri / Reza Brooks.

[Piano] Soo Jin Kim.

Selected Soloists and Ensembles

Sang Heun Yu / Shaba Mehnaz / Nadila Ali / Jae Yang / Iain Gillett / Jessica McGifford / Iita Turkka / Stephanie Van Der Lugt / Trysten Reynolds / Stephanie Hermann / Sae Rom Hur / Natalie Ring / Haena Kim / Grace Cho / Hayley Kemper / Mari Chris Herrera / Jeong Hoon Park / Jin Young Heo.

The SIASA Music Festival 2008 was a treat! great music from very talented young people.
Participants are several schools -

American Intl School Chennai ~ American School Mumbai ~ American Embassy School New Delhi ~ Lincoln School Kathmandu ~ Karachi American School ~ Intl School of Islamabad ~ Murree Christian School ~ American Intl School Dhaka.

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2nd Feb 2008, Grand Finale

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By anil on 2008-01-17 09:56:33 - 7 months and 4 days ago.

Laila at the IC, Jan 16th

Aa20080116 6cpLaila Plamondon sings her heart out at the IC at Dhaka on January 16th 2008...

Laila is a «local grown» Dhaka girl, graduating from AIS-Dhaka and then going on to a bachelor's degree at Smith College. Laila was named 'First Smith Superstar' in 2006.

Her younger sister, Zoya, sings beautifully as well...

Talent runs high in the family starting with [their mother] painter and fashion-designer Kuhu. [* see 1/25/08 update below].

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By anil on 2007-04-21 07:58:55 - 1 year and 4 months ago.

Talent Show, AIS-D

Great performances, music dance and skits by American International School Dhaka and some of the visiting schools to the April 2007 SAISA Track & Field Meet at AIS-D.

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Performers [some appear in these photographs, and some don't]:
Shan Koay - Carlos Bras - Gyu Lim - Jendi Kepple - Christina Frowein - Safawa Huq - Christiana Kallon - Muna Rana - Lily MacDonald - Main Mashfir - Siddhant Menon - Zubayer Mahbub - Amal Karim - Karl Andreasson - Gemma Murdoch - Enayet Kabir - Sarah Florea - Nibras Islam - Zoya Plamondon - Refayet Haque - Mashrur Shareef - Lianna Mistri - [AS-Bombay] - Bethan Alexander [AS-Bombay].

Some of the performances were, Konstantine; Nothing Compares to You; Wait a Minute; Lips of an Angel; Iris; We Are One Tonight; Sure Thing; Chasing Cars; Don't Matter; Cuando, Cuando, Cuando; Snow [Hey Oh].....