Concert Band
Bendemeer Primary School's award-winning Concert Band has over 100 members. Find out about their achievements, performances, and CCA schedule.
Introduction
Established in 1984, the Bendemeer Primary School Concert Band has blossomed to a strong team of 100 members, under the tutelage of our esteemed band director, Mr Quek Boon Hui, assisted by Mr Jonathan Lim.
Besides clinching the “Concert Band of the Year” title in 2000 and SYF 2012 and 2010 Gold with Honours, the band, to date, has won 9 Gold and 4 Silver Awards at the SYF Central Judging of Concert Bands. In the recent years, our band has achieved the Certificate of Distinction award at the SYF Arts Presentations in 2014, 2016 and 2018.
During SG50, we were proud to be performing at the Moulmein-Kallang GRC & Whampoa SMC SG50 National Day dinner, attended by our Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and other ministers and grassroots advisors. The band has showcased their talents in public at the Istana, the Esplanade, the Botanic Gardens and Singapore Zoological Gardens, and it participates actively in overseas and local music exchange programmes.
They have entertained our ministers and the community with their fine performances at National Day Observance ceremonies (Geylang West CC, Kolam Ayer ABC Waterfront, The Treasury) and at Launch of Clean and Green Singapore in 2013. In 2012, it clinched the Gold award at the Hong Kong Winterband Festival.
Objectives
1) To inculcate in band members the finer aspects of playing as a band unit;
2) To upgrade the skills of individual members on their respective musical instruments;
3) To develop in members a sense of pride and belonging to the school through their band experiences
Teachers-in-charge
Mdm Liew Siim Wii (1st IC)
Mr Jerald Tan (2nd IC)
Ms Phua Mei Yin
Ms Wong Yee Yee
Ms Leong Sue Ning
Mdm Cherrine Ong
CCA Schedule
Concert Band CCA schedule
Day | Time | Pupils Involved |
|---|---|---|
Tuesdays (CCA) | 7.30a.m. - 9.00a.m. | P3-6 Band members |
Wednesdays | 2.00p.m. - 3.30p.m. (For Term 1) | P3 Junior Band |
2.00p.m. - 5.00p.m. | Main Band | |
Fridays | 2.00p.m.- 5.00p.m. | Main Band |
Our Achievements
SYF Arts Presentation 2022
SYF Arts Presentation 2014, 2016, 2018 - Certificate of Distinction
SYF 2010, 2012 – Gold with Honours
Hong Kong Winterband Festival 2012 – Gold
Best Band in Singapore - 2000
SYF Arts Presentation 2024 - Certificate of Distinction
Performances
Bendemeer Primary School x Maha Bodhi School Band Exchange, 3 June 2025
Charity Lunch Performance at EXPO for Lions Club of Nanyang, 12 April 2025
Festival Winds Concert (2023)
Festival Winds Concert (2022)
Singapore Band Virtual Championships (2021)
“Friends of Exceptional Children” virtual fundraising concert for children with intellectual disabilities (2021)
“Schools in Concert” performance at Victoria Concert Hall (2019)
National Day Observance Ceremonies at The Treasury, Kolam Ayer ABC
Waterfront, Geylang West CC (2013, 2015, 2017, 2018)
The Istana (2015, 2007)
SYF Band Presentation at Singapore Conference Hall (2012)
SYF Band Presentation at the Esplanade (2010)
SYF Opening Ceremony at Indoor Stadium – Parade Band (2010)
Botanic Gardens (July 2008)
Public performances at Jurong Bird Park (June 2007)
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