This Holy Thursday, The Music Ministry of the Church of St. Francis Xavier, Petaling Jaya, renders “We Should Glory in the Cross” composed by Ricky Manalo, CSP.
In reflecting the Entrance Antiphon - We should glory in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, in whom is our salvation, life and resurrection, through whom we are saved and delivered. (Cf. Gal 6: 14), it is Christ’s triumph on the cross that is our hope and salvation. It is this glory of which we are all saved.

Original Video for presentation produced by Joanne Aw
Audio Mixed and Mastered by Dr. Gordon Pereira

We Should Glory In The Cross (Final Master)

Choir section of a virtual choir production for Easter Sunday.

Sung by members of the Music Ministry of the Church of St. Francis Xavier, Petaling Jaya.

This particular section was part of a medley of "Jesus Christ is Risen Today" merged in with Handel's Thine Be the Glory.

Voices recorded individually in the comfort of the homes of the singers.

Thine Be the Glory (Final Master) - Choir only

Choir Only

An arrangement for the Celebration of the Feast Day of St. Ignatius of Loyola, celebrated at the Church of St. Francis Xavier, Petaling Jaya, in conjunction with the Universal Apostolic Preferences for the Ignatian Year 2021.

Sung by the singers of the Music Ministry of the Church of St. Francis Xavier, Petaling Jaya, Take, Lord, Receive was originally composed by Fr. John Foley, SJ, an american Jesuit priest, inspired by the suspice prayer of St. Ignatius of Loyola.

Arrangement by Joanne Aw and Justin Chew
Audio Production by Dr. Gordon Pereira

Take, Lord, Receive (Final Master)

Script The Past

Here's a little something Jacky and me threw together without much thought process over an hour of recording mixing and mastering. 4.00am in the morning and I decided to test out my new interface.

T'was my birthday yesterday and I decided to get a new audio interface. My previous interface, the TASCAM US-1641 sort of only had driver support up till MacOS El Capitan (10.11). I recently updated my Mac from El Capitan to the latest Catalina - totally lost support for it. It's now for sale...

New interface - Testing out the Focusrite Scarlett 18i20
- Recorded vocals on a Audio Technica AT2020
- Lead vocals on input 1, harmonies on input 2, 3 and 4
- Monitoring via a Beyerdynamic DT 1770 Pro, powered by an Aune X1s
- DAW used is a Logic Pro X 10.4.8

Jacky (Instagram: instagr.am/jackytvk/) on Piano
- Roland FP30 - MIDI via bluetooth to an iPhone
- DAW - Garageband for iOS

In Christ Alone

A virtual choir performance by the members of the Music Ministry of the Church of St. Francis Xavier (SFX), Petaling Jaya, Selangor DE, Malaysia.

Co-ordinated by Ng Seet Onn and Shereen Dulau
Co-directed by Joanne Aw and Gordon Pereira

Strings section arranged by Joanne Aw

Justin Chew on Piano
Chris Chia on Organ
Joanne Aw on Violin and Viola
Gordon Pereira on Violin
The collective  angelic voices of the singers from the Music Minstry of SFX.

Audio mastered by Gordon Pereira
Original virtual choir Video presentation edited by Joanne Aw

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The Church of St. Francis Xavier, Pertaling Jaya's Music Ministry members came together during the COVID-19 pandemic, during the long a dreary Movement Control Order set in place by the Malaysian government to break the circuit of the spread of the virus, to sing a song of Hope and Light in the darkness that seems to just go on.

The year 2020 was not a good one for so many individuals of all races, and religious walks of life. The COVID-19 problem affected the lives of everyone in some way or other.

The members of the Music Ministry found it in their hearts to pray for every living being in the world, for their safety and for their hearts to be filled with hope, through music in this piece.

Written by Bernadette Farrell in dedication to St Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows, Upper Holloway, London for the procession of fire during the Lucernarium, this hymn was an appropriate choice for the season when hope seemed to never find it's way to the many suffering beings of the Earth.

Please share in our prayer as you listen to this one.

Copyrights of the original music belong to OCP Publications, with kindest love for Bernadette Farrell and all whom have had the pleasure of working with her on the original presentation of this piece.

Christ, Be Our Light (Remastered for Publication)

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues on, with times becoming more uncertain, we learn to appreciate the things we had in the days before the pandemic. Leading up to the season of Christmas, we still see ourselves celebrating Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord from our homes together as One Holy Catholic Church, a nation for Christ!

We bring you a hymn titled "Born is the Light of the World" written and composed by Sally DeFord in remebrance of a time when she had observed a painting depicting the infant Jesus and Mary illuminated in light. We present our take on this hymn of praise and presented during the Pre-mass Carolling for the 7.00pm Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord live-streamed mass on 24th December 2020 from the Church of St. Francis Xavier.

Wishing your families, from ours, a Blessed Christmas and Tidings of Joy in the year to come.

Original Video of the Virtual Choir Produced by Joanne Aw
Audio Mixed and Mastered by Dr. Gordon Pereira
Musicians of the Music Ministry of The Church of St. Francis Xavier, Petaling Jaya as below.

Piano - Justin Chew
Organ - Chris Chia

🎻 Violinists in Obbligato
Catherine Khaw
Cwun Ching
Gabrielle Tan
Joanne Aw
Michelle Kwan
Philip Law
Timothy Song

👩‍🦱 Sopranos
Jamie Voon
Janice Gimbad
Joanne Aw
Kara Michael
Shereen Dulau

👩‍🦰 Altos
Anatolia Chiam
Chris Chia
Deserie Donis Ebin
Tanya Lazar

👨‍🦱 Tenors
Daniel Lau
Gordon Pereira
Jaclay Schalliven John
John Vincent Hernandez
Justin Chiew

👨‍🦰 Basses
Daniel Aw
Mark Hiew
Matthew Anthony
Stephen Voon

(Final Master) Born Is The Light Of The World

This was a medley that was initially arranged for the presentation of music at the celebration of the Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord on Christmas eve at the Church of St. Francis Xavier, Petaling Jaya in 2019. It was sung by a live choir, with the accompaniment of 5 violinists and a cellist, or a guitarist and a cajon, in both instances having an organ and piano accompaniment. This virtual choir presentation was done in respect to the current times of isolation and new norms. 

Popularised by Eric Whitacre, we have seen creativity flow beyond the stage, connecting people from around the globe. Musicianship has now evolved to a new experience. 

We share our experience in celebration of the birth of Christ with you through prayer and song with this medley in the form of a virtual choir presentation. We hope this finds you blessed and with much to be grateful for and to look forward to. As for those struggling during these times of uncertainty, may the light of Christ guide you through the darkest of days.

A blessed Christmas to all.

Virtual Choir Co-ordinator - Shereen Dulau
Original video for the virtual choir produced by Joanne Aw
Audio Mixed and Mastered by Dr. Gordon Pereira
Musicians and a 60 strong chorus of the Music Ministry of The Church of St. Francis Xavier, Petaling Jaya

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