{"id":4930,"date":"2019-06-14T05:44:37","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T05:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teachformalaysia.org\/students-on-the-big-stage\/"},"modified":"2019-06-14T05:44:37","modified_gmt":"2019-06-14T05:44:37","slug":"students-on-the-big-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teachformalaysia.org\/my\/students-on-the-big-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"Students on the Big Stage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Multi-award winning musician Dennis Lau\u2019s journey toward becoming an accomplished musician was birthed from humble circumstances of academic failure and his mother\u2019s persevering love. \u201c<em>I am where I am today because I had people who believed in me, who provided me with opportunities. This concert is called \u2018THE CHOSEN\u2019 because we are all chosen for a specific purpose in our lives, to contribute towards the greater good. We are delighted to go on a musical journey with TFM\u2019s students who have been \u2018chosen\u2019; to inspire and provide them with a platform to discover their musical talents,<\/em>\u201d says Dennis.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last 6 months, Dennis and Fara Dolhadi have mentored the selected 4 students in vocal training, teaching them to become performing artistes. This life-changing opportunity has stirred up their ambitions, empowering them to pursue music as a future career. They will perform \u2018Esok\u2019, a song Dennis composed especially for them, at THE CHOSEN concert on 29th June 2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>When I got the offer I was on a school trip. One of my TFM teachers called me, saying \u2018Dennis Lau wants you to perform at his concert! If you are interested they will sponsor your vocal class.\u2019 I was so shocked! But I didn\u2019t know how talented I was.. I wasn\u2019t confident at that time. I thought I\u2019ll give it a try and see.<\/em>\u201d- Dania, 17, student at a high-need school in the Klang Valley.<\/p>\n<p>TFM is grateful for partners like Dennis who share the same dream: To give opportunities to students to realise their full potential. To find out more, watch this beautiful video:<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i4jDU3a2Fjg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nVideo credit: Dennis Lau<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for THE CHOSEN BY DENNIS LAU &amp; FRIENDS CONCERT on 29th June 2019 are still available for purchase at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/premier.ticketcharge.com.my\/shows\/show.aspx?sh=DLCHOSEN19\">TicketCharge<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0or by calling +603 9222 8811.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Multi-award winning musician Dennis Lau\u2019s journey toward becoming an accomplished musician was birthed from humble circumstances of academic failure and his mother\u2019s persevering love. \u201cI am where I am today&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[103,112],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4930","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-impact","7":"category-student-opportunities"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teachformalaysia.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teachformalaysia.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teachformalaysia.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teachformalaysia.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teachformalaysia.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/teachformalaysia.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4930\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teachformalaysia.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teachformalaysia.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teachformalaysia.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}