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Formed in 2008, D’Nightingales and Frenz is a band comprising doctors and nurses mostly from Gleneagles Hospital who share a passion for live music and singing. Their philosophy toward music mirrors their approach to providing medical care, which is not to dwell on past glories and to remain progressive and relevant. From casual jamming sessions as hobbyists who bonded over a shared passion for making music and singing, they have since evolved to getting paid gigs at medical conferences, corporate dinner and dance events and even collecting awards along the way, the latest being the runner-up of Live-O-Rocks, a nation-wide live band competition in July 2012.They have been playing covers of pop and slow rock but are increasingly playing more of their self-compositions to challenge themselves.
This original album is entirely funded by Gleneagles Hospital as part of its ongoing corporate social responsibility initiatives and features 10 of the band members. Dr Patrick Goh, a full-time specialist sports physician who wrote, composed and produced all ten tracks, said, “Working on this album is a dream come true for the band. Now that we have undergone professional recording, we have set higher standards and expectations of one another, and together as a band. We thank Gleneagles for their encouragement and turning our dream into reality. Now we can spread greater joy during this season of giving and hopefully, realise other people’s dreams through the album sales as 100% of the proceeds go to charity.”
1,000 copies of the album will be available for sale at S$10 a copy at all Parkway Pantai Limited’s four hospitals at their customer service counters: Gleneagles, Mount Elizabeth, Mount Elizabeth Novena and Parkway East from 4 December. All proceeds from the sale of the album will be donated to Mercy Relief, an independent non-governmental humanitarian charity, which seeks to provide assistance to disaster-stricken communities in Asia.