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Jazz and symphony performers to become “duo” during the three-day jazz festival

Talented performers of jazz and classical music will for the first time play in harmony as part of the Thailand International Jazz Conference (TIJC) which features leading Thai and world-renowned artists and a record number of more than 60 bands gathering together to entertain audiences at Mahidol University’s College of Music during Jan 29 and 31.
    
This year’s festival will be made more intensive both interms of entertainment and education to satisfy growing expectations of quality music among Thai and foreign audiences, said Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sugree Charoensook, dean of the College of Music dean and chief organiser of the event.

The TIJC is a model jazz festival admired for its quality of participating artists as well as sound and surrounding. They have drawn several hundreds of jazz fans and, with their increasing numbers every year, organisersthis year agree toexpand performance stages from three to four, located at the Musica Arboretum, the Prince Mahidol Hall, the MACM Hall and the Oval Stage, Dr.Sugree said.

Not only do the number of stages increase, but also the number of bands go up, marking a new “historic chapter” of the festival, he added.

But a highlight will be the co-performance between Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra (TPO) and leading jazz artists including Cherryl Hayes (voice), Jens Lindemann (trumpet), Jacop Dinesen (saxophone) and Thai woodwinds master ThanitSriklindee, Dr. Sugree said.

Jazz Studies Department head Darin Pantoomkomol echoed Dr.Sugree, saying such a duo play, a mix of jazzy melodies with the elegance of a symphony, is not only a rare show in Thailand. In Mr. Darin’s view, “it’s also difficult to see this kind of performance on earth because of its complexity in terms of music and management.”

During the performance, the musicians will play a range of works from their originals and past popular jazz songs by Charlie Parker and Ella Fitzgerald to orchestral music, he said. 

Other shows will be also not disappointing, added Mr. Darin, who has selected artists for the festival himself. He based his decision on their performance, experience and, especially, their ability to inspire new musicians to develop their playing skills. Their variety of shows will also take listeners to the depth of music as an art form and please their ears and mind as a form of entertainment, Mr. Darin said.

Another colour in the festival is Thai singers and musicians, who will specially attract festival goers wanting to have fun with their favourites. Among them are forever hit and entertainer Ben Chalatit, Pomelo Town and famous jazz musicians from universities, Mr. Darin said.

This year’s festival also features some visual art, the Jazz Aid T-shirt. Designers – SingtoNamchok, Kandon “Fair” Akhasan and 25 HoursT-shirts – show their creativity on the cloth, aiming to raise fund for students who want to develop their jazz performances.

People who want to join this joyous festival can book tickets through Thai Ticket Master at 800 baht (a day/activity) or contact Mahidol University’s College of Music at 02-800-2525 Ext. 153-154.

Additional information of the TIJC can be obtained from www.facebook.com/tijc.net.

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Charoen Pokphand Foods Public Company Limited or CPF is determined to raise corporate personnel practices standard to the excellent level through the implementation of 3P strategies on both Thai and foreign workers throughout the organization in accordance to the international practices and standards in the move to become the role model of corporation on labour management. 

Mr. Apichart Kaewking, Vice President of CPF on chicken manufacturing plant in Nakhon Ratchasima said the company’s policy to directly hire foreign worker and treats them as per the human rights principle the same as Thai worker, had gained neighboring countries’ confidence that the labour practices of Thai private sector is up to the international standards and contributes to the efforts that goes against the slave labour and slave trade.

In the Year 2016, the Company is continuing to raise the corporate personnel management standards toward the sustaining excellence status therefore the Policy-Practice-Partnership-3P strategy has become the core guidelines and goals for the labour practices in all the company’s enterprises and plants. The P-Policy is the framework on personnel management based on the United Nations’ human rights declaration and declaration on fundamental principles and rights of international organizations especially the foreign worker recruitment policy on which the Company is determined to recruit and treat the foreign workers exactly the same as Thai workers. 

The P-Practice is the strategy to drive the organization on the good treatment of workers at all levels in accordance to the Thai Labour Standard TLS 8001-2553 while the P-Partnership is the close cooperation between the Company and related state organizations including NGOs both inside and outside of the country as well as the related federations and association in joint effort to raise the standards on country’s labour practices.

CPF currently employs 5,200 foreign workers as the company employee, 4,450 out of which are Cambodians and the remaining 750 workers are Myanmar people. All the foreign workers are treated equally to Thai workers at all areas including basic salary, skill based pay, annual pay raise as well as welfare as per the law i.e. social security, expense for medical treatment, accident insurance, annual leave, right to receive payment on over-time work according to the law up to 12 hours per week as per international standard and promotion of position and salary based on working performance etc.

Mr. Apichart added that approximately 2,300 foreign workers working at the chicken manufacturing plant in Nakhon Ratchasima are Cambodians. Under Company’s foreign workers recruitment policy, the Company has been able to fully provides the foreign workers with proper care and skill training. The Company has provided the accommodation and commuting bus services between the lodgings and plants for the workers every day. The Thai-Cambodia coordination center staffed with Thai speaking officer had been setup to ensure that the foreign workers working with the Company are living well and happy.

Chicken manufacturing plant in Nakhon Ratchasima is the first enterprise of the Company that gained highest level of Thai Labour Standard certificate. The certificate obtaining in 2015 is the manifestation on the CPF’s commitment to the personnel management at all levels based on international standards and contributing to the joint effort of the food processing industry to raise the labour management standards in food processing industry to the world recognized standard.

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