Pre-event visual guide to attending Young Spacefarer's Guide to the Orchestra!
NOTES ON THE CONCERT
This visual guide has been created to help prepare you and your family for this concert Adults may read the visual guide with the child(ren), or use the information to prepare them for the experience.
Sound Levels
The music at this concert varies in mood and dynamics. Some works in the concert are louder and may have sudden increase in volume:
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If the child is sensitive to loud noises, especially if your seats are near the front of the Concert Hall, we recommend that you bring noise-reducing headphones for them
Visual Media
Live footage of the musicians and actors will be projected onscreen behind the orchestra.
To help everyone follow the concert better, the actors’ lines will also be displayed onscreen as subtitles
Concert Etiquette
If you leave the hall during the performance, you will be allowed to re-enter again
Audience members may clap after each piece.
Eating and drinking is not allowed in the Concert Hall.
Non-flash photography is allowed during the concert, but please be mindful not to disrupt the people around you.
While concert etiquette is relaxed at our family concerts, audience members should still remain in their seats to keep the aisle clear for others to pass.
If you have any questions or require accessibility arrangements, please email hello@sso.org.sg.
CONTENTS
2. 3. BEFORE INSIDE AFTER the concert
the concert
1. the Concert Hall
FO BE RE THE CONCERT
Today, we are going to the Esplanade Concert Hall. This is where we will watch the Singapore Symphony Orchestra perform.
To get into the concert hall foyer, we have to wait for the usher to scan our ticket.
We can take a programme booklet and an orchestra guide from the table after scanning our tickets.
These will help us learn more about the concert and instruments we’ll see onstage.
When we enter the concert hall foyer, we can visit the activity corner near the staircase at Level 1 for some colouring activity.
Let’s head in for the concert!
We can also visit the Instrument Petting Zoo, located at the end of the foyer at level 1. Here, we can try out different musical instruments and learn about them.
There will be many people and instruments here. If it gets too loud, I can enter the concert hall or go to a quieter area.
INSIDE THE C NCERT HALL
We can enter the concert hall 30 minutes before the concert starts, to get ready to watch the concert.
CONCERT HALL
This is what the inside of the concert hall looks like.
If I n to s bett available at the inner doors of the concert hall.
The ushers will be able to guide us to our seat.
STAGE
There is a stage at the front of the concert hall, that the orchestra will perform on.
We should return to our seats when the concert is about to start.
We can also see what the actors are saying on the screen.
We can use the toilet before entering the concert hall, or anytime during the concert.
Toilets can be found at:
Level 1: Down a staircase from foyer
Level 2: At the lift lobby of Door 3 & 4
Level 3: Along the foyer
The nearest nursing room is at the mezzanine level outside the Concert hall, near the box office.
Stalls
CALM CORNER
Sometimes, the music may get loud.
If th I ca or g Circle 1, Level 2 outside the concert hall.
When I feel better, I can go back into the concert hall.
ETAF R THE C NCERT
After the concert ends, we will leave the concert hall.
If too many people are leaving at the same time, we can wait in our seats for the crowd to clear first.
The actors will come out for a post-concert meet-and-greet at the entrance.
There, we can take pictures with them or ask them any questions.
We can also take part in the colouring activities and Instrument Petting Zoo.
