Concerts for Children - The Conductor's Spellbook

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S ing a p or e S y mp hon y or c he S t r a The Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO) was born in 1979 - that's almost 40 years ago! Your mommy and daddy were just kids like you when the orchestra first started playing music.

Our Music Director is Mr Lan Shui, he is our most important conductor. We have many musicians. Some play string instruments (like violin and cello), wind instruments (like flute and trumpet) and percussion (like drums and cymbals). At the orchestra, we want to make beautiful music that will touch your heart and make your life more colourful.

The SSO usually plays in a concert hall like this one you're sitting in. But we want to show everyone how beautiful classical music is, so sometimes we have concerts in schools near your home. Sometimes we even play in the Botanic Gardens you can have a picnic while listening to the music!

Our big concerts are held at the Esplanade Concert Hall - the giant durian at Marina Bay! That can fit 1,800 people. That's a big hall! But when we want to play small pieces of chamber music or when we play fun music for everybody or for families like yours, we will come back to the beautiful Victoria Concert Hall, our beloved Home of the SSO.

Je a n t hor e l conductor Hi! I’m Jean, and I’ll be your magic guide for today! I’m also a conductor of orchestras and ballet. I’ve worked all over the world from China to England, Russia to America. Besides magic, I love new and rare music – and combining them! Magic gardens, magic flutes and magic rainbows are some of the things I can create with the orchestra.

Today, Singapore has summoned me to the beautiful Victoria Concert Hall to show you what we can do with my Conductor’s Spellbook. Together with my friend William, we’ll teach you how instruments make sound, how music makes magic and how YOU can cast magical musical spells too.

Mistico, prestissimo, violinissimo!

W il l i a m l e db e t t e r narrator Greetings! I’m William, a host, actor and presenter. I’ve presented concerts and shows many times in Singapore, even on TV! I’ve worked with many orchestras and bands in Singapore, including the Singapore Symphony Orchestra (you can hear me in their “Carnival of the Animals” CD!). I also work with drama and dance groups.

Today, I’m going to help my friend Jean show you how instruments make sound and music together through the story of Tony Stradivarius. Best of all, we’ll teach you magic spells to control the orchestra! Are you ready for the magic of music?

SSo mu S ic i a n S Lan Shui music director JoShua Tan associate conductor andrew LiTTon principal guest conductor Choo hoey conductor emeritus eudeniCe PaLaruan choral director wong Lai Foon choirmaster FirST VioLin Igor Yuzefovich° Concertmaster, The GK Goh Chair Lynnette Seah~ Co-Concertmaster Kong Zhao Hui* Associate Concertmaster Chan Yoong-Han Fixed Chair Cao Can* Chen Da Wei Duan Yu Ling Foo Say Ming Gu Wen Li Jin Li Cindy Lee Sui Jing Jing Karen Tan William Tan Wei Zhe SeCond VioLin Michael Loh Associate Principal Hai-Won Kwok Fixed Chair Nikolai Koval* Lee Shi Mei^ Chikako Sasaki* Margit Saur Shao Tao Tao Lillian Wang Wu Man Yun* Xu Jue Yi* Ye Lin* Yeo Teow Meng Yin Shu Zhan* Zhang Si Jing*

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* With deep appreciation to the Rin Collection for their generous loan of string instruments

° Igor Yuzefovich plays an instrument generously loaned by Mr & Mrs G K Goh

Lynnette Seah performs on a J.B. Guadagnini of Milan, c. 1750, donated by the National Arts Council, Singapore, with the support of Far East Organization and Lee Foundation ^ Musician on temporary contract Musicians listed alphabetically by family name rotate their seats on a per programme basis. ~

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