SSO Programmes for Schools 2017/18 Guide

SSO PROGRAMMES

MU M SIC FOR SCHOOLS 2017/18

APPRECIATING

DISCOVERING

TS ER REN C N D CO CHIL R FO

MU Prokofiev’s immortal symphonic fairytale Peter and the Wolf tells how young Peter sets off into the woods against his grandfather’s advice, encounters a wolf, and eventually emerges victorious – with a little help from his friends. Hear how each character in the story is depicted by a different musical instrument. Make this an unforgettable family musical outing!

LEARNING POINTS

• Learn storytelling through music • Aural expression • Learn about the instruments

2 September 2017 Saturday, 2pm & 4pm 3 September 2017 Sunday, 2pm Victoria Concert Hall

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Join Leopold the Leopard and his best friend, a talking tree, as they tell a grand tale with the nature settings depicted in Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony. Created by Victor Yerrid, a master puppeteer from the Jim Henson Company, this show will be a great holiday treat for kids and adults alike!

4 November 2017 Saturday, 2pm & 4pm 5 November 2017 Sunday, 2pm Victoria Concert Hall

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Become your favourite superhero for a day and don your capes and suits for an action-packed programme with Alasdair Malloy as SuperMac, the Kilted Crusader.

The music will provide a real rollercoaster ride of super heroic sounds from the SSO, showing off the orchestra’s super-strength, super-speed and super-sound!

17 March 2018 Saturday, 2pm & 4pm 18 March 2018 Sunday, 2pm Victoria Concert Hall

All Concerts for Children are suitable for ages 4 and above. No admission for infants-in-arms.

Retain your Concerts for Children tickets to enjoy 10% discount on the next production.

Supported by Lim & Tan Securities – A Musical Discovery, which enables children from disadvantaged families to attend SSO concerts for free, discovering the joy of music.

It’s another round trip of musical exploration with SSO Associate Conductor Jason Lai! Learn about the life of the composers behind the music and how they make whole symphonies out of building blocks of musical themes. Find out what went into Brahms’ last symphony, the dark visions and heady dramas of Berlioz’s “Fantastic Symphony” as well as Bartók’s exhilarating Concerto for Orchestra, where everyone on stage is a soloist.

24 September 2017 Sunday, 4pm Victoria Concert Hall

Go Fourth with Brahms!

28 January 2018 Sunday, 4pm Victoria Concert Hall

That’s Fantastic!

1 May 2018 Tuesday, 4pm Victoria Concert Hall

Everyone is a Soloist!

LEARNING POINTS • Learn about the instruments • Learn about the history of compositions • Musical games • LIVE interaction with the conductor through social media

A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES

Jason Lai conductor

From space to detectives, aliens to Mohicans, SSO Associate Conductor Jason Lai takes you on a movie date night of music from the cinema. Take a flight with X-Wing fighters across Interstellar Star Wars, and play a Game of Shadows to find out What Lies Beneath.

31 August 2017 Thursday, 7.30pm Esplanade Concert Hall

HIGHLIGHTS: Zimmer

Themes from Interstellar and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

Williams

Themes from Star Wars: Attack of the Clones and The Force Awakens

Howard

The Sixth Sense

Goldsmith

Themes from Alien

Morricone

Themes from Cinema Paradiso

Jones

Themes from Last of the Mohicans

Silvestri

What Lies Beneath

Celebrate this iconic film of over 50 years and the winner of ten Academy Awards®, including Best Picture. The SSO plays Leonard Bernstein’s electrifying score and memorable songs with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim live, while the newly re-mastered film is shown in glorious high definition on the big screen with the original vocals and dialogue intact. This classic romantic tragedy, directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins and one of the greatest achievements in the history of movie musicals, features Robbins’ breathtaking choreography and a screenplay by Ernest Lehman based on the masterful book by Arthur Laurents.

13 April 2018 Friday, 7.30pm Esplanade Concert Hall

West Side Story © 1961 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. All rights reserved.

Joshua Tan conductor

FREE EVENTS

Join the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and Associate Conductors Jason Lai and Joshua Tan for these free events!

LEARNING POINTS • Music appreciation

Thu | 7.30pm | 20 Jul 2017 SSO ON CAMPUS: VICTORIA JUNIOR COLLEGE Supported by

Fri | 12.30pm | 21 Jul 2017 Victoria Concert Hall SPH GIFT OF MUSIC SERIES: SSO LUNCHTIME CONCERT Sponsored by

Sat | 6pm | 22 Jul 2017 Shaw Foundation Symphony Stage, Singapore Botanic Gardens SPH GIFT OF MUSIC SERIES: THE STRAITS TIMES CONCERT IN THE GARDEN Supported by

Venue Partner

Thu | 12.30pm | 8 Mar 2018 Victoria Concert Hall SSO LUNCHTIME CONCERT Fri | 7.30pm | 9 Mar 2018 SSO ON CAMPUS: ACS (INDEPENDENT) Supported by

Sat | 6.30pm | 10 Mar 2018 CLASSICS IN THE PARK: GARDENS BY THE BAY Venue Partner

VCH OPEN HOUSE Join us at the Victoria Concert Hall for a day of musical fun!

From educational workshops, to backstage and historical tours of the building, and not forgetting a variety of performances there's definitely something for everyone!

23 May 2018, Wednesday Victoria Concert Hall • Learn about the history of Victoria Concert Hall • Learn about the instruments • Music appreciation • Behind-the-scenes with the Orchestra

LEARNING POINTS

MUSIC EXCURSIONS Spend a day in the concert hall with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra! Watch them in action during a rehearsal, and find out more about from a music specialist about what you’re listening to! Get yourself familiarised around the home of the SSO, in a tour of the Victoria Concert Hall, as part of the programme.

• Behind-the-scenes with the Orchestra • Learn about the history of compositions • Learn the basics of music creation

LEARNING POINTS

For more information, please write to outreach@sso.org.sg

CONNECT WITH MUSIC! LEARNING POINTS • Learn about the instrument families • Music appreciation • Musical games • Learn the basics of music creation

SSO musicians also travel into schools! The SSO’s Connect with Music! is an in-school programme which gives students an opportunity to meet and interact with the SSO musicians to make music education more meaningful. Selected representatives from the orchestra will perform a popular piece of music, showcase their instruments up-close, introduce the sections of the orchestra, and teach musical concepts in a lively and engaging manner.

By way of storytelling, instrument demonstration, games and listening activities, Connect with Music! aims to inspire and encourage students to appreciate and develop their relationship with classical music.

OPEN

REHEARSALS That amazing concert you just watched is the result of several rehearsals and a lot of hard work. Open rehearsals offer a behind-the- scenes perspective of how the conductor shapes every note and phrase with the orchestra, and how the individual sections come together as a harmonious whole.

For a detailed list of open Sat, 12 August 2017rehearsals, check out wwww.sso.org.sg

Date

Time

Venue

Details

Sat, 12 August 2017

10am - 12pm

Victoria Concert Hall

SSO CHAMBER SERIES: FOR THE EMPEROR Open to Friends of the SSO and ticketholders only

Sat, 19 August 2017

WHEN IN ROME

9.30am - 12pm

Open to Friends of the SSO and ticketholders only

Sat, 14 October 2017

9.30am - 12pm

Esplanade Concert Hall

STEPHEN HOUGH • RACHMANINOV PIANO CONCERTO 1 Open to public

Thu, 26 April 2018

SSO GALA: LA BOHÈME

7.30pm - 10.15pm

Open to Friends of the SSO and ticketholders only

Sat, 19 May 2018

10am - 12pm

Victoria Concert Hall

SSO CHAMBER SERIES: THE GLORY OF BAROQUE Open to Friends of the SSO and ticketholders only

SWIRE-SSO TICKETING SCHEME Since its launch in January 2013, the Swire-SSO Ticketing Scheme has benefited over 30,000 students, enabling them to enjoy world-class performances by the SSO in the Esplanade Concert Hall at subsidised ticket prices as low as $10. Larger school groups are also rewarded with a free music appreciation talk in their campus to enhance their concert experience, with any 20 tickets booked.

DISCOVERING MUSIC! $10 (min. 4 tickets)

POPS CONCERTS A Night at the Movies $35, $20

Leonard Bernstein at 100 – West Side Story $45, $30

CONCERTS FOR CHILDREN Peter and the Wolf & Summon the Superheroes $32, $24 (15 tickets)

Nature Tales $24, $20

Suitable for ages 4 and above. No admission for infants-in- arms.

Schools are able to use the Tote Board Arts Grant to subsidise up to 50% (excluding GST) of the final ticket price. Prices before $1 booking fee. Applicable for VCH Open House, Music Excursions and Connect with Music! Enjoy a complimentary talk with every school booking of 20 tickets.

Contact our Customer Experience team at 6602 4245 or ticketing@sso.org.sg.

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