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How Singapore’s national orchestras can be a hit with new audiences
Busking, teaming up with prisons, more nurturing of young talent. Will purists shift in their concert seats?
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As Singapore’s culture scene matures, can the orchestras do more to widen their repertoire to reach new audiences and appear in new venues?
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Paul Tan
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Singapore may be a small nation, yet it has two long-established national orchestras – the Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO), which turns 43 this year, and the Singapore Chinese Orchestra (SCO), which just celebrated its 25th anniversary.
However, while there is a special buzz from attending a live performance of uplifting music, there is still a perception, especially among non-concert-goers, that symphonic music in a concert hall is for society’s elites with formally suited musicians playing unexciting music.
