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Singapore Chinese Orchestra Ltd -
Arts, Music, Entertainment Places
Singapore Chinese Orchestra Ltd
Contact: Elaine Yeoh Hong
Address: 7 Shenton Way, Singapore Conference Hall, Singapore
Singapore 068810
Tel: (65) 65574019 (65) 64403839
Fax: (65) 65572915 (65) 65572756
e-mail:
info@sco.com.sg
Website:
http://www.sco.com.sg Categories: Arts, Music, Entertainment Places Company Profile:
Inaugurated in
1997, the Singapore Chinese Orchestra (SCO), comprising of
80 musicians, is Singapore’s only professional Chinese
orchestra as well as a flagship local arts group.
Its patron is Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Taking
on the twin role of preserving traditional arts and
culture and establishing new frontiers through the
incorporation of exotic Southeast Asian cultural
artifacts, its home is the Singapore Conference
Hall, a prime performance venue in the financial
district.
Since its inception, SCO has impressed a broadening
audience with its blockbuster presentations and is
fast establishing itself among its counterparts
around the world. In 2002, it staged a symphonic
fantasy epic Marco Polo and Princess Blue as part of
the opening festival of Esplanade – Theatres on the
Bay. The following year, SCO produced a musical and
visual conversation with Singapore’s most eminent
multi-disciplinary artist Tan Swie Hian at the
Singapore Arts Festival 2003. The Orchestra
celebrated Singapore’s 39th National Day in 2004
with a spectacular concert – Our People, Our Music –
featuring over 2,300 local music enthusiasts at the
Singapore Indoor Stadium. In 2005, it produced a
mega musical production, Admiral of the Seven Seas,
as part of the Singapore Arts Festival 2005. In
2007, SCO was part of the 240-strong combined
orchestra that performed at the Singapore National
Day Parade. In the Singapore Arts Festival 2008, SCO
joined hands with Theatreworks to present the
ground-breaking production Awaking, which brought
together Kunqu opera music and Elizabethan music. In
2009, SCO made history by becoming the first Chinese
orchestra to perform in the opening week of the
Edinburgh Festival, and in 2010, performed in Paris
as part of the Singapour Festivarts.
Well-known for its high performance standards and
versatility, the SCO has performed at numerous
prestigious events such as the World Economic Forum
and International Summit of Arts Council in 2003,
and the 2006 International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Annual Meeting.
The orchestra also toured Beijing, Shanghai and
Xiamen in 1998 and Taiwan in 2000. In 2005, it
performed at the Budapest Spring Festival, the
Singapore Season in London and Gateshead. In 2007,
SCO performed at the Beijing Music Festival, as well
as in Shanghai as part of the Singapore Season in
the China Shanghai International Arts Festival. SCO
was also invited to perform at the Macau
International Music Festival, as well as at major
concert halls in Guangzhou, Zhongshan and Shenzhen.
These international platforms provided SCO with the
opportunities to showcase its talents, propelling it
to the forefront of the international music arena.
In line with its vision to be a world-renowned
people’s orchestra, SCO widens its outreach by
performing regularly at various national parks,
communities and schools. SCO also commissions its
own compositions and in 2006 and 2011, organised the
Singapore International Competitions for Chinese
Orchestral Composition that incorporates Nanyang
musical elements from Southeast Asia. In 2012, SCO
organised Singapore’s first 23-day National Chinese
Orchestra Marathon, a spectacular feat that drew the
participation of 31 local Chinese orchestras
participated with over 44 performances and an
audience of 20,000. It is with this vision that SCO
continues to inspire, influence, educate and
communicate through its music.
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