CIS PIANISTS PERFORM AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SINGAPORE

At the end of last year, CIS students served as CIS ambassadors at a reception co-sponsored by the Canadian High Commission, Embassy of Finland, and the Embassy of Singapore. The event called ‘Ice in the Tropics’ was part of a series of Arctic-themed events at the National Museum of Singapore to celebrate Canada’s 150th and Finland’s 100 birthdays.

For the inaugural event, DP music students Agnes Widjaja, Kaelen Anderson, Pei Jie Lim, Tyler Koh and grade 7 music student Mindy Huang, played live music on the Singapore National Museum’s nine-foot Steinway concert grand piano.

Supported by CIS faculty Ann Zellhoefer and Tom Anderson, students selected and performed their own repertoire. They rose superbly to the occasion demonstrating excellence, responsibility, poise and polish, as their classical and contemporary selections entertained reception dignitaries and guests.

The striking red Steinway concert grand piano used by the students, was the same one that Chinese classical star Lang Lang played on at the Sing50 mega concert at Singapore’s 50th anniversary celebration. The opportunity to play this stunning, one-of-a-kind concert grand piano, was an experience our students will not soon forget!