Using electronic synthesisers and traditional instruments, 6 grade 11 music students from the Canadian International School (CIS) created a unique composition piece in just 2 weeks. Their work was part of a larger collaborative composition, ‘A Postcard of
Singapore’, which will be used as the worldwide exemplar for the IB Diploma Programme (DP) Music component ‘The Contemporary Music Maker’!
So how did this composition come to be? The students — Abby C, Xiaoyu J, Kiana K, Zijian L, Vivienne S, and Yuyao W — shared that it was a field trip to Chinatown that inspired them. As part of their research, they had interviewed an elderly shop owner, who shared how Chinatown has changed over the years.
Realising that traditions seem to be fading away in modern society, the students decided to highlight the importance of keeping traditions alive by incorporating both traditional and modern elements into their musical piece. Their team spirit and creativity inspired them and they completed the piece in just over 2 weeks.
At a weekend workshop, students collaborated with fellow musicians from other IB schools to further refine their group pieces. The CIS student team provided an innovative contribution to the final creative exemplar, which will be shared with IB schools internationally.
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