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!
