The Educator's Guide To Singapore Chinese Orchestra’s Young Children’s Concert

The Audience
Each and every one of our audience has a very important role to play!
Preparing children for the sequence of events prior to the start of the concert will
enable them to understand concert behavior better. Here are some things your
children can look out for:
1. Orchestra members assemble on stage.
2. The concertmaster (Gaohu Principal) will enter and signal to the orchestra
applaud the entrance of the concertmaster.
3. Have the children listen and watch carefully as the concertmaster signals
for the gaoyinsheng 高 音 笙 musician to play the note “A”. The orchestra
will then make a wonderful sound as they all tune to this note.
4. After the tuning is finished, the concert master will take his seat and the
show is then ready to begin!
The Good Listener
Do encourage your children to suggest some guidelines to observe during a
concert. The following points are to be covered:
Allow themselves to be quiet and still
Pay Attention to the performance
Show Appreciation by observing the musicians’ skills and instruments
Be generous with Applause when they enjoy the performance
Children should be encouraged not to
chat or make noise as they may miss an important part of the music
leave their seats because it will be very distracting to their neighbours
take photographs with flash because it is distracting to the musicians