The Swiss Cottage Chinese Orchestra provided many opportunities for our orchestra members to develop their musical skill and values. They were able to persevere through the intensive training in Semester 1 even though there was limited period of time to practice. Not forgetting that they also had to balance their time between studies and the practices. Our conductor chose a challenging song 《动物组曲》之《爱幻想的熊猫》,《舞蹈的哈巴狗》 as our choice piece, together with our set piece 《无畏》(Dauntless), our members managed to rise to the occasion and put up a resounding performance! As a result, the orchestra was awarded the Certificate of Distinction at the Singapore Youth Festival (SYF) Arts Presentation in 2023.
Our members had also exhibited Empathy when they taught the Primary 4 and 5 orchestra members from Princess Elizabeth Primary School. During the process of mentoring, our members learnt to be patient and encouraging towards the primary school juniors. They also learnt to be more understanding and polite towards each other during their interactions.
Besides making music, our members also make time and effort to contribute to the society through their performance, played board games and Bingo with the residents at the eldercare centre. This is part of their Student-Initiated Project at SASCO Eldercare Centre.
And this is the CO spirit - “Our Music, Our Joy”!
(Achieved Certificate of Distinction for 2019, 2021 and 2023 SYF)