This digital programme is specially created to introduce students to the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, understand different arts-related vocations, and to understand the use of elements to convey music ideas.

The digital programme, self-guided by teachers, will comprise of the following topics:

• About the Singapore Symphony Orchestra

• Instruments in the orchestra

• People involved in concert preparations and take a peek behind the scenes

• Concert etiquette

• Curated video clips from Holst’s The Planets performed by SSO to introduce students to key musical concepts

A set of ready-to-use materials will be sent with video links, discussion points, learning objectives and notes for teachers.

Saturday’s Surprisingly Super-Duper Lesson is an adaptation of a book of the same name by Jolene Tan and Isabella Tong, published by Epigram Books. It tells the story of Aish, who’s cooped-up in a classroom doing a maths problem, when something extraordinary happens: her doodles come to life! This specially tailored concert will introduce children to classical music through storytelling, keeping them engaged through narration, illustration, animation and music performed by the SSO.

Featuring selections of music by the great composers, including the symphonies of Beethoven, Mahler, Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky, Grieg's Morning Mood, Holst's The Planets and other popular works by Mozart and Richard Strauss.

A link to the concert will be sent to teachers.