Sing'theatre and Singapore General Hospital looks set to present one of Singapore's biggest charity music festival ever! It features popular theatre personalities including Sebastian Tan, Hossan Leong, Jonathan Leong and George Chan. Check out the details below:
The world’s largest live music event comes to Singapore General Hospital on 21 June 2013!
For the first time in Asia, the Singapore General Hospital (SGH) and Sing’theatre will be bringing in “Fête de la Musique”, the world’s largest live music event, to fill each and every corner of the SGH campus with music on Friday, 21 June 2013.
Aptly titled, MusicFest@SGH, this unique edition of the event that started in France 31 years ago will make music of different genres accessible to everyone on the SGH campus, including patients, staff, visitors and just about anyone who loves music!
Audiences will get to be part of this amazing experience as close to 250 performers from over 35 groups will be putting up 60 free performances throughout the day in the most unexpected spots on the SGH campus. Totalling 40 hours of performances, the professional and amateur artists, students and staff will be performing their acts at lobbies, wards, outpatient clinics, gardens and open spaces of the various institutions on campus such as the National Cancer Centre Singapore, National Heart Centre Singapore and Duke‐NUS Graduate Medical School.
The music galore will culminate at the Concert Finale on Friday, 21 June at 7pm at the SGH Quad with performances by local and international celebrities such as Sebastian Tan, Hossan Leong, Jonathan Leong and George Chan. His Excellency Mr Olivier Caron, Ambassador of France to Singapore, will be the Guest‐of‐Honour.
“SGH is thrilled to partner Sing’theatre to organise Asia’s first “Fête de la Musique” in a hospital setting. The contribution of the arts to physical and mental health and well‐being is well recognised and documented. Our multi‐faceted Arts for Health programme addresses the emotional needs of patients and families by creating a soothing compassionate hospital environment, which reduces stress and facilitates quicker healing. We are grateful to see our volunteer artists and art groups in the community who so generously share their time and passion for arts with our patients” said Ms Mumtaj Ibrahim, Community Relations Manager, SGH.
MusicFest@SGH is an opportunity to access and open up places which are traditionally not concert venues, like hospitals. It will engage and connect hospital communities in an unprecedented way.
“The idea to perform in hospitals came from my previous professional career in healthcare, and moreover recently, from the loss of a dear artist friend following a long illness. I felt an urge to do something to make sense out of this tragedy. I wanted to bring performing arts to hospitalized patients who usually have little or no access to it at a time they need it the most”, said Mrs Nathalie Ribette, Sing’theatre Artistic Director and Producer of MusicFest at the SGH campus.
MusicFest@SGH marks the launch of Sing'theatre's ambitious programme: MusicFest@Hospital, which will develop into further and larger events in the upcoming
years.
“Novartis is delighted to support Sing’theatre and the Singapore General Hospital in this year’s MusicFest. At Novartis we place an important emphasis on activities which bring us closer to the communities within which we live and work. The idea of the MusicFest at SGH really captures the imagination and will no doubt bring a great deal of joy and happiness to everyone at SGH. We are really pleased too that some of our associates will be able to assist on the day, to ensure that everything goes smoothly in providing a day’s entertainment that I trust will be a great day to remember”, said Mr Chris Snook, Novartis Country President Singapore.
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More information available at the Sing'theatre website: http://www.singtheatre.com/component/k2/item/657-up-coming-show
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The world’s largest live music event comes to Singapore General Hospital on 21 June 2013!
For the first time in Asia, the Singapore General Hospital (SGH) and Sing’theatre will be bringing in “Fête de la Musique”, the world’s largest live music event, to fill each and every corner of the SGH campus with music on Friday, 21 June 2013.
Aptly titled, MusicFest@SGH, this unique edition of the event that started in France 31 years ago will make music of different genres accessible to everyone on the SGH campus, including patients, staff, visitors and just about anyone who loves music!
Audiences will get to be part of this amazing experience as close to 250 performers from over 35 groups will be putting up 60 free performances throughout the day in the most unexpected spots on the SGH campus. Totalling 40 hours of performances, the professional and amateur artists, students and staff will be performing their acts at lobbies, wards, outpatient clinics, gardens and open spaces of the various institutions on campus such as the National Cancer Centre Singapore, National Heart Centre Singapore and Duke‐NUS Graduate Medical School.
The music galore will culminate at the Concert Finale on Friday, 21 June at 7pm at the SGH Quad with performances by local and international celebrities such as Sebastian Tan, Hossan Leong, Jonathan Leong and George Chan. His Excellency Mr Olivier Caron, Ambassador of France to Singapore, will be the Guest‐of‐Honour.
“SGH is thrilled to partner Sing’theatre to organise Asia’s first “Fête de la Musique” in a hospital setting. The contribution of the arts to physical and mental health and well‐being is well recognised and documented. Our multi‐faceted Arts for Health programme addresses the emotional needs of patients and families by creating a soothing compassionate hospital environment, which reduces stress and facilitates quicker healing. We are grateful to see our volunteer artists and art groups in the community who so generously share their time and passion for arts with our patients” said Ms Mumtaj Ibrahim, Community Relations Manager, SGH.
MusicFest@SGH is an opportunity to access and open up places which are traditionally not concert venues, like hospitals. It will engage and connect hospital communities in an unprecedented way.
“The idea to perform in hospitals came from my previous professional career in healthcare, and moreover recently, from the loss of a dear artist friend following a long illness. I felt an urge to do something to make sense out of this tragedy. I wanted to bring performing arts to hospitalized patients who usually have little or no access to it at a time they need it the most”, said Mrs Nathalie Ribette, Sing’theatre Artistic Director and Producer of MusicFest at the SGH campus.
MusicFest@SGH marks the launch of Sing'theatre's ambitious programme: MusicFest@Hospital, which will develop into further and larger events in the upcoming
years.
“Novartis is delighted to support Sing’theatre and the Singapore General Hospital in this year’s MusicFest. At Novartis we place an important emphasis on activities which bring us closer to the communities within which we live and work. The idea of the MusicFest at SGH really captures the imagination and will no doubt bring a great deal of joy and happiness to everyone at SGH. We are really pleased too that some of our associates will be able to assist on the day, to ensure that everything goes smoothly in providing a day’s entertainment that I trust will be a great day to remember”, said Mr Chris Snook, Novartis Country President Singapore.
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More information available at the Sing'theatre website: http://www.singtheatre.com/component/k2/item/657-up-coming-show
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