Workshops & Experiences
We conduct music workshops that explore a broad spectrum of musical traditions and practices originating from Singapore and various cultures across the world.
These workshops are designed to foster a deeper understanding of the cultural, historical, and artistic dimensions of music, highlighting both local heritage and global influences.
Through curated sessions led by experienced practitioners, participants gain insight into the rich diversity of musical expression and its role in shaping intercultural dialogue and appreciation.
Schools Outreach
National Arts Council x Arts Education Programmes (NAC-AEP) Shows
Pasat Merdu’s NAC-Arts Education Programmes bring Singapore’s multicultural music into schools through live performance, storytelling and participation. Students encounter instruments and musical traditions from Singapore’s different communities, while exploring how music reflects culture, identity and our shared experiences.
Our programmes range from discovering traditional instruments and folk songs to exploring music and migration, improvisation and intercultural collaboration. Through performances, demonstrations, sing-alongs and interactive activities, we invite students not just to learn about different musical traditions, but to listen, participate and experience how musicians from different cultures make music together.
Programmes are suitable for school assemblies and celebrations including Racial Harmony Day, International Friendship Day and National Day, and are designed to be accessible to students regardless of their musical background.
Tertiary Music Institutions
Lasalle College of the Arts
Our Founder, composer Felix Phang, teaches intercultural music approaches to composition students at LASALLE College of the Arts. His classes encourage students to think about music-making as a social activity, where composing is not only about understanding an instrument, but also the musician playing it.
Each semester, students write for a different intercultural instrumentation, working directly with musicians to understand their musical practices and approaches. Students also manage rehearsals of their own compositions, learning how to communicate, listen, adapt and make creative decisions together with the performers.
Beyond composition, these encounters create opportunities for musicians from different practices to get to know one another, exchange knowledge and widen their own musical horizons.
