TNS and OEPS Cross Cultural Collaboration

Students from Tao Nan School and Opera Estate Primary School come together through music to learn about each other's cultures. Watch how these new friendships unfold in a joint performance.

Last updated on 12 May 2026

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TNS-OEPS Cross-Cultural Collaboration

As a school approach, we partner different schools to facilitate CCA collaborations to further strengthen our school-based Character and Citizenship Education. Students from our Chinese Orchestra and Guzheng CCA engage in a cultural exchange through music with students from Opera Estate Primary School(OEPS)’s Angklung CCA. During the meaningful interactions, students learn how to play various instruments from their peers and appreciate diverse genres of music. New friendships are forged as they create a masterpiece which features the different musical instruments. The programme helps students develop a greater appreciation of their own culture, deepen their knowledge and understanding of the diverse cultures in Singapore and provide them with opportunities to engage with individuals of different backgrounds. Do check out OEPS Facebook page ( https://www.facebook.com/oepsofficial (opens in new tab) ) too!

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Masked schoolchildren in uniforms play traditional string instruments seated in a hall with music stands.

A group of school children in uniforms stand with traditional and string instruments in a hall with a red curtain stage.

Children wearing face masks gather around a guzheng, using sticks to pluck its strings during a school activity.

A large group of children in school uniforms pose for a photo in a room with Chinese calligraphy painted on the wall.

A woman in a hijab conducts a school orchestra of children playing traditional Asian instruments in a gymnasium.

Three masked children in school uniforms examine a round-bodied traditional lute instrument indoors with sheet music nearby.