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Esplanade Presents

Music | Workshop

Day Out! @ Esplanade

Various Artists (Singapore)

19 May – 30 Oct 2026

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2hrs 30mins

(Intermission: None)

Various Locations

$30

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Synopsis

Watch an arts performance, participate in a workshop and explore a performance venue—all in one day! Join us for Day Out! @ Esplanade, an exciting full-day programme packed with artful experiences you won’t want to miss!

 

May edition

19 – 21 May 2026, Tue – Thu

 

At Day Out! @ Esplanade in May, lower primary level students get to enjoy an eye-opening and colourful encounter with traditional instruments from around the world through a vibrant performance by KULCHA at the DBS Foundation Outdoor Theatre. They will then be treated to a special dramatised tour of the Esplanade Concert Hall and discover interesting insights about the world-class performing venue. To cap off the day, students get hands-on with vocal music in a performance workshop led by multi-award winning soprano Akiko Otao. What’s more, they will get to experience how their voices sound in the meticulously tuned acoustics of the Esplanade Concert Hall!

 

Oct edition

28 – 30 Oct 2026, Wed – Fri

 

At Day Out! @ Esplanade in October, KULCHA returns to present an eye-opening and colourful encounter with traditional instruments around the world at the DBS Foundation Outdoor Theatre (first presented in the May edition of Day Out! @ Esplanade). Students will then enjoy a hands-on story crafting performance-workshop using visuals, sound and text with multidisciplinary artists Jessica Heng and Bambby Cheuk. What’s more, they will get to go on a guided tour of the Esplanade Concert Hall with drama educators and get to discover the unique features of the Esplanade Concert Hall.

 

 

Learning Objectives

 

Categories: Genre Exposure & Cultural Understanding

  • Experience traditional instruments from different cultures and learn about musical elements.

  • Discover the unique features of Esplanade and its performing arts venues.

  • [May] Gain an understanding of different styles of singing and performing together in a group.

  • [Oct] Understand how stories are created, and apply this newfound understanding by making their own stories using visuals, sound, text and materials from everyday life.

Advisory:

Recommended age for May edition: Lower Primary

 

Recommended age for Oct edition: Upper Primary

Admission Age:
7 and above
Language: English
Things to Note:
Accessibility: All our venues are wheelchair-accessible. We offer various services to support patrons with access needs. For assistance, please contact Esplanade Customer Experience at 6828 8377. Concessions are available for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) and one accompanying companion. To learn more, read our accessibility guide.
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Artist Information

KULCHA

KULCHA is a Singapore-based fusion outfit crafting contemporary world music from deep Asian roots. Fusing traditional instruments—Chinese pipa, Indian bansuri, Indonesian angklung, and Middle Eastern gambus—with modern grooves and textures, the band creates a sound that’s raw, layered, and unmistakably current.

 

Through original compositions and reworked traditions, KULCHA interrogates ideas of heritage, identity, and belonging—asking what culture means in a fast-moving, urban world, and what it takes to claim something as our own.

Akiko Otao

Singapore based Japanese-American Akiko Otao is a singer, educator, and the co-founder/artistic director of L’arietta Productions, a chamber opera company that is focused on presenting fresh and relevant small contemporary operas in English.

Jessica Heng

Jessica Heng is a gatherer of ideas, stories, habits and idiosyncrasies. Her practice closely dialogues with archives and memory, taking shape in both audio-visual works and physical activations. She is drawn to co-creating with diverse communities in alternative spaces, transforming them into sites of unexpected encounter and shared experience. She is also a (self-professed) bookworm.

Bambby Cheuk

Bambby Cheuk is a Singaporean producer of film and multimedia works. Her recent films Children’s Day (Berlinale Shorts Competition 2025), Cabinet of Curiosities (Singapore Art Week, 2025), Madame Margaux (Wildscreen 2024), and Breaking News (Apple TV, Singapore International Film Festival, 2022) range over social, environmental, and scientific issues. Bambby is an alumna of prestigious creative documentary platforms, including Berlinale EFM Doc Toolbox, Rotterdam Lab, EURODOC, and Docs by the Sea. She takes on multiple roles: Producer at Pōtocol leading their documentary slate and Associate Producer at Cinemovement organising labs and residencies for artists. Aside from filmmaking, she volunteers at a mushroom farm staffed entirely with adults with special needs.

Date & Time

19 May 2026, Tue

9.30am

Various Locations

20 May 2026, Wed

9.30am

Various Locations

21 May 2026, Thu

9.30am

Various Locations

28 Oct 2026, Wed

9.30am

Various Locations

29 Oct 2026, Thu

9.30am

Various Locations

30 Oct 2026, Fri

9.30am

Various Locations
Tickets & Prices
Standard
Price $30

May Edition: Schools (All Mainstream Primary and Secondary Schools, Junior Colleges and Centralised Institute)

For every 20 student tickets purchased per performance, one complimentary teacher ticket will be issued.

 

The complimentary offer is only available for purchases made in a single transaction for the same show title.

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Oct Edition: Schools (All Mainstream Primary and Secondary Schools, Junior Colleges and Centralised Institute)

For every 20 student tickets purchased per performance, one complimentary teacher ticket will be issued.

 

The complimentary offer is only available for purchases made in a single transaction for the same show title.

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Homeschools and International Schools

To make a booking, please contact Esplanade Box Office at 68288389 or email boxoffice@esplanade.com.

For enquiries, email education@esplanade.com.

Tote Board Arts Grant

All Primary, Secondary Schools, Junior Colleges / Centralised Institute & ITEs may use the Tote Board Arts Grant to subsidise up to 50% of the programme cost.

 

For more details, please contact Esplanade Box Office at 6828 8389 or email boxoffice@esplanade.com.

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