Music Play Date 2024

Following its fun-filled outdoor concerts in 2022 and 2023, The klpac Symphonic Band is back for more fun in the sun and, of course, more great music this May!

If you missed the previous editions (or simply couldn’t get enough), save these dates and start packing your picnic mats and gear. No fixed seating, stuffy dress codes or ushers shushing little ones.

Grab a spot under klpac’s giant banyan tree, sing along to familiar tunes and clap along. The klpac Symphonic Band musicians will be taking turns to entertain you with toe-tapping tunes and, at the same time, introduce some basic musical knowledge & terminology.

Parents, make your own DIY instruments with your kids using stuff around the house! Children, get ready to take part in the music quizzes and games and stand a chance to win fun prizes!

Admission is free but donations are welcomed.

Music Play Date is part of klpac & The klpac Symphonic Band’s audience development and community outreach efforts. This is also part of klpac’s Connect wider initiative, supported by Yayasan Sime Darby. The year-long initiative comprises an array of activities to improve arts access but also to combat talent drain post-pandemic through capacity-building.

ABOUT The klpac Symphonic Band

Soon after The klpac Orchestra was formed, The Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (klpac) established The klpac Symphonic Band in 2009 which made its debut with “Friendship in Concert”.

Like the other music ensembles under klpac, The klpac Symphonic Band is a community-oriented initiative aimed at providing a platform for brass, wind and percussion players to hone their skills and perform regularly. It was established to fill a gap in the local music scene where many band musicians who started playing during their schooling years were left with no avenue to grow and pursue their interest after leaving school. Its members are musicians and music lovers from different backgrounds and age groups who are admitted based on an audition.

The klpac Symphonic Band has been under the leadership of Music Director and Resident Conductor Cheryl Mah since 2011. It performs a packed concert season yearly and its “Ultimate Music Crawl” concert bagged the “BEST OF 2019” Award at the 17th BOH Cameronian Arts Awards 2020.

Since 2022, the band has been running an all-important Outreach Collaborative Project annually with some of the best music educators in town and it culminates in a public concert entitled “An Uncommon Journey”. The outreach project has benefited 71 wind musicians and percussionists aged 16 to 22 from Klang Valley as well as beyond.

On the audience development front, the band initiated its “Music Play Date” series in 2022, which is an interactive concert held outdoors for families particularly those with young children.

2023 marked another major milestone for the band as it proudly represented Malaysia during its first international tour to the Chiayi City International Band Festival (CCIBF) in Chiayi, Taiwan where it performed alongside over 100 bands from five different countries.