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IGNITE! Music Festival: An exploratory case study of its impact on Singapore's local English-language music scene
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Type
Undergraduate Educational Research Paper
Citation
Tay, R. A. K. S., & Costes-Onishi, P. G. (2022). IGNITE! Music Festival: An exploratory case study of its impact on Singapore's local English-language music scene [Dean's Commendation for Undergraduate Educational Research Papers selection, Nanyang Technological University]. NIE Digital Repository. https://hdl.handle.net/10497/28889
Abstract
This research study seeks to understand the significant challenges faced by Singapore’s English-language musicians from its historically low popularity within local grounds up to the current COVID-19 pandemic. The study specifically explores how IGNITE! Music Festival has supported the local English-language music scene during these trying times and how it continues to serve as an essential platform for local musicians to continue performing their work during the COVID-19 pandemic. In understanding the history of Singapore’s English-language popular music scene and the possible reasons for its low popularity amongst the locals, interviews with industry practitioners provide more insight into local musicians’ hardships, which take a turn for the worse as the pandemic takes root and government restrictions come into play. Solutions to raise awareness of the local music scene in the small city-state are discussed, alongside the possibility of introducing local English-language music through the music education system.
Date Issued
2022
Publisher
National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University (NIE NTU), Singapore
Date Submitted
2022