[vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content_no_spaces” lg_spacing=”margin_top:0;padding_top:0″ sm_spacing=”margin_top:0;padding_top:0″ xs_spacing=”margin_top:0;padding_top:0″ gutter=”xs:0;sm:0;md:0;lg:0″][vc_column][rev_slider slidertitle=”KAM Schola Cantorum Singapore” alias=”kam-schola-cantorum-singapore”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” background_image=”1727″ background_position=”center” el_id=”section-about”][vc_column][tm_spacer size=”sm:100;lg:150″][tm_heading style=”modern-02″ custom_google_font=”” align=”center” text=”ABOUT SCHOLA CANTORUM SINGAPORE”][tm_spacer size=”lg:35″][tm_heading tag=”h6″ custom_google_font=”” align=”center” el_class=”secondary-font” text=”Schola Cantorum `{`skola kantorum`}`
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Schola Cantorum [skola kantorum] (Latin for Singing School), is a Singapore choir collective and the premier avenue for learning music through singing. The Kodaly Academy of Music (KAM) believes that spiritually nourishing art music with good music education should be available to people of every kind and rank that Music is for Everyone and can be achieved through singing!
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/6″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][tm_spacer size=”sm:50;lg:107″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_section full_width=”stretch_row_content” sm_spacing=”padding_top:100;padding_bottom:100″][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content_no_spaces” content_placement=”middle” background_color=”primary”][vc_column width=”1/2″ lg_spacing=”padding_right:100;padding_left:100″ md_spacing=”padding_right:100;padding_left:100″ sm_spacing=”padding_top:100;padding_right:50;padding_bottom:100;padding_left:50″ xs_spacing=”padding_right:20;padding_left:20″ el_class=”white-txt”][vc_column_text]Schola Cantorum Singapore, or SCS for short, is a flexible choir collective that offers singing groups of different sizes, voicing and levels of singing ranging from chamber choirs, (symphonic) festival choruses to opera choruses. Apart from catering to educationist efforts in the form of un-auditioned choruses where one can learn fundamentals of music theory through singing and performance, SCS has a professional level choir for hire for corporate events and artistic projects.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][tm_image image=”5416″][/vc_column][/vc_row][/vc_section][vc_section lg_spacing=”padding_top:100;padding_bottom:100″][vc_row][vc_column][tm_accordion style=”02″ 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