Hello from Siem Reap, a city of wonderful temples and traditional culture in Cambodia! We left from Phnom Penh early in the morning at 8am and arrived at 3pm. After arriving, we immediately went to Soundskool to prepare for our performance and workshop for children.

Soundskool is a local music school in Cambodia with a new location in Siem Reap that just opened a couple months ago! They are teaching many children’s music classes and private lessons.

This was our first time doing a workshop and performance for kids and we had a blast!

We started by introducing our instruments! The kids loved Antoine’s shiny saxophone and he played the theme from Harry Potter. Then, Sara showed the super powers of the clarinet and how soft it can play. Finally, Cindy charmed the children with her playing of the swan from the Carnival of the Animals, by Saint-Saëns.

Time to Sing!

Next, we involved all of the children and adults by teaching them the song “do-re- mi” from the musical, The Sound of Music! This was a great way to introduce the major scale. We had so much fun singing with the students, staff, and parents at Soundskool. Two wonderful students accompanied us on the piano!

Our world premiere of our piece by Bosba Panh

We finally performed Bosba Panh’s piece composed for us, Le Danseuses de Rodin! This was our first performance in the world and in Cambodia. We couldn’t be happier to have shared this music here.

After our performance:

We had the opportunity to chat with the staff at Soundskool and hear about the music scene in Cambodia. We were so happy to have been able to share our music and make music together with the students. We’re already looking forward to our performance and workshop at the Soundskool in Phnom Penh.

P.S. Look at this!

When we went back to our hotel to put our stuff we managed to fit all of our instruments, bags, and ourselves into one tuk tuk, it was a memorable ride!

Free day in Siem Reap tomorrow!!

AEKI ensemble