Guitar Ensemble

Discover SST's Guitar Ensemble, where students develop their musical skills through practice, performance, and collaboration.

Last updated 14 August 2026

Conductor stands before a seated guitar ensemble on a wooden stage with music stands and many guitars.

The School of Science and Technology, Singapore (SST) Guitar Ensemble was established in 2010 to introduce students at SST to classical guitar music. In 2012, the Ensemble expanded to include members playing Niibori guitars from Japan, enabling a richer and more versatile sound palette through the combination of Japanese and Spanish guitar timbres. Since its inception, the Ensemble has grown steadily in both size and artistic maturity, while remaining a close-knit community of young, passionate musicians. Over the years, the Ensemble has become a family of 60 guitarists.

Training

Wednesdays (3.00pm to 5.00pm)
Fridays (2.30pm to 5.30pm)

Key Competitions/ Programme

Singapore Youth Festival (SYF)
Singapore Raffles Institution Music Festival (SRIMF)
Istana Open House Performance
Concert at Esplanade Recital Hall
Vienna Virtuoso Festival
Trinity Examination
“Lyrics and Notes” Concert with St. Joseph’s Institution
Lunar New Year Concert
Staff Appreciation Week Concert
SST School Open House

Achievements/ Milestones

2025

2025 Staff Appreciation Week Concert "Wild Pokemon Battle"
2025 Singapore Raffles International Music Festival (SRIMF) Bronze Award "Suite in C Major" and "Gymnopedie"
2025 KOPI 130 Service Learning @ Margaret Drive "Qingyi Cang Xindi", "Csikos Post", "Pasilyo", "Can't Take My Eyes Off You", "Suite in C Major", "Gymnopedie", "Don't Stop Me Now", "Kimi Wo Nosete" and "Singapore Medley"
2025 Global Alliance of Leading Edge Schools for Sustainability (GALESS) TiltShift Challenge 4 Opening Ceremony "Qingyi Cang Xindi" and "Csikos Post"
2025 15th Aniversary Celebrations@SST "A Million Dreams"
2025 Singapore Youth Festival (SYF) Certificate of Distinction "Masamune"
2025 Singapore Youth Festival (SYF) Certificate of Distinction "Danse Espagnole"
2025 CCA Fair "Masamune"
2025 Lunar New Year Concert "Masamune"

2024

2024 Staff Appreciation Week Concert "Airship in the Night Sky" and "Memories Overture"
2024 Singapore Raffles International Music Festival (SRIMF) Gold Award with Honours "Anitra's Dance"
2024 Singapore Raffles International Music Festival (SRIMF) Gold Award with Honours "Memories Overture", "Waltz of the Past" and "La Partida"
2024 Istana Open House "Aladdin Medley", "Zapin Empati", "Hana No En", "Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea", "Nekobus", "Jounetsu Tairiku", "Bengawan Solo"
2024 Lunar New Year Concert "Hana no En"

2023

2023 Staff Appreciation Week Concert "Disney Medley"
2023 Singapore Raffles International Music Festival (SRIMF) Silver Award "Piel Canela" and "Beauty and the Beast"
2023 Arts Appreciation Day "Promise of the World" and "Beauty and the Beast"
2023 Guitar Mini-Concert
2023 Singapore Youth Festival (SYF) Certificate of Distinction "Funiculi Funicula" and "Swan of the Sea"
2023 MasterClass and and Exchange Programme Niibori MasterClass by Professor Kazuyuki Terada, Conductor of the International Niibori Guitar Music Academy, and Ms Ayumi Takahashi Exchange Programme with St. Gabriel's Secondary School, Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) (Secondary), Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) (International Baccalaureate), and Victoria Junior College
2023 Lunar New Year Concert "Funiculi Funicula"

2022

2022 Staff Appreciation Week Concert - "Can't Take My Eyes Off You"
2022 Vienna Virtuoso Festival - Second Place Award (Chamber Music Group B Category) - "Beauty and the Beast"
2022 Lunar New Year Concert - "Merry Go Round Of Life"

2021

2021 Singapore Youth Festival (SYF) - Certificate of Distinction - "Aladdin Medley"
2021 Staff Appreciation Week Concert - "A Town With An Ocean View"

2019

2019 Singapore Youth Festival (SYF) - Certificate of Distinction - "New Cinema Paradise" and "Ragtime in Duck's Island”
2019 Singapore Raffles Institution Music Festival (SRIMF) - Gold Award - "The Blue Danube Waltz"

2018

2018 Trinity Examination - Advanced Certificate Ensemble with Distinction

2017

2017 Singapore Youth Festival (SYF) - Certificate of Accomplishment - "Swing Medley" and "Slavonic Dance No. 8"
2017 SST School Open House
2017 Performances around the School

2016

2016 "Lyrics and Notes" Concert with St. Joseph's Institution
2016 Lunar New Year Concert

2015

2015 "Lyrics and Notes" Concert with St. Joseph's Institution
2015 Singapore Raffles International Music Festival (SRIMF)
2015 Singapore Youth Festival (SYF) - Silver Award - "Kiss the Rain" and "Brandenburg Concerto No. 2"

A conductor in black leads a youth guitar ensemble of students in formal attire on a wooden concert stage.

Our enchanting melodies filled all five chambers—the left atrium, the left ventricle, the right atrium, the right ventricle, and the concert hall.

Large group of students and teachers in navy uniforms posing on a school hall stage, some holding guitars.

Behold – The SST Guitar Ensemble!

A conductor leads a large group of masked students playing classical guitars in a rehearsal room with sheet music stands.

Final practice before the 2021 Singapore Youth Festival

A conductor leads a youth guitar ensemble on stage at the Singapore Raffles International Music Festival.

Bedazzling the audience at the 2019 Singapore Raffles Institution Music Festival