Malaysian award-winning chamber choir promotes unity and harmony through song

The SJPS Chamber Choir singing a medley of Malaysian folk songs 'Rasa Sayang' and 'Lenggang Kangkung' for the 11th BICF competition. Photos: SJPS

The key to living in harmony is learning how to sing your neighbour’s song, according to Benedict Lo, teacher and choir conductor at St Joseph’s Private School (SJPS) Kuching, Sarawak.

“Everyone can sing a song, but do you know your neighbour’s song?” he asks philosophically. “Have you learnt how to sing their song? If we all learn to sing each other’s songs, then we are bound to make a better Malaysia... a better world.”