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For instance, JASS has played many gigs with Rit Xu, an outstanding Singaporean flautist who received NAC’s Young Artist Award in 2022 and who was celebrated as the first Southeast Asian to win a solo jazz competition in the United States. Through such opportunities and many others, Rit has been able to hone his practice over time, perfecting his craft with every gig and has been on world tour with the Jacky Cheung 60+ World Concert tour since 2023.

Skilled Practitioners. The second prong is to develop a pipeline of skilled practitioners who would be able to take on these jobs. Over the years, the Government has invested heavily in building up the local talent pool in the arts. For instance, we have set up arts education institutions, such as the School of the Arts and the new University of the Arts Singapore. These schools produce a pipeline of forward-looking, talented arts graduates with a good base of skills who enter the arts workforce already ready to contribute and share their unique voices and perspectives.

It is also important that arts workers who are already in the industry are able to further upgrade their skills and keep current. NAC provides support for arts workers to undergo continuing education and training, so that arts workers can continually improve their skills. We have introduced programmes to help arts workers to equip themselves with new and emerging skills to ensure their competitiveness and employability.

To maximise employability, we aim to help arts workers continually enhance their skillsets. First, workers need to know what skills they need to acquire. We have introduced initiatives like the Skills Framework for Arts, jointly launched by NAC and SkillsFuture Singapore in 2023. These structured frameworks are beneficial to help practitioners understand skill needs, improve their own capabilities and forge their own career pathways.

Second, when workers have understood what skills they need to acquire, NAC provides assistance to help them acquire those skills. For instance, NAC has introduced new training initiatives, such as the Backstage Affair’s Apprenticeship Pilot. This programme allows apprentices to learn the ropes of stage and production management through a hands-on approach in actual productions, providing valuable work opportunities to acquire new skills and build their work experience.

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