Conclusions
This article has described the principles and process of implementing a collaborative arts education Project that brought together several parties with similar interests. It required several departments of the participating school to work closely with external organisations towards tangible outcomes within a time-frame of ten weeks
Through careful planning and commitment from all parties involved, the Project participants overcame many challenges brought about by its unique setting and curricular requirements. The Project outcomes demonstrated that it was feasible and viable to implement a school-wide project with external expertise complementing school expertise. Integrating music into a school -wide interdisciplinary program raised the profile of music within the school and made explicit its direct connections with other learning areas. The provision of some level of training prepared performing artists to successfully operate as novice music teachers in a regular music classroomwith the assistance of the class music teacher. Feedback from participants indicated overwhelming consensus of the Project’s benefits for pupils, school and the community music association. The lessons gained from this experience were disseminated to colleagues at a concert-workshop where the pupils presented music items featuring Nanyin music repertoire. These lessons were deemed by the performing artists to be adaptable and applicable to other school
contexts.