Carnival of the Animals: Theatre and Music Production

The Society of Performing Arts Kota Kinabalu (SPArKS) is excited to present a live music production of Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saรซns, featuring live dancers and pre-recorded footage. ๐Ÿ“… Performance Dates: 19th & 20th September 2025 ๐Ÿ“ Venue: JKKN, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah Auditions For Musicians and Dancers We are looking for musicians and […]

Lagu KITA: SABAH Multicultural Songwriting & Band Competition

๐’๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ง “๐‹๐š๐ ๐ฎ ๐Š๐ˆ๐“๐€: ๐’๐€๐๐€๐‡ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  & ๐๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง“! ๐‘ช๐’๐’Ž๐’‘๐’๐’”๐’† ๐’๐’“๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐’”๐’๐’๐’ˆ๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’„๐’†๐’๐’†๐’ƒ๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’† ๐‘บ๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’‰’๐’” ๐’…๐’Š๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’”๐’Š๐’•๐’š ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‚ ๐’„๐’‰๐’‚๐’๐’„๐’† ๐’•๐’ ๐’˜๐’Š๐’ ๐’†๐’™๐’„๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‘๐’“๐’Š๐’›๐’†๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’‡๐’†๐’”๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐’“๐’†๐’„๐’๐’“๐’…๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’๐’‘๐’‘๐’๐’“๐’•๐’–๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’†๐’”! ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‚๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ: 1st Prize: RM5,000 + Studio Recording + MV; 2nd Prize: RM2,000 + Studio Recording; 3rd Prize: RM1,000 + Studio Recording; […]

TAPESTRIES: Piano Recital by Sophia Lim on 25th August 2024

On 25th August 2024, the Society of Performing Arts, KK (SPArKS) held a special event, namely, TAPESTRIES: Piano Recital by Sophia Lim at the Tun Hamdan Mini Theater, Yayasan Sabah. Sophia Lim, who is a Sabahan solo pianist currently residing in London, conducted a 1-hour workshop attended by 30 piano students, teachers and music enthusiasts […]

TAPESTRIES – A Piano Recital by Sophia Lim

Society of Performing Arts KK proudly presents โ€˜TAPESTRIES โ€“ Piano Recital by Sophia Limโ€™. Born in Sabah, Sophia is a Malaysian pianist currently based in London who recently graduated from the Royal College of Music, London, achieving a First Class Bachelor of Music (Hons). Sophia Lim’s Piano Workshop & Recitalย byย Legatoย Music Having performed in the United […]

SPArKS 2024-2024 Executive Committee

(L-R) Lenore Lee – Committee Member (PR), Daphne Wong (Secretary), May Ng (Immediate Past President), Jasmine Leong (President), Jeremy Tan (Vice-President), Raymond Goh (Treasurer), Joanne Vun (Committee Member – Music), (not in pic: Hazli Bojili (Committee Member – Theatre) Presenting your new committee for 2024-26! SPArKS held their 2024 Biennial General Meeting on 21st March […]

2022-2024 Recap

The 2022-2024 term marked a momentous time for SPArKS, when we began organising our very own concerts! Starting with two smaller concerts, Ring of Music (September 2022) and Romantic Impressions (March 2023) and our first full-scale Woodwind Quintet Concert and theatre production of Peter and the Wolf (December 2023). The overwhelming success of these concerts […]

A Woodwind Quintet Concert & Peter and the Wolf

We are excited to present our final event for 2023: A Woodwind Quintet Concert & Peter and the Wolf Theatre Production accompanied by live music. Starring our local Sabahan, West Malaysian and international performers! โ€œPeter and the Wolfโ€ is an engaging and educational composition written by Sergei Prokofiev in 1936 that combines music and storytelling […]

AUDITIONS FOR PETER AND THE WOLF

Thank you for your interest in auditioning for our production of Peter and the Wolf by Sergei Prokofiev! The Story of Peter and the Wolf Peter, a young boy in the Soviet wilderness, meets a variety of animals, including a duck, a cat, and a bird. The story involves Peter’s grandfather scolding him for being […]

2020-2022 Recap

2020 saw the world come to a standstill due to the global pandemic. Though this time was a challenging period for performing arts in general, we were encouraged to see the support that we managed to provide to artists through donations and grants, as well as both online and physical events that helped support our […]