If you live in Punggol and hear the faint sounds of a horse neighing, you're not hallucinating. It is likely Clarissa See, whose daily 90-minute erhu practice may fill the air with an uncanny mimicry of life's sounds.

With just two strings and a bow on the Chinese music instrument, the Primary Six student is also able to conjure vivid imagery of chirping birds and blaring ambulance sirens.