Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra visited five elementary schools in Ridgefield to give educational concerts this past week. I hope our young audience and their teachers enjoyed the concerts and learned something out of it.
The program was to introduce a compositional form of fugue. Started with Mozart's Magic Flute Overture, we demonstrated fugue themes and how they develop by handing it to different instruments.
And then... this!
The program was to introduce a compositional form of fugue. Started with Mozart's Magic Flute Overture, we demonstrated fugue themes and how they develop by handing it to different instruments.
And then... this!
That's right, ANGRY BIRDS theme! I don't have to mention how excited our young audience was to hear us play it. Then we played a fugue based on Angry Birds theme, in Baroque style.
Then "Fuga y Misterio" by Piazzolla -- here's a YouTube clip of it, Piazzolla himself playing it on bandoneon.
Then "Fuga y Misterio" by Piazzolla -- here's a YouTube clip of it, Piazzolla himself playing it on bandoneon.
Then we had a "guest conductor", a student from each school, conducting "Ode to Joy". That was really adorable. Each conductor has different characters and it shows very much in their conducting.
We closed the concert with Can-Can. We invited the audience to dance to it or clap, and I think that was the most fun part for them.
I am actually starting to plan educational concerts for young audience and I got some ideas (what works and what doesn't with this age group). Stay tuned!
We closed the concert with Can-Can. We invited the audience to dance to it or clap, and I think that was the most fun part for them.
I am actually starting to plan educational concerts for young audience and I got some ideas (what works and what doesn't with this age group). Stay tuned!
