I began the day with porridge and berries! Very tasty..... sounds like something from "Goldilocks and the Three Bears".
This week I will enjoy being the student.
This morning a teacher from the Czech Republic taught us some folk songs from her country. We used stones as rhythmic instruments as well as chairs.
If you're wondering how we made music with stones and chairs, you'll have to wait until September to find out. :)
We worked more on african drumming today with an instructor from Senegal. Senegal is on the continent of Africa. The rhythms are fun to play, but tricky! I need to practice them before I can teach them to you this fall.
We then went to a couple other classes where we worked with music that we will be hearing in concert this evening. The singers are a group of Finnish women called "Philomela". We heard a little sample of their music and they are excellent. I can't wait to hear their performance later.
Just returned from Philomela's performance of "Time of the Wolf". The performers were lined up and we (the audience) had to walk through them as they were singing to enter the room. The chairs were set up randomly in the performance room in groups of two, facing different directions.
The performers sang walking around and through the audience. It was live surround sound. They also sang a cappella (without any instruments). It was an exceptional performance and a very emotional experience.
This week I will enjoy being the student.
This morning a teacher from the Czech Republic taught us some folk songs from her country. We used stones as rhythmic instruments as well as chairs.
If you're wondering how we made music with stones and chairs, you'll have to wait until September to find out. :)
We worked more on african drumming today with an instructor from Senegal. Senegal is on the continent of Africa. The rhythms are fun to play, but tricky! I need to practice them before I can teach them to you this fall.We then went to a couple other classes where we worked with music that we will be hearing in concert this evening. The singers are a group of Finnish women called "Philomela". We heard a little sample of their music and they are excellent. I can't wait to hear their performance later.
Just returned from Philomela's performance of "Time of the Wolf". The performers were lined up and we (the audience) had to walk through them as they were singing to enter the room. The chairs were set up randomly in the performance room in groups of two, facing different directions. The performers sang walking around and through the audience. It was live surround sound. They also sang a cappella (without any instruments). It was an exceptional performance and a very emotional experience.
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