Yesterday, we joined a group of homeschoolers to hear the "Symphony for Kids". We first went to this 4 years ago and I took a 6 year old Stevie and 4 year old Zac! Now, Adam is 6 and that’s about the average age for this audience.
The aim of this short concert is to introduce young children to the instruments of the orchestra and show them how they make their sounds and fit into the orchestra ensemble. The violinist undid his bow to show the horse hair, those on wind instruments played their mouthpieces before connecting them to their instruments and we had some amazing solos!
The lady playing the xylophone was amazing! The fingers of the musicians playing the clarinet seemed to fly!! The tuba was incredibly huge and the trombones an absolute blast (sorry for the pun…) Each musician played a little piece of music that showed the unique qualities of their instrument. The Pink Panther sounded great coming from the basses, the piccolo’s "flight" as a bird from Peter and the Wolf was magical and the drummer even had a little interlude where he acted like Animal from the Muppets.
This program was so much fun and achieved its aim of interesting kids in classical music and the orchestra. There were a few soundtrack pieces as well as a Teddy Bear’s Picnic, so it was enjoyable!
Do any orchestras put on a similar program in your area?
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