Does ANU recruit many new small students? Who are they?
This afternoon all students from year one to three from all primary schools at Canberra, the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) had a very good chance to enjoy the Canberra Symphony Orchestra. The performance was held at the Llewellyn Hall, the ANU School of Music. Actually this event was only for students, but Ms. B let my mom sneak and peak the orchestra. All students from the North Ainslie Primary School sat on the back seats. My mom sat next to me!
The orchestra has four families of musical instruments. The musicians with red shirts play percussion, such as drum, bongo, cymbals, marimba and xylophone. The musicians with green shirts play woodwind musical instruments, such as flute, piccolo, oboes and clarinets. The musicians with yellow shirts play brass musical instruments, such as trombone, horn, tuba and bassoons. The musicians with blue shirts play string musical instruments, such as violin and cello. The musicians come to the stage when we shout: "I want percussion, woodwind, brass and string!!!" The orchestra played many children songs, such as Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, The Sleeping Beauty and Mambo. They played the music beautifully. Bravo!!! The conductor also asked the musicians to explain about every musical instrument and how to play it. It is really interesting!
At the end, some of my friends had a chance to become "small conductors". They came to the stage. They moved the conductor stick up and down, up to right .... You know, the musicians followed the tempo of the conductor stick! It is funny! After they finished their turn, they bowed to the audiences. Cheers!
I really enjoy the orchestra. Who wants to be a musician? Me!
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