Carnival of The Animals

It has been awhile since I put an update on here about what we are doing in class.  Over the past month we have continued to work on finding the beat, identifying contrasts in music, creating rhythm patterns, and identifying musical instruments and they family they belong in by listening.  Here are some of the pieces from Carnival of the Animals that we have listened to recently in class.










On Saturday, April 30 the Charlotte Symphony will be performing The Carnival of the Animals with the North Carolina Dance Theater School of Dance for their Lollipops (kids) concert.  The Lollipops concerts are a fantastic way to introduce your child(ren) to the symphony.  They let the kids play the instruments of the orchestra and make their own instruments before the concert!

Click this link to find out more about the concert:  http://www.charlottesymphony.org/Lollipops.asp



CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS
Saturday, April 30, 2011 
North Carolina Dance Theatre School of Dance
Jacomo Rafael Bairos, conductor

Dancers from the North Carolina Dance Theatre School of Dance strut, prance, pounce, and glide in Saint-Saëns’s musical menagerie, Carnival of the Animals. Hens and roosters, tortoises and kangaroos, and the elegant swan all come to graceful and boisterous life in the Lollipops season finale.