Education Workshop
An Introduction to woodwind instruments
Duration 60 minutes
Each instrument is demonstrated separately with music the performed to highlight that instrument within the ensemble. We involve the audience as much as possible with rhythm and listening games and a question and answer session. The material is adapted to suit the age of the listeners. This can then be paired with an additional 45 minute concert that features the instruments in a story to further cement the education process.
| Introduction | Ibert | 3 Short Pieces |
| Flute demonstration including piccolo | Rimsky Korsakov | Flight of the Bumble Bee |
| Oboe demonstration including cor anglais | Gershwin | Summertime |
| Clarinet demonstration including bass clarinet | Pattersen | Comedy for Five Winds |
| Performance | Montague | Thule Ultima (for mouthpieces only) |
| Horn demonstration | Arnold | Three Shanties |
| Bassoon demonstration | Saint Saens | Elephant from Carnival of the Animals |
| Performance | Piazzola | Libertango |
Questions and Answers |
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| Performance | Fucic | Entry of the Gladiators |
| Agay | Fiive Easy Dances |
| Berio | Opus Zoo |
| Debussy | Children’s Corner |
| Joplin | Rags |
| Rogers | Selections from the Sound of Music |
| Steltzner | Hambini Kahule Kwele |
| Tamusuza | Abaafa Lulli |
| Various | Renaissance Motets and Madrigals |
| Weill | Songs from Threepenny Opera |
| Highlighting the instruments as characters in a story with narration |
Duration 45 minutes |
| The Unhappy Ardvaark |
| The Lion and the Mouse |
| 5 Cats and a Porcupine |
| This concert can also stand alone. |