3rd class music project

Third class music project

Mrs. Kaisa Loponen, 3rd grade teacher

We had a luck to be part of Oulu Symphony Orchestra’s music project. In the beginning of semester we got two professional musicians as a visitor to our class for a week. Mrs. Anna-Maija Rousselle (violin) from the Oulun Symphony Orchestra and Mr. Petteri Turunen (pianist) from the Oulu Polytechnic. It was a quite intensive week playing, singing, building the world of voices, making poets and acting. Finally we arranged concert for the people of the retirement home nearby in the Chapel of Maikkula. The concert was about the autumn forest and bears who saw and experienced many things there.

The students planned the performation together and musicians brought their own visions with the nyckelharpa(Norwegian key-violin) and piano. Still the concert looked like that the kids had done it. The students were very satisfied for the week and learned a lot. For example the knowledge about the profession of musician, the skills of playing and singing and especially how to make a concert during a short time. We got also a lot of experience about the co-operation and how to “throw one self” into a new situation. Being part of performance was an exciting situation for many students, but remained as a positive thing in their minds. It was also nice that the local newspaper interviewed the students and made a short story with the pictures. http://www.kaleva.fi/uutiset/kulttuuri/koululaiset-ja-muusikot-luovat-taide-elamyksia-vanhuksille/603833/

Now we are waiting for the November when we have an opportunity to visit the Concert hall and meet the musicians in the job. We see their rehearsal for the evening concert and see what they really do!