Day 4: Today was focused on building community within our camp! Working together is one of the most important components in building a strong orchestra. We paired together campers that may not know each other well and they created their own band poster in art class. And at the end of the day, we listened to some awesome Japanese Drumming from Kyodo Taiko! Tomorrow is our trip to the Ghetty Museum! Please wear your yellow camp t-shirt. We can't wait to see everyone!
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Today we had a great time creating harmonicas and maracas in art class and practicing hard on our three orchestra pieces, Japanese "Hoedown", "Call of the Drums", and "Once We Go Up". We also learned about an incredible jazz harpist during Musician of the Day, Edmar Castaneda, from Colombia and watched a phenomenal Middle East Drum and Dance performance! We had a blast belly dancing! OPUS 4 is off to a great start! In early care, the kids helped each other out with their music and practices together. Then once camp officially started, we had full orchestra rehearsal and art class. We introduced two of our ensemble songs, Japanese Hoedown and Call of the Drums. It was our first time play altogether! Then we refueled with some healthy and delicious snacks of hummus, pita chips, carrot sticks and fresh fruit. After, the kids broke off into sectionals and their elective classes. Finally, to end the day, we watched an amazing Chinese Ensemble featuring Chi Li, a UCLA professor. We are so happy that OPUS is moving so smoothly! We'll see everyone tomorrow! We are so exited to finally start our OPUS 4 World Music Camp! It was great to see some old faces and lots of new ones! Today was a busy first day that began with a fun icebreaker, followed by rainstick making in art class, and finally, elective class selections. The kids had the choice of choosing from a wide variety of classes that include Music Technology, Film Scores, Musical Theater, Chamber Music & Conducting, Instrument Building, and Beginning Guitar. To beat the heat, the kids indulged in a delicious and colorful fresh fruit salad and some yummy animal crackers all while learning about Wintergatan, a musician that created a musical instrument out of 2000 marbles, in our daily Musician of the Day presentations. At the end of the day, we wrapped up camp with an amazing Middle Eastern performance by Gabe Lavin and the Near East Music Ensemble from UCLA. We had a such wonderful time sharing our love of music with these wonderful musicians and we can't wait to see everyone tomorrow! We are very excited to announce the dates for our OPUS 4 Summer Music Camp! OPUS 4 will take place at PS1 in Santa Monica from July 10-July 28th, 10am-4pm, Monday-Friday. Registration is now open! If you enroll before June 10th, you will receive a discounted price. Contact us with any questions!
This year is full of surprises and we can't wait to share them with everyone! STAY TUNED, and see you this summer! |