KEYNOTE “GREEN” CONCERTS
The Israel Philharmonic’s KeyNote program recently completed programs for this school year, providing thousands of children from across Israel with music education experiences and special concerts. One of these incredible performances was the “Green Concert,” programmed to highlight environmental awareness, nature, and natural resources.
The orchestral concert served as the culmination of a learning and preparation process that took place in classrooms in the months leading up to the performances. In all participating classes, musicians from the IPO visited in small ensembles, along with the program facilitators, to prepare the students closely for the concert experience. Intimate sessions were held in classrooms, where the musicians introduced their instruments and performed arrangements from the concert repertoire.
In the concerts, the students played an active role performing folk songs about nature, in Hebrew and in Arabic, with the IPO. The repertoire explored natural phenomena such as snow, rain, and water in “The Moldau” by Smetana; the rainforests of Brazil in Heitor Villa-Lobos’s “The Little Train of the Caipira;” the rising sun in Grieg’s “Morning Mood;” and more. The concerts were conducted by Mikhail Mering, and featured additional music performed by IPO musicians.
All participating schools created art projects from recycled materials, as part of a multidisciplinary learning process. The El Rashdiya School from Lod chose to bring one of their sculptures—a guitar—with them, which the IPO displayed in the foyer, much to the students’ delight.
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