Trip:
Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra- Kiwi Kapers
It is finally the day for our first trip to the APO (Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra). Before stepping on the bus, Room 8 read a pamphlet about what we will see/listen to at the orchestra, read about the different famous composers that wrote the songs that will be played by the musicians, Kiwi Kapers. After reading INTERESTING facts about these composers and reading the information of the amazing songs, the students had a quick 20 minute morning tea and then we marched to the school hall for a fast conversation. Mrs Sharma & Mrs Ashley talked about expectations from students, showing school values, and the groups we’re in. Now we take our first step onto the bus…
(After half an hour of riding to Auckland city...) Rm 8 and Rm6 lined up in a crowded queue, heading towards the Aotea Centre. My eyes were amazed and my head was full of fun stuff to do at this fancy, humongous, crowded place but my fabulous imaginations faded away being awakened up by Mrs Ashley’s voice echoing in the distance. Tamaki Primary students all got splitted and sorted in their groups, pushing themselves through the overcrowded audience. After getting sorted into our groups, we all got led by the ashers, following our supervisor (my leader was Mrs Ashley’s lovely mother) inside the expanse spaced room that was technically a 2 tiers floor building. (To be honest, the chairs were very uncomfortable because the feeling of the material made my body tick!) 20 minutes later, the lights slowly began to vanish away and the audience began to settle down… and then the musicians started to play a very nice melody that sounded super COMFORTABLE (it also made me sit still!). Our first music that got played was by Rossini-Overture, the music hyped me up more because I was gonna take a quick nap. The concordant music was interrupted by a weird looking male who was dressed up as a superhero, his name was Fernando. I would say that his job was to say an intro of the songs and the composers, I liked the way that there were some people acting out the story!! The musicians played some more music by Rossini.
The information that was given by Fernando was very interesting. Our next music was by Straus-Waltz. Fernando tried to conduct the musicians to play a tune for us but it turned out to be a catastrophe! “Clap, clap, clap…” the audience gave a huge round of applause for a very talented young man named “Tchaikouky” who was inspired by the famous composer that played piano, his fingers/hands were rapid. I couldn’t even see where his hands were going so instead of looking at the genius kid, I decided to close my eyes and listen to the perfect high-pitches that the piano made! The piano was relocated in stage left after being used by Tchaikouky in the centre stage.
The audience’s clapping got stopped by Mr.Fernando because now it is now the instrument families turn to reveal what they all sound like altogether. Families: String, Brass, Wood wind, and percussion. People from Tim Bray Theatre Company marched onto stage to act out the four seasons which were only Winter and Summer. Our last song was by Grieg, and then a song about Finlandia. The audience and the special members of the team earned a big THANK YOU from Fernando.
*Conclusion*
My favourite part was all of the AWESOME performances. I liked the way everything was sorted and planned, I can’t wait to see the next performance!
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