In their workbooks, there was a journaling page about their experiences at the concert. I asked the class to complete it and to write down their thoughts. Here are some of their responses!
What was it like to visit the Frauenthal Theatre?
- It was cool
- It was really cool with all of the chandeliers
- It was one of the most amazing things ever!
- It was like being royal and all proper
- Amazing and beautiful. I liked it because it had good songs and it was loud.
- It was exciting and fun to listen to other people play
- I thought it was fun and exciting to be in a fancy theatre
- Cool and awesome!
- It was really fun. I liked to see music live.
- It was dark and fun
- It was a very colorful place with a ton of designs on the ceiling
- Awesome!
- It was really awesome on the inside and so was the orchestra
- It was a really unique theatre. Better than all the other theatres I have been to.
- It was the best symphony ever!
- It was fancy
- It was cool and very pretty in there
- It was cool and fun to see the orchestra rock
- It was amazing to see all the old things that had been there
- It was cool because of the decoration
- It was awesome- so decorative- I felt like I was famous!
- It was amazing seeing how beautiful it was. It was awesome hearing the symphony
- The symphony was really cool and very pretty
- Awesome because we got to play recorders with ostinatos!
- I thought it was beautiful and it was a really cool experience
- I thought it was really cool. I also liked how it looked- it was really pretty
How did it feel to sing and play the recorder? What about performing body percussion?
- It had a beat to it
- It really took me a long time to get the notes down, but I got it!
- It felt the best and I loved interacting with the symphony players
- It was really fun to do body percussion because the drumline came and I liked the recorders because it sounded loud and really good!
- I loved the history and the carvings!
- It was kind of a rush to be playing with an orchestra!
- It was cool how all the recorders got together to make an awesome sound
- Awesome and fun because everyone was doing the same thing
- I felt like I was playing on stage
- I had a great time and experienced something new
- It was a cool sound.
- It felt good because I made no squeaks. It was really fun!
- I had a little stage fright!
- It felt good for me and other people to play the right notes and sing the words
- I felt like I was playing in a real concert!
- At first I was afraid to mess up, but then I noticed that there was a pattern to it and you can tell what notes to play next!
- It felt cool
- I felt excited when we started playing
- The recorders were fun
- I did better than I thought I would
- Nice, relaxing
- Its amazing to play the recorder with all the other schools and performers!
- It was very exciting
- I felt kind of weird at first, but then I found the beat of the song and it felt awesome!
- It felt cool to play with the orchestra
- It was fun to learn A, B, G on the recorder
- It was fun- it was loud with all the kids and the orchestra
- It felt like we were actually in the symphony playing for other people
- It was really fun to play the recorder and sing "Simple Melody"
- I felt fun! It was awesome hearing a bunch of students singing and playing together
What did you notice about the sound of everyone playing and singing togther?
- It was peaceful
- It echoed through the room and everyone was together
- I noticed a cool sound and an awesome feeling!
- Its cool how the instruments blend
- Everyone wasn't off or anything. It was perfect!!
- Amazing, breathtaking and LOUD!
- I noticed that pretty much everybody was together and that it sounded really cool
- It was a good feeling!
- I noticed that it wasn't hard to tell what we were playing
- There were so many people playing the recorder that I could hardly hear myself play!
- It was loud!
- We were all singing at the same time!
- It sounded better with more people
- I noticed in the playing that there was a pattern
- It blended together cool
- Everyone did the right notes!
- It sounded like people were humming "Simple Melody" together
- Everyone played with eachother
- It sounded nice and really smooth
- It really seemed to blend together and make a cool sound
- They were all together
- We were all playing the same notes
- I noticed the rhythm
- All the voices and everything came together to form one big sound
What did you enjoy most about the LINK UP concert?
- Playing recorders
- The funny guy talking and it was LOUD!
- I liked the last song when we were all clapping
- The song at the end
- The high school drummers and playing our recorders
- The drum line
- Playing the recorder
- I liked playing the recorders and I liked the song "Mars"
- I liked the end of the song when the confetti came out
- The confetti
- At the end song when the confetti shot out
- I enjoyed playing the recorder and singing
- I loved being able to go to such an awesome place and to hear all the magnificent performers and their instruments!
- The song "Mars" was the best song out of all of them!
- The song "Stars and Stripes Forever"
- I liked the drumline
- All the flashing lights and the song "Mars"
- The last song with the confetti
- Seeing and playing with the symphony
- Listening to "Mars"
- I enjoyed the parts where I participated
- That we were able to play with the orchestra
- I enjoyed everyone doing stuff together
- Being able to see the orchestra and my friends from other schools
- I enjoyed interacting with everyone and I also liked just being there
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