"It is crazy to let a group of children who cannot hear sound play music."
Recently, the "Deaf Students Wind Band" of Xiamen Special Education School in Fujian held a special concert. The musicians on the stage could not hear the music or applause, but they successfully played more than ten domestic and foreign classics, and the audience was deeply moved.
They enjoy music equally
Strive to become "ordinary"
"Jingle Bells" and "I Have My Wonderfulness"... At the special concert, 18 special students presented 5 ensembles and 7 solos .
On the stage, teachers sit among the students, or gently tap the rhythm on the children's shoulders or legs, or slide their fingers on the music score at a constant speed and point out the notes to be played, helping students who cannot hear the sound to master the rhythm. .
After watching the concert, someone wrote in the circle of friends: "The children are not just playing, fate is unfair to them, they are using the instruments in their hands to fight against the unfair fate."
Others said that they The reason why I am moved is: We want to make our children excellent every day, but these children are trying to become "ordinary".
This special band is called "Star Dream" Wind Band . It was founded in 2017. Most of the members are students with moderate to severe hearing impairment, and there are also children with autism, so they are also called "deaf students". Symphonic Band". They play 7 instruments including trumpet, trombone, French horn, flute, clarinet, saxophone, and percussion, and together form a standard simplified wind orchestra.
This performance is the band’s first special performance since its establishment. Chen Xufei, the leader of the wind band, said that three years ago, they came up with the idea of holding a concert, hoping to provide students with an opportunity to show themselves and improve their self-confidence.
How can I learn music if I can't hear the sound?
? The birth of the
orchestra actually originated from a charity performance performed by the Xiamen Dunshan Symphonic Wind Orchestra to a special education school.
After the performance, the children saw various brass instruments and gathered around them. Chen Shayin, the principal of Xiamen Special Education School, saw the curiosity and enthusiasm in the children's eyes and asked the orchestra: Can teach children to learn musical instruments? One dared to mention and the other dared to teach it. Chen Shayin said, "Unexpectedly, they agreed."
"We simply thought at the time, could we allow these special children to have the opportunity to learn musical instruments like ordinary children?" Zhang Hengzhi, head of the Dunshan Orchestra , recalled the feeling of "depression" at the beginning of teaching. Because most of the children are deaf, the campus is very quiet. In addition, the arrival of unfamiliar faces also made several autistic children scream and cry.
In this way, musicians from the Dunshan Orchestra serve as instructors, giving free lessons to these special children every week and providing musical instruments. At the same time, the special education school will send a sign language teacher to assist with translation.
Teachers start by teaching children to recognize staffs, and gradually open up their silent world.
instructor Xue Hao said, "We write the notes one by one on paper, let the children remember the positions, and then play it tirelessly." Ordinary students need to practice ten or twenty times, but they need to practice hundreds of times...
Hearing-impaired children almost always feel music with their hands and identify notes through vibrations. teachers will ask children to put their hands on the teacher's belly to feel the breath when the teacher plays, then touch the instrument to feel the resulting vibration, feel the music through touch, and know how to control the breath. Sometimes, teachers also use mobile phone audio software to help children confirm whether the notes played are correct.
After years of training and running-in, now, with just one movement and look from the teacher, the children can understand the intention and complete the performance with mutual cooperation.
"heard" it because of its belief
This wind band was once questioned: For this group of children, music is the vibration frequency brought by the instrument. Does this make sense? To this, the teachers of the special education school and the wind band all gave a positive answer.
Chen Shayin said that the original intention of was to make children happier, more confident and more equal, and the successful holding of this special concert was an unexpected gain. Chen Xufei also witnessed the growth of the children. "They became completely different. When they walked, their heads were raised high and their eyes were full of light."
Chen Xufei said that hearing loss brings not only physical effects to people, but Above all, it’s psychological. "Their world seems to be filled with fog and fear that can't be cleared away." Now, music has cleared the fog for them.
Overcame physical limitations through hard training
This group of special children
turned the impossible into possible
