On the evening of July 14, 62 children aged 10 to 16, under the baton of assistant conductor Zhang Lu, will take the stage of the Shanghai Summer Music Festival (misa) to perform Edmond Angerer's " "Toy Symphony", Beethoven's "Symphony No. 1 in C major" and other works. A symphony performance requires superb skills and tacit cooperation, and this group of children only entered the rehearsal hall for the first time on July 7. Faced with this seemingly impossible task, can they do it? The
misa Student Festival Orchestra was founded in 2016. Every summer, children aged 10 to 16 who are learning musical instruments are recruited from all over the world to form a "one session, one session" symphony orchestra, and hire international outstanding artists and conductors to provide them with a week-long training. , culminating in a concert at the Shanghai Summer Music Festival. For the participating children, music, partners, difficulties overcome together, and a stage of their own make up an extraordinary summer.
misa Student Festival Orchestra rehearsing
Liu Lijie, director of the misa student festival orchestra project at the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra Education Center, told reporters that this year’s 62 children in the misa student festival orchestra stood out from more than 400 children who signed up. As early as when the admission list was released at the end of May this year, the members gathered online: one part and one communication group, practicing remotely and consciously checking in. The instructors also started online guidance early and made suggestions for each practice video. When it came to the training site, everyone was reluctant to put down their instruments. They practiced wherever they went and started "playing piano mode" with their teammates at any time.
came prepared. During the first rehearsal, the children were able to perform the framework of the first movement of Beethoven's "Symphony No. 1 in C major", which surprised Zhang Lu. It is definitely not easier to train a children's band than to train a band composed of adult professional musicians. After several days of training, from part rehearsal to band rehearsal, under the guidance of the instructors, the team members became more and more cooperative.
misa Student Festival Band rehearsal
Zhang Lu said to the children: "The biggest charm of music is not only good to listen to, it can also convey your feelings. I hope everyone can feel it in this rare opportunity like the misa Student Festival Band." Remember this kind of musical expression, and you can feel it in your future life, practice and even future work. "
This year, nearly 10 people in the orchestra are from other places, and Guo Youlin, who studies violin, is from Qingdao. In his previous piano learning experience, he mostly practiced solos alone. This time he sat in a symphony orchestra, and he learned to look at the conductor and listen to his peers around him, allowing his voice to blend into the sound of the entire orchestra.
When rehearsing Edmond Angell's "Toy Symphony", the "exclusive joy" of the wind orchestra members was beyond words - lucky members had the opportunity to obtain "special props" to simulate nightingales and quails and create interesting harmonies. Everyone put up their hands to nominate themselves. In the end, due to the fierce competition, the candidates could only be decided through rock-paper-scissors.
misa Student Festival Orchestra rehearsal Xu Haohan, principal flute part of
orchestra, was selected into the misa student festival orchestra twice in 2016 and 2021. Since the upper limit for recruitment is 16 years old, this year is the last time he will join the orchestra. With the training of serving as the concertmaster of the Misa Student Festival Orchestra several times, he has now grown more in uniting voices and coordinating organizations.
“Every summer I spend with the Misa Student Festival Orchestra, I grow a lot.” Xu Haohan said, “This is a very professional orchestra. Although the members are very young, their level is very high. When rehearsing Beethoven's "Symphony No. 1 in C major", the principal oboist and I had a conversation. This melody was very difficult, but after two or three collaborations, we cooperated very well. "
Every year, misa. The performances of the Student Festival Band brought many surprises to the audience. The children impressed the audience with their innocence, showing the most essential and simple beauty of music. Since 2016, the misa student festival orchestra has also witnessed many former little piano children embarking on the path of professional music, or shining in different fields.
misa Student Festival Orchestra rehearsing
html After more than 20 years of hard work, misa has given birth to three municipal student art groups, Shanghai Student Symphony Orchestra, Shanghai Student Choir, and Shanghai Student Traditional Orchestra, covering a variety of music performance forms such as symphony, vocal music, and folk music. Even teenagers who have never learned an instrument can become volunteers, young reporters, and young music critics, and enter the stage and behind the scenes of the music festival. Zhou Ping, director ofShanghai Symphony Orchestra, said: "The Shanghai Summer Music Festival is an art class for young people to express innovative expressions. misa provides a variety of opportunities in front of and behind the scenes, allowing young people to fully participate and use music to ignite their passion for art. , inspire exploration of the world, and protect their curiosity, imagination and creativity, which is the original intention of 'Social Aesthetic Education'"
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