Music in My Suitcase
On Thursday 22 June 2021, the whole of Primary School got to experience a wonderful performance of Music in My Suitcase run by Mara! from Música Viva. This performance, while not the usual, was fun and educational nonetheless. There were four performers playing lots of different instruments including saxophones, clarinets, different types of European guitars (including the baglama, bouzouki) and a traditional European drum. They also all sang.
We learned songs in other languages such as how to say some of the colours in Welsh and how to count in Turkish, Kurdish and we even taught them how to count and sing in Hebrew. Learning about the songs, we also learned about the cultures from which the music came! We danced and tried our best to sing along and copy the actions they taught us for the songs too.
Even though the performance took place over Zoom, the energy was palpable and just as exciting as if it were in real life. Part of what made this concert very special was hearing lots of different music from different parts of the world, most of which we had never heard anything like before!
Having a concert in the middle of lockdown really helped to lift our spirits and has been a highlight of this lockdown period.
Thank you to everyone who helped to put this concert together. We had a great time!
By Hannah Fekete, Isabella Hirst and Lila Friedman
Year 6 Music Leaders
