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Today in Mrs. Anderson's class, students heard the story of Mozart's pet starling which could mimic the opening theme to one of his last compositions, Piano Concerto No. 17. Starlings, despised as they are in our country, have amazing mimicking abilities, even greater than Mynah birds and parrots. Mozart's pet influenced the writing and characters in his opera, "The Magic Flute" as well. We spent an hour together listening to excerpts from the opera and the piano concerto as well as traditional bird song. It's clear from historical documents that Mozart had a great fondness and even reverence for his pet, and for birds in general. When we listened to the "Queen of the Night Aria", students were astonished that a human voice could sing so high, and in effect, sound more like a flute or a bird than a human. Mrs. Wolfe and I played a recorder duet from the opera, and invited students to make their own flute out of the materials sent home. Please watch the video Mrs. Duckworth made for help in making yours. Encourage your student to try blowing into the bottle with a sustained flow of air until they "find" the pitch. Work on it daily over break until it happens. It will be very rewarding when it does. We completed the activity by each student decoding their own name in melodic notes. I played each student's name on my trumpet (liberally improvised with soft flourishes for the gals if desired, and in strong march-like statements for the guys and vice-versa). Students loved hearing their musical names. I would encourage any students who are taking lessons to play their name on their instrument this week. Please take pictures and/or videos of your flutes as you finish them this week, and share them with us! Have a beautiful, relaxing, enriching fall break!
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