Percussion session in the Gamelean Room. We learned about the Lion Dance and the gong and drum music that goes along with the Lion Dance. We participated in a music machine and made our own version of music using the pot lids and beaters and keys that we brought along with us. And B even got his STOMP experience working into the discussion.
Looking for instruments that match our Chinese writing lesson.
The second half of our visit was a focus on Chinese Opera. We learned about the characters, colors on masks and the fact that the mask/costumes and music are really what defines what is going on on the stage.
Then some of our students were transformed!!
And who might this be?
Today we got to enjoy two wonderful (and very different) educational opportunities at the University of Michigan. We got to study World Cultures and Arts at the music school and micropathology at the medical school. We are so fortunate and will truly miss UofM when we move to IL!!
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