Year 3 Strings Concert
Year 3 Strings Concert
By Mrs Kirsten Knight, Director of Strings
Last night our Year 3 students and their loved ones braved the cold and rainy weather for the year group’s first concert on their stringed instruments.
Most of the students only picked up an instrument for the first time in February, so it was a huge achievement to present a full program of music.
Students demonstrated their plucking and bowing skills, how they learnt to hold their bow, singing and solfa. There was even audience participation as the students challenged their family and friends to do one of their class activities.
At Radford all students in Year 3 learn a stringed instrument as part of their music curriculum. They are allocated either a violin, viola, cello or double bass and have weekly lessons. Many students choose to continue their stringed instrument after Year 3 and are then able to join Radford’s string orchestra program.
The Year 3 students have worked very hard in the lead up to their first concert and we congratulate them on their wonderful performance. We are already looking forward to their second performance later this year.