K-Y6 Music News

The following outlines the remaining Music event for Term 3.

Opera Australia comes to perform El Kid at Cranbrook Junior School for K to 6

• Monday, 11 September (Week 9)

Opera Australia’s Schools Tour aims to capture some of the passion and feeling of largescale theatrical operas in a more informal and accessible way for children. All of the songs and instrumental music used in El Kid come from the well-known opera, Carmen, composed by Georges Bizet and first performed in 1875, while the story of El Kid is based on the Norwegian folktale, Three Billy Goats Gruff. Students will study the combined creative and dramatic elements of opera and engage with many musical excerpts, through singing, moving and playing, leading up to this performance.

Mr Peter Fox

Head of Music Performance JS (P-6)