Arts-X-press is a summer arts immersion program for 7th and 8th grade students created by the Pacific Symphony in celebration of Cole Carsan St.Clair. 150 students are nominated by teachers throughout Orange County to come together for 5 days of creative exploration each summer. The program has two goals: 1) To expose students to all 5 performing and visual arts; and 2) To foster respect for and interest in each student’s individuality, talents, interests, and background.

Sunday, July 17, 2011

Collaborating with the Animals

Last night we were lucky to experience the lovely Pacific Symphony Orchestra along with the incredibly talented 5 Browns perform the Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saens. Three of the Browns narrated and two performed along with the PSO.

So this morning, when trying to decide what to present on the blog, we decided to create our own Carnival of the Animals. We started out with some collaborative brainstorming to determine how we wanted the performance to look. Then we divided up the roles- five of us took on the role of the 5 talented pianists and the rest of us became animals. You can't, of course, play the role of aniamls without costumes so we got to work artistically. And now, with a few sheets of construction paper, some glue and glitter, a few sound glitches, snorts and giggles, a lot of collaboration and imagination and tons of charm, we present to you, the Carnival of Michal's CE Animal Class!

Update 9:54 p.m. -- sorry about the technical difficulties with viewing the video. You should be able to access it at this link. Let us know if the problems persist!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Bti4zIPJ9U

ps- we just realized that it's sideway and can't change it! of well, it just adds to our heaping charm :)
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Anonymous said...

Wow, it sounds so much fun already for only 24 hours!! Really want to see the video if possible. :)
Thanks!!

July 17, 2011 at 11:05 AM

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