Show Reviews
At St James Primary School we presented 2 shows catering for grades pre-prep to six. The shows were well received by an audience of enthusiastic and responsive school children and was well worth the long trip down to the Tweed Coast.
Comments by the music teacher at St James Primary School:
'A HUGE thank you to Rod and Keryn for
travelling from the Sunshine Coast to give St James’ students the gift of their ‘Discovering Musical
Instruments Show’. The students LOVED the show! An engaging, interactive and
educational show performed by true professionals. Your commitment to children’s
music education is greatly appreciated and many students are now considering
learning a musical instrument. Thank you for inspiring us! '
Megan Robinson
Teacher-St James Primary, Banora Point
Reviews by two grade 5 students at St James Primary School:
Student 1.
'What
is the nickname for the clarinet? What do you not do with your guitar? If you haven’t seen the hip, modern, fun , exquisite, entertaining
Christensen’s music show you
wouldn’t know the answer to these questions.
Rod
Christensen and his wife take music to a whole new level. Their show is a
mixture of fun and education as they present brass, percussion, woodwind and
string instruments in fun songs full of rhythm, beat and bounce, which makes
you want to move your feet and flip your hair. Songs like: I Love My Guitar, Toot
Toot Toot the Flute and When I Play on my Saxophone will get stuck in your
head. This show is a ten out of five star performance, which has all the things
the doctor ordered. So, you had better tape your socks on, cause they are about
to be blown right off.'
Student 2.
'On
the 15th and 22nd of June the students of St James saw
the ‘Discovering Musical Instruments Show’. My favourite thing about the show
was how Rod did not just tell us about all the musical instruments. Instead, he sang us a song for each instrument
and interacted with the audience. It was really funny how they used fruit
shapes for maracas and got children up to play them. He also invited about 8
children to the front to dance to some of his songs. It made me think about
what instrument I would like to play, maybe the trumpet although that might be
too hard. Violin could be easy but I think I could play the flute or the drums.
This was a great experience and I thank them for coming to play for us.'
