This afternoon, Leswalt Primary ventured into Stranraer Academy; joining several other primary schools at the fabulous Royal Scottish National Orchestra’s production of Gaspard’s Foxtrot. This performance was having its Scottish school tour debut today – they will also be visiting Langholm, Aviemore, Inverness and Kirkwall over the coming weeks.
The orchestra delivered an afternoon of story-telling through music. The book had been written by Zeb Soanes and illustrated by James Mayhew, with an orchestral score by Jonathan Dove and an accompanying film directed by Dougie Irvine and produced by Laura Penny.
Lucy, a member of the RSNO, led the pupils through a fun warm-up using the body to create music and introduced them to the different sections of the orchestra and the conductor. We all then settled back for 35 minutes of escapism – following Gaspard the Fox on his adventures through the city of London.
Here are some of the highlights from the pupils:
“The fact that the music really described the thoughts and feelings was great!”
“Lucy’s warm-up was great fun!”
“Lucy’s story-telling went really well with the music and film!”
“I enjoyed doing Lucy’s music-making exercises. They were great fun!”
“I loved being able to see the instruments and what they were doing!”
“It was a cool story and the music went really well with it!”
All in all, it was a lovely afternoon out!
