Welcome to our NEW PJS students and families, as well as welcome back to our returning students and families! The classroom is set up, the tools are in place, the "stage is set" and we are about to begin our exciting journey together through exploring our creative potential in the Performing Arts Program(PAP)!
What we will discover we are yet to uncover!
What we will discover we are yet to uncover!
We have an exciting new set of instruments in our classroom that were donated to PJS many years ago.
This is what Wikipedia has to share with us about the background and use of these instruments today:
"The Angklung is made of two or more bamboo tubes attached to a bamboo frame. The tubes are carved to have a resonant pitch when struck and are tuned to octaves. The base of the frame is held in one hand, whilst the other hand strikes the instrument. This causes a repeating note to sound.
The Angklung is popular throughout Southeast Asia, but it originated in what is now West Java and Banten provinces in Indonesia, and has been played by the Sundanese for many centuries. Angklung and its music has become the cultural identity of Sundanese communities in West Java and Banten. Playing angklung as an orchestra requires cooperation and coordination, and is believed promotes the values of teamwork, mutual respect and social harmony."
I look forward to discovering what kinds of music, teamwork, and social harmony we can create together while using them!
This is what Wikipedia has to share with us about the background and use of these instruments today:
"The Angklung is made of two or more bamboo tubes attached to a bamboo frame. The tubes are carved to have a resonant pitch when struck and are tuned to octaves. The base of the frame is held in one hand, whilst the other hand strikes the instrument. This causes a repeating note to sound.
The Angklung is popular throughout Southeast Asia, but it originated in what is now West Java and Banten provinces in Indonesia, and has been played by the Sundanese for many centuries. Angklung and its music has become the cultural identity of Sundanese communities in West Java and Banten. Playing angklung as an orchestra requires cooperation and coordination, and is believed promotes the values of teamwork, mutual respect and social harmony."
I look forward to discovering what kinds of music, teamwork, and social harmony we can create together while using them!