New International School held a concert, as always, just before the winter vacation.
The concert featured performances by the oya-ko violin club (a special club where parents learn to play the violin and perform alongside their children), and other violin and music performances by each of the classes. The younger children sang songs and showed their mastery of perfect pitch with their hands, palms down, going up or down to different positions according to the notes.
Over the vacation, the school acquired smaller shimedaiko drums to supplement their taiko drums, so that the very popular after-school Taiko Club can accommodate children of younger ages. They will all perform at the school’s annual musical, this year to be held at the Theater Green in Minami Ikebukuro on March 9. Tickets are now available from the school.
See http://newis.ed.jp for more information on the school’s music clubs and performances.
