Students across Appleton have been diving deep into the
music of our upcoming concert. Big Arts in the Little Apple is a
community collaboration coordinated in partnership with The Building for Kids
Children’s Museum and the Appleton Area School District to give students the
opportunity to explore the intersection of music and the visual arts.
As part of the program, elementary students at 17 schools
learned about and listened to this autobiographical tone poem by Richard
Strauss, and then took that inspiration to their visual arts classrooms to
create art in response. Over 600 of these students submitted their work for
consideration and the top 50 to be featured at the Saturday, November 19th
concert when the symphony performs this epic piece.
In addition to the elementary students, high schoolers at
the Appleton Career Academy participated in a Music and Art Fusion Seminar
developed by Elyse Lucas. After a few days exploring the piece of music
in depth, these students wrote proposals for the creation of three dimensional
works of art made with repurposed instruments. These sculptures will
Don’t miss this opportunity to see the creativity of our
local students and experience Ein Heldenleben in person with your Fox
Valley Symphony Orchestra on Saturday, November 19th. Buy your tickets online today.
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