Peter and the Wolf

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Saturday, July 30, 2022

(Final Production)

4:00pm

FH Presbyterian Church

13001 N Ftn Hills Blvd. 📍

All Ages!

None

$25

Prokofiev’s classic musical storytelling comes to life this summer! The FHP production of “Peter and the Wolf" is theater and piano all in one. It includes narration and short pieces of music (arranged for elementary-level piano players) that capture the characters and tell the nail-biting story of how Peter’s adventurous spirit and ingenuity saved him from the hungry wolf. Students will be assigned parts based on their playing level and interest. They will work on their assigned pieces as part of their lessons over the summer, then we’ll have one dress rehearsal and a final performance on Saturday, July 30th.

Let me know by June 15 if you want to participate in this production. 

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Must be playing at a confident late Level 1B through Level 4.

BACKGROUND

The story and music of Peter and the Wolf were written in 1938 by Russian Composer Sergei Prokofiev. In its original orchestral version, each of the characters was represented by a different musical instrument, thereby providing audiences a chance to become familiar with the sounds of these instruments while being immersed in an exciting story. In 1967, Wesley Schaum arranged the orchestral composition for elementary piano. Schaum did a fantastic job maintaining all the interesting textures and sounds of each of the character pieces while making them accessible to beginning piano students. Students who participate in our production will be assigned a character and will learn the piano parts for that character over the summer. They will “play" that character in our final production on July 30.