Camille Saint-Saëns and the Forbidden Carnival

What You'll Learn

• Discover how music can paint portraits of animals without words — using tempo, dynamics, and instrument choice to capture each creature's personality and movement
• Learn what a 'suite' is — a collection of short pieces that belong together, like chapters in a book or rooms in a zoo
• Understand that composers can make JOKES with music — Saint-Saëns included a piece making fun of clumsy piano students and another using bones as percussion!
• Explore how changing the TEMPO (speed) of music transforms its character — the same melody played slow sounds completely different from when it's played fast
• Learn that even serious, dignified people have playful sides — and sometimes the things we create 'just for fun' become our most beloved works