Category: Visitors
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Camerta Child’s Play – the first concert
Child’s Play was thrilled to present the first concert by Camerta Child’s Play, conducted by Prof. Santiago Lusardi of the University of Seville, Spain on 14 April 2013. The ensemble is made up of children of Child’s Play and local musicians. This first concert happened at short notice and after a few intensive rehearsals, a full-house…
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Meet the Woodwinds @ Casa da Moeda
On December 16, we invited the general public to come and meet our two visiting woodwind players – Stuart Potter (bassoon) and Akihide Noguchi (clarinet). We also invited our flute teacher Susan Badiyari to come along. Both Stuart and Hide demonstrated the various parts of their instruments and how to them together. …
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Meet the Woodwinds @ Hamara School
Last week, by sheer coincidence, we had two talented musicians visiting us in Goa. Stuart Potter is a bassoonist currently teaching the instrument at the Kodaikanal International School. He was in Goa on a holiday and we were very pleased to have him share his music with us. Akihide Noguchi is a Japanese clarinetist currently…
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Child’s Play @ Goa’s first Children’s Book Fest
The children of Child’s Play were delighted to be invited to perform at Goa’s first Children’s Book Fest organised by Bookworm. On Sunday December 16, a gaggle of kids piled into our cars and came to the Panjim Municipal Garden, which was the venue for the Fest. There, amidst the colourful bunting, the gaily decorated…
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Patricia Rozario at Hamara School
We were delighted and honoured to have internationally-acclaimed soprano Patricia Rozario visit our children at Hamara School on 29 July, to hear our fledgling choir. It’s an initiative that is barely a few weeks old, and we are grateful to the indefatigable Jean Kalgutkar for giving us her time, energy and enthusiasm to set it…