Wow, I just uploaded this post and it disappeared! Gone! So here it goes again in a shortened version.
I posted about the Korean Children’s Orchedstra coming to town a while back but I didn’t get much feedback on it. I said I would post some instrument pictures to the forum but I am still in that going to mode…
Here are some pictures from the performance rehearsal.
The show opened with drums:
Here is Stephanie practicing the 해금:
The 태평소 soloist:
Here is an interesting variation on the traditional 가야금. It has 25 strings instead of 12. The North Korean version has 24 strings.
I will get these into the forum too. Soon.