Children and Parents Altogether
Join us and have fun music!
We are in Chatan, Okinawa.
Music as Family Activity
Play is the best way to immerse yourself and absorb new things.
Let’s create fun experiences with friends and family!
You are never alone
Self practice is important,
and it’s even more fun
when sharing with everyone.
Matching to individuals
With different content for each,
and build one music,
leaving no one behind.
Children are the main role
Event performance plan is
mainly decided by themselves
to make them more confident.
Play and support
Many parents are interested
So play together.
That will support children practice.
Not only for self satisfaction
With Okinawa and world’s
widely beloved music,
Let’s increase our fan base!
Say ‘I wanna do this’
Don’t be passive.
Try to get it yourself.
We are here to help you.
Blogs
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Toward the Next Event
Hello! The Kitamae Orchestra is actively continuing its activities this week as well! Having completed our market performance in April, we’ve already started moving toward our next goal. Since it’s not officially decided yet, I’ll introduce it here once it’s confirmed. It seems like it will be a challenge unlike anything we’ve done before. The…
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The Reliable Mates
Several members became unable to participate just before the previous day’s rehearsal, temporarily putting the orchestra’s participation itself in jeopardy, but as we played together, we decided that we could somehow make it work and committed to proceeding! With people joining to support us, we were gradually able to raise our motivation. This time, we…
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Performing in a coming Market!
The Chatan Town Kitamae Community is holding a Fureai (Friendship) Market scheduled for Sunday, April 20, 2025, and the Kitamae Band has once again been invited to perform! Unfortunately, February’s event was canceled due to rain, but we will present a new program that includes songs we had prepared for that occasion! This time as…
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Play APT with the violin!
The song “APT” by ROSÉ & Bruno Mars that was requested by members. As expected, popular songs seem to be absorbed quickly, and we were able to perform it together right away. Especially children in 3rd grade and above are showing remarkable growth, with some playing slowly but steadily even at first sight. I’m sharing…
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Bling-Bang-Bang-Born in Major Key
We are practicing the popular children’s song Bling-Bang-Bang-Born on the violin. Everyone is working hard on their favorite song. Indeed, most of the songs we’ve played so far have been in A major or D major, and for them, the C note has always been sharped. This time, it’s a significant step as they’re playing…
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Into the favorite pieces
I prepared and distributed five new sheet music pieces to the members. These were arrangements I made based on member requests. Each piece has been shortened so everyone can play them without too much difficulty. Members don’t need to play all the songs – they can choose whichever ones they want to try. When children…
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Finding songs that you want to play
Since it seems we’ll be performing at a new event, we’ll work hard toward new goals.First, we decided that the members should find songs they want to play, so I asked each member to search for songs they wanted to perform. The secret to improving with an instrument is being moved or inspired. If you…
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March Concert Information
I have received information about many concerts being held in March! I’ll introduce them in chronological order. If you’re interested, please check them out! 10th Regular Concert of Okinawa City Junior Orchestra Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Okinawa City’s Incorporation Date/Time: Sunday, March 16, 2025Venue: Okinawa City Hall Main HallStart: 15:00 (Doors open at 14:30)…
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The Event Cancelled and Our Next Goal
The Kitamae District Community Association’s Fureai Market, which was scheduled for February 16th, was canceled due to rain. Despite this, during the rehearsal practice scheduled for the day before, we played through all our pieces and then discussed our next steps. For the children who can now play all the songs in the band’s repertoire,…
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Rehearsal!
We had a rehearsal for participating in the Kitamae District Community Association’s “Fureai Market” on February 16th!Although not all members could attend, I think it turned out to be a productive rehearsal. While we struggled with some challenging parts in certain songs, we carefully reviewed and improved those sections.We have another practice opportunity next week,…