Starting with Strings
“Starting with Strings” is about Sistema Aotearoa, a children’s orchestra based in Otara.
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Series: School Journal Level 2 August 2015
Reading year level: 4
Category: Non-fiction
Topics: instruments, music, orchestra, Sistema
Starting with Strings
Words by Georgina Barnes
Photography by Adrian Heke
The article explains how children join the orchestra, what’s involved in learning to play an instrument, and what it means to be part of the orchestra.
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