Educational activities on Joaquín Rodrigo
On March 15, 2011, Cecilia Rodrigo presented an educational activity for children entitled El niño que soñó la música (The boy who dreamed of music) in the Joaquín Rodrigo Auditorium at the Cultural Center of Madrid’s Tetuán district. Some 450 fifth and sixth-grade schoolchildren from the district's schools attended.
On this occasion, the Victoria and Joaquín Rodrigo Foundation organized a contest in which the children competed in four categories: Essay, Poetry, Slogan and Drawing.
The prize went to the San Antonio School. Congratulations to the prizewinners and the school!
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| Cecilia Rodrigo with the four prizewinners. | Awarding the prizes. | Students of prizewinning San Antonio School. |
The following are the winning entries which were awarded:
A t-shirt
Joaquín Rodrigo musical puzzle
CD with the story “El niño que soñó la música”
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| Drawing: Donnalyn Parocha Agbuggo (6th. grade) |
Essay: Iván Gago García (5th. grade) |
Poetry: Nadia García González (6th. grade) |
Slogan: Ingwie Atapana Torres (5th. grade) |
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Contest
Listen to this piece of music. It belongs to “Berceuse de invierno” (“Winter Lullaby”), which is part of a longer work called “Musica para un jardin” (“Music for a garden”) by Joaquin Rodrigo and contains three other lullabies: “Berceuse de otoño” (autumn lullaby), “Berceuse de primavera” (spring lullaby) and “Berceuse de verano” (summer lullaby).
Afterwards, read what the composer himself said about this work:
“Under the title “Music for a garden”, I grouped the four lullabies that gently transform the four seasons of the year into a garden. All four of them, although each is different, sway to the rhythm of a cradle song that measures and separates the passage of time.
“Berceuse de invierno” (winter lullaby) is based on a ‘pedal’ or recurrent theme that the English horn gives a slightly pastoral character. Over this ‘pedal’ the melody is heard played by the clarinet, resembling a Christmas carol, and later repeated by the celesta and finally by the violins and the woodwinds. “ Joaquin Rodrigo
And now, send us (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) a pdf with your drawing that shows what these words and this music suggest to you. The winner of the contest will see his drawing appear on our website and will receive either a CD of “Joaquin Rodrigo, el niño que soñó la música” or a t-shirt with the image from the CD.
IDEAL FOR SCHOOLS AND MUSIC SCHOOLS: activities for children between 6 and 12, designed to discover Rodrigo’s life, an example of talent and tenacity in overcoming hardships, talent.
Material includes:
- Illustrations
- CD: Joaquin Rodrigo, the boy who dreamed of music
- Text of the story of Rodrigo’s life as told to children
- Guidelines for presenting this activity
Price: 29,50€
To order this material, call the Foundation at 91 555 2728 o email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
