The Tokyo Wind Symphony Orchestra has recorded a performance to both instruct and inspire junior high and high school wind ensemble club members who have had their performances canceled due to the outbreak of the coronavirus. The performance will be distributed for free via an app.
The orchestra played an assigned piece that is to be performed by the students in the junior high and high school national competition, which is scheduled for October.
"I hope [our performance] can inspire the students while they rehearse at home," concertmaster Naoki Aouda said.
The music was recorded at the Kodaira Citizens Cultural Hall in Kodaira, Tokyo, where wind ensembles from nine junior high and high schools were set to perform in regular concerts on March 25-31 before they were canceled.
"I want to do something to cheer up the students who are a little depressed because their performances were canceled," Shinichi Koyama, the business manager of the foundation that operates the hall, said after suggesting the video be distributed.
Koyama reached out to the Tokyo Wind Symphony Orchestra because they perform at the hall almost every year, as well as to an official of Jupiter Telecommunications (J:COM), among others, for their support with the endeavor.
About 40 members of the orchestra performed four pieces, including the piece set for the 2020 All Japan Band Competition, to an empty hall. A supplemental video was also recorded to point out ways for the students to improve while rehearsing at home.
"I hope the students will listen to the professional orchestra's performance and work hard to improve their own playing with a positive attitude," Koyama said.
The video will be available for free on the J:COM app from March 27 to April 30.
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