The interactive music workshop Camille Saint-Saëns Carnival of Animals: From Idea to Composition will bring the composer's calling closer to the students of the course through a fantastic suite loved by classical music lovers of all ages. How Camille Saint-Saëns got the idea for this zoological fantasy, which existing compositions inspired him, which musical quotations he used and which of the contemporary composers his work left a mark on, the audience will find out by actively participating in the performance of the selected pieces. They will imitate the slow gait of elephants and adopt the meter, dance the kankan in different tempos, outline the melody with their movements and enrich the original composition with body music. During the performance, audience members are not passive observers, but actively participate in the performance through dance and body music, and are encouraged to express their knowledge, experiences and critical thinking.

Educational goals:

• Getting to know the Public Institution in Culture Croatian Home Split
• Awareness of the importance of music and culture in a broader sense
• Getting to know concert bon tone
• Getting to know the biography of the composer, the work, individual movements, musical components, composition method, quotations and paraphrases in music and more
• Facilitating social-emotional development of students
• Encouraging the development of musical abilities of all students in accordance with the individual abilities of the individual
• Encouraging students to actively engage in music and participate in the cultural life of the community
• Encouraging the development of musical taste and critical thinking
• Encouraging understanding of the interdisciplinary characteristics and possibilities of music
• Awareness of the value of regional, national and European cultural heritage in the context of world culture

Educational outcomes:

• The student knows a certain number of compositions
• The student participates in a joint performance of music
• The student performs artistic, traditional, popular or own music by playing and/or moving
• He participates in various music games and music creation activities
• Based on listening to music and active musicianship, the student recognizes different types of music
• Based on listening, the student distinguishes, describes and compares the characteristics of different types of music
• Based on listening, the student recognizes different types of music
• The student aurally recognizes the characteristics of music from different musical and stylistic periods
• The student gets to know music in an authentic environment