"It was clear that the wind players, each with a full, warm tone, have spent a great deal of time playing together and have cultivated a collective sensibility… an exciting and witty piece that showed off the group's tight interplay and excellent ensemble sense." – Benjamin Frandzel

We’ve come to the end of the AIM season… well over 150 concerts! Looking back on all those performances, we want to share one of our favorite parts of our AIM show with you… the question-and-answer portion. The students’ questions were always interesting and often amusing. Kyle did a great job of emceeing for us. Here are some of the most common, a couple of unexpected and the number one question of all…

We were asked these a lot…
How old are the instruments?
How old are you?
How long have you been a group?
How did you meet?
How long have you been playing?
How much do your instruments cost?
Is the bassoon heavy?

These two were unique and made us think for a minute…
If you could each play a different instrument, what would it be? (Interestingly, we all answered cello.)

Where did the word “music” come from originally? During our show the students learn the word for music in five languages. One student came up with this compelling question. (The word music comes from the Greek mousa and is derived from the word muse.)

And the #1 question asked…
Why does Armando keep his hand in the bell of the horn?

Like we said at the end of every show, “We’d like to thank the San Francisco Symphony AIM program and we’d like to thank the students for being such a great audience!” Thank you, 3rd, 4th and 5th graders of San Francisco! We had a great time performing for you all!

Quinteto Latino