The Daegu Concert House holds the Stroller Concert, a classical music concert for toddlers and their parents each year. The concert is an opportunity for babies and preschool children to enjoy music in their own way and a special stroller zone is provided so that entire families can listen to music while their children sit in strollers.

The concert program offers songs like “You Raise Me Up” and “Over the Rainbow” for children and parents to enjoy together as well as well-known vocal music pieces such as “O Sole Mio” and “Libiamo ne’lieti calici” from La Traviata, one of the best-known opera melodies. Parents, who have found it difficult to attend concerts due to restrictions on children’s admission, can enjoy the performance without having to worry about disturbing the rest of the audience.

• Costume experience
• Musical instrument experience
• Make-up experience

The Daegu Opera House runs an Opera Class for Children, an experience-centered arts and culture education program. As an after-school class, it provides children an opportunity to watch, listen to, and sing opera songs under the guidance of an instructor.

In order to help with the systematic understanding of opera, the class offers various programs such as “What is Opera?,” “Play Musical Instruments,” “Vocalization and Breathing for Children,” “Let’s Sing and Audition for Opera,” “Exciting Opera World Tour in Film and Animation,” and “Make-up and Dress-up Like an Opera Singer.” It serves as an opportunity for children to become familiar with, develop interest in, and understand opera.

Kkumdarak means a “hideaway of my dreams” and is an extracurricular arts and culture program. This program offers students an opportunity to enjoy a variety of arts and cultural events on Saturdays that help nurture students’ dreams through imaginative play and arts activities, the basic concept behind the Kkumdarak Saturday Culture School.

• Introductory music class
• Listening to music

Kkumdarak Saturday Culture School was introduced as an alternative program when the five-day school week system came into effect for all elementary, middle, and high schools across the country in March 2012. At the school, students can experience activities from various genres of arts and culture such as music, the fine arts, and drama together with their families. This extracurricular program is popular among both students and parents as it offers educational activities during the weekend. It has provided arts education for 7,839 young people and their families over the past five years.

Various educational programs in Daegu are operated in order to enhance citizens’ understanding of and participation in the arts and culture in their everyday lives. Daegu Concert House organizes a lecture concert that combines classical music performances with lectures from various fields in the humanities such as the fine arts, literature, and architecture. The concert makes classical music more accessible and interesting for those who are not yet familiar

The Daegu Foundation for Culture runs the Citizens’ Festival School where people can learn all aspects about festivals, including planning and directing, costumes, and props. Since 1992, the Daegu Branch of the Federation of Artistic and Cultural Organizations of Korea has operated the Arts and Culture University where prominent figures and arts professionals deliver lectures in their respective fields every Tuesday, and since its advent, approximately 5,200 people (about 200 people per year) have graduated from the university so far.

The Daegu Opera House also conducts various arts and culture educational programs for adults that are centered on music. Programs such as “Opera Song Lesson” and “Opera Class” are held once or twice a week, with approximately 70 local residents taking part in each class to learn classical Korean songs and opera arias from professional vocalists.

Education is not only about reading, memorizing, and sitting on the desk chair at school. Daegu Concert House is prepared customized performances called ‘Classic Oasis’, for all people to share the joy of spontaneous music learning. Of the programs, ‘Kids Classic’ is a concert collaborated with fairy tale books, friendly stories, and stage plays. recommended for children over 36 months and preschool children.

• Kids Classic

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