The Baroque Expedition

At the Baroque Expedition, elementary school students meet five musicians and their Baroque instruments in the world of visual arts at SMK. 

The course emphasizes the importance of music in interpreting the images, and students are introduced to various pieces of Baroque music, which many children would not otherwise encounter and which provides a good understanding of the diversity of music. The students compose new stories based on music and images, and the highlight of the day is the final concert, where the musicians accompany the students' stories from room to room.

During a course held in 2020, students said the following:
"When the music plays, it's as if MON a film and the image moves."
"It's bombastic."
"It was fun to hear music MON had MON heard before."
"It happens here and now when images and music are experienced together."

"I was completely stunned when the music started. I felt completely empty inside. It was so powerful."

Comments from teachers:

“We are very happy with the experience we had yesterday at the National Gallery of Denmark. It was rich in learning, but especially rich in aesthetic experiences at a very high level. The children got much more out of listening to the music and seeing the pictures in this way, where the interplay between the visual and the auditory was fantastic. If you repeat the program next year, we are definitely interested in participating again.” – Hundige Lilleskole