Bob Bickerton, a specialist in performing traditional and contemporary Celtic music, was a hit at Carlton School yesterday.
He performs throughout New Zealand in concerts and festivals and to thousands of school children every year.
The former director of the Nelson Music School loves nothing more than travelling around NewZealand and introducing pupils to a wide range of musical instruments used in Celtic folk music.
He shows young children how to explore their instruments and to learn how they produce their sound. Yesterday he had the Carlton St kids in hysterics as he played his instruments. He tells children how to find the difference between high and low, find the difference between loud and soft sounds, work with different rhythms, and he teaches them a song. Mr Bickerton had his young audience yelling. They loved him, and they loved his music.
