Teacher Instructs Students to Sing Aria of Mozart During Attendance Check
ATTENDANCE CHECK – Instead of saying “Present!”, a teacher instructed his students to sing Mozart’s aria during the attendance check to make his class more lively.
Teacher Pat, an instructor at a university in Manila, noticed that the students were feeling sleepy, which prompted him to a special technique for checking attendance. During the attendance check, the students needed to sing Mozart’s Queen of the Night aria, a composition by the classical composer.
Some students enjoyed this gimmick by the teacher, as it felt like they were auditioning, while others seemed to cry while singing. One student appeared nonchalant, while another felt shy.
Teacher Pat mentioned that he and his class are really close and always engage in playful banter. The teacher said that night classes can be quite drowsy, so he thought of a wake-up technique that would also entertain the students.
Meanwhile, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Born in Salzburg, which was then part of the Holy Roman Empire and is now in Austria, Mozart showed exceptional musical talent from a very young age. He was proficient in playing the keyboard and violin, and he started composing music at the age of five.
Mozart’s early compositions gained him recognition, and he became a musician at the Salzburg court at the age of 17. However, he grew restless and sought better opportunities. In 1781, Mozart visited Vienna but was dismissed from his position in Salzburg.
He chose to stay in Vienna, where he achieved fame but faced financial challenges. Despite his struggles, Mozart composed some of his most renowned symphonies, concertos, and operas during his final years in Vienna. One of Mozart’s famous works is the Requiem, although it remained unfinished at the time of his death at the age of 35.