Classical music word search
A symphony in the town hall, a soprano from Gisborne who sang for the world and the overture Douglas Lilburn wrote for Aotearoa. Twenty words for a quiet evening with the radio on.
- Aria
- Bassoon
- Baton
- Cello
- Concerto
- Conductor
- Crescendo
- Encore
- Harp
- Kiri Te Kanawa
- Lilburn
- Oboe
- Opera
- Orchestra
- Overture
- Sonata
- Soprano
- Symphony
- Timpani
- Viola
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| C | O | N | C | E | R | T | O | P | O | T | O | P | O |
| E | H | O | N | T | I | M | P | A | N | I | U | M | E |
| H | R | K | I | R | I | T | E | K | A | N | A | W | A |
| R | A | E | P | X | S | Y | M | P | H | O | N | Y | A |
| G | Y | R | A | R | N | M | V | I | H | R | R | I | O |
| I | I | O | P | E | R | A | T | C | U | O | R | D | V |
| A | D | R | G | W | B | D | U | B | T | A | N | O | E |
| T | I | C | H | I | H | A | L | C | T | E | N | D | R |
| R | G | H | A | E | T | I | U | A | C | O | E | V | T |
| A | P | E | V | N | L | D | N | S | O | E | F | I | U |
| P | V | S | O | C | N | O | E | S | E | T | L | O | R |
| R | H | T | A | O | S | R | S | F | H | O | D | L | E |
| O | A | R | C | R | C | A | O | B | O | E | E | A | O |
| B | H | A | I | E | B | S | O | P | R | A | N | O | A |
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- Aria
- Bassoon
- Baton
- Cello
- Concerto
- Conductor
- Crescendo
- Encore
- Harp
- Kiri Te Kanawa
- Lilburn
- Oboe
- Opera
- Orchestra
- Overture
- Sonata
- Soprano
- Symphony
- Timpani
- Viola
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About this word search
The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra is the national orchestra, based in Wellington and touring the whole country. Douglas Lilburn, one of the country's most important composers, wrote his Aotearoa Overture in 1940. Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, born in Gisborne, became one of the best-known sopranos in the world and sang at the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana in 1981.
The grid is fourteen by fourteen, with words across, down and diagonally, never backwards. Kiri Te Kanawa is the longest at twelve letters, written as KIRITEKANAWA, and it holds the only K and the only W on the board. Orchestra, Conductor and Crescendo have nine letters. Oboe, Harp and Aria are just four and hide well. Watch for the double S and double O in Bassoon and the double L in Cello.
Leave it on the music stand for the break at orchestra or choir practice, or do it with RNZ Concert playing in the background. For students, a good extra step is to sort the found words into instruments, voices and musical terms.
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