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Carnegie Hall Announces 2008-09 Family Concerts
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2008–09 CARNEGIE HALL FAMILY CONCERTS
PRESENTED BY THE WEILL MUSIC INSTITUTE
Fun, Affordable Family Concerts Offer Music by Wide Variety of Artists
including Jamie Bernstein, Michael Barrett, and Orchestra of St. Luke’s
in The Bernstein Beat; Soweto Gospel Choir; Kronos Quartet;
and Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
Lemony Snicket and Nathaniel Stookey’s The Composer is Dead
Family Concert is First Stop on Seven-City Book Tour
Family Concerts Designed for Children Ages 5–12
Encouraging families to explore music together, The Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall offers a variety of interactive and affordable Family Concerts this season. Recommended for children ages 5–12, Carnegie Hall Family Concerts are hour-long, weekend afternoon performances designed to enable children and parents to experience the joy of attending a live musical performance together. Programs in Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage and Zankel Hall showcase many different classical and world music performers. Every child also receives a copy of KidsNotes, a concert program designed especially for young people, with each concert preceded by a fun and engaging pre-concert activity. For only $9 per ticket, families will enjoy a fun and educational afternoon at Carnegie Hall.
Fall 2008 Carnegie Hall Family Concerts include:
THE BERNSTEIN BEAT
On Saturday, November 1 at 2:00 p.m. in Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, as part of Carnegie Hall and the New York Philharmonic’s citywide Bernstein: The Best of All Possible Worlds festival, The Weill Music Institute will present The Bernstein Beat, a family concert developed and hosted by Jamie Bernstein, Leonard Bernstein’s eldest daughter, featuring the Orchestra of St. Luke’s conducted by Michael Barrett, a Bernstein protégé. Featuring the musical compositions of Bernstein himself, this concert—modeled after the famous Young People’s Concerts led by Leonard Bernstein—explores rhythm through excerpts from such well-known works as Fancy Free, On the Town, and West Side Story. This concert will answer the big musical question: What Makes Music Dance? A pre-concert activity begins at 1:00 p.m. with storytelling and fun led by Charlotte Blake Alston.
SOWETO GOSPEL CHOIR
On Sunday, November 16 at 1:00 p.m. in Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall celebrates the inspirational power of African gospel music with the Soweto Gospel Choir. Under the direction of David Mulovhedzi and Beverly Bryer, the 26-member Soweto Gospel Choir draws on the best talent from the many churches in and around Soweto, South Africa. This concert will answer the big musical question: How Does Gospel Music Express the Spirit of Africa? Pre-concert activities begin at 12:00 p.m. with storytelling and fun led by Charlotte Blake Alston.
KRONOS QUARTET
In this interactive concert on Sunday, December 6 at 1:00 p.m. in Zankel Hall, Kronos Quartet will perform a selection of music from a diverse array of cultures. During the pre-concert activity beginning at 12:00 p.m., Dr. Craig Woodson, the concert’s host, will lead audience members in creating their own homemade instruments—the “drumpet,” a fantastical cross between a drum and trumpet—to play along with Kronos Quartet.
Spring 2009 Carnegie Hall Family Concerts include:
SLAVIC SOUL PARTY!
On Sunday, February 8 at 1:00 p.m. in Zankel Hall, the Slavic Soul Party! comes to Carnegie Hall for a Family Concert that fuses fiery Balkan brass, funky grooves, exciting gypsy accordion, and smooth jazz chops. The featured artists have Mexican, Asian, Jewish, Gypsy, and American roots, creating a new style of brass band music for New York City.
TAFELMUSIK
On Saturday, February 14 at 1:00 p.m. in Zankel Hall, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra will take families on a journey via imaginary barges on the River Thames and along the way encounter Baroque instruments—the Baroque horn, woodwinds, strings, and harpsichord. This concert will be centered on Handel’s Water Music and is a great way to introduce young people to the magic of Baroque music.
LEMONY SNICKET AND NATHANIEL STOOKEY’S THE COMPOSER IS DEAD
On Saturday, March 7 at 2:00 p.m. in Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, The Weill Music Institute presents The Composer is Dead, with live narration by best-selling children’s author Lemony Snicket. This riotous collaboration between Mr. Snicket and the composer Nathaniel Stookey engages the audience in a gripping murder mystery that makes every member of the orchestra a suspect. This concert will be the first stop in the seven-city book tour for The Composer is Dead, which will be published as a book with accompanying CD in early 2009 by HarperCollins.
ENSEMBLE ACJW
Celebrate the arrival of spring at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall on Sunday, March 29 at 1:00 p.m., when Ensemble ACJW—young professional post-graduate musicians and alumni of The Academy will perform a fun and interactive concert for families.
For additional information about Carnegie Hall Family Concerts, please visit the Explore and Learn section of www.carnegiehall.org.
The Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall
The Weill Music Institute creates wide-reaching music education programs that play a central role in Carnegie Hall’s commitment to making great music accessible to as many people as possible. With its access to the world’s greatest artists and latest technologies, The Weill Music Institute is uniquely positioned to inspire the next generation of music lovers, nurture tomorrow’s musical talent, and contribute to the evolution of music education itself. Its educational programs are woven into the fabric of the Carnegie Hall concert season, serving over 115,000 children, students, teachers, parents, young music professionals, and adults in New York City metropolitan area, across the United States, and around the world annually. The Weill Music Institute’s school-based programs alone reach over 50,000 New York City and area public school students each year.
The Weill Music Institute’s Family Concerts at Carnegie Hall and free Neighborhood Concerts in all five boroughs bring music to thousands within the greater New York City community each year. School-based programs provide sequential, in-depth music education curriculum for pre-school through kindergarten-age children (The McGraw-Hill Companies CarnegieKids); grades 1–2 (Musical Explorers), grades 3–5 (LinkUP!), middle school (Perelman American Roots), and high school (Citi Global Encounters and Global Encounters: Cultural Exchange). Professional Training Workshops connect emerging young musicians with internationally renowned artists. The Academy—a program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and The Weill Music Institute in partnership with the New York City Department of Education—provides extensive performance opportunities and intensive music education training in an innovative two-year fellowship for post-graduate musicians. The Weill Music Institute also brings its educational programs to national and international audiences, using web-based and distance-learning technology.
Program Information
Saturday, November 1 at 2:00 p.m.
Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage
CARNEGIE HALL FAMILY CONCERT: THE BERNSTEIN BEAT
Pre-concert activities begin at 1:00 p.m.
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Michael Barrett, Conductor
Jamie Bernstein, Host
THE BERNSTEIN BEAT
Major funding for Bernstein: The Best of All Possible Worlds has been provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, The Alice Tully Foundation, American Express, Bob and Martha Lipp, The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, Nash Family Foundation, and Mr. and Mrs. A. Alfred Taubman.
Additional funding provided by GWFF USA Inc., and Linda and Stuart Nelson.
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Sunday, November 16 at 1:00 p.m.
Zankel Hall
CARNEGIE HALL FAMILY CONCERT: SOWETO GOSPEL CHOIR
Pre-concert activities begin at 12:00 p.m.
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Saturday, December 6 at 1:00 p.m.
Zankel Hall
CARNEGIE HALL FAMILY CONCERT: KRONOS QUARTET
Pre-concert activities begin at 12:00 p.m.
Kronos Quartet
David Harrington, Violin
John Sherba, Violin
Hank Dutt, Viola
Jeffrey Zeigler, Cello
Dr. Craig Woodson, Host
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Sunday, February 8, 2009 at 1:00 p.m.
Zankel Hall
CARNEGIE HALL FAMILY CONCERT: SLAVIC SOUL PARTY!
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Saturday, February 14, 2009 at 1:00 p.m.
Zankel Hall
CARNEGIE HALL FAMILY CONCERT: TAFELMUSIK
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
Jeanne Lamon, Music Director
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Saturday, March 7, 2009 at 2:00 p.m.
Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage
CARNEGIE HALL FAMILY CONCERT: THE COMPOSER IS DEAD
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Rossen Milanov, Conductor
Daniel Handler, Narrator
Nathaniel Stookey, Host
The Composer is Dead
Music by Nathaniel Stookey
Lyrics by Lemony Snicket
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Sunday, March 29, 2009 at 1:00 p.m.
Zankel Hall
CARNEGIE HALL FAMILY CONCERT: ENSEMBLE ACJW
Carnegie Hall Family Concerts are made possible, in part, by generous endowment gifts from Mr. and Mrs. Lester S. Morse Jr., and the Henry and Lucy Moses Fund.
Programs of The Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall are generously supported by the City of New York: Office of the Mayor, the Department of Cultural Affairs, and the New York City Council; and by the New York State Council on the Arts.
Bank of America is the Proud Season Sponsor of Carnegie Hall.
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Ticket Information
Tickets, priced at $9, will be available beginning on September 2 at the Carnegie Hall Box Office, 154 West 57th Street, or can be charged to major credit cards by calling CarnegieCharge at 212-247-7800 or by visiting the Carnegie Hall website, www.carnegiehall.org.
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Image from top of release: Jamie Bernstein (holding the MAMBO sign) leads the audience in the MAMBO shout-out from “West Side Story,” as conductor Michael Barrett (left, front) looks on with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s during the Carnegie Hall Family Concert “Bernstein Beat” on 2/8/03. (Photography by Steve J. Sherman) |
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