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Kansas City Symphony education programs reach students of all ages
The Kansas City Symphony's education department has announced several upcoming events designed to enable people of all ages in the greater Kansas City area to learn, create and become inspired through orchestral music. All programs are provided at little or no cost, through the support of generous donors in the community.
The Kansas City Symphony's education department has announced several upcoming events designed to enable people of all ages in the greater Kansas City area to learn, create and become inspired through orchestral music. All programs are provided at little or no cost, through the support of generous donors in the community. More than 25,000 young people participated in the 2008-09 season programs. A full schedule of events are planned for early 2010, including:
KinderKonzerts: Let's Build an Orchestra
1st-3rd Grades
KinderKonzerts are specially designed for elementary students in first through third grade. This year's KinderKonzert is entitled Let's Build an Orchestra! It is a program that will introduce the four families of orchestra instruments: brass, string, woodwind and percussion!
Bruno Walter Associate Conductor Chair Steven Jarvi will showcase the sounds that make up the orchestra with excerpts from Mozart's Symphony No. 40, Britten's The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra and more.
Lyric Theatre
1029 Central, Kansas City, Mo. 64105
Wednesday, January 27 at 10 and 11:30 a.m.
Thursday, January 28 at 10 and 11:30 a.m.
Friday, January 29 at 10 and 11:30 a.m.
Cost: $4/person (students and chaperones)
KinderKonzerts: Conducting Challenge Information
Three lucky students could conduct the KC Symphony
One talented student attending each KinderKonzert will be offered the exciting opportunity to come on stage and conduct the orchestra. Now through January 20, parents are invited to post a video of their child/student conducting on our YouTube channel located at www.youtube.com/kcsymphony. Three winners will be selected and invited onstage.
Detailed videos including a message from Associate Conductor Steven Jarvi, a conducting lesson, posting pages and instructions are all located at http://tinyurl.com/conductingchallenge.
Young People's Concerts: Stories, Myths and Legends
4th-8th Grade
Experience dazzling music that tells a tale and celebrates some of history's greatest stories. Join the Kansas City Symphony and Associate Conductor Steven Jarvi for this year's Young People's Concerts as characters such as the modern-day wizard Harry Potter and the mythical Orpheus come to life in Stories, Myths and Legends! This concert is filled with colorful and exciting music that is sure to thrill and educate students and teachers alike.
Lyric Theatre
1029 Central, Kansas City, Mo. 64105
Tuesday, February 2, 10 and 11:30 a.m.
Wednesday, February 3, 10 and 11:30 a.m.
Thursday, February 4, 10 and 11:30 a.m.
Cost: $4/person (students and chaperones)
Open Rehearsals
6th-12th Grade, College
Open Rehearsals offer student groups (including home-schooled students) a unique view of the intense preparation that goes into a professional symphony orchestra performance.
During the rehearsal break, students have the opportunity to meet with the guest artist, conductor and/or symphony musicians for a brief question and answer session. Groups should arrive between 9:30 and 9:45 a.m. to ensure timely seating. The rehearsal begins at 10 a.m. and ends at 12:30 p.m., but groups may leave immediately following the rehearsal break, which typically begins between 11 and 11:30 a.m.
Lyric Theatre
1029 Central, Kansas City, Mo. 64105
Cost: $4/person (students and chaperones)
Schedule:
Friday, January 22
Gil Shaham, violin and Michael Stern, music director
Stravinsky: Suite from Pulcinella
Barber: Violin Concerto
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1
Friday, February 12
Karen Gomyo, violin and Pietari Inkinen, guest conductor
Sibelius: Finlandia
Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Stravinsky: Pétrouchka
Friday, February 19
Emmanuel Pahud, flute and Michael Stern, music director
Rossini: Overture to La scala di seta
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Luca Lombardi: Flute Concerto (World premiere/KCS commission)
Tchaikovsky: Overture to Francesca da Rimini
Friday, March 5
Robert Levin, piano and Michael Stern, music director
George Crumb: A Haunted Landscape
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1
Copland: Symphony No. 3
Thursday, April 8 at 1:30 p.m. *note special day and time!
Heidi Grant Murphy, soprano and Michael Stern, music director
Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin
Barber: Knoxville, Summer of 1915
Mahler: Symphony No. 4
Young Artist Competition
Ages 13-18
The Kansas City Symphony 2010 Young Artist Competition will be held on Saturday, March 13. Students ages 13-18 are eligible to compete. A completed registration form and $15 non-refundable registration fee are required in order to reserve an audition time.
Three top prizes are awarded in conjunction with the competition:
First place winner receives $750 and the opportunity to perform with the Kansas City Symphony
Second place winner receives $450
Third place winner receives $250
The first place winner must be available to perform with the KCS on Wednesday, May 26, 2010.
Bell Cultural Events Center,
MidAmerica Nazarene University
2030 E. College Way, Olathe, Kan. 66062
Friday, February 12, 2010 Application Deadline
Saturday, March 13, 2010 Competition Date
Cost: $15 application fee
Masterclasses
All Ages
Advanced students may be nominated to participate in Kansas City Symphony Masterclasses. World-renowned Kansas City Symphony Classical Series guest artists work one-on-one with talented area students in a seminar setting where students are coached on performance technique in front of a live audience. Typically only three students are chosen to perform for each class. These masterclasses are open to the public as audience members get a rare glimpse into the teaching studio of a master.
Thursday, January 21 at 7 p.m.
Gil Shaham, violin
Lyric Theatre
10th and Central, Kansas City, Mo. 64105
Free admission
Selected Students for Gil Shaham Masterclass
Junior Gaeun Kim of The University of Kansas, student of Prof. Tami Lee Hughes performing the first movement of Paganini's Concerto No. 1
Freshman
Sarah Holmes of the University of Missouri-Kansas City, student of Prof. Benny Kim performing the first movement of Sibelius' Concerto in D Minor
High School student Maria Ioudenitch, student of Park University Prof. Ben Sayevich performing Wieniawski's Scherzo-Tarantella
Thursday, February 18 at 7 p.m.
Emmanuel Pahud, flute
Lyric Theatre,
10th and Central, Kansas City, Mo. 64105
Free admission
Thursday, March 4 at 7 p.m.
Robert Levin, piano
Nomination Deadline: Thursday, February 4, 2010
Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral, Founders Hall,
415 W. 13th Street, Kansas City, Mo. 64105
Free admission
Instrument Petting Zoo
2nd-4th Grade
The Instrument Petting Zoo travels to area classrooms to give elementary students the opportunity to see and hear the different instruments of the orchestra - up close and personal!
Free admission. Over one dozen schools will be visited between March 8-12, 2010 and April 12-16.
The Kansas City Symphony Instrument Petting Zoo is sponsored by Swiss Re.
Support School Music
The purpose of the Support School Music program is threefold:
~ to bring the Kansas City Symphony into area school districts to expose the orchestra to those who otherwise would not likely be afforded the experience
~ to provide schools the opportunity to raise funds specifically for the district's music department through concert ticket sales
~ to bring community focus to the value and importance of school music programs.
The KCS takes residency in the school district for one to two days, working in small group breakout sessions with students and presenting an open rehearsal, with a formal evening performance serving as the signature event of the program. Proceeds from the concert are then donated to the school's music program. Since the program's inception, more than $114,000 has been generated for area school district music programs.
The next program on Wednesday, April 14 and will benefit Park Hill South High School.
ABOUT THE KANSAS CITY SYMPHONY
Led by Music Director Michael Stern, the Kansas City Symphony's 80-member orchestra performs more than 50 concerts on three series (Classical, Family, and Pops) during its 42-week season, September through June. In addition, the Symphony performs non-series concerts such as educational programs, free outdoor concerts, and outreach performances, and serves as the orchestra for the Lyric Opera and Kansas City Ballet. Classical performances are broadcast weekly on KCUR 89.3 FM during the Kansas City Symphony Hour, Thursdays at 9 p.m. Visit the Kansas City Symphony online at www.kcsymphony.org.
Contact Steven Murray, Education Manager at (816) 218-2639 for more information on any of these programs.
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