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GSO Young
People's Concerts
Patricia Handy, Associate Conductor of the Greenwich
Symphony Orchestra is Music Director and Conductor
of the Young People's Concert series.
These concerts
are specially designed to introduce
Greenwich school
children to the music of the great masters
and the symphony orchestra. Attending the
programs are all children in grades two
through seven of all public and private
schools in Greenwich. These students are
prepared for knowledgeable listening by
their schools; music teachers, with the aid
of CDs and creative classroom assignments
prepared by the Greenwich
Symphony Board's
Young People's Concert Committee.
This enrichment is made
possible by contributions from parents,
friends, corporations and foundations, PTA
organizations, and proceeds from the
Symphony Board's annual
benefits. The series received the CT
Alliance for Arts Education's
2001 Award for ''Outstanding
Community Arts Program.''
Performances are during school hours in the
Greenwich High School Auditorium. Limited seating is
available for interested persons. For further
information, please call the Symphony office at
(203) 869-2664
''What Do Conductors Really Do?'' November 3,
2010 (grades 4-5)
Have you ever slipped a recording of Beethoven's
Ninth into your stereo system and conducted your
heart out? Did you see yourself in the mirror and
wonder why you weren't on television instead of
James Levine? If the answer is ‘yes,' you have lots
of company!
Whether conducting is as simple as it looks will be
explored at the GSO's Young People's Concert on
November 3. The three-fold process, which all
conductors go through from the time they pick up a
score to the moment of performance, will be
demonstrated. Pre-selected members of the audience
will get a chance to try out their conducting skills
on the orchestra!
''Creative Kids'' February 23, 2011 (grades
6-7)
This concert highlights some of music's greatest
''early bloomers:'' Mendelssohn, Mozart, Schubert,
Britten and Bizet. The teenagers in our audience
will hear what some other young people achieved at
about the same age. Definitely awesome! The String
Ensemble of the Greenwich High School (Patricia
Harada, director) will join the GSO for several of
the pieces to be performed. An exciting teenage
performer will also be showcased, performing the
last movement of Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 3!
''Flights of Fantasy'' March 29, 2011 (grades
2-3)
Who among us, at some point in our lives, hasn't
dreamed about being swept up into a dreamlike,
magical realm? A place where exotic things happen,
and we have superhuman powers! Mendelssohn's
Midsummer Night's Dream, Mozart's Magic Flute,
Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite and Grieg's
Peer Gynt are just a sampling of what promises
to be a truly ''fantastic flight!''
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