For Teachers and Parents
A Good AudienceâŠ
Dear Grownups:
stays seated, stays quiet, doesnât eat, listens, and claps. Have fun!
Welcome to the NSO Kinderkonzerts, designed to introduce children in pre-kindergarten through grade 2 to musical instruments of the orchestra. Please help your young concertgoers read and understand the information in this Cuesheet. The information and activity ideas below are designed to help you further the childrenâs concert experience.
The Concert Program The musicians will perform repertoire that includes the musical selections below. Before or after the concert, you may want to have the children listen to some or all of these musical selections if you have access to them in the library or online. Point out that the music was not originally written to be performed by ïŹute and marimba, so the performers changed it a little to work with their instruments. Children will notice a difference between recorded versions and what they hear on stage. Ask children to see whether they can recognize the music when they hear it the second time.
Prelude No. 1, by George Gershwin
Wait! Thereâs More!
Prelude No. 2, Op. 34, by Dmitri Shostakovich (duh-MEE-tree Shah-stuh-KOH-vitch)
Musical Instrument âPetting Zooâ
Valse-SoufïŹĂ© by Arnold Black
Before the concert, enjoy hands-on fun with the instruments that the musicians will play on stage in the Hall of States. A project of the Womenâs Committee for the NSO.
More Fun With Music
Kinderkonzert
David M. Rubenstein Chairman Michael M. Kaiser President Darrell M. Ayers Vice President, Education
Christoph Eschenbach Music Director, National Symphony Orchestra Additional support for Performances for Young Audiences is provided in part by Adobe Foundation, The Clark Charitable Foundation; Mr. James V. Kimsey; The Macy*s Foundation; The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, Inc.; The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation; Park Foundation, Inc.; Paul M. Angell Family Foundation; an endowment from the Ryna and Melvin Cohen Family Foundation; U.S. Department of Education; Washington Gas; and by generous contributors to the Abe Fortas Memorial Fund, and by a major gift to the fund from the late Carolyn E. Agger, widow of Abe Fortas.
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Here are some activities for children. Name That Tune During the performance, youâll learn to hear the difference between rhythm and melody. After the performance, choose a song that you and your friends both know. Try clapping the rhythm of the song and see whether your friends can guess it. If they canât, try humming the melody. Try this with a few different songs. Which part, rhythm or melody, was easier to guess?
âPreviewâ the Concert Hall We hope you have so much fun at the concert that youâll come back soon to hear a performance of the full National Symphony Orchestraâthatâs 100 musicians! When they all play together, they perform on the big stage in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall. Get a sneak peak at the Hall (and even go backstage) in the playful online tour led by former NSO Associate Conductor Emil de Cou at: artsedge.kennedy-center.org/nsoed.
Upcoming Family Concerts Instrument Make-Believe
Please build on your Kinderkonzert experience by joining us at the next National Symphony Orchestra Family Concerts, performed by the full NSO:
During the performance, youâll see how instruments can help tell stories. After the performance, try it yourself. Gather a few musical instruments. Mime (using face expression and movement but no talking!) an action using the instrument as another object (like pretending to write a letter using a ïŹute as the pencil). See whether friends and family can guess your action. Or, do the opposite. Find objects that look like instruments, and mime playing them and have friends guess the instrument.
Sunday, March 24, 2013 â Tchaikovsky Discovers America
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Sunday, May 19, 2013 â The Cricket in Times Square The NSO also presents full orchestra Young Peopleâs Concerts for school groups in the Concert Hall each season during the school day for grades 3 through 6. For more about NSO education programs, see www.kennedy-center.org/nso/nsoed
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The contents of this Cuesheet do not necessarily represent the policy of the U.S. Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government. ©2013 The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
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Orchestra Interactive Enjoy an interactive exploration of orchestras, their instruments, and their music at the Perfect Pitch Web site at: artsedge. kennedy-center.org/ perfectpitch
Did you know that music is made up of parts? Thatâs right. Just like a building made of blocks, music is made with different parts. At the performance, two musicians will help you explore how music and even musical instruments break down and come together to make amazing music. David and Alice Rubenstein are the Presenting Underwriters of the NSO. Performances for Young Audiences is made possible by
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