NSO Young Audiences: 2009-2010 Season

Past Events

• NSO Teddy Bear Concert: The Tale of Teddy and the Ten Hats!

  Sat., Oct. 3, 2009
  Back by popular demand! Little kids love dress-up as do playful NSO musicians Aaron Goldman, William Wielgus, and Janet Frank in this story about a teddy bear whose zany collection of hats represents a wide variety of music from Haydn to Sousa and beyond.

• NSO Ensemble Concert: Connections: MORE Math and Music

  Sun., Oct. 4, 2009
  Counting…number lines…ratios. Must be math class, right? Guess again--it's music! In this program created by NSO cellist Yvonne Caruthers, kids learn more ways that math and music are linked as they listen to works for cello, flute and percussion. Age 9+.

• NSO Family Concert: Spooky Sounds and Scary Tales

  Sun., Nov. 1, 2009
  Conductor Brad Lubman and the NSO play Steven Reineke's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow with narrator Lynda Carter and music from other scary tales in this fun and lively orchestral concert. Age 5+.

• NSO Kinderkonzert: Making Music with Friends

  Sat., Nov. 21, 2009
  The newest concert by the Kennedy String Quartet of Strings and Stories fame is an interactive program for children that explores the connections between the way we feel and act and the way music is composed and performed. Age 4+.

• NSO Teddy Bear Concert: Bears, Bears Everywhere

  Sat., Jan. 9, 2010
  New! NSO musicians Paula Akbar, Lewis Lipnick, and Joe Connell, take a peek at adorable bears and the sounds of their homelands--music that is as unique as they are. Perfect for even the youngest music lovers in your family.

• NSO Ensemble Concert: Connections: MORE Science and Music

  Sun., Jan. 10, 2010
  Endangered species, synapses, neurons, condensation, and precipitation--are these terms from a science course or a music class? Learn the answer in this new fast-paced, multimedia performance by NSO musicians. Age 9+.

• NSO Children's Concert with Iván Fischer

  Sun., Jan. 24, 2010
  NSO Principal Conductor Iván Fischer introduces children to the world of classical music through short, carefully selected works performed by NSO ensembles.

• NSO Kinderkonzerts: Magical Mozart

  Sat., Jan. 30, 2010
  Showing all the fun he must have had creating and playing his music, the Unlikely Trio--NSO musicians Carole Bean, flute, Dotian Levalier, harp, and William Wielgus, oboe--performs a wonderful array of Mozart's greatest works. Age 4+.

• NSO Family Concert: Peter and the Wolf

  Sun., Feb. 14, 2010
  In one of its most cherished and acclaimed productions, Magic Circle Mime Company returns to bring Sergei Prokofiev's classic work for children to life as a dazzling theatrical and musical event.

• NSO Teddy Bear Concert: Fancy That!

  Feb. 20 - 21, 2010
  In Fancy That!, NSO violinist Marissa Regni plays a one-woman show about how to decorate music in the form of ornamentation and variations. This concert is perfect for even the youngest music lovers in your family.

• NSO Ensemble Concert: Connections: MORE History and Music

  Sun., Feb. 28, 2010
  In this multimedia program, Yvonne Caruthers and several of her NSO colleagues integrate many of today's most recognizable musical works alongside landmarks in 19th-century American history.

• NSO Family Concert: The Composer is Dead

  Sun., May 9, 2010
  Acclaimed composer Nathaniel Stookey brings his uproarious collaboration with best-selling children's writer Lemony Snicket to the Kennedy Center.
  

All programs are subject to change.