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Saturday, November 10, 2007
Omni Hotel Ballroom
2:00pm with pre-concert activities at 1:30pm
Water, Water Everywhere! will feature music inspired by nature’s waterways, performed on instruments that use water in small, hidden ways. The NHSO woodwind quintet will guide the audience on an imaginative journey from Handel’s “Water Music”, to a collection of “Sea Shanties” to music inspired by water itself. The entire audience will have opportunities to participate in the music making, and pre-concert activities will offer children and their families an opportunity to meet the musicians and try a few instruments.
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Omni Hotel Ballroom
2:00pm with pre-concert activities at 1:30pm
Recycle, Reuse, Rejoice! is inspired by recycling and conservation, both in the environment and in music. The NHSO brass quintet will recycle musical themes, perform on recycled instruments and reuse household materials in fascinating ways. A surprise special guest will delight young and old audience members with ingenious ways we can recycle materials and help preserve the environment. The entire audience will have opportunities to participate in the music making, and pre-concert activities will offer children and their families an opportunity to meet the musicians and try a few instruments.
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Woolsey Hall
2:00pm with pre-concert activities at 1:30pm
Whiz Kids! will feature the entire NHSO, conducted by Associate Conductor Jerry Steichen, with several student soloists ranging in age from 10-22. Soloists will be winners of the 2007-08 NHSO Young Artists Concerto Competition, drawing Connecticut’s most talented students of piano, strings and winds. The program will include music composed by some of the greatest child composers in history, including W.A. Mozart and Felix Mendelssohn, and may even feature an appearance by a 250 year old composer! Additionally, Woolsey’s Newberry Memorial Organ will be showcased; one of the finest instruments of it’s kind in the world. The entire audience will have opportunities to participate in the music making, and pre-concert activities will offer children and their families an opportunity to meet the musicians and try a few instruments.
Feel free to contact NHSO Education Director Steve Collins with any questions: 203-931-2998 or scollins@newhavensymphony.org
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General Information for all three concerts:
Concerts are intended for children ages 3-12 and their families.
Programs are 55 minutes in duration.
Seating for Omni Hotel and Woolsey Hall are general admission.
Single Tickets: $12/adult; $5/child under the age of 18.
Series Discounts for all three concerts: $30/adult; $10/child.
Purchase a series subscription in October and receive one free ticket for an adult or child to any Family Concert.
To purchase tickets contact the Shubert Theater Box Office: 1-800-228-6622 or www.tickets.com
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114th SEASON
