For Teachers and Parents
A Good Audience… stays seated, stays quiet, doesn’t eat, listens, and claps. Have fun!
Dear Grownups: Welcome to the NSO Kinderclassics, designed to introduce children in pre-kindergarten through grade 2 to musical instruments of the orchestra. Please help your young concert-goers read and understand the information in this Cuesheet. The information and activity ideas below are designed to help you further the children’s concert experience.
The Concert Program Before or after the concert, you may want the children to listen to some or all of these musical selections from the concert repertoire. Point out that some of the music will sound different at the concert because Marissa will adapt it for the violin and use excerpts rather than full pieces. Ask children whether they can recognize the music when they hear it the second time. “Belle of the Ball” by Leroy Anderson Sonata for violin and harpsichord by Johann Sebastian Bach “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” variations by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Sonata for solo violin, second movement by Sergei Prokofiev
More Fancy Fun with Music Here are some post-performance activities for children:
Decorate It After the performance, choose a song you know like “London Bridge Is Falling Down.” Try singing it using some of the ornaments you learned about, like scales. Share your version with friends.
During the performance, you the audience will help Marissa and Marie create and draw a story for the music by a composer named Prokofiev (pro-KOF-ee-ef). After the performance, draw your own picture of what you imagined as you listened. Share your drawings with a friend. And remember, you can imagine stories for any music you hear!
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President
Mario R. Rossero
Senior Vice President, Education
Musical Instrument “Petting Zoo” 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 Women’s Committee for the NSO.
Additional support for Kinderclassics is provided by The Clark Charitable Foundation; Mr. James V. Kimsey†; The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation; Park Foundation, Inc.; and the U.S. Department of Education.
“Preview” the Concert Hall We hope you have so much fun at the concert that you’ll come back soon to hear a performance of the full National Symphony Orchestra—that’s 100 musicians! When they all play together, they perform on the big stage in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall. Get a sneak peek 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.
Please build on your Kinderclassic experience by joining us at the next National Symphony Orchestra Family Concerts, performed by the full NSO:
Major support for educational programs at the Kennedy Center is provided by David and Alice Rubenstein through the Rubenstein Arts Access Program. Kennedy Center education and related artistic programming is made possible through the generosity of the National Committee for the Performing Arts and the President’s Advisory Committee on the Arts.
Sunday, October 16, 2016—Cirque de Symphonie (special Pops offering)
The NSO also presents full orchestra Young People’s 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 kennedy-center.org/nso/nsoed
Take a small container without a lid (this will be your instrument’s body) and two or three rubber bands (these will be your “strings”). Stretch the rubber bands around the container and across the open side (with help from a grownup). Now pluck the strings with your fingers. Notice how the bands vibrate. This is what making music looks and sounds like. Discuss ways to change the sounds with your friends.
Deborah F. Rutter
Music Director National Symphony Orchestra
Sunday, May 21, 2017—Peter and the Wolf
During the performance, Marissa makes all sorts of amazing music using just one string instrument. To see for yourself how string instruments make sound, try making your own.
Chairman
Christoph Eschenbach
Sunday, February 12, 2017—The Man with the Violin (Joshua Bell)
Make Your Own String Instrument
David M. Rubenstein
Wait! There’s More!
Upcoming Family Concerts
Picture the Story
Kinderclassic
Cuesheets are produced by ARTSEDGE, an education program of the Kennedy Center. Learn more about Education at the Kennedy Center at www.kennedy-center.org/education The contents of this Cuesheet have been developed under a grant from the U.S. Department of Education and do not necessarily represent the policy of the U.S. Department of Education. You should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.
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
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