Be a Beatboxer!
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BUH FFF
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After the concert, pick two or three beatbox sounds that Christylez made and try making them yourself. If you’re having trouble, try saying short words like “bun” and “put” making the “b” and “p” sounds very strong and the rest of the words shorter and quieter. Once you can do a few sounds, try putting them together in new rhythms or patterns.
75 Musicians Led by One Conductor At today’s concert, conductor Steven Reineke will lead approximately 75 members of the National Symphony Orchestra in playing the music. The conductor is a person who leads the orchestra. Conductors generally use their right hand to tell the orchestra how fast to play and use their left hand to tell the musicians how loud or soft to play. Some use a slender white stick called a baton as they conduct. At the concert, watch how the conductor communicates with the musicians.
Family Concert David M. Rubenstein Chairman Deborah F. Rutter President Mario R. Rossero Senior Vice President, Education
Christoph Eschenbach Music Director National Symphony Orchestra Macy’s and Washington Gas are the proud sponsors of the NSO Family Concerts.
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Watches and listens carefully and claps
Have fun!
Wait! There’s More! Musical Instrument “Petting Zoo” One hour before the concert, enjoy hands-on fun with the instruments that the musicians will play on stage in the Kennedy Center Atrium. A project of the Women’s Committee for the NSO.
Kids’ Chat After the 4 p.m. performance, stick around to ask questions of the conductor and concert artists on stage.
Upcoming Family Concerts
Additional support for the NSO Family Concerts is provided by The Clark Charitable Foundation; The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation; an endowment from the Ryna and Melvin Cohen Family Foundation; the U.S. Department of Education; and the Women’s Committee for the National Symphony Orchestra. 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 National Committee for the Performing Arts and the President’s Advisory Committee on the Arts.
Please plan to join us for the next NSO Family Concert, which will be performed on the following Sunday by the full orchestra: Sunday, April 24, 2016—Lights! Canvas! Music! 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 www.kennedy-center.org/nso/nsoed
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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David and Alice Rubenstein are the Presenting Underwriters of the NSO.
Steven Reineke, conductor with Christylez Bacon, human beatbox and Wytold, electric cello