Meet the Flower There is another performer who helps tell the story. But instead of a person, it’s a puppet shaped like a big flower. It’s made of wire, paper, fabric, and wood, but it can do just about anything. Watch for how the flower grows, moves, and learns something important about music.
A Few More Things…
CUESHEET PERFORMANCE GUIDE
Watch for… ■ the lantern, book, and map and how they help our friends ■ how the stage changes to look like a train ■ big pictures on a screen that help you imagine what’s happening
Watch for when another musician (person who plays music) joins our friends.
Listen for… ■ how the sound of the train whistle is made ■ the sounds of the train engine ■ the different sounds of the songs
Meet the Performers Claudia Eliaza loves to sing and she has performed all over the world. Her family comes from Haiti (HEY-tee), a small island in the ocean between the United States and South America. She says music was a part of everything she did. As a performer and music therapist today, she especially likes to use music to help people.
■ listen and watch carefully ■ sing if you want to
Think about…
▼ Dan Zanes loves telling stories through music, especially music that brings people together. He grew up in New Hampshire and started playing rock music, but decided to make music all people could enjoy. You might have even heard Dan’s music on Sesame Street. Dan plays many instruments and uses musical sounds from all around the world.
When it’s time for the show, remember to:
■ ways music made things change in the show (like the lantern)
■ feel free to tap your feet, clap your hands, and dance ■ have fun!
■ whether music helps you change the way you feel or move ■ if you had your own magical train, where it would take you
To help you get ready for your visit and feel right at home, take a little tour of what it’s like to come to the Family Theater at the Kennedy Center: https://www.gettoknowthekc.org/stories/welcome#home
Yuriana Sobrino says she likes to “bang on things.” And she means it! She started when she was a young girl in Mexico, where she turned a bucket into her first drum. Today, she’s a professional drummer/percussionist, and she can make incredible sounds and sound patterns on all sorts of percussion instruments.
Additional support for Performances for Young Audiences is provided by A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation; the Kimsey Endowment; The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation; Paul M. Angell Family Foundation; and the U.S. Department of Education. Funding for Access and Accommodation Programs at the Kennedy Center is provided by the U.S. Department of Education David M. Rubenstein Chairman
Major support for educational programs at the Kennedy Center is provided by David and Alice Rubenstein through the Rubenstein Arts Access Program.
Deborah F. Rutter President
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.
Mario R. Rossero Senior Vice President 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. © 2017 The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
ArtsEdge
Night Train 57:
A Sensory-Friendly Folk Opera A World Premiere Kennedy Center and VSA Co-Commission
Featuring Dan Zanes, Claudia Eliaza, and Yuriana Sobrino
is the Presenting Sponsor of Performances for Young Audiences.
Al l O
d r a o gical, b A Ma T r l a a i n c r i ! s u u M Hello Teachers and Parents! Before the show, please help children understand the information in this Cuesheet.
Making Music Together You can make music with just your voice. But musical instruments make it even more fun. During the performance, watch and listen for these and other instruments: Guitar, a wooden string instrument played by strumming or plucking the strings. Electric guitar, a guitar that uses electricity to make its sound (listen for how the sound differs from a regular guitar).
Ukulele (yoo-kuh-LEY-lee), a very small wooden string instrument that looks and is played like a baby guitar.
All Aboard! We’ve got a magical train in this performance, and it welcomes everyone— and that includes you, of course! All you have to bring is your imagination. Then get ready for a story told on stage through words and many songs. These songs that friends learn and sing together are called folk songs. And when most of a story is told through song, it’s called an opera. So that’s why we call this show a “folk opera.”
What Happens in the Story It’s a full moon, and right away, interesting things start happening in the neighborhood. Claudia, who loves to sing, and Yuriana (pronounced YOUR-EE-an-uh), who likes to play drums, have unusual gifts from their grandmothers. Dan, who loves telling stories through songs, has a mysterious book. Could these objects have something to do with Train 57, a train everyone could ride? With the help of a lot of music, these three neighbors become good friends—and take a magical journey to space!
Up, Up, and Away In the performance, we visit outer space, the home of the moon, sun, stars, and other planets (like Mars). Watch for meteor showers, a type of storm that has rocks instead of rain, and unusual things, like flowers that can talk and dance.
Trombone, a long brass instrument with a U-shaped slide that the player pushes forward and back.
Theremin (THER-uh-min), a box-shaped electronic instrument that musicians can play without touching it. It creates unusual sounds, like ones you imagine hearing in space. Percussion instruments (like drums, tambourines, and the xylophone) whose sound comes from being hit, shaken, rubbed, scraped, or any action that makes all or parts of the instruments vibrate.
Flute, a small metal woodwind instrument played by blowing air across the opening. Melodica (muh-LOD-ik-ah), a small instrument played by blowing air into a mouthpiece and pressing the keys on the piano-like keyboard. Harmonica, a small wind instrument played by blowing into different air holes.
Songs Are Everywhere Did you know that songs are all around you? At the show, you will hear and see the musicians make songs. After the performance, what do you feel, hear, or see that could be a song? Share ideas with family and friends. Here are the songs you’ll hear in the performance: “Songs Are Everywhere” “A Seat for One and All” “Can You Sing?”
Getting Ready to Sing and Shine Everyone’s welcome to sing along and help power Night Train 57. To help you get ready, here are the words to the song “Shine On.” You can practice saying them before the show, and then listen to how the performers put the words to music during show. And be sure to join them in singing if you like!
“Shine On”
Shine on
“Night Train 57”
Shine on
“Going Up”
Shine on
“Guitars to the Stars”
Shine on
“On Our Way”
Shine on everyone
“Space Jam”
All night long
“What Kind of Train” “Hats”
Stars are in their glory now
“Sea of Stars”
It’s there that we belong
“Reds, Blues, & Greens”
Let nothing come between us now
“Bloom Baby Bloom”
Weak or strong
“The Darkest Night” “Bright Morning Song”
Love is here to guide us all Right or wrong Stars will live forever In our hearts And in our songs
Al l O
d r a o gical, b A Ma T r l a a i n c r i ! s u u M Hello Teachers and Parents! Before the show, please help children understand the information in this Cuesheet.
Making Music Together You can make music with just your voice. But musical instruments make it even more fun. During the performance, watch and listen for these and other instruments: Guitar, a wooden string instrument played by strumming or plucking the strings. Electric guitar, a guitar that uses electricity to make its sound (listen for how the sound differs from a regular guitar).
Ukulele (yoo-kuh-LEY-lee), a very small wooden string instrument that looks and is played like a baby guitar.
All Aboard! We’ve got a magical train in this performance, and it welcomes everyone— and that includes you, of course! All you have to bring is your imagination. Then get ready for a story told on stage through words and many songs. These songs that friends learn and sing together are called folk songs. And when most of a story is told through song, it’s called an opera. So that’s why we call this show a “folk opera.”
What Happens in the Story It’s a full moon, and right away, interesting things start happening in the neighborhood. Claudia, who loves to sing, and Yuriana (pronounced YOUR-EE-an-uh), who likes to play drums, have unusual gifts from their grandmothers. Dan, who loves telling stories through songs, has a mysterious book. Could these objects have something to do with Train 57, a train everyone could ride? With the help of a lot of music, these three neighbors become good friends—and take a magical journey to space!
Up, Up, and Away In the performance, we visit outer space, the home of the moon, sun, stars, and other planets (like Mars). Watch for meteor showers, a type of storm that has rocks instead of rain, and unusual things, like flowers that can talk and dance.
Trombone, a long brass instrument with a U-shaped slide that the player pushes forward and back.
Theremin (THER-uh-min), a box-shaped electronic instrument that musicians can play without touching it. It creates unusual sounds, like ones you imagine hearing in space. Percussion instruments (like drums, tambourines, and the xylophone) whose sound comes from being hit, shaken, rubbed, scraped, or any action that makes all or parts of the instruments vibrate.
Flute, a small metal woodwind instrument played by blowing air across the opening. Melodica (muh-LOD-ik-ah), a small instrument played by blowing air into a mouthpiece and pressing the keys on the piano-like keyboard. Harmonica, a small wind instrument played by blowing into different air holes.
Songs Are Everywhere Did you know that songs are all around you? At the show, you will hear and see the musicians make songs. After the performance, what do you feel, hear, or see that could be a song? Share ideas with family and friends. Here are the songs you’ll hear in the performance: “Songs Are Everywhere” “A Seat for One and All” “Can You Sing?”
Getting Ready to Sing and Shine Everyone’s welcome to sing along and help power Night Train 57. To help you get ready, here are the words to the song “Shine On.” You can practice saying them before the show, and then listen to how the performers put the words to music during show. And be sure to join them in singing if you like!
“Shine On”
Shine on
“Night Train 57”
Shine on
“Going Up”
Shine on
“Guitars to the Stars”
Shine on
“On Our Way”
Shine on everyone
“Space Jam”
All night long
“What Kind of Train” “Hats”
Stars are in their glory now
“Sea of Stars”
It’s there that we belong
“Reds, Blues, & Greens”
Let nothing come between us now
“Bloom Baby Bloom”
Weak or strong
“The Darkest Night” “Bright Morning Song”
Love is here to guide us all Right or wrong Stars will live forever In our hearts And in our songs
Al l O
d r a o gical, b A Ma T r l a a i n c r i ! s u u M Hello Teachers and Parents! Before the show, please help children understand the information in this Cuesheet.
Making Music Together You can make music with just your voice. But musical instruments make it even more fun. During the performance, watch and listen for these and other instruments: Guitar, a wooden string instrument played by strumming or plucking the strings. Electric guitar, a guitar that uses electricity to make its sound (listen for how the sound differs from a regular guitar).
Ukulele (yoo-kuh-LEY-lee), a very small wooden string instrument that looks and is played like a baby guitar.
All Aboard! We’ve got a magical train in this performance, and it welcomes everyone— and that includes you, of course! All you have to bring is your imagination. Then get ready for a story told on stage through words and many songs. These songs that friends learn and sing together are called folk songs. And when most of a story is told through song, it’s called an opera. So that’s why we call this show a “folk opera.”
What Happens in the Story It’s a full moon, and right away, interesting things start happening in the neighborhood. Claudia, who loves to sing, and Yuriana (pronounced YOUR-EE-an-uh), who likes to play drums, have unusual gifts from their grandmothers. Dan, who loves telling stories through songs, has a mysterious book. Could these objects have something to do with Train 57, a train everyone could ride? With the help of a lot of music, these three neighbors become good friends—and take a magical journey to space!
Up, Up, and Away In the performance, we visit outer space, the home of the moon, sun, stars, and other planets (like Mars). Watch for meteor showers, a type of storm that has rocks instead of rain, and unusual things, like flowers that can talk and dance.
Trombone, a long brass instrument with a U-shaped slide that the player pushes forward and back.
Theremin (THER-uh-min), a box-shaped electronic instrument that musicians can play without touching it. It creates unusual sounds, like ones you imagine hearing in space. Percussion instruments (like drums, tambourines, and the xylophone) whose sound comes from being hit, shaken, rubbed, scraped, or any action that makes all or parts of the instruments vibrate.
Flute, a small metal woodwind instrument played by blowing air across the opening. Melodica (muh-LOD-ik-ah), a small instrument played by blowing air into a mouthpiece and pressing the keys on the piano-like keyboard. Harmonica, a small wind instrument played by blowing into different air holes.
Songs Are Everywhere Did you know that songs are all around you? At the show, you will hear and see the musicians make songs. After the performance, what do you feel, hear, or see that could be a song? Share ideas with family and friends. Here are the songs you’ll hear in the performance: “Songs Are Everywhere” “A Seat for One and All” “Can You Sing?”
Getting Ready to Sing and Shine Everyone’s welcome to sing along and help power Night Train 57. To help you get ready, here are the words to the song “Shine On.” You can practice saying them before the show, and then listen to how the performers put the words to music during show. And be sure to join them in singing if you like!
“Shine On”
Shine on
“Night Train 57”
Shine on
“Going Up”
Shine on
“Guitars to the Stars”
Shine on
“On Our Way”
Shine on everyone
“Space Jam”
All night long
“What Kind of Train” “Hats”
Stars are in their glory now
“Sea of Stars”
It’s there that we belong
“Reds, Blues, & Greens”
Let nothing come between us now
“Bloom Baby Bloom”
Weak or strong
“The Darkest Night” “Bright Morning Song”
Love is here to guide us all Right or wrong Stars will live forever In our hearts And in our songs
Meet the Flower There is another performer who helps tell the story. But instead of a person, it’s a puppet shaped like a big flower. It’s made of wire, paper, fabric, and wood, but it can do just about anything. Watch for how the flower grows, moves, and learns something important about music.
A Few More Things…
CUESHEET PERFORMANCE GUIDE
Watch for… ■
the lantern, book, and map and how they help our friends
■
how the stage changes to look like a train
■
big pictures on a screen that help you imagine what’s happening
Watch for when another musician (person who plays music) joins our friends.
Meet the Performers
Listen for… ■
how the sound of the train whistle is made
■
the sounds of the train engine
■
the different sounds of the songs
■
listen and watch carefully
■
sing if you want to
ways music made things change
■
feel free to tap your feet, clap your hands, and dance
in the show (like the lantern)
■
have fun!
Think about…
▼ Dan Zanes loves telling stories through music, especially music that brings people together. He grew up in New Hampshire and started playing rock music, but decided to make music all people could enjoy. You might have even heard Dan’s music on Sesame Street. Dan plays many instruments and uses musical sounds from all around the world.
Claudia Eliaza loves to sing and she has performed all over the world. Her family comes from Haiti (HEY-tee), a small island in the ocean between the United States and South America. She says music was a part of everything she did. As a performer and music therapist today, she especially likes to use music to help people.
■ ■
When it’s time for the show, remember to:
whether music helps you change the way you feel or move
■
if you had your own magical train, where it would take you
To help you get ready for your visit and feel right at home, take a little tour of what it’s like to come to the Family Theater at the Kennedy Center: https://www.gettoknowthekc.org/stories/welcome#home
Yuriana Sobrino says she likes to “bang on things.” And she means it! She started when she was a young girl in Mexico, where she turned a bucket into her first drum. Today, she’s a professional drummer/percussionist, and she can make incredible sounds and sound patterns on all sorts of percussion instruments.
Additional support for Performances for Young Audiences is provided by A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation; the Kimsey Endowment; The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation; Paul M. Angell Family Foundation; and the U.S. Department of Education. Funding for Access and Accommodation Programs at the Kennedy Center is provided by the U.S. Department of Education David M. Rubenstein Chairman
Major support for educational programs at the Kennedy Center is provided by David and Alice Rubenstein through the Rubenstein Arts Access Program.
Deborah F. Rutter President
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.
Mario R. Rossero Senior Vice President 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. © 2017 The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
ArtsEdge
Night Train 57:
A Sensory-Friendly Folk Opera A World Premiere Kennedy Center and VSA Co-Commission
Featuring Dan Zanes, Claudia Eliaza, and Yuriana Sobrino
is the Presenting Sponsor of Performances for Young Audiences.
Meet the Flower There is another performer who helps tell the story. But instead of a person, it’s a puppet shaped like a big flower. It’s made of wire, paper, fabric, and wood, but it can do just about anything. Watch for how the flower grows, moves, and learns something important about music.
A Few More Things…
CUESHEET PERFORMANCE GUIDE
Watch for… ■ the lantern, book, and map and how they help our friends ■ how the stage changes to look like a train ■ big pictures on a screen that help you imagine what’s happening
Watch for when another musician (person who plays music) joins our friends.
Listen for… ■ how the sound of the train whistle is made ■ the sounds of the train engine ■ the different sounds of the songs
Meet the Performers Claudia Eliaza loves to sing and she has performed all over the world. Her family comes from Haiti (HEY-tee), a small island in the ocean between the United States and South America. She says music was a part of everything she did. As a performer and music therapist today, she especially likes to use music to help people.
■ listen and watch carefully ■ sing if you want to
Think about…
▼ Dan Zanes loves telling stories through music, especially music that brings people together. He grew up in New Hampshire and started playing rock music, but decided to make music all people could enjoy. You might have even heard Dan’s music on Sesame Street. Dan plays many instruments and uses musical sounds from all around the world.
When it’s time for the show, remember to:
■ ways music made things change in the show (like the lantern)
■ feel free to tap your feet, clap your hands, and dance ■ have fun!
■ whether music helps you change the way you feel or move ■ if you had your own magical train, where it would take you
To help you get ready for your visit and feel right at home, take a little tour of what it’s like to come to the Family Theater at the Kennedy Center: https://www.gettoknowthekc.org/stories/welcome#home
Yuriana Sobrino says she likes to “bang on things.” And she means it! She started when she was a young girl in Mexico, where she turned a bucket into her first drum. Today, she’s a professional drummer/percussionist, and she can make incredible sounds and sound patterns on all sorts of percussion instruments.
Additional support for Performances for Young Audiences is provided by A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation; the Kimsey Endowment; The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation; Paul M. Angell Family Foundation; and the U.S. Department of Education. Funding for Access and Accommodation Programs at the Kennedy Center is provided by the U.S. Department of Education David M. Rubenstein Chairman
Major support for educational programs at the Kennedy Center is provided by David and Alice Rubenstein through the Rubenstein Arts Access Program.
Deborah F. Rutter President
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.
Mario R. Rossero Senior Vice President 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. © 2017 The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
ArtsEdge
Night Train 57:
A Sensory-Friendly Folk Opera A World Premiere Kennedy Center and VSA Co-Commission
Featuring Dan Zanes, Claudia Eliaza, and Yuriana Sobrino
is the Presenting Sponsor of Performances for Young Audiences.