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Winter 2009 KinderConcert

February 6, 2009 at 9:30 &
10:30 am - Ann Arbor Downtown Library

February 9, 2009 at 9:30 and 10:30 am - Ypsilanti Library, Whittaker Rd.

Sponsored by

Children hear classical music, move and dance to the music, listen to a book and learn about the tuba with A²SO Tuba principal Fritz Kaenzig, early childhood educator Gari Stein and pianist Kathryn Goodson. The movements help children enjoy music in an active way that encourages learning and creativity.

Gari Stein is the founder and director of Music for Little Folks and a highly sought-after early childhood educator who has developed music and movement curriculum for infants, toddlers and preschoolers.

Fritz Kaenzig is Chair of the U of M Wind and Percussion Department, has served as principal tubist of the Florida Symphony Orchestra and as additional or substitute tubist with Amsterdam's Concertgebouw and the symphony orchestras of Detroit, San Francisco, Houston, Chicago, Los Angeles and St. Louis, under such conductors as Bernstein, Haitink, Leinsdorf, Ozawa, Salonen, and Slatkin. He has recorded and performed as soloist with several of these orchestras, among others. Since 1984, Mr. Kaenzig has been principal tubist in the Grant Park (Chicago) Symphony Orchestra during summers. As guest instructor, recitalist, soloist with ensembles, and adjudicator, Professor Kaenzig has made appearances at many high schools, colleges, universities, conferences, and music camps throughout the United States, Korea and Japan and was a member of the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra. Prior to joining the U-M faculty, he taught at the University of Illinois and the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls. Mr. Kaenzig is a past president of the Tubists Universal Brotherhood Association, now known as the International Tuba and Euphonium Association, which he currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors, and is a frequent featured soloist at its international conferences.

Sponsored by the Ann Arbor District Library, the Ypsilanti District Library, the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra, the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor, TCF Bank, David and Stephanie Pyne, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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