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Youth Concerts
Each year, nearly 5,000 students attend Youth Concerts at the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra. Open to public, private and home schools, these concerts offer a comprehensive educational experience that enriches in-school learning. Hill Auditorium presents a most unique classroom, where special performances by the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra combine the thrill of live music with key educational concepts. Participating teachers receive access to a resource materials which include lesson plans, music selections, and a CD of all music to be performed. The programs are geared toward elementary grades three through five and meets all state and local academic standards, lending themselves to integration with other curriculum areas, such as language arts and social studies.
A World of Music
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
10:15 am & 12:15 pm
Hill Auditorium
Arie Lipsky, conductor
Ade Williams, violin
You don’t need a passport, just buckle up for a wonderful, whirlwind tour of music around the world. Students will learn about the world and their global neighbors through the international language of music, and how it sounds both different and similar from country to country. While each culture has its own ideas about music, many of those ideas have been shared and assimilated into the music of other cultures. Bon voyage! A World of Music is now boarding!
Tickets: $6
Youth Concert General Information
Teacher resource materials will be available by September 2012.
Repertoire to be performed at this concert:
Copland, Hoe Down from Rodeo
Ginastera, Danza Final from Estancia
Elgar, Nimrod from Enigma Variations
Akpabot, Three Nigerian Dances (movement 1)
Tchaikovsky, Concerto for Violin (movement 3)
Brahms, Symphony No. 4 (movement 3)
Sibelius, Finlandia
Sheng, From the Savage Land from Postcards
Bernstein (arr. Mason), West Side Story Selections