Saturday, August 4th • 10:00 a.m.
Saint James Methodist Church
• Arvo Pärt: Spiegel im Spiegel
• Nicolo Paganini: Variations on “Carnival of Venice”
• Astor Piazzola: Bordel 1900 from Histoire du Tango
• Camille Saint-Saens: The Swan
• Maurice Ravel: String Quartet
Children of all ages look forward to the weekend, even during summers, and this Saturday morning concert promises to entertain and inspire young, creative minds. The program is interactive and geared specifically for elementary school-aged children who will be encouraged to participate and create throughout the morning. Adults will only be allowed into the concert if they’re accompanied by a child.
As children (and their adults) enter the doors at St. James, they’ll be shown into one of the Sunday school classrooms where they will make and decorate their own musical instrument. If time permits, they will then visit the “musical petting zoo”, where, instead of animals, little hands may be placed on a violin, viola, cello or guitar to experience the wide range of sounds these ‘animals’ make.
The morning’s musical program will begin with a session of yoga stretches led by yoga instructor and classical music enthusiast Winky Dowdle and accompanied by the music of Estonian composer Arvo Pärt. The German phrase “Spiegel im Spiegel” means “mirror in the mirror,” referring to the hall of mirrors effect that happens when looking into a mirror with another mirror behind you. This music was used prominently in the 2001 HBO television movie “Wit”.
During the second phase of the program, two groups of volunteers will be asked to become part of the performance of Nicolo Paganini’s “Carnival of Venice.” (Of course, we’re not telling how you’ll get to be part of the performance—it’s a surprise! So if you want to know, you need to be there!) During this piece, which is a series of variations based on an aria from a comic opera by Errico Petrella, young attendees will have the opportunity to play the musical instruments they made at the beginning of the morning.
Three short pieces make up the last part of the performance, each of which is very different from the others. Everyone will be given paper and crayons and asked to draw what they think the music means to them while it’s played by the ClefWorks musicians. Children might hear a story in the music or, perhaps, a picture or a place. Or they might simply feel a certain emotion. They will be encouraged to put whatever the music makes them see or feel on paper, creating yet another keepsake from this unique concert designed especially for them.
Saint James Methodist Church
• Arvo Pärt: Spiegel im Spiegel
• Nicolo Paganini: Variations on “Carnival of Venice”
• Astor Piazzola: Bordel 1900 from Histoire du Tango
• Camille Saint-Saens: The Swan
• Maurice Ravel: String Quartet
Children of all ages look forward to the weekend, even during summers, and this Saturday morning concert promises to entertain and inspire young, creative minds. The program is interactive and geared specifically for elementary school-aged children who will be encouraged to participate and create throughout the morning. Adults will only be allowed into the concert if they’re accompanied by a child.
As children (and their adults) enter the doors at St. James, they’ll be shown into one of the Sunday school classrooms where they will make and decorate their own musical instrument. If time permits, they will then visit the “musical petting zoo”, where, instead of animals, little hands may be placed on a violin, viola, cello or guitar to experience the wide range of sounds these ‘animals’ make.
The morning’s musical program will begin with a session of yoga stretches led by yoga instructor and classical music enthusiast Winky Dowdle and accompanied by the music of Estonian composer Arvo Pärt. The German phrase “Spiegel im Spiegel” means “mirror in the mirror,” referring to the hall of mirrors effect that happens when looking into a mirror with another mirror behind you. This music was used prominently in the 2001 HBO television movie “Wit”.
During the second phase of the program, two groups of volunteers will be asked to become part of the performance of Nicolo Paganini’s “Carnival of Venice.” (Of course, we’re not telling how you’ll get to be part of the performance—it’s a surprise! So if you want to know, you need to be there!) During this piece, which is a series of variations based on an aria from a comic opera by Errico Petrella, young attendees will have the opportunity to play the musical instruments they made at the beginning of the morning.
Three short pieces make up the last part of the performance, each of which is very different from the others. Everyone will be given paper and crayons and asked to draw what they think the music means to them while it’s played by the ClefWorks musicians. Children might hear a story in the music or, perhaps, a picture or a place. Or they might simply feel a certain emotion. They will be encouraged to put whatever the music makes them see or feel on paper, creating yet another keepsake from this unique concert designed especially for them.