Young People's Concerts featuring the Hudson Valley Philharmonic - Coming From America (Poughkeepsie)

AT THE BARDAVON It's classical, it's jazz, it's historic and it's diverse! Come explore how five American born composers take their inspiration from Europe, Africa, New York City and the Great American west. The repertoire will include: Samuel Barber Overture to the School for Scandal Leonard Bernstein Candide Overture West Side Story Overture Aaron Copland Variations on Shaker Melody Hoe Down Scott Joplin The Entertainer Maple Leaf Rag William Schuman Chester Plus a solo performance by the winner of the Virtuoso in Progress Competition and a performance of a composition written by local students. Our goal is to enrich the lives of children by exposing them to beautiful music. We hope you will join us for this original concert. The interactive concert and hands on residency activities will engage your students through creative exploration and active musical participation. Developing your students natural musical compentence will ensure that they will become successful hearers, and awaken their interest in the many ways music plays out in school, learning and life. The Young People's Concert is interactive and uses a theme to introduce students to serious classical music. Hosted by actors David Anzuelo and Russell G. Jones, it features the Hudson Valley Philharmonic orchestra under the direction of Guest Conductor Marietta Cheng. Before attending the concert we strongly recommend participating in Classroom to Concert, a program designed to give your students the ultimate musical experience. * Juilliard trained teaching artists work in classrooms to prepare students to successfully hear the marvelous pieces and thus feel the joy and revelation that makes people lifelong lovers of classical music. In the classroom, students are involved in musical activities that engage them in the artistic issues of each piece. Teaching artists will work with up to 50 students per session and up to 4 sessions per day. * A study guide and CD will be provided to educators Marietta Cheng begins her seventh year conducting the Young People’s Concerts. Fewer than 100 women in the US are employed as music directors and conductors of professional orchestras. Ms. Cheng headed the Corning Philharmonic for 10 years and now holds the baton over the Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes. She is a full professor of music at Colgate University. Jessica Meyer is a member of Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Orchestra of St. Luke's and a teaching artist with Lincoln Center Institute. She has conducted numerous residencies in public schools throughout New York City, New Jersey, Long Island and the Hudson Valley in order to prepare students for concerts they will experience at Lincoln Center and the Bardavon. A Morse Fellow at the Julliard School, Jessica received training in the Arts and Education class led by Eric Booth and Ed Bilous. Jessica has both a Master of Music and a Bachelor of Music from the Julliard School. David Anzuelo is an accomplished actor, director, teacher, martial arts student, and member of the acclaimed LAByrinth Theater Company. Theater acting credits include September Shoes (Geva), Aunt Dan & Lemon (The New Group), Richard Schechner's Hamlet, Miriam's Flowers (Intar). He has appeared on TV in: Law & Order, Third Watch, The Sopranos, One Life to Live, Guiding Light. David can be seen in the films Man of the Century and Men Without Jobs. Russell G. Jones hails from Shaker Heights, Ohio and has been performing in New York for the past 15 years. From his New York debut as a member of The Street Theatre, a children's theater company in White Plains, to his most recent shows at The Public Theater, as a ten-year member of The LAByrinth Theater Company, Russell has created a diverse range of visceral, yet realistic characters.