Young People's Concert with HVP
You Can be a Hero

Young People's Concert study guide

Snow date Wednesday March 20

Suitable for grades 1 through 5

Running time approximately 1 hour

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 competence will assist them in becoming successful listeners, and awaken their interest in the many ways music plays out in school learning and life. The Young People’s Concerts are interactive and use a theme to introduce students to serious classical music. Hosted by two professional actors, they feature the Hudson Valley Philharmonic under the direction of Guest Conductor Marietta Cheng.

The repertoire will include:
Saint-Saens Danse from Samson and Delilah
Mozart Overture to the Magic Flute
Beethoven Symphony No. 3, Eroica first movement
Smetana The Bartered Bride, Dance of the Comedians
Offenbach Orpheus in the Underworld

“Whenever we can draw upon our students limited life experiences and have them use their imagination – great things are bound to happen.” Mary Mullaney/Band Teacher/Morse & WW Smith, Poughkeepsie, NY

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Made possible with funding from the NYS Council on the Arts, Dutchess County Arts Council, TD Bank Foundation, The Beechwood Group of Wells Fargo Advisors, Target, Stewart’s, Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley, Louis Greenspan Charitable Trust, Klock Foundation, Millbrook Tribute Garden, Ralph E. Ogden Foundation, Inc., Prestige Automobiles of Kingston, Toyota Dealer Match Program and Rhinebeck Bank.