Presented by Target
Our special series of concerts for children (ages 5-12) and their families features four Saturday afternoons of fun, learning, and music, music, music! Various conductors lead us through four fun-filled concerts - complete with local guest artists, interactive activities, and symphonic music for all.
Every Family Concert includes an hour of free pre-concert activities including our popular "Instrument Petting Zoo." Bring the kids early to meet musicians, shake hands with the conductor, solve musical puzzles, play instruments, and have fun with balloon artists! We'll have tons of fun stuff to do followed by an hour-long concert. It's great fun for the entire family! Doors open at 1:30 p.m.
SPECIAL OFFER! Thanks to the generosity of Target, one child's Family Series subscription for 2007-08 is free with the purchase of each adult Family Series subscription!
2007-08 Concerts Family Concert No. 1 AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL October 6, 2007 at 2:30 p.m. THE PHOENIX SYMPHONY Kayoko Dan, conductor Mrs. B, storyteller
Join as we take a musical journey across the United States! You'll enjoy the rhythmic sounds of big city life and then plunge ahead ears-first into the waves rolling shoreward onto California's beaches, with stops along the way to explore jazz in New Orleans, folk music from the heartlands, and proud patriotic songs from sea to shining sea.
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Family Concert No. 2 BERNSTEIN'S BROADWAY November 10, 2007 at 2:30 p.m. THE PHOENIX SYMPHONY Lawrence Golan, conductor Jamie Bernstein, special guest
Jamie Bernstein, daughter of legendary American composer-conductor Leonard Bernstein, hosts this family friendly program patterned after her father's famous “Young People's Concerts.” Learn what makes music dance with excerpts from Fancy Free, West Side Story, and other Bernstein favorites.
Family Concert No. 3 TCHAIKOVSKY DISCOVERS AMERICA February 23, 2008 at 2:30 p.m. THE PHOENIX SYMPHONY Kayoko Dan, conductor with special guests Classical Kids
Nationally renowned theatrical group Classical Kids (producers of Mozart's Magnificent Voyage) returns with the powerful tale of Russia's most famous composer and his visit to America in 1891. Learn about Tchaikovsky's reactions to Niagara Falls and Carnegie Hall — and enjoy more than 20 excerpts from his music, including Swan Lake, the raucous “1812” Overture, and the ever-popular First Piano Concerto.
Family Concert No. 4 OUR ARIZONA! March 29, 2008 at 2:30 p.m. THE PHOENIX SYMPHONY Lawrence Golan , conductor Take a listen with us to the sounds and songs of Arizona. From Grofé's popular Grand Canyon Suite to the music of Native Americans, Mexican Americans, and cowboys from the Old West, this concert is sure to delight young and old alike.
Family Concert No. 5 THE SOUNDS OF HOLLYWOOD May 10, 2008 at 2:30 p.m. THE PHOENIX SYMPHONY Loras John Schissel, conductor Join musical expert and Library of Congress scholar Loras John Schissel for this fun-filled look at the music and sounds of Hollywood and the silver screen, with musical works by some of America's finest composers, including Alfred Newman, Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, and John Williams.
For additional information, or to purchase tickets, please call The Phoenix Symphony Box Office at 602-495-1999 or email boxoffice@phoenixsymphony.org.
