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School Day Concerts
Experience a multimedia concert at the Philharmonic!
For only $6 apiece, your students can attend a specially designed Philharmonic performance enhanced by live projection that brings them right into the midst of the orchestra. Free teachers' workshop, curriculum materials, and a CD of the featured piece make your students experts before they even arrive.
School Day Concerts 2011-2012
Billy the Kid and Rodeo — Musical Transformations
Copland: Selections from Billy the Kid and Rodeo
Very Young Composers: Suite of New Works
Joshua Weilerstein, conductor
Theodore Wiprud, host
In 1939, the New York composer Aaron Copland created a new sound that would forever be associated with the American west. Copland transformed old cowboy songs in ways that evoke vast landscapes and fill them with striking characters. The legend of the outlaw hero Billy the Kid was a perfect subject for this new American music, and Copland's 1939 ballet Billy the Kid was such a success that he followed it with Rodeo in 1942. How do Copland's musical transformations make old songs timeless? How can music evoke landscape? How does Copland present the story of Billy the Kid, and how was the story itself transformed over time?
Resource Materials for Teachers [curriculum guide]
Resource Materials for Teachers [web links]
Middle and High School Concert (grades 6-12)
- Thursday, May 24, 2012 10:30-11:30 AM
- Teachers' Workshop
Monday, March 5, 2012 4:00-6:00 PM
Elementary School Concerts (grades 3-6)
- Thursday, May 24, 2012 12:00pm-1:00pm
Very limited seating available - Friday, May 25, 2012 10:30-11:30 AM
Very limited seating available - Friday, May 25, 2012 12:00-1:00 PM
- Teachers' Workshop
Tuesday, March 6, 2012 4:00-6:00 PM
SPP Partner Schools Concerts (grades 3-5)
- Friday, May 25, 2012 10:30-11:30 AM (SPP Partner Schools only)
- Friday, May 25, 2012 12:00-1:00 PM (SPP Partner Schools only)
- Teachers' Workshop
Wednesday, March 7, 2012 4:00-6:00 PM
Thursday, March 8, 2012 4:00-6:00 PM
How to Enroll
Cost: $6 per student
Online
Elementary Schools
Middle/High Schools
By Phone
Inquiries only please
(212) 875-5732
"It was a unanimous success with my students. The choice of music, the theme, the video projection that let us get into the heart of the orchestra, it was thrilling for everyone who attended. Bravo!"
Music Teacher
With Deep Appreciation
The School Day Concerts are made possible with support from the Carson Family Charitable Trust. Additional support comes from the Mary P. Oenslager Student Concert Endowment Fund and the Oceanic Heritage Foundation. MetLife Foundation is the Lead Corporate Underwriter for the New York Philharmonic's Education Programs.
