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School Day Concerts
The School Day Concert is a unique opportunity to bring the full experience of the New York Philharmonic to your students. At four one-hour concerts — two for elementary and two for middle and high schools — Avery Fisher Hall is filled with the buzz of students, all listening to some of the world's most exciting music
Participating teachers are given a comprehensive, multi-unit curriculum specifically written to prepare students for their experience in Avery Fisher Hall. The materials include a CD of music from the concert. Acclaimed New York Philharmonic Teaching Artists and New York City public school teachers collaborate to design the curriculum for use in either music or general classrooms of any level. Teachers attend a preparatory workshop where they are introduced to the curriculum and share ideas with their colleagues.
Cost: $6 per student, 1 free chaperone per 10 students
Please Note: Teachers are counted as chaperones.
Order form*: Print it and return it to our Education Department as early as possible; this popular program books quickly.
2009-2010 School Day Concerts
Alan Gilbert, conductorTheodore Wiprud, host
STRAVINKSY'S PETRUSHKA (1947): character and setting in music
The ballet Petrushka – based on traditional Russian puppet plays – is the work in which “Stravinsky became Stravinsky,” devising startling new techniques to portray scenes, delineate characters, and dramatize conflict. How can music convey the essential elements of writing, without words? What does the character of Petrushka have to say to us one hundred years later?
Elementary School Concerts (grades 3-6)
Thursday, May 20, 2010
10:30-11:30am (This concert time is SOLD OUT.)
12:00-1:00pm
Middle and High School Concert (grades 6-12)
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
10:30-11:30am
12:00-1:00pm
Preparatory Workshops for Teachers
Monday, April 12, 2010 – Elementary Schools
Tuesday, April 13, 2010 – Middle and High Schools
4:00-6:00pm
Avery Fisher Hall, backstage
* The order form is viewable in Adobe Acrobat®, which can be downloaded for free.
Major support for the School Day Concerts has been provided by the Carson Family Charitable Trust.
Additional support has been provided by the Mary P. Oenslager Student Concert Endowment Fund and the Oceanic Heritage Foundation. Curriculum materials are made possible by an endowment gift from Lillian Butler Davey.
MetLife Foundation is the Lead Corporate Underwriter for the New York Philharmonic's Education Programs.
