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List of events for kids
This is a list of classical music events specially for kids. For our main concert finder, which has a large database of concerts and opera worldwide, please click here. To find an event in your area, click on your region. Also look in the "Multiple Regions section (if there is one) for events which may be happening in several places.
PhilharMonster Halloween Concert
We all have something in common; we love to be scared. But we like to be scared in a safe environment. Especially kids. That’s what makes the PhilharMonster concert such a joy for families with children age 3 to 12. We blend equal parts spookiness, musicality and sheer fun to present the area’s best Halloween performance event. Even the Orchestra gets into the act, bedecked in their scary Halloween finery. Neal’s dramatic entrances always get raves from the little ones. Preconcert activities include a costume contest, so check the website in early October for categories and rules.
Dayton Philharmonic
Neal Gittleman
Special family series package for 3 concerts:
October 30th 2010
Februay 13th 2011
April 3rd 2011
Adults $54, Children $36
Schuster Center, 1 West 2nd St, Dayton
Date(s):
30 October 2010
3 pm
Date(s):
30 October 2010
3 pm
Family Music: Bash the Trash, Ages 3-6, Bash the Trash's Spooky Celebration
In 60-minute workshops, the group Bash the Trash tells stories and teaches children how to turn ordinary items into musical instruments. Everyone has fun, uses their imagination and learns about music.
Once I pondered, weak and wary, the making of an instrument scary, whose sound sends people shaking to the core... Come in costume and we'll scare them evermore!
92nd Street Y
Date(s):
31 October 2010
15:00
Prices
Adults: $12
Kids: $12
Date(s):
31 October 2010
15:00
Prices
Adults: $12
Kids: $12
All Aboard!
Matthew Kraemer, Guest Conductor
In anticipation of Hampton Roads' light rail line, The Tide, the VSO celebrates all things locomotive with an action-packed afternoon of train-inspired tunes. You'll delight to the sounds of "Pacific 231," "The Little Train of the Caipira" and much more!
Norfolk, Chrysler Hall
Date(s):
14 November 2010
3:00 PM
Prices
Adults: $20
Kids: $10
Date(s):
14 November 2010
3:00 PM
Prices
Adults: $20
Kids: $10
Meet the Music! Tough Turkey in the Big City
What happens when a turkey from the farm tries to make it in the big city? Enjoy the comic blunders of Tom Turkey starring renowned jazz and classical bass trombone virtuoso Dave Taylor as the Turkey!
Artists:
Bruce Adolphe, Resident Lecturer and Director of Family Programs; Louis Hanzlik, trumpet; Kristin Lee, violin; David Cossin, percussion; Alan R. Kay, clarinets/basset horns; David Taylor, bass trombone
New York City, Merkin Concert Hall, Lincoln Center
Date(s):
21 November 2010
13:00, 15:00
Prices
Adults: 25, 15
Kids: 25, 15
Date(s):
21 November 2010
13:00, 15:00
Prices
Adults: 25, 15
Kids: 25, 15
A Seussical Adventure
Composer Robert Kapilow brings his creativity to one of the best-selling books of all time. Dr. Seuss’s story of Sam-I-Am’s love for green eggs and ham and his attempts to convince a neighbor to try some is an everlasting treat for children. Plus find out what happens when a young boy finds he can only communicate through special effects and percussion in the musical tale of Gerald McBoing-Boing.
Norfolk, Chrysler Hall
Date(s):
6 February 2011
3:00 PM
Prices
Adults: $20
Kids: $10
Date(s):
6 February 2011
3:00 PM
Prices
Adults: $20
Kids: $10
The Magic Orchestra with Dan Kamin
Nerdy Mr. Kirby, from the National Institute of Children's
Entertainment (N.I.C.E.), doesn't believe in the magical power
of music. But when our conductor waves his magic baton, Kirby
is transformed into a marionette! Join us for this nutty program
hatched by the wild, comic mind of our special guest, Dan Kamin.
Dan Kamin guest artist,
Patrick Reynolds, conductor
Dayton Philharmonic Youth Rochestra
Special family series package for 3 concerts:
October 30th 2010
Februay 13th 2011
April 3rd 2011
Adults $54, Children $36
Schuster Center, 1 West 2nd St, Dayton
Date(s):
13 February 2011
3 pm
Date(s):
13 February 2011
3 pm
An Afternoon at the Museum
TBD, Conductor
Anna Celenza, Narrator and Author
What could a funny-looking gnome, an old Italian castle, and a ballet of baby chicks possibly have in common? They’re all famous pictures turned into music by Modest Mussorgsky! More than 100 years ago, the famous Russian composer created Pictures at an Exhibition, inspired by paintings and drawings by one of his dearest friends. Now, the VSO helps you re-create these pictures in your imagination by playing excerpts of Mussorgsky’s work arranged for orchestra. Don’t miss this unique concert experience that will have everyone in the family “seeing” music through the mind’s eye.
Norfolk, Chrysler Hall
Date(s):
6 March 2011
3:00 PM
Prices
Adults: $20
Kids: $10
Date(s):
6 March 2011
3:00 PM
Prices
Adults: $20
Kids: $10
Meet the Music! Where Are My Keys?!
Inspector Pulse is locked out of his apartment and his search for his keys leads the wacky private ear to uncover the deep, dark mystery of musical keys. (Bruce Adolphe plays his alter ego, Inspector Pulse.)
New York City, Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center
Date(s):
20 March 2011
14:00
Prices
Adults: $25
Kids: $15
Date(s):
20 March 2011
14:00
Prices
Adults: $25
Kids: $15
The Beat Goes On
Cincinnati group Drums for Peace makes a joyful visit to Dayton,
City of Peace, for a jubilant concert that will get your kids (and
the kid within you) moving to the rhythm of life. This program
demonstrates how rhythm is a critical part of every musical genre
– from world beat to pop to dance to classical and includes a highspirited
blend of music from African, South American, European
and American instruments and sound textures.
Neal Gittleman, conductor
Drums for Peace, guest artists
Special family series package for 3 concerts:
October 30th 2010
Februay 13th 2011
April 3rd 2011
Adults $54, Children $36
Schuster Center, 1 West 2nd St, Dayton
Date(s):
3 April 2011
3 pm
Date(s):
3 April 2011
3 pm
The Classical Clown
What happens when a clown takes the stage and battles the conductor for control of the orchestra? Nothing short of a symphonic showdown set to the usually serious sounds of Beethoven, Grieg, Britten and Stavinsky. By the time it's over, the mime conducts, the conductor becomes the mime, and even the musicians get into the act as Dan Kamin draws everyone into this merry Comedy Concerto.
Norfolk, Chrysler Hall
Date(s):
3 April 2011
3:00 PM
Prices
Adults: $20
Kids: $10
Date(s):
3 April 2011
3:00 PM
Prices
Adults: $20
Kids: $10
Meet the Music! My What Big Ears You Have! The Better to Listen to Music, My Dear!
Experience all those famous fairy tales told in music, featuring Ravel's Mother Goose Suite, a scene from Prokofiev's Cinderella, and Bruce Adolphe's unique version of Little Red Riding Hood (beloved by wolf fans, children, and pediatricians)!
New York City, Merkin Concert Hall, Lincoln Center
Date(s):
1 May 2011
13:00, 15:00
Prices
Adults: $25
Kids: $15
Date(s):
1 May 2011
13:00, 15:00
Prices
Adults: $25
Kids: $15
