NY Phil Teens - Inside the Music/Hear & Now

Phil Teens

If you are between the ages of 12 and 17, you — and one friend of any age — can attend a New York Philharmonic Hear and Now or Inside the Music concert for just $12. (That's less than the cost of a movie ticket and popcorn.) The perfect way to introduce teens to classical music. Families and school groups are invited to attend.

To Order: download the order form* and print it and return it to the Customer Relations Department.

Inside the Music concerts

Friday, March 14, 2008
Alan Gilbert, conductor
Gerard McBurney, host

R. STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben

Hear and Now concerts

Thursday, January 31, 2008
Lorin Maazel, conductor
Synergy Vocals
Steven Stucky, host

BERIO Sinfonia (World Premiere, 1968: New York Philharmonic Commission)
BRAHMS Symphony No. 4

Thursday, March 13, 2008
Alan Gilbert, conductor
Steven Stucky, host

MARC NEIKRUG Quintessence: Symphony No. 2 (World Premiere: New York Philharmonic Commission)
R. STRAUSS Ein Heidenleben

Friday, April 11, 2008
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Lang Lang, piano
Steven Stucky, host

TAN DUN Piano Concerto (World Premiere: New York Philharmonic Commission)
STRAVINSKY The Firebird (complete)

* The order form is viewable in Adobe Acrobat®, which can be downloaded for free.

NY Philharmonic Musical Encounters

Musical Encounters

Students create their own percussion concerto during a Musical Encounters workshop

offers students in grades 4-12 an "up-close" glimpse of the New York Philharmonic and the exciting world of orchestral music. They have 2 or 3 a month, monthly through May 2008.

$6 per seat. Order Form*: Print it and return it to the Education Department as early as possible; this popular program books quickly.

Option #1: with an Introductory Workshop - students meet at 10:30 for a 45-minute workshop, followed by sitting in on the second half of a Philharmonic rehearsal. Most appropriate for students who may be new to the concert hall or to the orchestra.

Option #2: with a Post-Rehearsal Meeting - students attend an entire rehearsal (beginning at 9:45am) and then meet with a member of the orchestra for a brief question and answer session. Most appropriate for students with some concert-going or musical experience.

Latin Jazz Festival with Los Hombres Calientes

Monday, Oct. 29 at 10am & 12:30pm
Victoria Theater, NJPAC, Newark.
$8 per ticket
Grades 6 – 12.

Jazz, Cuban music, Brazilian rhythms, American funk – they all come into play with Los Hombres Calientes. Led by acclaimed trumpeter Irvin Mayfield, this Grammy-nominated, brass-powered jam-band brings together some of the best players from New Orleans, who will transport students through a sweeping panorama of Afro-Caribbean styles. “This is one of the smartest – and most fun – bands anywhere!” raves Newsweek. For more info, call their SchoolTime Ticket Hotline at (973) 642-2002

NY Philharmonic School Day Concerts - Art of Listening - 2008

NY Philharmonic Orchestra School Day Concerts
Avery Fisher Hall--Lincoln Center
$6 per seat

Elementary School Concerts (grades 4-6)
Wednesday, April 30, 2008, 10:30-11:30am, 12:00-1:00pm

Middle and High School Concert (grades 7-12)
Thursday, May 1, 2008, 10:30-11:30am , 12:00-1:00pm

Order form: Print it and return it to the Education Department as quickly as possible. This popular program books quickly.

THE ART OF LISTENING
How do we get inside the complex sound world of orchestral music? In a lively, interactive concert, students will learn a range of strategies — following narrative, identifying instruments, tracking melodic variation, seeking out composers' intentions — and apply these ideas as they hear thrilling performances by the full New York Philharmonic.

Delta David Gier, conductor
Theodore Wiprud, host

Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet (selections)
Bernstein, Symphonic Dances from West Side Story (selections)
Very Young Composers, Suite of New Works
(music composed by 5th graders in the Philharmonic’s
Very Young Composers Program — April 30 only)
Ives, Variations on America

At four one-hour concerts — two for Elementary students and two for Middle and High School students — Avery Fisher Hall is filled with the buzz of students, all listening to some of the world's most exciting music.