General Information:
Performances at The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College
(68th Street, between Park and Lexington Avenues)
Season Package - all 6 Concerts
$150 or $72 (rear balcony/rear orchestra seating)
Series A - 3 Concerts (Oct, Nov, Jan)
$90 or $36 (rear balcony/rear orchestra seating)
Series B - 3 Concerts (Feb, April, May)
$90 or $36 (rear balcony/rear orchestra seating)
Order now for best seats at lowest prices.
These discount subscription prices expire on September 10, 2010.
The Orchestra - A Happy Family
Series A
Saturday, Oct. 16, 2010; 10:30am & 12:00pm
Sunday, Oct. 17, 2010; 1:00pm & 2:30pm
You’re simply not a cool kid if you haven’t met the “first family” of musical fun. Bang, Buzz, Toot, Bow, their loveable leader Mr. Maestro – and don’t forget the Orchestra – play instruments both real and candy-shaped, serving up yummy musical fare including Tchaikovsky’s Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy and Debussy’s Cakewalk.
Things That Go Bang!
Series A
Saturday, Nov. 13, 2010; 10:30am & 12:00pm
Sunday, Nov. 14, 2010; 1:00pm & 2:30pm
Clap to the beat with Bang the Lion - the fuzzy face of the percussion family! Join Bang and his best pal Buzz as they tap, tap, tap out kitchen symphonies with pots, pans, spoons and kettledrums to the tick-tock of the kitchen clock. On the Orchestra’s menu: a tasting of Gershwin, Bizet and Britten.
Meet the Maestro
Series A
Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011; 10:30am & 12:00pm
Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011; 1:00pm & 2:30pm
Step right up and meet the man with the music! While waving their own colorful batons, budding maestros will lead the orchestra with the magic language of conducting. Mini-maestros discover musical masterpieces by Beethoven, Dvorak, Bach and Ravel.
Do You Hear What I Hear?
Series B
Saturday, Feb.12, 2011; 10:30am & 12:00pm
Sunday, Feb.13, 2011; 1:00pm & 2:30pm
Put on your listening ears asBang, Buzz, Bow and Toot lead a playful discovery of music’s high-lows, soft-louds and fast-slows. Little ones learn to listen while hearing the music of Copland, Haydn, Kabalevsky and others. Sounds like fun, fun fun!
Up, Up and Away with the Woodwinds
Series B
Saturday, April 2, 2011; 10:30am & 12:00pm
Sunday, April 3, 2011; 1:00pm & 2:30pm
Hold on tight! Toot and Bow will whisk your family away in a hot air balloon on a musical journey through China, Holland, Africa and Brazil. Learn how Do-Re-Mi-Fa-Sol-La-Ti-Do become melodies and harmonies in the high-flying works of Mozart and Tchaikovsky.
Who’s Got the Beat?
Series B
Saturday, May 14, 2011; 10:30am & 12:00pm
Sunday, May 15, 2011; 1:00pm & 2:30pm
The loveable Lolli-Pops™ characters have lost the beat and they need you, Mr. Maestro and the orchestra to help them find it. As you listen to this brand new program, you might find the beat in very unexpcted places!
