Saturday we attended a concert at the New York Philharmonic (http://nyphil.org). They do a series of Young People concerts. It was really interesting. This segment was about variations of the same piece. There is a professor who walks the audience through the different sections of the orchestra. There was an actress you demonstrated variation using the Jack and Jill nursery rhyme. She told it the way we all learned it and then told variations. Then they showed a photograph of people on a staircase. Then a painting of the same subject. Then another, and another. All the while discussing and pointing out the variations between them. Which leads The orchestra then plays the original piece. Then the professor talked a bit about the composer. Then talked a bit about the composer who wrote the variations we were going to listen to. Each section gets to play a variation written for them. The kids really enjoyed it.An hour before the concert they set up the Kidzone all through the hall. The kids have an opportunity to listen to music, try out various instruments, learn a bit about the different types of instruments, meet the musicians, and more.
Here we are entering the Kidzone.
B trying out an instrument in the Kidzone.
In the Kidzone B is trying to win a prize in the game show about the orchestra.
After the concert, on the way back to the parking garage the kids wanted to climb this staircase to nowhere at Lincoln Center.
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