Family and Education Concerts

• Baby Pops
• The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra: Primary School Concerts (Years 1-8)
• Music To Schools

Baby Pops

Ages 2-6 years

1 2 3 Go!
Tahi Rua Toru Wha!

Masterton
Wairarapa College
Thursday 14 June
10.15am

Palmerston North
Regent on Broadway
Friday 15 June
10.15am

Wellington
Michael Fowler Centre
Sunday 17 June
3.00pm

Presenter Kevin Keys and Murray the Musical Bear return with a programme of orchestral adventure. Listeners aged 2-6 will sing along with classic kid's songs like "Do-Re-Mi" and the "A-B-C's," keep time to "Grandfather's Clock," and thrill to big orchestral numbers like "Sabre Dance" and the Star Wars theme. This concert encourages plenty of movement, as young audience members learn to conduct, count in time, and march right through the middle of the orchestra. This year VWO Education Composer-in-Residence Thomas Goss has composed a new work on the Maori legend of Tongariro’s fight with Taranaki. The Battle of the Mountains will be a spectacular re-telling for orchestra and narrator.

Tickets on sale from 28 November 2011

Wellington and Masterton

Ticketek 0800 842 538

Palmerston North

Ticket Director 0800 224 224

The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra

For primary School Years 1-8

Masterton
Wairarapa College
Thursday 14 June
1.15pm

Palmerston North
Regent on Broadway
Friday 15 June
1.15pm

Wellington
Michael Fowler Centre
Monday 18 June
10.30am and 1.00pm

It’s a timeless classic of musical education: Benjamin Britten’s Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra. Britten’s clever score takes a stately theme from Purcell and runs it through a set of variations that allow all the instruments of the orchestra their moment to shine. Learning about music should always be this much fun!

Presenter: Kevin Keys

For further information contact orchestra offices on 04 801 3882 or admin@wellingtonorchestra.co.nz

Music To Schools

For all school children Years 1-13

The VWO is expanding its commitment to music education in the schools of our region. In addition to our full orchestra educational tours we also offer lively but structured demonstrations, masterclasses and tutorials in four flavours:

• Simply Strings
• Brilliant Brass
• Wonderful Winds
• Powerful Percussion

These fun and interactive sessions bring new awareness and a fresh perspective to young students as they meet our musicians to observe or work with them.

Choose a group or discuss inviting an ensemble tailored to the requirements of your students.

For further information on how your school can benefit from these touring groups, please contact us at the orchestra offices, 04 801 3882