Inspiring Families in the Concert Hall
The Little Orchestra Society’s 2019-2020 season of L.O.S. KIDS will debut on October 19th with “Mozart – The Magic Flute” at The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College. The innovative L.O.S. concert series is a fantastic way to introduce kids (ages 3-10) to great composers and help them develop a love of orchestral music. This year’s programs are bringing to life the music of Mozart, Stravinsky, Ravel & Debussy, and Rodgers & Hammerstein for a new generation. Each program focuses on an individual composer and introduces the audience to each composer as a person, with selections from her/his most cherished works, ways in which her/his music is unforgettable, and fundamentals of music through audience participation.
L.O.S. Kids brings featured composers into the concert hall “to visit,” along with the quirky Professor Treblemaker and his family (who act as our guides and learn along with the audience). “Mozart – The Magic Flute” will be led by up-and-coming Colombian guest conductor, Carlos Agreda, making his New York City debut and starring kids’ favorite, Professor Treblemaker. Each concert features specially created videos and animations, performances by accomplished young soloists along with our professional orchestra, and an original script – all designed to enhance audience engagement with the orchestral music that is at the core of all L.O.S. performances.
Photo © Deborah Grosmark
L.O.S. Kids scripts are written on many levels to appeal to adults as well as children. In addition to instrumentalists and singers, guest artists have included dancers, circus performers, illustrators, and animators. Video segments have included visits to a woodwind instrument shop and the Steinway piano factory, specially recorded reports from the weather desk at cable TV channel NY1 that helped guide the audience on a journey through the Four Seasons in the Vivaldi program, real-time “Treblevision” close-ups of musicians as they perform live on stage, and an animated version of Professor Treblemaker stepping and leaping across a musical staff to illustrate the concept of musical intervals in the Beethoven program.
Expanding Access to the Arts and Love of Music
Under the leadership of its Artistic Advisor, David Alan Miller, L.O.S. also shares live performances beyond the concert hall through music education and community engagement in New York City schools, museums, libraries, and senior centers. Last year, L.O.S. reached nearly 25,000 New York City area children, adults, and seniors, of whom almost 5,000 attended concerts free-of-charge. These transformative initiatives welcome not only thousands of participants to L.O.S. concerts, they inspire audiences to make music and concertgoing a lifelong pursuit.
4-Concert Subscriptions, 2-Concert Packages, and Single Tickets are now available at littleorchestra.org/concerts or by calling 212.971.9500
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