Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

BPO Youth Concerts

2011-2012 Season

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2011-2012 Tall Tales & Long Tails

$6.00 per ticket
One free chaperone ticket for every 15 purchased

Pre-K - 2nd grade

Explore the art of storytelling through music with Prokofiev’s famous Peter and the Wolf. How are the choices that composers make when writing music similar to the choices a storyteller makes when creating a tall tale? Students will also get a chance to sing along with the orchestra in some fun pieces like Copland’s American folksong Bought Me a Cat. This program is in alignment with New York State Education Standards.

 

Tuesday, May 22, 2012 — 10:15 AMCall (716) 885-0331 for availability

2012-2013 The ABC’s of Symphonies

$6.00 per ticket
One free chaperone ticket for every 15 purchased

PreK-2nd grade

This youth concert features a connection between English Language Arts and music. Students will practice their reading skills by exploring word families with similar sounding words (can, fan, man, pan) and instrument families (woodwinds, brass, strings, percussion), which also feature similarities. While listening to some diverse orchestral repertoire, students will help create word banks for the sounds they hear. The concert finishes with the telling of a classic storybook set to music as well as sing along.

This program aligns with ELA Common Core Standards.

Wednesday, October 24, 2012 — 10:15 AMSign In OR Register

Tuesday, February 12, 2013 — 10:15 AMSign In OR Register

Tuesday, April 23, 2013 — 10:15 AMSign In OR Register

2012-2013 Building Harmony

$6.00 per ticket
One free chaperone ticket for every 15 purchased

3rd-6th grades

Using the famous Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra by Benjamin Britten, this youth concert tackles the topics of tolerance and respect, personal responsibility, cooperation and community, all through the orchestra. The BPO has a unique platform for this topic - 73 individual voices all working together to create a beautiful sound. This concert also features selections from Leonard Bernstein’s famous West Side Story, a musical with a powerful story about the consequences of intolerance.

This program aligns with ELA Common Core Standards.

Thursday, October 25, 2012 — 10:15 AMSign In OR Register

Thursday, October 25, 2012 — 12:15 PMSign In OR Register

Tuesday, October 30, 2012 — 10:15 AMSign In OR Register

Tuesday, October 30, 2012 — 12:15 PMSign In OR Register

Wednesday, February 13, 2013 — 10:15 AMSign In OR Register

Tuesday, March 19, 2013 — 10:15 AMSign In OR Register

2012-2013 Friday Morning Concerts

$6.00 per ticket
One free chaperone ticket for every 15 purchased

Middle and High School

These full length BPO concerts on Friday mornings give middle and high school students a chance to hear complete pieces of repertoire in a casual atmosphere. New this year: when possible preparatory curriculum will be provided as well as, visits with musicians, guest artists or conductors make this a more personal concert experience. *All concerts are $6 per ticket for educational groups, except for Classical Christmas and First Niagara Holiday Pops, which are $10 per ticket.

A Poet’s Inspiration

Fri, Nov. 2, 10:30AM
This concert features an incredible guest, the Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko, who wrote the poems of Babi Yar, which Shostakovich set in his 13th Symphony.

The American Songbook

 Fri, Nov. 9, 10:30AM
Ted Sperling explores the full spectrum of songs about America reaching back to Foster and forward to Dylan, giving new meaning to the "traditional" American song.

Trombone Times Three

 Fri, Nov. 16 10:30AM
Along with Beethoven’s 7th Symphony, this program features a world premiere concerto written by Eric Ewazen for our very own trombone section; Jonathan Lombardo, Timothy Smith and Jeff Dee. The program opens with Prokofiev’s fifteen minute Classical Symphony.

A Classical Christmas*
 
Fri, Dec. 7, 10:30AM
A holiday favorite conducted by JoAnn Falletta.

First Niagara Holiday Pops*

 Fri, Dec. 14, 10:30AM
WNY’s #1 Holiday Tradition full of heartwarming classics full of holiday spirit. (Friday morning concert is presented without Ronan Tynan.)

Pictures at an Exhibition

 Fri, Feb. 1, 10:30AM
The famous Pictures at an Exhibition is the featured piece in this program, preceded by Canadian composer Andre Mathieu’s beautiful piano concerto performed by Canadian pianist Alain Lefevre.

Rachmaninoff 3

 Fri, Apr. 5, 10:30AM
The BPO welcomes Buffalo native Carol Wincenc to perform a world premiere concerto by Geoffrey Gordon. The program also features Rachmaninoff’s expressive Third Symphony.

Destination: Carnegie Hall!

 Fri, May 3, 10:30AM
This BPO program was selected by Carnegie Hall’s Spring for Music series and is being premiered in Buffalo before the BPO travels to NYC for a Carnegie Hall appearance on May 8th, 2013. It features a lesser known, yet beautiful Gliere Symphony, preceded by a piece scored for strings, alto flute, piano, electric bass, and the taped sounds of organ and boy soprano.

Patriotic Pops

Fri, May 24th, 10:30AM
A Memorial Day tradition! The BPO performs works that inspire the patriotic spirit in us all with an evening of music from World War I to the present, honoring those who have served their nation in every generation.


Tuesday, October 2, 2012 — 10:30 AMSign In OR Register

Friday, November 9, 2012 — 10:30 AMSign In OR Register

Friday, November 16, 2012 — 10:30 AMSign In OR Register

Friday, December 7, 2012 — 10:30 AMCall (716) 885-0331 for availability

Friday, December 14, 2012 — 10:30 AMCall (716) 885-0331 for availability

Friday, February 1, 2013 — 10:30 AMSign In OR Register

Friday, April 5, 2013 — 10:30 AMSign In OR Register

Friday, May 3, 2013 — 10:30 AMSign In OR Register

Friday, May 24, 2013 — 10:30 AMSign In OR Register



 
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