Philharmonic Discovery Program
Wednesday April 22, 2009 at Monarch High School at 10:00am and 11:30am. Seating is limited - register now!

Welcome to the Boulder Philharmonic's new Philharmonic Discovery Program! This concert is designed by orchestra personnel and area teachers for children in grades 3-5, many of whom will be attending a live orchestra concert for the first time. The goal is to introduce students to the individual instruments, the orchestra as a whole, and to the ways composers throughout history have used music to create stories. When your class attends the performance, entitled "Stories and Legends", they will work with Maestro Michael Butterman and the orchestra to create their own musical story using the same elements used by the composers of the works on the program.

The links below offer a wealth of information about each piece of music on the program including biographies of the composers and lesson plans designed to align with the Boulder Valley School District Music and Language Arts standards. Please take advantage of these materials in your classroom as you see fit to enhance the concert experience for your students.

The Boulder Phil is proud to offer this exciting new program for children, and our hope is that eventually every 3rd grader in the Boulder area will be able to experience the joy and excitement of a live orchestra concert.

Program:

• "Harry's Wondrous World" from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by John Williams
• "The Sea and Sinbad's Ship" from Scheherazade by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
• "Overture" from William Tell by Giacchino Rossini
• "Mambo" from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein
• Danse Macabre by Camille Saint-Saens
• "Dance of the Witches' Sabbath" from Symphonie Fantastique by Hector Berlioz

Philharmonic Discovery Concert Curriculum Guide

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