The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra concludes its 2011 Family Concerts series with Whimsical Winds, an afternoon exploring wind instruments on Sunday, May 1 at 2 PM at the Alex Theatre in Glendale.
This concert introduces children to the sounds in the wind instrument family used by composers from Beethoven to PDQ Bach. From 1 to 2 PM, preceding the performance, young concert-goers are invited to participate in fun-filled activities related to the repertoire. www.laco.org or by phone 213 622 7001 x 215.
Kidspace Children’s Museum invites guests to use their own windpipes to blow paint across a canvas in a unique art project. Guests can also join the California Science Center and discover the relationship between sound and air through activities with pan flutes, straws and more. As always, children are invited to pluck, bow and blow on real instruments in LACO’s Instrument Petting Zoo.
Hosted by KUSC radio host and producer Alan Chapman, Whimsical Winds is the final concert in the family-oriented series and spotlights LACO’s wind musicians performing music by Beethoven, Anthony Plog, Poulenc and PDQ Bach. The Beethoven Sextet in E-flat features Joshua Ranz and Chris Stoutenborough on clarinet, Damian Montano and Rebecca Rivera on bassoon, and Kristy McArthur Morrell and Jenny Kim on horn.
The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra’s Family Concerts series is an entertaining, interactive experience for children and parents alike. Recommended for children 5 years and older, programs and pre-concert activities are designed to engage young listeners as they learn more about music and related subjects via hands-on activities. Tickets ($10 or $16) may be purchased by phone at 213 622 7001 x 215 or online at laco.org. Groups of 12 or more receive a 15% discount off single ticket prices.
This concert is funded in part by a grant from the Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts. Guggenheim Partners is an official sponsor of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. LACO also thanks Metzler Violins and the students of Central Los Angeles High School # 9: School for Visual and Performing Arts for help with the Instrument Petting Zoo, and Cass Kroener for providing sign language interpretation.
