Star-Spangled Classics! Family Concert with Katie Kresek and Kaleidoscope July 16, 2011

Kaleidoscope; Katie Kresek, Family Program Designer

After their sensational Caramoor debut in the summer of 2010, the dynamic young group "Kaleidoscope" (The Teaching Artists Ensemble of the New York Philharmonic) returns to present a new interactive program for families! Star-Spangled Classics will lead audiences on a unique musical adventure highlighting American composers and music inspired by America. With their energetic, hands-on approach to interactive performance, Kaleidoscope will invite the audience into the world of our musical forebears to see what makes American music sound "American" and what is unique about each composer. By engaging children and their families through composing, rhythmic activities, singing, close listening, questioning, and movement, audiences will become a part of the musical fabric that is as diverse and innovative as the great country that inspired it!

Works by Ives, Dvorák, O'Connor, Benjamin Franklin (yup, you read it right!) and many, many more!

Official Website: http://www.caramoor.org