Young People's Concerts

Orchestra Hall

Minnesota Orchestra Young People’s Concerts are for schools, homeschools and families looking for an outstanding arts experience that is both educational and engaging. Each Young People’s Concert focuses on a specific musical element, composer, time period or theme, that is supported by free online preparation materials and multi-disciplinary performance elements.


2013-14 Young People's Concerts

Symphony Spooktacular
Symphony Spooktacular

Tue Oct 29, 2013 10AM

Tue Oct 29, 2013 11:35AM

Wed Oct 30, 2013 10AM

Wed Oct 30, 2013 11:35AM

  • Minnesota Orchestra
  • To be announced, conductor
  • In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre

MAHLER
Symphony No. 1: March

SAINT-SAENS
Danse Macabre

WAGNER
Ride of the Valkyries

Experience music that’s spooky and has delightful make-believe elements! Life-size puppets from In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre provide a fantastic visual component to haunting favorites including Saint-Saens' Danse Macabre.

$4 tickets available to this concert as part of our UPbeat initiative. Call for details.

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Curriculum Materials

Curriculum materials will be available eight weeks prior to the performance.


Bugs Bunny at the Symphony
Warner Bros. Presents Bugs Bunny at the Symphony

Wed Nov 20, 2013 10AM

Wed Nov 20, 2013 11:35AM

Thu Nov 21, 2013 10AM

Thu Nov 21, 2013 11:35AM

  • Minnesota Orchestra
  • George Daugherty, conductor

ROSSINI
Barber of Seville Overture

LISZT
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

STRAUSS
Overture to Die Fledermaus

WAGNER
Selections from The Ring Cycle
AND MORE!

Bugs Bunny, Tweety Bird and Pepe Le Pew at Orchestra Hall? Yep! These and other unforgettable characters will be cavorting across the big screen, bringing all the side-splitting humor of your Looney Tunes favorites—Home Tweet Home, The Rabbit of Seville, What's Opera, Doc?, Long-Haired Hare and more! Adding to the experience will be the Minnesota Orchestra’s live performance of brilliant scores by Carl Stalling and Milt Franklyn. And "That's Not All, Folks": these are just a few of magical moments that will delight audiences of all ages!

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Curriculum Materials

Curriculum materials will be available eight weeks prior to the performance.


Amahl
Amahl and the Night Visitors

Wed Dec 4, 2013 10AM

Wed Dec 4, 2013 11:35AM

Thu Dec 5, 2013 10AM

Thu Dec 5, 2013 11:35AM

Fri Dec 6, 2013 10AM

Fri Dec 6, 2013 11:35AM

  • Minnesota Orchestra
  • To be announced, conductor
  • James Sewell Ballet, dance company
  • Minnesota Chorale, chorus

MENOTTI
Amahl and the Night Visitors

On their way to Bethlehem, the Three Wise Men find a mother and child in great need. In this brief, wondrous opera, mother and child receive the miracles they need most: hope, love, faith and forgiveness.

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Curriculum Materials

Curriculum materials will be available eight weeks prior to the performance.


Ferdinand the Bull
Ferdinand the Bull

Tue Jan 28, 2014 10AM

Tue Jan 28, 2014 11:35AM

Wed Jan 29, 2014 10AM

Wed Jan 29, 2014 11:35AM

Thu Jan 30, 2014 10AM

Thu Jan 30, 2014 11:35AM

Mon Feb 3, 2014 10AM

Mon Feb 3, 2014 11:35AM

  • Minnesota Orchestra
  • Courtney Lewis, conductor
  • Teatro del Pueblo, theater

MOZART
Symphony No. 41, Jupiter, Allegretto (III) and Molto allegro (IV)

FISH
Ferdinand the Bull

BIZET
Carmen Suite No. 1

Here’s both drama and music—as The Story of Ferdinand is brought to life by Teatro del Pueblo. This beloved children’s book by Munro Leaf tells the story of a bull who would rather smell flowers than fight in bullfights. Also on the program: the Orchestra will perform selections from Bizet’s lively Carmen suite as well as Mozart’s famous Jupiter symphony.

$4 tickets available to this concert as part of our UPbeat initiative. Call for details.

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Curriculum & Recordings

Curriculum materials will be available eight weeks prior to the performance.

Illustration from The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf, illustrated by Robert Lawson, © 1936 by Munro Leaf and Robert Lawson, renewed © 1964 by Munro Leaf and John W. Boyd. Used by permission of Viking Children's Books, a division of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.


Supersonic Sounds
Supersonic Sounds

Wed Feb 26, 2014 10AM

Wed Feb 26, 2014 11:35AM

Thu Feb 27, 2014 10AM

Thu Feb 27, 2014 11:35AM

  • Minnesota Orchestra
  • Courtney Lewis, conductor
  • Sedra Bistodeau, violin

R. STRAUSS
Also sprach Zarathustra, excerpt

SIBELIUS
Violin Concerto, Allegro, ma non tanto (III)

R. STRAUSS
Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks

RESPIGHI
The Pines of Rome, The Pines of the Appian Way (IV)

Big sounds rule!  All the works on this concert are powerful and intense, starting with the theme from the classic film, 2001: A Space Odyssey, from Strauss’ Also sprach Zarathustra. Talented young Sedra Bistodeau of Princeton, Minnesota, who won YPSCA’s 2012 School Music Auditions, will play the high-energy finale of Sibelius’ great Violin Concerto. Rounding out the program will be Wagner’s extraordinary Ride of the Valkyries and Respighi’s Pines of Rome.

$4 tickets available to this concert as part of our UPbeat initiative. Call for details.

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Curriculum & Recordings

Curriculum materials will be available eight weeks prior to the performance.


Rite of Spring
Rite of Spring

Tue Apr 22, 2014 10AM

Tue Apr 22, 2014 11:35AM

Wed Apr 23, 2014 10AM

Wed Apr 23, 2014 11:35AM

Mon Apr 28, 2014 10AM

Mon Apr 28, 2014 11:35AM

  • Minnesota Orchestra
  • To be announced, conductor
  • Lauren Stringer, author and narrator

COPLAND
Appalachian Spring

STRAVINSKY
Rite of Spring

Appalachian Spring is an iconic American masterpiece that glows with the “American sound” created by its composer Aaron Copland. Experience Stravinsky's Rite of Spring’s vibrant sounds of nature. The new book When Stravinsky Met Nijinsky will be read by author Lauren Stringer, as illustrations are projected above the stage.

$4 tickets available to this concert as part of our UPbeat initiative. Call for details.

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Curriculum Materials

Curriculum materials will be available eight weeks prior to the performance.

WHEN STRAVINSKY MET NIJINSKY by Lauren Stringer (Boston: HMH, 2013)