Science of Sound
Grades 1–6Wed Nov 3, 2021 4pm CT
Join us for an amazing online Young People's Concert presented in partnership with the Science Museum of Minnesota and Twin Cities PBS! Students and families will see the full Orchestra onstage and individual members partnering one-on-one with instructors at the Science Museum—where they’ll explore the physics behind sound production and reveal the physical impulses that our brains translate, like magic, into the music we hear and love. Demonstrations will explore concepts like frequency, amplitude and timbre, with musical selections by Johannes Brahms, Robert Schumann, Zhou Tian and more. Another treat: seeing it all come together in a star turn by a supremely talented young violinist, winner of YPSCA’s Concerto Competition!
Artists
Conductor Sarah Hicks, the Minnesota Orchestra’s principal conductor of Live at Orchestra Hall, has led a broad range of programs since joining the Orchestra as assistant conductor in 2006. Her notable projects with the Orchestra have included co-creating the Inside the Classics and Sam & Sarah series with Orchestra violist Sam Bergman; conducting a live-in-concert recording with singer-rapper Dessa released in 2019 on the Doomtree Records label; leading numerous original Orchestra programs including Home for the Holidays, A Musical Feast and A Scandinavian Christmas; and conducting many of the Orchestra's Movies & Music concerts. Away from Orchestra Hall, she recently conducted performances of Disney Pixar’s Coco at the Hollywood Bowl as well as the orchestra in ABC’s live televised production of Disney’s The Little Mermaid.
Partners
THIS YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONCERT IS SUPPORTED BY
Additional Supporters
Vi Victoria Deiro
Mary Ann Feldman Music Education Fund