Bring the whole family to our “Meet the Instruments” petting zoo where even our youngest listeners can get up close and personal with their favorite instruments before seeing them come alive onstage.
Composers often find inspiration from other music, drawing from history, tradition, and artistic lineage
Bring the whole family to our “Meet the Instruments” petting zoo where even our youngest listeners can get up close and personal with their favorite instruments before seeing them come alive onstage.
Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra's concert "The PeopleThat Inspire Us "begins begins with Revelry by trailblazing American composer and Imani Winds founder and WHCO Spotlight Composer, Valerie Coleman. We continue with Clara Schumann’s Piano Trio in G minor,. Our program concludes with a rarely heard gem from Louise Farrenc, a French Romantic composer.
Bring the whole family to our “Meet the Instruments” petting zoo where even our youngest listeners can get up close and personal with their favorite instruments before seeing them come alive onstage.
WHCO's concert "In The Places That Inspire Us" explores music inspired by real-world settings and emotional landscapes. First, Anna Clyne’s Restless Oceans, a contemporary work that channels the sea. Next, Samuel Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915, set to the words of James Agee. Finally, Felix Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 3 “Scottish”.
