NSO Family: 2008-2009 Season

Past Events

• NSO Family Concert: Orchestra from Planet X

  Oct 12, 2008
  The Magic Circle Mime Company returns to perform their program with the Orchestra that is a combination of sci-fi thriller and an exploration of American music.

• NSO Children's Concert with Iván Fischer

  Nov 2, 2008
  NSO Principal Conductor Iván Fischer introduces children to the world of classical music through short, carefully selected works performed by NSO ensembles.

• NSO Kinderkonzert: Strings and Stories

  Jan 10, 2009
  If you love animals and silly slapstick (and who doesn't!), then don't miss four NSO musicians in this zany program! The Kennedy String Quartet inspires everyone to listen, laugh, and learn through vivid music from the classic repertoire.

• NSO Ensemble Concert: Connections: More History and Music

  Jan 11, 2009
  Don't miss this new multimedia program from the creator of our popular Science and Music and Math and Music series that integrates many of today's most recognizable music works with landmarks from 19th-century American history.

• NSO Teddy Bear Concert: More Tunes 'n' (Pig) Tales!

  Jan 17 - 18, 2009
  Join two NSO principal musicians--violinist Marissa Regni and harpist Dotian Levalier--as well as Marissa's father Albert Regni on the saxophone, as they show how different sounds, melodies, rhythms, and instruments can be used to bring a story to life.

• NSO Family Concert: Go, Team, Go!

  Mar 15, 2009
  The NSO salutes the start of the new baseball season with Steven Reineke's beguiling baseball cantata Casey at the Bat in this NSO Family Concert.

• NSO Teddy Bear Concert: Tunes 'n' Tales

  Apr 4, 2009
  Join two NSO principal musicians--violinist Marissa Regni and harpist Dotian Levalier--as they show how different sounds, melodies, rhythms, and instruments can be used to bring a story to life.

• NSO Kinderkonzert: Got Rhythm?

  Apr 5, 2009
  From Africa to America, nature to noise, classical to Cuba, explore where rhythm comes from, how it flavors our lives and lives within the music of the orchestra.

• NSO Teddy Bear Concert: The Tale of Teddy and the Ten Hats!

  May 2 - 9, 2009
  At Teddy Bear concerts, inspired by a popular family concert tradition in Europe, children ages three to five bring their favorite stuffed animal to interactive musical programs featuring members of the NSO.

• NSO Family Concert: Maestro Mouse Is in the House

  May 31, 2009
  The Orchestra performs the world premiere of "Miranda's Waltz," a new work about Maestro Mouse by composer Susan Kander with dialogue by Mary Hall Surface, commissioned especially for families by the Kennedy Center in collaboration with the NSO.