NSO Family: 2006-2007 Season

Past Events

NSO Family Concert: Spooky Sounds and Scary Tales
Oct 29, 2006
Get a head start on Halloween and come dressed in your spookiest costume for this "spirited" Sunday afternoon concert event.

NSO Teddy Bear Concert: The Imagination Duo
Jan 6, 2007
Join husband-and-wife violin duo--Glenn Donnellan of the NSO and Jan Chong--as they use stories, sound effects, children's songs, and gems from the classical repertoire to make your imagination come alive!

NSO Ensemble Concert: Connections: Math and Music
Jan 7, 2007
Counting, probability, graphs, and fractions. Must be math class, right? Guess again--it's music! learn how math and music are alike as you listen to music by well-known classical composers along with exciting contemporary works.

NSO Kinderkonzert: Strings and Stories with the Kennedy String Quartet
Jan 19 - 21, 2007
If you love animals and silly slapstick (and who doesn't!), then don't miss four NSO musicians as they perform a zany program.

NSO Teddy Bear Concert: Tunes 'n' Tales
Jan 27, 2007
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 Family Concert: Pictures in Sound
Jan 28, 2007
More than 100 years ago, Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky created Pictures at an Exhibition, inspired by paintings and drawings by one of his dearest friends. Now, Emil de Cou and the NSO help you re-create these pictures in your imagination.

Children's Concert with Iván Fischer
Feb 11, 2007
In this special 50-minute chamber music performance in the intimate Family Theater, Iván Fischer introduces kids to the world of classical music through short, carefully selected works performed by NSO ensembles.

NSO Family Concert: Wherefore Art Thou, Shakespeare?
Mar 4, 2007
As part of Shakespeare in Washington , Leonard Slatkin conducts a world-premiere work inspired by Shakespeare's writings, featuring narration by John Lithgow and music by American composer Daniel Kellogg.

NSO Kinderkonzert: Magical Mozart with the Unlikely Trio
Mar 17, 2007
Showing all the fun Mozart must have had creating and playing his music, the Unlikely Trio (NSO musicians Carole Bean, flute; Dotian Levalier, harp; and William Wieglus, oboe) performs a wonderful array of Mozart's greatest works.

NSO Teddy Bear Concert: More Tunes 'n' Tales
May 19, 2007
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 Kinderkonzert: Fiddlin' Around
May 20, 2007
Back by popular demand! From fiddling to blues to classical, the spotlight is on the string instruments--the smallest and the largest--in this lively program presented by NSO violinist Glenn Donnellan and NSO bassist Rick Barber.

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