Past Events: Performances for Young Audiences

NSO Teddy Bear Concert: Fancy That!
Sat., Jan. 8, 2011
2010-2011 Season
In Fancy That!, NSO violinist Marissa Regni plays a one-woman show about how to decorate music in the form of ornamentation and variations. This concert is perfect for even the youngest music lovers in your family. Ages 3–5.
Snow White, Rose Red (and Fred)
Nov. 26 - Dec. 19, 2010
2010-2011 Season
A world premiere Kennedy Center commission by Marcy Heisler with music by Zina Goldrich, Snow White, Rose Red (and Fred) re-imagines the Brothers Grimm tale as a musical comedy about two ill-behaved students who learn about teamwork. Age 9+
Harold and the Purple Crayon
Sat., Nov. 13, 2010, 3:30 PM
2010-2011 Season
For young Harold, the only boundary to his world is his drawing ability. Crockett Johnson's beloved Harold and the Purple Crayon is adapted by Hubbard Street 2 into a dance-filled adventure with a kid and his crayon as choreographer. Age 4+
One Small Step
Nov. 6 - 7, 2010
2010-2011 Season
Two actors take you on an action-packed trip to the moon as they bring dozens of characters (41 to be exact) to life in One Small Step, a brilliantly inventive exploration of the space race. Part of ON THE FRINGE: Eye on Edinburgh. Age 7+
NSO Family Concert: Spooky Sounds and Scary Tales
Sun., Oct. 31, 2010
2010-2011 Season
Start your Halloween celebration with the NSO and come dressed in your spookiest get-up for the "spirited" Spooky Sounds and Scary Tales concert, including a chance to trick-or-treat. Age 5+
Locomotion
Oct. 23 - 31, 2010
2010-2011 Season
The Kennedy Center–commissioned adaptation of Jacqueline Woodson's children's book follows the inspiring journey of an 11-year-old boy as he moves from tragedy to hope and from losing one family to gaining a new one. Age 9+
NSO Teddy Bear Concert: Tunes 'n' Tales
Sat., Oct. 23, 2010
2010-2011 Season
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. Ages 3–5.
Rumplestiltskin
Oct. 9 - 10, 2010
2010-2011 Season
German Master Puppeteer Matthias Kuchta presents the classic fairy tale Rumplestiltskin with life-sized, hand-made puppets as they tell the story of a sad girl and a greedy little man who offers her a strange bargain. Age 5+
NSO Family Concert: The Composer is Dead
Sun., May 9, 2010
2009-2010 Season
Acclaimed composer Nathaniel Stookey brings his uproarious collaboration with best-selling children's writer Lemony Snicket to the Kennedy Center.
Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Musical
May 8 - 23, 2010
2009-2010 Season
With music by Grammy-winning composer Michael Silversher, Emmy-winning author/illustrator Mo Willems adapts his book Knuffle Bunny in this Kennedy Center commission--about family, best friends, baby steps, and memories that last a lifetime. Age 4+.
Nubian Gents + Feminine Fire Gospel Step Teams
Apr. 23 - 25, 2010
2009-2010 Season
The electrifying New York–based gospel step teams Nubian Gents and Feminine Fire perform as part of the Kennedy Center's Gospel Across America celebration. Age 5+.
NSO Ensemble Concert: Connections: MORE History and Music
Sun., Feb. 28, 2010
2009-2010 Season
In this multimedia program, Yvonne Caruthers and several of her NSO colleagues integrate many of today's most recognizable musical works alongside landmarks in 19th-century American history.
NSO Teddy Bear Concert: Fancy That!
Feb. 20 - 21, 2010
2009-2010 Season
In Fancy That!, NSO violinist Marissa Regni plays a one-woman show about how to decorate music in the form of ornamentation and variations. This concert is perfect for even the youngest music lovers in your family.
NSO Family Concert: Peter and the Wolf
Sun., Feb. 14, 2010
2009-2010 Season
In one of its most cherished and acclaimed productions, Magic Circle Mime Company returns to bring Sergei Prokofiev's classic work for children to life as a dazzling theatrical and musical event.
NSO Kinderkonzerts: Magical Mozart
Sat., Jan. 30, 2010
2009-2010 Season
Showing all the fun he must have had creating and playing his music, the Unlikely Trio--NSO musicians Carole Bean, flute, Dotian Levalier, harp, and William Wielgus, oboe--performs a wonderful array of Mozart's greatest works. Age 4+.
NSO Children's Concert with Iván Fischer
Sun., Jan. 24, 2010
2009-2010 Season
NSO Principal Conductor Iván Fischer introduces children to the world of classical music through short, carefully selected works performed by NSO ensembles.
Galumpha's The Human Jungle Gym
Jan. 22 - 23, 2010
2009-2010 Season
Combining stunning acrobatics, striking visual effects, physical comedy, and inventive choreography, Galumpha brings to life a world of imagination, beauty, muscle, and merriment. Age 7+.
NSO Ensemble Concert: Connections: MORE Science and Music
Sun., Jan. 10, 2010
2009-2010 Season
Endangered species, synapses, neurons, condensation, and precipitation--are these terms from a science course or a music class? Learn the answer in this new fast-paced, multimedia performance by NSO musicians. Age 9+.
NSO Teddy Bear Concert: Bears, Bears Everywhere
Sat., Jan. 9, 2010
2009-2010 Season
New! NSO musicians Paula Akbar, Lewis Lipnick, and Joe Connell, take a peek at adorable bears and the sounds of their homelands--music that is as unique as they are. Perfect for even the youngest music lovers in your family.
Teddy Roosevelt and the Ghostly Mistletoe
Dec. 5 - 30, 2009
2009-2010 Season
When President Roosevelt refuses to put a Christmas tree in the White House, his kids don't plan to obey. In this holiday sequel to the 2006 hit Teddy Roosevelt and the Treasure of Ursa Major, a zany plot of comic haunting unfolds. Age 7+.
NSO Kinderkonzert: Making Music with Friends
Sat., Nov. 21, 2009
2009-2010 Season
The newest concert by the Kennedy String Quartet of Strings and Stories fame is an interactive program for children that explores the connections between the way we feel and act and the way music is composed and performed. Age 4+.
NSO Kinderkonzert: Making Music with Friends
Sat., Nov. 21, 2009
2009-2010 Season
The newest concert by the Kennedy String Quartet of Strings and Stories fame is an interactive program for children that explores the connections between the way we feel and act and the way music is composed and performed. Age 4+.
NSO Family Concert: Spooky Sounds and Scary Tales
Sun., Nov. 1, 2009
2009-2010 Season
Conductor Brad Lubman and the NSO play Steven Reineke's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow with narrator Lynda Carter and music from other scary tales in this fun and lively orchestral concert. Age 5+.
Barrio Grrrl!: A New Musical
Oct. 24 - Nov. 15, 2009
2009-2010 Season
Spunky 9-year-old Ana and her imaginary friend, Amazing Voice, dedicate their lives to saving the barrio in this Kennedy Center commission by Pulitzer Prize finalist and Tony nominee Quiara Alegría Hudes (In the Heights). Age 9+.
Hobey Ford's Animalia
Oct. 10 - 11, 2009
2009-2010 Season
Showcasing his famous rod puppets called "Foamies," Hobey Ford turns the entire theater into a performance area to explore the amazing world of animals from a variety of realistic, environmental, and mythical points of view.