Music in the Middle
Music in the Middle is an annual concert series for all seventh grade students in Guilford County. The concerts present both traditional and contemporary repertoire, and aim to expand students’ ideas of orchestral music. Resources for students and teachers are provided at the beginning of the school year to enhance the listening and learning experience.
The 2011 concert theme is “Thrills, Trills, and Transformations,” and will explore the idea of orchestration. The repertoire will include Russell Peck’s The Thrill of the Orchestra, music of Beethoven and Copland, and Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet Fantasy-Overture. To emphasize the importance of orchestration and instrumentation, the concert will also include a humorous re-orchestration of Romeo and Juliet, composed by GSO Resident Conductor Nathaniel Beversluis
Music in the Middle is an annual concert series for all seventh grade students in Guilford County. The concerts present both traditional and contemporary repertoire, and aim to expand students’ ideas of orchestral music.
Resources for students and teachers are provided at the beginning of the school year to enhance the listening and learning experience.
Past programs have included:
A Musical World Tour - a musical work from or inspired by all seven continents.
Postcards from Vienna - a look & listen at the variety of orchestral styles that have come from Viennese composers,
Six Degrees of the Symphony - a program highlighting orchestral, ballet, concerto, opera, film, and popular music.
Private, parochial, and home school groups are also invited - contact the Greensboro Symphony for information.
Schedule:
October 5 and 6, 2011
thrills, trills and tranformations
Russell Peck
The Thrill of the Orchestra
Ludwig Von Beethoven
Symphony No. 5 (fourth movement)
Piotr Ilych Tchaikovsky
Romeo and Juliet Fantasy - Overture
Aaron Copland
Prarie Night and Celebration Dance from Billy the Kid
