education and engagement

Theodore WiprudDirector of EducationThe Sue B. Mercy [email protected]

Amy LeffertAssistant Director of [email protected]

Toya LillardDirector, In-School [email protected]

Debora KangEducation [email protected]

Jon DeakYoung Composers [email protected]

Lauren EigenbrodeProgram Manager, Very Young [email protected]

Education and Engagement

Free Concerts

A Concert for New YorkIn Remembrance and Renewal The Tenth Anniversary of 9/11September 10, 2011, 7:30 p.m.

Free Open Dress RehearsalSeptember 21, 2011, 9:45 a.m.

Concerts in the Parks Presented by Didi and Oscar Schafer (nyphil.org/parks)Schedule, artists, and repertoire to be announced.Major Coporate Support by Time Warner, Inc.

Free Annual Memorial Day ConcertPresented by the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation (nyphil.org/memorialday)May 28, 2011, 8:00 p.m.

Mahler Symphony No. 9Alan Gilbert, conductor

New York Philharmonic Archival Exhibits

In Times of Strife: The Philharmonic’s Response from Abraham Lincoln to 9/11September 9 – October 30, 2011 Who’s Listening? A Look at the Philharmonic Subscribers Since 1842November 2 – December 31, 2011

An Extraordinary Musician: Remembering Bruno WalterJanuary 5 – February 25, 2012

Beethoven in Nineteenth Century America: Why Did He Take So Long to Be Heard Here?March 1 – June 23, 2012

Engagement(see program descriptions in Education and Engagement book, pages 18 –22)

Education StaffSupport

Teaching ArtistsHassan Anderson*Richard CarrickJaney ChoiStanichka Dimitrova*Stephen DunnDaniel FelsenfeldArnold GreenwichAvery GriffinChristopher GrossJustin HinesJihea Hong-ParkElizabeth JanzenKatie KresekWendy LawAndrea LeeRichard Mannoia**Colin McGrathPaul MurphyEmily Ondracek-PetersonPaola PrestiniAndrew RoitsteinRachel Shapiro**David Wallace**Erin Wight

*Apprentice

**Senior Teaching Artist

Education Policy & Planning Committee of the New York Philharmonic Board of DirectorsSung E. Han-Andersen, chairDale FrehseAnnabelle GarrettBenjamin HarrisRobert HekemianHoney KurtzKaren LeFrakPhyllis Mills

Support for educational activities is provided by:

MetLife Foundation

The Carson Family Charitable TrustThe William Randolph Hearst Education Endowment Fund

Credit SuisseDeutsche BankThe William Randolph Hearst Foundation Eugene Mercy, Jr.

The Astor Education FundIBM Company Fund for the Conductorship of Youth ConcertsThe Willard T.C. Johnson FundAnna-Maria and Stephen Kellen FoundationMary P. Oenslager Student Concert Endowment FundMr. and Mrs. Laurance S. Rockefeller Fund

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence D. AckmanThe Theodore H. Barth FoundationCarolyn and David CohenAn Endowment in the Name of Lillian Butler DaveyBasem L. HishmehNational Endowment for the ArtsThe Resource FoundationThe Beatrice Snyder Foundation

Marilyn G. Abrams

Rose M. Badgeley Residuary Charitable Trust

Halee and David Baldwin Teaching Artist Fund

The Donald and Vera Blinken General

Education Endowment

Rhoda Weiskopf Cohen; in memory of

Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Weiskopf

Dale M. Frehse

SungEun Han-Andersen and G. Chris Andersen

Jephson Education Trust No. 2

Mrs. Erich Leinsdorf

Sue and Eugene Mercy, Jr. Endowment Fund

Miller Khoshkish Foundation

Marion Moore Foundation

Mitsui USA Foundation

Oceanic Heritage Foundation

Leo Rosner Foundation

Adolph and Ruth Schnurmacher Foundation, Inc.

C.F. Roe Slade Foundation

Malcolm Thomson

Joseph and Sophia Abeles Foundation

Kathi and Peter Arnow

The ASCAP Foundation Irving Caesar Fund

Shirley Brodsky

Colgate-Palmolive Company

Disney Worldwide Outreach

Richard Gilder and Lois Chiles

Jennifer and Bud Gruenberg

New York State Council on the Arts

The Rudin Foundation, Inc.

Alan and Katherine Stroock Fund

The Staten Island Foundation

Other Generous Donors

A Concert for New York was generously underwritten

by Credit Suisse, the exclusive Global Sponsor of

the New York Philharmonic. Additional support was

provided by Alec Baldwin, Antonio and Gabriela

Quintella, Mrs. Frederick P. Rose, Didi and Oscar

Schafer, Carnegie Corporation of New York, and the

New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.

Programs of the New York Philharmonic are supported,

in part, by public funds from the New York City

Department of Cultural Affairs, New York State

Council on the Arts, and the National Endowment

for the Arts.

Program Details 2011–12 Season

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Young People’s Concerts (nyphil.org/ypc)

All concerts at Avery Fisher Hall on Saturdays at 2:00 p.m.; Kidzone Live! begins at 12:45 p.m.Theodore Wiprud, host; Tom Dulack, scriptwriter and director

In this season’s Four Greats, we focus on four of the biggest names in orchestral music, placing them in the context of the music of their own time and tracing their impact on future generations. Find out why Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms are the lasting pillars of the repertory, and why Bernstein’s legacy as a composer continues to grow.

Johann Sebastian BachOctober 15, 2011Joshua Weilerstein, conductor

Leonard BernsteinNovember 12, 2011Case Scaglione, conductor

Ludwig van BeethovenMarch 17, 2012David Zinman, conductor

Johannes BrahmsApril 14, 2012Case Scaglione, conductor

Phil Teens (nyphil.org/philteens)

Three opportunities for teens to enjoy a pre-concert talk, a one-hour concert, and a special post-concert event designed by teens.

Wednesday, January 4, 2012Wednesday, March 28, 2012Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Very Young People’s Concerts (nyphil.org/vypc)

All concerts at Merkin Concert Hall onSundays at 12:30 and 3:00 p.m.; Mondays at 10:30 a.m.Rebecca Young, host; Musicians of the Philharmonic

In the 2011–12 season, Mozart and Friends, we feature some of the most delightful music ever composed, set to stories of Philippe the Penguin authored by Philharmonic violist Dorian Rence, along with illustrations created by Marion Schoevaert.

Allegro and AdagioJanuary 22 – 23, 2012

Treble and BassFebruary 26 – 27, 2012

Forte and PianoMarch 25 – 26, 2012

For Kids & Teens(see program descriptions in Education and Engagement book, pages 4 – 6)

Philharmonic Mentors

Select secondary schools where Philharmonic musicians and Teaching Artists work with ensembles and individual student musicians:

Frank Sinatra School of the Arts (Queens)The Hoff-Barthelson Music School (Westchester County)Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts (Manhattan)Mamaroneck High School (Westchester County)Manhattan Academy for Arts and Languages (Manhattan)Newcomers High School (Queens)The Young Women’s Leadership School (Manhattan)

School Day Concerts (nyphil.org/sdc)

Billy the Kid and Rodeo — Musical TransformationsJoshua Weilerstein, conductor; Theodore Wiprud, host

In the 1930s, the New York composer Aaron Copland created a new sound that would forever be associated with the American west. Copland transformed old cowboy songs in ways that evoke vast landscapes and fill them with striking characters. The legend of the outlaw hero Billy the Kid was a perfect subject for this new American music, and Copland’s 1939 ballet Billy the Kid was such a success that he follwed it with Rodeo in 1942. How do Copland’s musical transformations make old songs timeless? How can music evoke landscape? How does Copland present the story of Billy the Kid, and how was the story itself transformed over time?

May 24 – 25, 2012, 10:30 a.m. and 12:00 p.m.

Preparatory Workshops for TeachersMarch 5 – 8, 2012

School Partnership Program (nyphil.org/spp)

Fourteen schools in all five boroughs of New York City enjoy deep, long-term partnership with the New York Philharmonic:

Manhattan: P.S. 59, P.S. 108, P.S. 165, P.S. 199, Mt. Carmel-Holy RosaryBrooklyn: P.S. 11, P.S. 39, P.S. 46k, P.S. 270Bronx: P.S. 24, Bronx Little School, P.S. 81Queens: P.S. 19Staten Island: P.S. 50

Credit Suisse Very Young Composers (nyphil.org/csvyc)

Six of the School Partnership Program schools participate in the afterschool workshops of Credit Suisse Very Young Composers, while students from twelve middle schools participate in the Composer’s Bridge:

P.S. 24 (Bronx) P.S. 39 (Brooklyn) P.S. 59 (Manhattan) P.S. 108 (Manhattan) P.S. 165 (Manhattan) P.S. 199 (Manhattan)

The Anderson School, P.S. 334Booker T. Washington Middle School, M.S. 54Community Action School, M.S. 258East Side Middle School, M.S. 114The Math & Science Exploratory School, M.S. 447 New Explorations Into Science, Technology and Math New Voices Middle School, M.S. 443Professional Performing Arts School, M.S. 408Riverdale/Kingsbridge Academy, M.S. 167Robert F. Wagner Middle School, M.S. 167West Side Collaborative Middle School, M.S. 250William Alexander Middle School, M.S. 51

For Schools(see program descriptions in Education and Engagement book, pages 7 –15)

For Schools (continued)

(see program descriptions in Education and Engagement book, pages 7 –15)

For Adults(see program descriptions in Education and Engagement book, pages 16 –17)

Musical Encounters (nyphil.org/musicalencounters)

Fourteen of the Philharmonic’s Open Rehearsals feature workshops specially designed for school groups.

October 5, 20, & 27, 2011November 17, 2011December 7, 2011January 5, 18 & 26, 2012March 1, 15 & 28, 2012April 19, 2012May 3, 2012June 6, 2012

Workshops for Visiting Ensembles

In 2011–12, Philharmonic musicians provide more than 35 clinics, sectionals, post-concert talks, and master classes.

Conservatory Collaborations

In 2011–12, approximately 50 young conductors and composers are attending rehearsals of the New York Philharmonic 150 times. They have four opportunities to join the Philharmonic’s guest conductors and composers for post-rehearsal conversations.

Learning Overtures

New York Philharmonic musicians and Teaching Artists, are participating in five international projects in the 2011–12 season.

Credit Suisse Very Young Composers – Korea/New York In partnership with Korea Arts and Culture Education Service. Nine children, including Korean-Americans, write new pieces

Pre-Concert Talks (nyphil.org/preconcert)

A 30-minute talk one hour before every subscription concert.

2011–12 Speakers:Victoria Bond, James M. Keller, Paul Moravec, Fred Plotkin, Arbie Orenstein, Harvey Sachs, Elizabeth Seitz, Lawrence Tarlow, David Wallace, Joelle Wallach, Theodore Wiprud, and Edward Yim

Saturday Matinee Talkbacks

Conversations with Philharmonic musicians following Saturday Matinee Concerts.

October 1, 2011November 26, 2011May 19, 2012June 16, 2012

Insights Series (nyphil.org/insights)

Talks by major artists and scholars on themes of the Philharmonic season. Events take place in the Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse, West 65th Street at Amsterdam Avenue

In Times of Strife: Music RespondsFriday, September 9, 2011, 6:30p.m.

John Corigliano, speakerBarbara Haws, speakerTheodore Wiprud, moderatorCherry Duke, mezzo-sopranoStephen Gosling, pianoMusicians of the Philharmonic

combining traditional Korean instruments with Western classical instruments, premiered December 3, 2011.

Learning Overtures – JapanIn partnership with Japan’s Life With Music Project. Philharmonic Teaching Artists work with children in disaster-affected areas of Japan and with music students at Soai University.

Credit Suisse Very Young Composers – FinlandIn partnership with Sibelius Acaademy, Helsinki Philharmonic, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Finnish National Opera, Helsinki Music Centre, and the Finnish Foreign Ministry, Philharmonic Teaching Artists initiate a long-term exploration of children’s composition with Finnish musicians and educators.

Learning Overtures – LondonIn partnership with the Barbican Centre, Guildhall School, and London Symphony Orchestra. The New York Philharmonic carries out a Credit Suisse Very Young Composers pilot project, along with master classes by Philharmonic principals and a Young People’s Concert, “Bernstein’s New York,” complete with large-scale Kidzone Live!

Credit Suisse Very Young Composers – VenezuelaIn partnership with El Sistema. For the third year, Philharmonic Teaching Artists work with musicians and educators to establish Credit Suisse Very Young Composers as an integral part of the pedagogy of Venezuela’s burgeoning youth orchestra movement.

Toscanini: The Philharmonic YearsThursday, February 9, 6:30 p.m.

Harvey Sachs, Leonard Bernstein Scholar-in-Residence at the New York Philharmonic

The Modern BeethovenMonday, March 5, 6:30 p.m.

David Zinman, speakerHarvey Sachs, host

An Evening with Frank Peter Zimmermann

Frank Peter Zimmermann, speaker and violin


Tuesday, March 27, 6:30 p.m.

Young People’s Concerts (nyphil.org/ypc)

All concerts at Avery Fisher Hall on Saturdays at 2:00 p.m.; Kidzone Live! begins at 12:45 p.m.Theodore Wiprud, host; Tom Dulack, scriptwriter and director

In this season’s Four Greats, we focus on four of the biggest names in orchestral music, placing them in the context of the music of their own time and tracing their impact on future generations. Find out why Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms are the lasting pillars of the repertory, and why Bernstein’s legacy as a composer continues to grow.

Johann Sebastian BachOctober 15, 2011Joshua Weilerstein, conductor

Leonard BernsteinNovember 12, 2011Case Scaglione, conductor

Ludwig van BeethovenMarch 17, 2012David Zinman, conductor

Johannes BrahmsApril 14, 2012Case Scaglione, conductor

Phil Teens (nyphil.org/philteens)

Three opportunities for teens to enjoy a pre-concert talk, a one-hour concert, and a special post-concert event designed by teens.

Wednesday, January 4, 2012Wednesday, March 28, 2012Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Very Young People’s Concerts (nyphil.org/vypc)

All concerts at Merkin Concert Hall onSundays at 12:30 and 3:00 p.m.; Mondays at 10:30 a.m.Rebecca Young, host; Musicians of the Philharmonic

In the 2011–12 season, Mozart and Friends, we feature some of the most delightful music ever composed, set to stories of Philippe the Penguin authored by Philharmonic violist Dorian Rence, along with illustrations created by Marion Schoevaert.

Allegro and AdagioJanuary 22 – 23, 2012

Treble and BassFebruary 26 – 27, 2012

Forte and PianoMarch 25 – 26, 2012

For Kids & Teens(see program descriptions in Education and Engagement book, pages 4 – 6)

Philharmonic Mentors

Select secondary schools where Philharmonic musicians and Teaching Artists work with ensembles and individual student musicians:

Frank Sinatra School of the Arts (Queens)The Hoff-Barthelson Music School (Westchester County)Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts (Manhattan)Mamaroneck High School (Westchester County)Manhattan Academy for Arts and Languages (Manhattan)Newcomers High School (Queens)The Young Women’s Leadership School (Manhattan)

School Day Concerts (nyphil.org/sdc)

Billy the Kid and Rodeo — Musical TransformationsJoshua Weilerstein, conductor; Theodore Wiprud, host

In the 1930s, the New York composer Aaron Copland created a new sound that would forever be associated with the American west. Copland transformed old cowboy songs in ways that evoke vast landscapes and fill them with striking characters. The legend of the outlaw hero Billy the Kid was a perfect subject for this new American music, and Copland’s 1939 ballet Billy the Kid was such a success that he follwed it with Rodeo in 1942. How do Copland’s musical transformations make old songs timeless? How can music evoke landscape? How does Copland present the story of Billy the Kid, and how was the story itself transformed over time?

May 24 – 25, 2012, 10:30 a.m. and 12:00 p.m.

Preparatory Workshops for TeachersMarch 5 – 8, 2012

School Partnership Program (nyphil.org/spp)

Fourteen schools in all five boroughs of New York City enjoy deep, long-term partnership with the New York Philharmonic:

Manhattan: P.S. 59, P.S. 108, P.S. 165, P.S. 199, Mt. Carmel-Holy RosaryBrooklyn: P.S. 11, P.S. 39, P.S. 46k, P.S. 270Bronx: P.S. 24, Bronx Little School, P.S. 81Queens: P.S. 19Staten Island: P.S. 50

Credit Suisse Very Young Composers (nyphil.org/csvyc)

Six of the School Partnership Program schools participate in the afterschool workshops of Credit Suisse Very Young Composers, while students from twelve middle schools participate in the Composer’s Bridge:

P.S. 24 (Bronx) P.S. 39 (Brooklyn) P.S. 59 (Manhattan) P.S. 108 (Manhattan) P.S. 165 (Manhattan) P.S. 199 (Manhattan)

The Anderson School, P.S. 334Booker T. Washington Middle School, M.S. 54Community Action School, M.S. 258East Side Middle School, M.S. 114The Math & Science Exploratory School, M.S. 447 New Explorations Into Science, Technology and Math New Voices Middle School, M.S. 443Professional Performing Arts School, M.S. 408Riverdale/Kingsbridge Academy, M.S. 167Robert F. Wagner Middle School, M.S. 167West Side Collaborative Middle School, M.S. 250William Alexander Middle School, M.S. 51

For Schools(see program descriptions in Education and Engagement book, pages 7 –15)

For Schools (continued)

(see program descriptions in Education and Engagement book, pages 7 –15)

For Adults(see program descriptions in Education and Engagement book, pages 16 –17)

Musical Encounters (nyphil.org/musicalencounters)

Fourteen of the Philharmonic’s Open Rehearsals feature workshops specially designed for school groups.

October 5, 20, & 27, 2011November 17, 2011December 7, 2011January 5, 18 & 26, 2012March 1, 15 & 28, 2012April 19, 2012May 3, 2012June 6, 2012

Workshops for Visiting Ensembles

In 2011–12, Philharmonic musicians provide more than 35 clinics, sectionals, post-concert talks, and master classes.

Conservatory Collaborations

In 2011–12, approximately 50 young conductors and composers are attending rehearsals of the New York Philharmonic 150 times. They have four opportunities to join the Philharmonic’s guest conductors and composers for post-rehearsal conversations.

Learning Overtures

New York Philharmonic musicians and Teaching Artists, are participating in five international projects in the 2011–12 season.

Credit Suisse Very Young Composers – Korea/New York In partnership with Korea Arts and Culture Education Service. Nine children, including Korean-Americans, write new pieces

Pre-Concert Talks (nyphil.org/preconcert)

A 30-minute talk one hour before every subscription concert.

2011–12 Speakers:Victoria Bond, James M. Keller, Paul Moravec, Fred Plotkin, Arbie Orenstein, Harvey Sachs, Elizabeth Seitz, Lawrence Tarlow, David Wallace, Joelle Wallach, Theodore Wiprud, and Edward Yim

Saturday Matinee Talkbacks

Conversations with Philharmonic musicians following Saturday Matinee Concerts.

October 1, 2011November 26, 2011May 19, 2012June 16, 2012

Insights Series (nyphil.org/insights)

Talks by major artists and scholars on themes of the Philharmonic season. Events take place in the Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse, West 65th Street at Amsterdam Avenue

In Times of Strife: Music RespondsFriday, September 9, 2011, 6:30p.m.

John Corigliano, speakerBarbara Haws, speakerTheodore Wiprud, moderatorCherry Duke, mezzo-sopranoStephen Gosling, pianoMusicians of the Philharmonic

combining traditional Korean instruments with Western classical instruments, premiered December 3, 2011.

Learning Overtures – JapanIn partnership with Japan’s Life With Music Project. Philharmonic Teaching Artists work with children in disaster-affected areas of Japan and with music students at Soai University.

Credit Suisse Very Young Composers – FinlandIn partnership with Sibelius Acaademy, Helsinki Philharmonic, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Finnish National Opera, Helsinki Music Centre, and the Finnish Foreign Ministry, Philharmonic Teaching Artists initiate a long-term exploration of children’s composition with Finnish musicians and educators.

Learning Overtures – LondonIn partnership with the Barbican Centre, Guildhall School, and London Symphony Orchestra. The New York Philharmonic carries out a Credit Suisse Very Young Composers pilot project, along with master classes by Philharmonic principals and a Young People’s Concert, “Bernstein’s New York,” complete with large-scale Kidzone Live!

Credit Suisse Very Young Composers – VenezuelaIn partnership with El Sistema. For the third year, Philharmonic Teaching Artists work with musicians and educators to establish Credit Suisse Very Young Composers as an integral part of the pedagogy of Venezuela’s burgeoning youth orchestra movement.

Toscanini: The Philharmonic YearsThursday, February 9, 6:30 p.m.

Harvey Sachs, Leonard Bernstein Scholar-in-Residence at the New York Philharmonic

The Modern BeethovenMonday, March 5, 6:30 p.m.

David Zinman, speakerHarvey Sachs, host

An Evening with Frank Peter Zimmermann

Frank Peter Zimmermann, speaker and violin


Tuesday, March 27, 6:30 p.m.








Free Concerts













*Apprentice




MetLife Foundation





Marilyn G. Abrams




Education Endowment



Dale M. Frehse












Malcolm Thomson




Shirley Brodsky





















for the Arts.



education and engagement

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