Go to KC Connections on ARTSEDGE artsedge.kennedy-center.org/students/kc-connectionsEXPLORE MORE !

David M. RubensteinChairman

Deborah F. RutterPresident

Mario R. RosseroSenior Vice President, Education

Additional support for the NSO Family Concerts is provided by The Clark Charitable

Foundation; The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation; an endowment from the Ryna and Melvin Cohen Family Foundation;

the U.S. Department of Education; and the Women’s Committee for the National

Symphony Orchestra.

Major support for educational programs at the Kennedy Center is provided by

David and Alice Rubenstein through the Rubenstein Arts Access Program.

Cuesheets are produced by ARTSEDGE, an education program of the Kennedy Center.

Learn more about Education at the Kennedy Center at www.kennedy-center.org/education

The contents of this Cuesheet have been developed under a grant from the U.S. Department of Education but do not necessarily represent the policy of the U.S. Department of Education. You should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.

© 2016 The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

www.artsedge.kennedy-center.org

Macy’s and Washington Gas are the proud sponsors of the NSO Family Concerts.

Kennedy Center education and related artistic programming is

made possible through the National Committee for the Performing Arts

and the President’s Advisory Committee on the Arts.

Kids’ ChatAfter the 4 p.m. performance, stick around to ask questions of the conductor and concert artists on stage.

Upcoming Family ConcertsPlease plan to join us for the next NSO Family Concert, which will be performed on the following Sunday by the full orchestra:

Sunday, April 24, 2016—Lights! Canvas! Music!

The NSO also presents full orchestra Young People’s Concerts for school groups in the Concert Hall each season during the school day for grades 3 through 6.

For more about NSO education programs, see www.kennedy-center.org/nso/nsoed

Orchestra InteractiveEnjoy an interactive exploration of orchestras, their instruments, and their music at the Perfect Pitch Web site at: artsedge.kennedy-center.org/perfectpitch

Musical Instrument “Petting Zoo”One hour before the concert, enjoy hands-on fun with the instruments that the musicians will play on stage in the Kennedy Center Atrium. A project of the Women’s Committee for the NSO.

Wait! There’s More!

Be a Beatboxer! After the concert, pick two or three beatbox sounds that Christylez made and try making them yourself. If you’re having trouble, try saying short words like “bun” and “put” making the “b” and “p” sounds very strong and the rest of the words shorter and quieter. Once you can do a few sounds, try putting them together in new rhythms or patterns.

75 Musicians Led by One Conductor At today’s concert, conductor Steven Reineke will lead approximately 75 members of the National Symphony Orchestra in playing the music.

The conductor is a person who leads the orchestra. Conductors generally use their right hand to tell the orchestra how fast to play and use their left hand to tell the musicians how loud or soft to play. Some use a slender white stick called a baton as they conduct. At the concert, watch how the conductor communicates with the musicians.

Presented in the Kennedy Center Concert HallSteven Reineke, conductor with Christylez Bacon, human beatbox and Wytold, electric cello

David and Alice Rubenstein are the Presenting Underwriters of the NSO.

Family Concert

Christoph EschenbachMusic Director

National Symphony Orchestra

A Good Audience…n Stays seated n Watches and listens carefullyn Stays quiet n and claps

PFFFF

BUHTHUMF

Have fun!

Presenting Sponsor Performances for Young Audiences

About the Performance

What happens when you mix the National Symphony Orchestra, two special guest musicians, two unique instruments, different musical styles, and old and new music? You’re about to find out in this concert that breaks out of the box and puts music together in fun and surprising ways.

meet the guest musicians and instruments

Breaking Out of the Musical Beatbox

Watch and listen for the electric cello played by Wytold (left) and the human beatbox by Christylez Bacon (right), along with all the instruments of the NSO.

Photos by Yassine El Mansouri

Listen for ...n the many sounds Christylez and

Wytold create with their instruments

n music and song lyrics (words) from or about Washington, D.C.

The Concert Program

Candide Overture by Leonard Bernstein

Allegro from Symphony No. 10 in E minor

by Dmitri Shostakovich (duh-MEE-tree shaw-stah-KOH-vitch)

“X-2” by Christylez Bacon and arranged by Eric Allen

“Bach Remix” by Wytold and arranged

by Eric Allen

“It’s the Beatbox” by Christylez Bacon and arranged by Eric Allen

“Montagues and Capulets” from Romeo and Juliet

by Sergei Prokofiev (SAIR-gay pro-KOF-ee-ef)

“My Regards” by Wytold and

arranged by Eric Allen

“Mambo Sauce” by Christylez Bacon and arranged by Eric Allen

Ready, Remix!You might have heard a remixed song on the radio or TV—it sounds like the old song, but different, right? Remix simply means adding new parts or styles to an existing song. That could mean different beat patterns, instruments, or parts to the melody (the part you hum along to).

During the performance, listen for how the classics (old) go “classix” (new) in “Bach Remix,” which adds new instruments and sounds to Prelude from Cello Suite No. 1 by Johann Sebastian Bach (pronounced YOH-hahn sah-BASS-chuhn bahk). After the performance, try to listen to the original version to hear how the music was changed.

Remix can also mean mixing things up—and that happens, too! In today’s concert, you’ll hear the full orchestra play classical music (music that you expect to hear in concert halls). Plus, you’ll hear new music played by the guest musicians with the orchestra. Wytold

Wytold started playing cello at age 10. Later he took a break and learned guitar. When he started playing cello again, he added styles from the guitar, like strumming the strings. He also wanted to mix different kinds of music—and the electric cello helped him do that and more.

…and the Human BeatboxThink of sounds of instruments you play by hitting (like drums), rubbing, shaking, or scraping. When you make these sounds using only your mouth, lips, tongue, and voice, that’s called a human beatbox. Beatboxing started with hip hop music in the 1970s, but today you can hear it in many types of music—even on stage with a full orchestra.

Christylez BaconChristylez (chris-styles) grew up in Washington, D.C.—just about four miles from the Kennedy Center. His family didn’t have money to buy musical instruments, so as a young boy Christylez drummed on upside-down buckets and trash cans—and then used just his mouth (beatboxing). Today he plays many instruments (watch for the guitar, conga drum, and spoons at the concert) and tells stories through rap, which is poetry performed to a beat with music.

…and the Electric CelloThe electric cello gets its big sound from being, well, plugged in. So, unlike the traditional cello (which makes louder sounds from its hollow resonating chamber and is so large the musician usually sits down to play it), the electric cello is smaller and easier to carry. The electric cello also has six strings instead of the usual four, giving it a wider range of sounds.

LOUDSPEAKER

BASS DRUM

SNARE DRUM TURNTABLE

CYMBAL

KEYBOARD

About the Performance

What happens when you mix the National Symphony Orchestra, two special guest musicians, two unique instruments, different musical styles, and old and new music? You’re about to find out in this concert that breaks out of the box and puts music together in fun and surprising ways.

meet the guest musicians and instruments

Breaking Out of the Musical Beatbox

Watch and listen for the electric cello played by Wytold (left) and the human beatbox by Christylez Bacon (right), along with all the instruments of the NSO.

Photos by Yassine El Mansouri

Listen for ...n the many sounds Christylez and

Wytold create with their instruments

n music and song lyrics (words) from or about Washington, D.C.

The Concert Program

Candide Overture by Leonard Bernstein

Allegro from Symphony No. 10 in E minor

by Dmitri Shostakovich (duh-MEE-tree shaw-stah-KOH-vitch)

“X-2” by Christylez Bacon and arranged by Eric Allen

“Bach Remix” by Wytold and arranged

by Eric Allen

“It’s the Beatbox” by Christylez Bacon and arranged by Eric Allen

“Montagues and Capulets” from Romeo and Juliet

by Sergei Prokofiev (SAIR-gay pro-KOF-ee-ef)

“My Regards” by Wytold and

arranged by Eric Allen

“Mambo Sauce” by Christylez Bacon and arranged by Eric Allen

Ready, Remix!You might have heard a remixed song on the radio or TV—it sounds like the old song, but different, right? Remix simply means adding new parts or styles to an existing song. That could mean different beat patterns, instruments, or parts to the melody (the part you hum along to).

During the performance, listen for how the classics (old) go “classix” (new) in “Bach Remix,” which adds new instruments and sounds to Prelude from Cello Suite No. 1 by Johann Sebastian Bach (pronounced YOH-hahn sah-BASS-chuhn bahk). After the performance, try to listen to the original version to hear how the music was changed.

Remix can also mean mixing things up—and that happens, too! In today’s concert, you’ll hear the full orchestra play classical music (music that you expect to hear in concert halls). Plus, you’ll hear new music played by the guest musicians with the orchestra. Wytold

Wytold started playing cello at age 10. Later he took a break and learned guitar. When he started playing cello again, he added styles from the guitar, like strumming the strings. He also wanted to mix different kinds of music—and the electric cello helped him do that and more.

…and the Human BeatboxThink of sounds of instruments you play by hitting (like drums), rubbing, shaking, or scraping. When you make these sounds using only your mouth, lips, tongue, and voice, that’s called a human beatbox. Beatboxing started with hip hop music in the 1970s, but today you can hear it in many types of music—even on stage with a full orchestra.

Christylez BaconChristylez (chris-styles) grew up in Washington, D.C.—just about four miles from the Kennedy Center. His family didn’t have money to buy musical instruments, so as a young boy Christylez drummed on upside-down buckets and trash cans—and then used just his mouth (beatboxing). Today he plays many instruments (watch for the guitar, conga drum, and spoons at the concert) and tells stories through rap, which is poetry performed to a beat with music.

…and the Electric CelloThe electric cello gets its big sound from being, well, plugged in. So, unlike the traditional cello (which makes louder sounds from its hollow resonating chamber and is so large the musician usually sits down to play it), the electric cello is smaller and easier to carry. The electric cello also has six strings instead of the usual four, giving it a wider range of sounds.

LOUDSPEAKER

BASS DRUM

SNARE DRUM TURNTABLE

CYMBAL

KEYBOARD

Go to KC Connections on ARTSEDGE artsedge.kennedy-center.org/students/kc-connectionsEXPLORE MORE !

David M. RubensteinChairman

Deborah F. RutterPresident

Mario R. RosseroSenior Vice President, Education

Additional support for the NSO Family Concerts is provided by The Clark Charitable

Foundation; The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation; an endowment from the Ryna and Melvin Cohen Family Foundation;

the U.S. Department of Education; and the Women’s Committee for the National

Symphony Orchestra.

Major support for educational programs at the Kennedy Center is provided by

David and Alice Rubenstein through the Rubenstein Arts Access Program.

Cuesheets are produced by ARTSEDGE, an education program of the Kennedy Center.

Learn more about Education at the Kennedy Center at www.kennedy-center.org/education

The contents of this Cuesheet have been developed under a grant from the U.S. Department of Education but do not necessarily represent the policy of the U.S. Department of Education. You should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.

© 2016 The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

www.artsedge.kennedy-center.org

Macy’s and Washington Gas are the proud sponsors of the NSO Family Concerts.

Kennedy Center education and related artistic programming is

made possible through the National Committee for the Performing Arts

and the President’s Advisory Committee on the Arts.

Kids’ ChatAfter the 4 p.m. performance, stick around to ask questions of the conductor and concert artists on stage.

Upcoming Family ConcertsPlease plan to join us for the next NSO Family Concert, which will be performed on the following Sunday by the full orchestra:

Sunday, April 24, 2016—Lights! Canvas! Music!

The NSO also presents full orchestra Young People’s Concerts for school groups in the Concert Hall each season during the school day for grades 3 through 6.

For more about NSO education programs, see www.kennedy-center.org/nso/nsoed

Orchestra InteractiveEnjoy an interactive exploration of orchestras, their instruments, and their music at the Perfect Pitch Web site at: artsedge.kennedy-center.org/perfectpitch

Musical Instrument “Petting Zoo”One hour before the concert, enjoy hands-on fun with the instruments that the musicians will play on stage in the Kennedy Center Atrium. A project of the Women’s Committee for the NSO.

Wait! There’s More!

Be a Beatboxer! After the concert, pick two or three beatbox sounds that Christylez made and try making them yourself. If you’re having trouble, try saying short words like “bun” and “put” making the “b” and “p” sounds very strong and the rest of the words shorter and quieter. Once you can do a few sounds, try putting them together in new rhythms or patterns.

75 Musicians Led by One Conductor At today’s concert, conductor Steven Reineke will lead approximately 75 members of the National Symphony Orchestra in playing the music.

The conductor is a person who leads the orchestra. Conductors generally use their right hand to tell the orchestra how fast to play and use their left hand to tell the musicians how loud or soft to play. Some use a slender white stick called a baton as they conduct. At the concert, watch how the conductor communicates with the musicians.

Presented in the Kennedy Center Concert HallSteven Reineke, conductor with Christylez Bacon, human beatbox and Wytold, electric cello

David and Alice Rubenstein are the Presenting Underwriters of the NSO.

Family Concert

Christoph EschenbachMusic Director

National Symphony Orchestra

A Good Audience…n Stays seated n Watches and listens carefullyn Stays quiet n and claps

PFFFF

BUHTHUMF

Have fun!

Presenting Sponsor Performances for Young Audiences