Color of Music
Grades 3-6Tue Nov 29 — Thu Dec 1, 2022
Orchestra Hall
Just as painters use many colors in visual art, composers draw on an immense palette—all four instrument families’ huge range of instrumental colors. Khachaturian’s Sabre Dance calls for large forces, so its hues are different from the brass-and-percussion rule of Copland’s dramatic Fanfare for the Common Man. Different again is Coleridge-Taylor’s use of strings in his dance-like Four Novelletten. This concert will feature YPSCA Young People’s Concerto Competition winner, cellist Dennis Eum, as soloist.
Things to Know
- Prepare for the concert with our concert curriculum.
- Tickets can be reserved in advance with no payment due until a month before the concert.
- Does your school need financial assistance for an upcoming trip to a Young People’s Concert at Orchestra Hall? Request a bus subsidy.
Artists
The Grammy Award-winning Minnesota Orchestra, now in its second century, ranks among America’s top symphonic ensembles, with a distinguished history of acclaimed performances in its home state and around the world; award-winning recordings, broadcasts and educational engagement programs; and a commitment to intentionally build concert programs to feature more works by composers of color, exploring music both contemporary and historic. This fall, Danish conductor Thomas Søndergård begins his tenure as music director.
Berlin-based American conductor Stephen Mulligan recently concluded his tenure as associate conductor of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and music director of the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra. He served as a Dudamel Conducting Fellow with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in the 2018-19 season, leading the orchestra on the Toyota Symphonies for Youth series and assisting Music Director Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor Laureate Esa-Pekka Salonen, and guest conductors Lionel Bringuier, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, Zubin Mehta and Michael Tilson Thomas.
Natalie Tran, who makes her Minnesota Orchestra hosting debut at the November 2022 Color of Music Young People’s Concerts, is a senior at Wayzata High School, where she is active in school theatre, concert choir and speech team. For several years she also played violin in the school orchestra. She began performing on stage at the age of five in The King and I at Bloomington Civic Theatre (Artistry). Soon after, she appeared in the Children’s Theatre Company’s production of The Wizard of Oz. The following year, she was cast as Cindy Lou Who in Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas, a role she played for two consecutive seasons.
Dennis Eum is an 18-year-old freshman at Harvard College in Cambridge. He currently studies cello with Yeesun Kim at the New England Conservatory, having studied with retired Minnesota Orchestra cellist Mina Fisher for six years throughout high school and with Hanno Strydom for five years. He has been awarded multiple top honors and scholarships at competitions hosted by YPSCA, Thursday Musical and Schubert Club, among other organizations.
Maria Dively has been an American Sign Language interpreter for eight years in Minnesota and California. A NIC/Trilingual Interpreter, she is a graduate of North Central University in Minneapolis. She was born and raised in Puerto Rico and has been involved personally and professionally in the Deaf community since college. From a young age, she has been involved with music as a woodwind player, percussionist and steel drums player, among other roles.
Accessibility Services
- ASL Interpretation
- Armless & Bariatric Chairs
- Assistive Listening Devices
- Large-Print Programs
- Open Captioning
- Noise-Cancelling Headphones
- Service Animals
- Wheelchair & Accessible Seating
Additional services are available upon request.
CORPORATE SPONSORS
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Mary Ann Feldman Music Education Fund