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Family Choice
KLRU has great programs for kids and great programs for adults,
but it’s not easy to find programs that all family members
can enjoy together. Each month, KLRU identifies a Family Choice
program from our schedule that will interest and engage family
members, ages 7 and up. Keep updated on the Family Choice
program-of-the-month and ways your family can build and extend
the program through discussion and activities.
FROM THE TOP:
Live From Carnegie Hall
Sunday, May 4, 3:30 p.m.
Also on KLRU:
Monday, May 5, 2008 from 3-3:30 p.m.
Also on KLRU2:
Sunday, May 4, 2008 from 4-4:30 p.m.
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The From the Top
series showcases the top-notch musicianship, humor and
insights of America's best young classical musicians.
This program welcomes two dazzling young artists to
the show: 18-year-old violinist Charles Yang from Austin
and 13-year-old cellist Tessa Seymour from Berkeley,
California. They join host Christopher O'Riley for riveting
performances of Debussy, Monti and Dvorak. Cellist Yo-Yo
Ma drops in with his “Top Ten Reasons Why Cello
Is the Coolest.” Viewers also go behind the scenes
to see Charles Yang's day-to-day life in Austin.
Also on KLRU-Grande:
Saturday, May 10, 2008 from 2:30-3 p.m.
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Suggested Family Discussion
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Suggested Family Activities
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Suggested Books and Other Media
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As a family, come up with questions you would ask Tessa
and Charles if you were to meet these young performers.
In what ways could these young musicians serve as peer
role models?
How are the cello and violin alike and different? Which
would you choose to play and why?
Discuss what life as a young virtuoso might be like. What
sacrifices? What rewards? How important is the parent's
role in the career of the young musician?
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Behind every young performer are those who make it possible.
In the program credits after the show, both Tessa and
Charles list those in their lives that have been important
to them. Challenge family members to make a similar list
of credits for their own lives.
These performances took place in Carnegie Hall but music
can be enjoyed in lots of spaces. Imagine a perfect place
where you can listen to the kinds of music you love. Sketch
the space and then describe it to others.
The music selections played in this program were by Debussy,
Monti and Dvorak. Choose a selection from one of these
composers. As it plays, encourage children to draw the
images they “see” when they listen to the piece.
Enjoy a summer concert together. In early evening each
Sunday through August, a different ensemble performs at
Wooldridge Park, 9th and Guadalupe in Austin. Concert
goers are encouraged to bring a picnic dinner and blanket.
Children will enjoy taking the stage of “Austin Kiddie
Limits” at the Austin Children's Museum, 201 Colorado
Street in Austin. Kids can slip on a costume and sing
and play along with a featured artist under the Texas
stars.
Rate
your school's music program.
Encourage
children to interview a family member who plays an instrument
to learn why they selected the instrument and why they
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David M. McPhail's book, Mole Music, delivers a
truly resonant message to children: that music can change
the world.
The audio CD titled The Story of Classical Music
by Darren Henley is a compilation that walks young adult
listeners through an engaging history of classical music.
Musical Prodigies: Perilous Journeys, Remarkable Lives
by Claude Kenneson shares insight about the lives and
careers of young prodigies and their attitude toward the
struggles, tribulations, and triumphs of the prodigy experience.
How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Click here
for a virtual tour, glossary of musical terms, history,
upcoming performances, and podcasts.
Learn more about Austinite Charles
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