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Conductor Ernest Henry Schelling with dog aboard the S.S. Paris, May 24, 1922. The New York Philharmonic's annual "Young People's Concerts" series was founded in 1924 by conductor "Uncle" Ernest Schelling and Mary Williamson Harriman and Elizabeth "Bessie" Mitchell, co-chairs of the Philharmonic's Educational and Children's Concerts Committee. [4]
Bach to Baby is a classical music concert series aimed at families with children under 5. It was founded in London, in 2011 by Miaomiao Yu, a classical concert pianist, and runs concerts across England. The series welcomes children of all ages, and imposes no behavioural expectations on the children. [1] [2] [3] [4]
The film serves as an introduction to classical music for children and is, in that respect, similar to the Fantasia films (even including some of the pieces that were featured in them). But unlike Fantasia , the music is set to a live BBC National Orchestra of Wales rather than animation.
Viewers understood — because they were familiar with the idea of "mood" and "theme" music from the 19th century classical repertoire. In particular, the operas of Wagner.
The Magical Music Box, more commonly known as The Music Box was a British children's magazine.It ran from 1994 to 1996 in a series of 52 fortnightly serialisations. The aim of the magazine was to introduce children into classical music and to popularise this form of music among the younger generations.
The music was performed by the Russian National Orchestra conducted by Kent Nagano and included Loren narrating Peter and the Wolf and Clinton narrating The Wolf and Peter by Jean-Pascal Beintus, which is another narrated orchestral piece, but the story is told from the perspective of the wolf and has the theme of letting animals live in peace.
This Vancouver-produced series featured classical music for children, hosted by Patrick Trudell (piano) and Ernie Prentice (vocals). Prentice was previously seen on CBC's A Hatful of Music (1960). Series regulars included Gavin Hussey (double bass) and Mickey McMartin (drums), who were accompanied by various visiting musicians. [1]
Cover of the music book Cansons per la mainada. Children's music or kids' music is music composed and performed for children. In European-influenced contexts this means music, usually songs, written specifically for a juvenile audience. The composers are usually adults. Children's music has historically held both entertainment and educational ...