Ars Viva teams up with the Music Institute of Chicago to announce a unique new program which makes classical music concerts a family activity – accessible to parents and beneficial to their children!
(Recommended for children ages 5 through 10)
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You
bring your children (or grandchildren) to our concerts
and, after the orchestra has
played the first piece, Maestro
Heatherington will invite
the children to go with the
professional music educators
from the Music Institute
of Chicago to classrooms in
the building. There they will
be engaged in musical and
educational activities related to
the piece they have just heard.
Your children can now go with you to Ars
Viva concerts - NO baby sitters! They
hear the orchestra and then have fun
learning and experiencing classical music
in an age-appropriate setting with highly
skilled teachers while you continue to enjoy
the concert.
Children attend the concert and experience the music education program for free. Adults will need to purchase tickets. The child's ticket will be complimentary or the child may sit in the parent's lap.
When you sign up, you will be contacted regarding program details and tickets. You may select a single concert or sign up for the whole season. An Ars Viva representative will give you all the details.
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Ars Viva began this program in November at the season-opening concert. After the orchestra had performed Sibelius’ Finlandia, the children went to a conference room on the balcony level of the auditorium where they learned about Finlandia, Sibelius and his home country of Finland. They even had a surprise visit by Jean Sibelius himself and were able to interview him about his music and his life as a composer!
