Introducing children to classical concerts – less doesn’t have to mean lesser
Posted: Sunday 30 October 2011 - 0 comment(s) [ Comment ] - 0 trackback(s) [ Trackback ]
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It’s one of the perennial questions asked by those involved in promoting classical concerts: how do we get more young people (and indeed children) coming to hear how wonderful classical music is live, and to instil in them a real love for concerts and music in general?

There are, of course, several works written specifically for children (most based around a story), but to this writer, they seem very much to be an adults idea of what they think children want to hear, and after a performance, most children can be heard referring to part of the story as their ‘favourite bit’, rather than being that excited by the music itself.

We thought there must be a way to introduce families to classical music in a way that is only less in terms of quantity and not lesser in quality, without being at all condescending, or having any kind of gimmicks – letting the music speak for itself and letting the music become what the children go away remembering...... read more 
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