The Series has presented children’s concerts, always free of charge, to schools and home school groups throughout the region since 1995. These concerts (lecture/demonstrations) are performed by selected artists who also appear on the Series’ regular evening schedule. The artists chosen for the children’s concerts are internationally-acclaimed performers from around the world who have a particular affinity for communicating with young people and who care about developing an appreciation and understanding of music through live performances and discussion geared to their age levels.

We believe these events provide a needed educational and cultural component to young people’s experiences. We urge the schools to select a majority of students who have not had the opportunity to be exposed to classical music and to treat this as a learning opportunity in a theater, to hear classical musicians play and speak of their lives, how to listen to music, and to discuss the historical and artistic context of music within the world. Each concert hall (usually in the Martin Luther King Jr. Performing Arts Center) has been filled to capacity or near-capacity by the students. By April 2007, approximately 35,000 students will have attended 31 of these concerts produced by the Series.

Invitations are issued to schools and home school groups in the following areas: City of Charlottesville, the counties of Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene, Nelson, and Orange, and one concert during the 2006/07 will take place in Nelson County. We are told by many of the schools in the outlining areas that they have never been offered such an invitation before.

ARTISTS & UNDERWRITERS OF THE CHILDREN’S CONCERTS

2008/09 Season

DANIEL MUELLER-SCHOTT, cello, & ROBERT KULEK, piano
BAMA Works Fund of Dave Matthews Band in the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation

ARABELLA STEINBACHER, violin, & ROBERT KULEK, piano
The Watterson Foundation

SALZBURG CHAMBER SOLOISTS
The Anne Stevens & Cameron Waterman III Fund in the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation

2007/08 Season

MIAMI STRING QUARTET
The Watterson Foundation

MIKHAIL SIMONYAN, violin & ALEXEI PODKORYTOV, piano
Charlottesville Area Community Foundation and The Anne Stevens & Cameron Waterman III Fund in the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation

2006/07 Season

JON MANASSE, clarinet, & JON NAKAMATSU, piano
The Watterson Foundation

SALZBURG CHAMBER SOLOISTS
Anne Stevens & Cameron Waterman III Fund in the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation

TALICH STRING QUARTET (held in Nelson County)
Adele Marcus Foundation

2005/06 Season

REBEL BAROQUE ORCHESTRA & DEUTSCHE NATURHORN SOLISTEN
BAMA Works Fund and the Anne Stevens & Cameron Waterman III Fund, both in the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation

ST. PETERSBURG STRING QUARTET
The Watterson Foundation and the Anne Stevens & Cameron Waterman Fund in the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation

2004/05 Season

MIAMI STRING QUARTET
J&E Berkley Foundation

VERMEER STRING QUARTET
Anne Stevens & Cameron Waterman III Fund in the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation

KATARINA KARNEUS, mezzo, & BRIAN ZEGER, piano
BAMA Works Fund in the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation

2003/04 Season

GIL SHAHAM, violin, & AKIRA EGUCHI, piano
Julian Price Foundation

WINDSCAPE WIND QUINTET
Anne Stevens & Cameron Waterman III Fund in the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation

TAFELMUSIK BAROQUE ORCHESTRA
Inez Duff Bishop Foundation

SANTIAGO RODRIGUEZ, piano
BAMA Works Fund in the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation

2002/03 Season

MUIR STRING QUARTET
Pegasus Motorcar Company

2001/02 Season

ROMEROS GUITAR QUARTET
Pegasus Motorcar Company

DIMITRY SITKOVETSKY, violin, & BORIS PETRUSHANSKY, piano
(2 performances)
Anne Stevens & Cameron Waterman III Fund in the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation & the Watterson Foundation

2000/01 Season

ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Du Pont & the Upton Foundation

JON MANASSE, clarinet, & NOREEN POLERA-CASSIDY, piano
Crutchfield Corporation

MIAMI STRING QUARTET
Charlottesville Area Community Foundation

1999/00 Season

CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER
Pegasus Motorcar Company & AUDI, USA

TALICH STRING QUARTET
Tuesday Evening Concert Series

GIL SHAHAM, violin, & AKIRA EGUCHI, piano
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Du Pont & the Upton Foundation

1998/99 Season

JON MANASSE, clarinet & MANHATTAN STRING QUARTET
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Du Pont & the Upton Foundation

DMITRY SITKOVETSKY, violin, BELLA DAVIDOVICH, piano, & DAVID GERINGAS, cello
Charlottesville Area Community Foundation

1997/98 Season

PINCHAS ZUKERMAN, violin, & MARC NEIKRUG, piano
Pegasus Motorcar Company & AUDI, USA

AULOS ENSEMBLE
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Du Pont & the Upton Foundation

1996/97 Season

THEATRE OF VOICES, PAUL HILLIER, director
Pegasus Motorcar Company
Sprint

NEW EUROPEAN STRINGS, DMITRY SITKOVETSKY, director & violin
Sprint

1995/96 Season

PINCHAS ZUKERMAN, violin, & MARC NEIKRUG, piano
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