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Museum of Music
We have created a show for children with large exciting puppets and live music to introduce them to classical music.
All classical musicians and classical music lovers have their own important moment when they embrace classical music for the first time. Through the Museum of Music we are creating these personal, formative moments for children, while illustrating that classical music is international. It belongs to everyone!
We have presented, and continue to schedule, a show for kids unlike any other. It's called "Museum of Music" and it features large, elaborate puppets who "play" musical instruments (together with their human handler and a small group of professional musicians who play the live music).
We want to preserve classical music by introducing children to it in a way that entertains them and creatively shows how numerous ethnicities and cultures have contributed to great classical music in the past and will inspire more in the future. We also hope it inspires a future generation of classical music lovers.
Who are we?
The project is a collaboration between the Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra and Mock Turtle Marionette Theatre, with artistic director Doug Roysdon. The two groups, located in the Lehigh Valley, PA, have been working together for several years, bringing to life eight large puppets representing different ethnicities, adding selections from classical music repertoire, and designing a show that highlights how different folk tunes and unique playing styles have influenced classical music. The puppet characters include a gypsy violinist, an African-American jazz saxophone player, a tango cellist, an opera diva, a pair of Oriental flute players, a Russian Cossack, and Johann Sebastian Bach. Real live musicians who will perform are members of the PA Sinfonia Orchestra. Musical selections, drawn from different times in history and different parts of the globe, include jazz, opera, Hungarian, Russian, German, English, Spanish, Latin, and American compositions. As the puppets interact and relate their personal tales, the audience will hear excerpts of lively, recognizable music by American composers: Louis Gottschalk and Duke Ellington, Argentine tango composer Astor Piazzola, classical music greats Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, J. S. Bach and Johannes Brahms, Italian opera composer Giacomo Puccini, Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian and others. A short puppet workshop often follows the show.
We have created a show for children with large exciting puppets and live music to introduce them to classical music.
All classical musicians and classical music lovers have their own important moment when they embrace classical music for the first time. Through the Museum of Music we are creating these personal, formative moments for children, while illustrating that classical music is international. It belongs to everyone!
We have presented, and continue to schedule, a show for kids unlike any other. It's called "Museum of Music" and it features large, elaborate puppets who "play" musical instruments (together with their human handler and a small group of professional musicians who play the live music).
We want to preserve classical music by introducing children to it in a way that entertains them and creatively shows how numerous ethnicities and cultures have contributed to great classical music in the past and will inspire more in the future. We also hope it inspires a future generation of classical music lovers.
Who are we?
The project is a collaboration between the Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra and Mock Turtle Marionette Theatre, with artistic director Doug Roysdon. The two groups, located in the Lehigh Valley, PA, have been working together for several years, bringing to life eight large puppets representing different ethnicities, adding selections from classical music repertoire, and designing a show that highlights how different folk tunes and unique playing styles have influenced classical music. The puppet characters include a gypsy violinist, an African-American jazz saxophone player, a tango cellist, an opera diva, a pair of Oriental flute players, a Russian Cossack, and Johann Sebastian Bach. Real live musicians who will perform are members of the PA Sinfonia Orchestra. Musical selections, drawn from different times in history and different parts of the globe, include jazz, opera, Hungarian, Russian, German, English, Spanish, Latin, and American compositions. As the puppets interact and relate their personal tales, the audience will hear excerpts of lively, recognizable music by American composers: Louis Gottschalk and Duke Ellington, Argentine tango composer Astor Piazzola, classical music greats Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, J. S. Bach and Johannes Brahms, Italian opera composer Giacomo Puccini, Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian and others. A short puppet workshop often follows the show.
For more information about the show or how you can schedule a performance, call 610 434-7811.
