Family Workshop
SHAPE NOTE SING-ALONG
Sunday, February 26, 2012
1 pm
Brooklyn Youth Chorus Academy
179 Pacific Street
FREE
Audiences are invited to perform with the Brooklyn Philharmonic! David T. Little’s Am I Born takes one back in time to the Brooklyn of the 1820s, when the great tradition of American shape note singing was the rage in New York. In a single afternoon, shape note singing expert Aldo Ceresa will immerse participants of all ages in this impassioned, deeply communal American tradition. No experience is necessary, and everyone who participates is invited to sing with the Brooklyn Philharmonic in its later March 24 and March 25 performances.
Chamber Concerts
PHILLIP LOPATE: LIVING IN BROOKLYN
Thursday, March 1, 2012
6:30 pm
Brooklyn Heights Public Library
280 Cadman Plaza West
FREE
Sunday, March 4, 2012
4 pm
Dweck Center of Brooklyn Public Library’s Central Library
10 Grand Army Plaza
FREE
Brooklyn-born master writer Phillip Lopate joins Brooklyn Phil Concertmaster Deborah Buck, violin, and Molly Morkoski, piano for a concert that explores the Borough’s development over the past 200 years, from a bedroom community to a major city of its own. Music will include repertoire by great Brooklyn composers such as Gershwin and Copland (who was born and raised in Prospect Heights), as well as composers living in the Borough today.
The Brooklyn Philharmonic is honored to partner with the Brooklyn Public Library to present these performances.
Full Orchestra Concerts
BROOKLYN VILLAGE
Saturday, March 24, 2012
7:30 pm
Roulette (509 Atlantic Avenue near Third Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217)
3rd Avenue and Atlantic
$35 Priority Seating
$25 General Admission
$20 Students/Seniors (General seating only)
Sunday, March 25, 2012
7:30 pm
Roulette
3rd Avenue and Atlantic
$35 Priority Seating
$25 General Admission
$20 Students/Seniors (General seating only)
From its early settlement through present day, Brooklyn remains a village of workers and artists bursting with creativity, passion and rebellion; a community where the famous and the faceless make history together. Join us for an extraordinary musical and multimedia experience, as we journey through time to connect Brooklyn’s past and present with a program of classics and stunning world premieres.
Program: World Premieres by David T. Little, Matthew Mehlan and Sarah Kirkland Snider, with additional works by Ludwig van Beethoven, George Frederich Bristow, Aaron Copland and Sufjan Stevens
This concert is a co-production of the Brooklyn Philharmonic, the Brooklyn Youth Chorus and Roulette Theater.
Brooklyn Philharmonic – Alan Pierson, Artistic Director
Brooklyn Youth Chorus – Dianne Berkun, Artistic Director
Mellissa Hughes, Soprano
Lauren Worsham, Soprano
Royce Vavrek, Librettist
Ted Sperling, Director
Laurie Olinder, Projections Designer
Scott Bolman, Lighting Designer
(c) 2011 – 2012 Brooklyn Philharmonic