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Lunch, Concert, and Learn | Music For Social Change Featuring BAE Teaching Artists
June 17, 2021 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
FreeLunch, Concert, and Learn
Music For Social Change
Time: Thursday, June 17 at 1:00 PM
Free admission: We welcome any donations at bronxartsensemble.org/donate
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Concert #4 – “Music For Social Change” shows how music has been used all over the world in many cultures as a vehicle for social change, whether as a public expression of protest (“We Shall Overcome”), an expression of outrage (Shostakovich, String Quartet No. 8), or a way to imagine a better world (Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy,” now an anthem for hope and change worldwide). It is appropriate for late elementary through high school audiences.
Bronx Arts Ensemble’s new virtual concert series introduces students to classical music and orchestral instruments through a diverse set of programs, including folk songs from many cultures, music by contemporary New York composers, and classics like Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy.” It features BAE teaching artists Evelyn Petcher & Thomas Martin (violin), Wil Dannenberg (french horn), and Kika Wright (bassoon), who both perform and share historical and cultural information about each piece in engaging, interactive ways. The four concerts explore themes of identity, hope, unity, and social change, and how music has been used to express each of these in different cultures and moments in history.
Repertoire:
Quilapayún El Pueblo Unido
We Shall Overcome
Astor Piazzola, Libertango
And selections from:
Dimitri Shostakovich: String Quartet #8
Paquito D’Rivera, Aires Tropicales
Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125
Performers:
Bronx Arts Ensemble Teaching Artists
Evelyn Petcher, Violin
Thomas Martin, Violin
Wilden Dannenberg, Horn
Kika Wright, Bassoon
BAE Arts-In-Education Framework
BAE’s arts education curriculum presents music, dance, visual arts, and theater through an intersection of ideals, embodied in the best practices of Social-Emotional Learning (SEL), Culturally Responsive Sustainable Education (CRSE), Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), 21st Century Learning Standards, and the NYC Department of Education’s Arts Education Standards.
Concert made possible by the generous support of the Baisley Powell Elebash Fund