Friday, February 28, 2025: Arrival 9:30am, performance 10:00-10:50am

Friday, February 28, 2005: Arrival 11:10am, performance 11:40-12:30pm

Grades: 4-8

Audience Size: up to 1500

Length of Program / Performance: 50 minutes

Description:

The Binghamton Philharmonic invites 3000 area elementary and middle school students and their chaperones to attend one of two performances of Classically Black: Great Music of African American Composers on Friday, February 28, 2025. The program, coming at the end of Black History Month:

●       Is designed for children in grades 4-8.

●       Will celebrate symphonic music by African American composers: Terence Blanchard (b. 1962), Duke Ellington (1899-1974), Adolphus Hailstork (b. 1941), Quinn Mason (b. 1996), Florence Price (1887-1953), and William Grant Still (1897-1978).

●       Features the full orchestra, with a live narrator and a short welcome video by composer Quinn Mason.

Participating schools will be given program-based lesson plans, functioning as both preparation for concert attendance and general Black History Month classroom materials.

There will be a nominal fee of $5.00 per student to be paid by participating schools. For every 10 students in attendance, a chaperone will attend for free. The Binghamton Philharmonic will reimburse schools for bussing costs.

This performance supports the following NYS Learning Standards:

Music — Creating:

●        Imagine (generate & conceptualize artistic ideas & work)

●        Plan, Make (organize & develop artistic ideas & work)

●        Evaluate, Refine, Present (refine & complete artistic ideas & work)

Music — Performing:

●        Select, Analyze, Interpret (analyze, interpret & select artistic work for presentation)

●         Rehearse, Evaluate, Refine (develop & refine artistic techniques & work for presentation)

●        Present (convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work)

Music — Responding:

●        Select, Analyze (perceive and analyze artistic work)

●        Interpret (interpret intent and meaning in artistic work)

●        Evaluate (apply criteria to evaluate artistic work)

Music — Connecting:

●        Relate (synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art)

●        Interrelate (relate artistic ideas & works w/ societal, cultural & historical context to deepen understanding)

Program Categories: Music - Classical, Music - Instrumental, Performing Arts

Cost:

$5.00 per student

1 free chaperone tickets per 10 students