The Professionals and their Kiddie Concerts.

[Chris]

Tubenet,

What are some common pieces that show up on Children Concerts when you play them. I've subbed with a few regional orchestras and played a few things... Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet, Stravinsky Firebird, Overture to Superman. Those are ones I can remember....but what about you guys who do this more often then I do?

What is it that appears most often in your repertory as Children's Concert literature?

Thanks in advance,
--Chris

[ztuba]

Movie music, young person's guide by britten, peter and the wolf, concertos, etc... in the hall of the mountain king ... it is usually like a pops cd or best of john williams thing. At least in Vegas.

[MartyNeilan]

I got a call a some years ago to play a kiddie concert on bass trombone. The main piece was Symphonie Fantastique. I turned it down, because I had just started getting serious about bass trombone. I knew how challenging the tuba part is, and figured the bass trombone part would be even worse. Imagine my surprise when I eventually saw the bass bone part and realized how much easier it was! Add this one to my list of regrets...

[MikeS]

"Young People's Guide," check. Movie music, check. "Peter and the Wolf," check. Not to forget Sousa marches in keys only a string player could love. Last year we did a piece with narration called "The Probably Untrue Story of Mary who had a Little Lamb" by Micah Levy. We just did a cowboy themed concert which, in addition to "Rodeo," contained Ibert's "Le Chevalier Errant." I had visions of Gauloise puffing ranch hands in chaps and berets parking their horses to block the trail when they went on strike.