Support the next generation of musicians at the Tallahassee Bach Parley’s “Kids Go for B’roque” concert, an honors recital featuring musicians 18 years old and younger playing pieces of the Baroque period, 1600-1750.
The Tallahassee Bach Parley’s “Kids Go for B’roque” is an annual competition and honors concert for musicians 18 years old and younger and currently studying with a music teacher. Strings, winds, pianists, vocalists, guitarists, and small chamber ensembles were invited to audition playing pieces of the Baroque period, 1600-1750.
Auditions for “Kids Go for B’roque” were earlier this month at the Florida State University College of Music. From almost 60 entries and auditions, the panel of three judges selected 18 students to perform in a prestigious honors concert where the young musicians will showcase their skills in a celebration of Baroque music. Each judge provided the entrants with written feedback about their audition that was shared with each child's music teacher as an opportunity for discussion and education. This year the judges were Read Gainsford, Professor of Piano at Florida State University; Betsy Masterson, Private Teacher and Violinist; and Dr. James Mathes, Associate Professor of Theory at Florida State University.
"The Tallahassee Bach Parley supports and showcases our region’s young musicians," says Bach Parley President and Music Director Dr. Valerie Arsenault. “Kids Go for B’roque helps students practice with attention to detail, receive valuable feedback from qualified music educator judges, and perform a concert of Baroque music for the community.”
The “Kids Go for B'roque” concert will be held 3 PM, Saturday, February 18, 2017 at the Maquire Center at Westminster Oaks. Admission is free, and families are encouraged to attend to support the efforts of these talented young musicians. For the past several years the Florida chapter of the American String Teachers Association (FLASTA), Legacy Toyota, and Beethoven & Company have generously sponsored “Kids Go for B’roque,” along with grant support from the COCA, the Council on Culture & Arts, and the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs.
The Tallahassee Bach Parley presents a six-concert season of Baroque music performed on period instruments as well providing lessons for violin, viola, and cello at the Bach Parley String Academy. For more information about the Tallahassee Bach Parley and “Kids Go for B’roque,” please visit www.TallahasseeBachParley.org
Free and open to the public - families and children are encouraged to attend!
Phone: 850-459-3195
2017/02/18 - 2017/02/18
Maguire Center at Westminster Oaks
4449 Meandering Way, Tallahassee, FL 32308
As always, the Tallahassee Bach Parley provides accommodations for persons with disabilities. Please notify the music director by calling 850-459-3195 or by email at musicdirector@tallahasseebachparley.org at least five working days prior to a concert if accommodation for disability or if a program in an alternative format is needed.