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| The 92nd Street Y provides students hands-on lessons in musical composition. |
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| Do you ever make up a tune? What is the difference between improvised music and music that is composed? |
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| These were some of the questions elementary students learned to ask last year when working with the 92nd Street Y teaching artists to prepare for a trip to the Y's Kaufmann Concert Hall to hear the New York Percussion Quartet. The Quartet is an energetic ensemble that plays music from all over the world, but in this concert, they performed music written by students, and then shared a piece written by a quartet member—a piece that is played entirely on the human body. Following the concert, children worked with teaching artists and teachers to write and perform their own body percussion music. |
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| The 92nd Street Y's Musical Introductions Series, funded entirely by grants and donor support, serves thousands of New York City school children in grades K-3. 92nd Street Y professional teaching artists work with students and teachers to embed arts into the overall class curriculum. Students develop musical appreciation and expression through their interaction with working artists, and their experience of world-class concerts. For 95% of children served by the program, MIS provides their first experience of music study and live concert performance. |
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