Education & OutreachDUPAC Presents Special School-Time PerformancesThe 2009-2010 DUPAC season has a number of educational presentations, with something appropriate for every age group - from Free to Be... You and Me for our younger friends, to Ethos Percussion Group and Macbeth for mature students. Below you'll find a complete list of this year's educational events, including grade level recommendations. All student tickets are only $5 and groups receive one free chaperone ticket for every 10 student tickets. Please join us for these one-of-a-kind programs, designed specifically for school audiences! Chamber Music Performances The Harlem Quartet -A Sphinx Ensemble 
Monday, January 25, 2010 :: 10:00 a.m. location to be determined Performance Length: 60 minutes Recommended Grade Level: 6-12 An innovative and daring all-Black and Latino string quartet of First Place Laureates of the Sphinx Competition, with a unique and challenging mission: to advance diversity in classical music while engaging young and new audiences through the discovery and presentation of varied repertoire, highlighting works by minority composers. Brooklyn Rider 
Monday, February 15, 2010 :: 10:00 a.m. location to be determined Performance Length: 60 minutes Recommended Grade Level: 6-12 This multi-faceted string quartet is becoming increasingly known for its creative programming and exciting collaborations which serve to illuminate music in new ways and invite audiences into a shared experience. Through their longstanding participation in Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble, a group dedicated to exploring the cultural intersections of the peoples along the ancient trade route, they have performed throughout the world, recorded three albums for Sony Classical, and have reached audiences through a series of educational initiatives, family concerts and media broadcasts. Ethos Percussion Group 
Monday, March 22, 2010 :: 10:00 a.m. Lund Auditorium Performance Length: 60 minutes Recommended Grade Level: 6-12 Ethos Percussion Group has inspired audiences throughout the country with its exceptional music-making and collective devotion to the incredibly diverse world of percussion music. Ethos' integrates global instruments and playing styles into the conventions of Western chamber music to create a visually and aurally compelling experience. The ensemble's critically-acclaimed performances regularly feature numerous commissions and world premieres, traditional rhythms from India, West Africa and the Middle East, and landmark works by composers such as John Cage, Lou Harrison, Steve Reich and Frank Zappa. *Special family discounts available for public performance on the day before each Chamber Music event. |
    
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