On Sunday afternoons, enjoy new and
exciting events for all ages
12noon-2pm, Tanglewood
Grounds
On Sunday afternoons, enjoy new and exciting
events for all ages to enhance your Tanglewood experience.
Activities that take place at various locations throughout the
grounds include local food tastings and other specialties of the
region, face painting, and Qigong, games for families, and
more!
GATES OPEN AT 12PM
Summer Sunday events are FREE for
all 2:30pm Shed concert ticket
holders.
VIEW SUNDAY
SHED PERFORMANCES
12pm, Visitors Center
Kids' Corner
Kids' Corner offers craft activities that connect to the day's
musical program in a casual, drop-in atmosphere.
12:30-1:30pm, Theater
THE PERCEPTION AND MEASUREMENT OF
TIME
How we perceive time has a profound effect on the choices
musicians and composers make. A "talk with music" on the concept of
capturing and experiencing time; with BSO Associate Conductor
Ken-David Masur, pianist Melinda Lee Masur, and students from the
Boston University Tanglewood Institute.
12:30pm, Visitors Center
Free Tanglewood Tour
The Boston Symphony Association of Volunteers offers free walking
tours of the Tanglewood campus that last approximately one hour and
include visits to the Koussevitzky Music Shed, Ozawa Hall, other
music facilities, the Visitors Center history rooms, and more. In
the event of inclement weather, tours will meet informally under
cover.
Sunday, July 23 Activities
FREE FOOD TASTING 12-2pm, Ice Cream Tent at the
Main Gate
FREE BEER TASTING 12-2pm, Tanglewood Café
FACE PAINTING 12-4pm, Tent next to Visitors
Center
PERCUSSION DEMO: HARRISON @ 100 12:30-1:30pm,
Theater BSO Assistant Timpanist Dan Bauch leads a performance of
Lou Harrison's Violin Concerto in celebration of the composer's
100th birthday, featuring New Fromm violinist Samantha Bennett with
TMC percussion fellows. Preceded by a demonstration of techniques
used in the work.
TANGLEWOOD TOUR 12:30pm, Visitors Center The
Boston Symphony Association of Volunteers offers free walking tours
of the Tanglewood campus that last approximately one hour and
include visits to the Koussevitzky Music Shed, Ozawa Hall, other
music facilities, the Visitors Center history rooms, and more. In
the event of inclement weather, tours will meet informally under
cover.
WATCH AND PLAY 1pm, Chamber Music Hall Watch
and Play is an interactive musical performance designed to engage
children ages 3-10 in the Tanglewood musical experience. This week
features a Woodwind Quintet, Brass Quintet, and Clarinet Quartet
from the Boston University Tanglewood Institute.
KIDS' CORNER 2pm, Visitors Center Kids' Corner
offers craft activities that connect to the day's musical program
in a casual, drop-in atmosphere.
FARMERS MARKET 12-5pm East Main Parking Lot,
near the Main Gate Featuring local vendors selling fruit,
vegetables, cheeses, and other products.
FREE FOOD TASTING 12-2pm, Ice Cream Tent at the
Main Gate
FREE BEER TASTING 12-2pm, Tanglewood Café
FACE PAINTING 12-4pm Tent next to Visitors
Center
KIDS' CORNER 12pm, Visitors Center Kids' Corner
offers craft activities that connect to the day's musical program
in a casual, drop-in atmosphere.
WHAT'S THAT SOUND? 12:30pm, Rear of Shed Meet
the Harp with Franziska Huhn.
CHORAL ARTS SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON YOUTH CHOIR
12:30-1:30pm, Theater Following up their Saturday evening
performance in Berlioz' Te Deum with the BSO, the Choral Arts Youth
Choir will be featured in a 45-minute program of varied repertoire,
led by Director Brandon Straub.
TANGLEWOOD TOUR 12:30pm, Visitors Center The
Boston Symphony Association of Volunteers offers free walking tours
of the Tanglewood campus that last approximately one hour and
include visits to the Koussevitzky Music Shed, Ozawa Hall, other
music facilities, the Visitors Center history rooms, and more. In
the event of inclement weather, tours will meet informally under
cover.
FREE FOOD TASTING 12-2pm, Ice Cream Tent at the
Main Gate
FREE BEER TASTING 12-2pm, Tanglewood Café
FACE PAINTING 12-4pm, Tent next to Visitors
Center
SHAKESPEARE AND THE MUSIC OF THE SPHERES
12:30-1:30pm, Theater Stage director Bill Barclay, whose adaptation
of A Midsummer Night's Dream the BSO performs with actors on August
5th, considers the use of music in Shakespeare's plays. Featuring
Lenox's own Cantilena Chamber Choir, led by Andrea Goodman.
TANGLEWOOD TOUR 12:30pm, Visitors Center The
Boston Symphony Association of Volunteers offers free walking tours
of the Tanglewood campus that last approximately one hour and
include visits to the Koussevitzky Music Shed, Ozawa Hall, other
music facilities, the Visitors Center history rooms, and more. In
the event of inclement weather, tours will meet informally under
cover.
WATCH AND PLAY 1pm, Chamber Music Hall Watch
and Play is an interactive musical performance designed to engage
children ages 3-10 in the Tanglewood musical experience. This week
features Tanglewood Music Center Fellows performing chamber music
for woodwinds.
KIDS' CORNER 2pm, Visitors Center Kids' Corner
offers craft activities that connect to the day's musical program
in a casual, drop-in atmosphere.
Check back here for more information about upcoming Summer Sunday
Activities!
