Youth and Family Presentations

Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras (BYSO)
Federico Cortese, conductor
Genevieve Lefevre, narrator

PROKOFIEV Peter and the Wolf

Families are invited to attend this live taping of WBUR’s award-winning “Circle Round” podcast, which adapts folktales from around the world into radio plays starring beloved voices from the stage and screen.

Host Rebecca Sheir will be joined on stage at the Linde Center for Music and Learning by a trio of BSO musicians (piccolo player Cindy Meyers, bassoonist Suzanne Nelsen, and horn player Rachel Childers), along with actors Karen Allen (“Raiders of the Lost Ark”), Megan Boone (“The Blacklist”), Scott Cohen (“Gilmore Girls”), Marielle Heller (“The Queen’s Gambit”), and Peter Riegert (“Crossing Delancey”), as they record three new "Circle Round" stories: “Treasure Mountain,” a tale from China about the true riches in life; “Lookalike Falls,” a legend from Mexico about wisdom, folly, and everything in between; and “The Bags of Seeds,” a Vietnamese origin story about how a very important grain first came to earth. The live taping will be released as three separate podcast episodes in the “Circle Round” feed and as a video-on-demand BSO NOW concert stream.

Doors open at 10:30am.

The BSO’s Family Concert Series provides engaging, age appropriate, educational orchestral concert experiences especially for children ages 3–8 and their families. BSO Family Concerts are designed to build connections to the orchestra, orchestral music, the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras, and Symphony Hall.

To Life
Young People’s String Orchestra and members of the Intensive Community Program
Marta Żurad, conductor
Matt Roberts, magician

The BSO’s Family Concert Series provides engaging, age appropriate, educational orchestral concert experiences especially for children ages 3–8 and their families. BSO Family Concerts are designed to build connections to the orchestra, orchestral music, the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras, and Symphony Hall. The BSO offers three Family Concert programs per year, one of which is performed by the BSO and conducted by Germeshausen Youth and Family Concerts Conductor Thomas Wilkins, the other two of which are performed by the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras (BYSO) as part of a larger organizational partnership.

The 10:00 concert is a sensory-friendly performance, designed for all families with children or adults diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder or sensory sensitivities. This is a full version of the Family Concert, with a flexible, non-judgmental environment. Modifications include relaxed house rules, reduced volume and lighting levels, extra space for movement, available noise-reduction headphones, a designated quiet room and support spaces, modified food concessions, and credentialed autism therapist volunteers on site.

At a BSO Tanglewood Family Concert, parents and children get an up-close, welcoming introduction to the musicians of the BSO. Audience members can enjoy the performance in the Koussevitzky Music Shed or listen while relaxing on the lawn. Pre- and post-concert offerings include program-related arts activities and an Instrument Playground.

Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra

Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras (BYSO)
Adrian Slywotzsky, conductor
PROKOFIEV Peter and the Wolf

From Beethoven to Carlos Simon, this family-friendly program explores the journeys of major composers who wrote groundbreaking works while they were young, and how today’s young composers are having the same significant impact.

*The 10am concert is a sensory-friendly performance

Bring the whole family to Symphony Hall for this fun and engaging concert series, designed to encourage an appreciation for live performance and orchestral music.