YOUTH CONCERTS TO EXPLORE MUSIC'S GREAT MOMENTS OF INSPIRATION
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Portland, Ore. … Teaching local sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders about composers' great moments of inspiration, the Oregon Symphony will perform enduring musical phrases of composers like Beethoven, Bach and Haydn in a Youth Concert called "Got It! Composer's Brainstorms" led by Resident Conductor Murry Sidlin Thursday, Feb. 7, at 10 and 11:30 a.m. at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.

The concert will focus on composers who had great moments of inspiration, or "brainstorms" to create music that impacted performance or style. Sidlin will discuss Beethoven's inspiration for the first four notes of his Symphony No. 5 and how Charles Ives, considered the most innovative composer of the 20th century, drew from the marches and band music of his childhood for inspiration.

The program features the first movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5, Haydn's Symphony No. 94 ("Surprise"), Gabriele Canzon's Setimi No. 2, Bach's Fugue in G minor "the little," Ives's Country Band March and the second movement of Hindemith's Symphonic Metamorphoses. This concert features connections to the following subject areas to further assist teachers: Visual & Performing Arts, English, Math, Science and Technology.

Oregon Symphony Youth Concerts are designed for elementary and middle school students throughout the state of Oregon and are attended by over 20,000 students each year. The Oregon Symphony presented its first "Music for Youth" Concerts in 1962 to junior and senior high school students in the Portland Public Schools. Youth Concerts are age-specific and support common curricular goals of the Oregon Content Standards in multiple subject areas. Oregon Symphony Education and Community Programs work with area teachers, administrators and parents to develop concerts that provide students with quality experiences in the arts and that are relevant to their current learning skills and knowledge.