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Beethoven 7 & Mozart Horn Concerto
Spend a morning with us at FirstOntario Concert Hall and watch the HPO in rehearsal. This is a fantastic opportunity to give your students a behind the scenes look at the inner workings of professional orchestral life.
Enter through our stage door, and get a glimpse of backstage before joining us in a conference room to learn about what you are about to hear. Composer-in-Residence, Abigail Richardson-Schulte introduces students to the composers and pieces planned for the day’s rehearsal.
After learning about the pieces, schools are escorted to the first balcony where they have the opportunity to watch a rehearsal in progress from the best vantage point in the house. We have a microphone set up so that students hear the feedback the conductor is giving to the orchestra, and get an opportunity to see first-hand how that feedback then sounds in the orchestra.
Our rehearsal experiences are available on a first-come, first-served basis. We can accommodate 2 schools at a maximum of 50 students per school.
Educational Connections to this program:
Our past Music Director Jamie Sommerville joins us for this classic concert featuring Mozart’s Horn Concerto No.3 and Beethoven’s 7th Symphony.
This is a fantastic opportunity for students to see an unconventional staging of the Horn Concerto with soloist acting as conductor.
Beethoven’s 7th symphony is a great chance for students to be exposed to one of the lesser known Beethoven Symphonies. Using a standard 4-movement formal structure, the 7th symphony is a great opportunity to teach the symphonic form to students.
Please note: Our bookings are based on the planned rehearsal schedule. Students may not see all repertoire being rehearsed, and the repertoire is subject to change without notice.