Subscriptions to the concert for children. Children's subscriptions to the Philharmonic
Since April 2014 he has been giving music concerts for listeners from 0 to 4 years old. The repertoire includes classics, jazz, folk, rock ballads, covers of romantic melodies, dance hits and songs from cartoons. There are professional musicians on the stage, from regional bands to world stars. In the hall there are pillows instead of chairs and complete freedom for the little ones. We figured out what the secret of the popularity of entertainment, unusual for modern children, is.
The project started from a sold-out audience at a classical concert of a string quartet and less than a year later became the winner of the Kids-friendly Business Award 2014 (among other nominees - the Darwin Museum of Moscow and Sochi Park).
On the eve of the children's philharmonic society's second birthday, we met with its founder and director Irina Stoletskaya to talk about goals, children, music and Samara leisure.
Irina Stoletskaya
founder and director of the Children's Philharmonic
about the project
Our project is like oxygen in the spiritual life of the city, where the lion's share of children's leisure is built on the competitive principle of "who is brighter", at work with form, not content. In Samara, it is still fashionable to arrange children's birthday parties, one cooler than the other; photo shoots depicting love in families who do not know how to agree even in everyday trifles; it is fashionable to buy more and more "pepp pigs", drawing children into the consumer society and creating from them the same consumers who cannot give and cannot stop, because the saturation point is at infinity.
The only way to stop this race is to start enjoying life by doing what you like, not what is trending; be, not seem to be. I see such families at our concerts - missing real, high-quality leisure for the soul.
The idea of \u200b\u200bclassical concerts for toddlers is not new, but if in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg or Novosibirsk you need to register for them a month in advance, we still have performances that do not pay off.
About the approach
It is almost impossible to introduce children to live music in all its diversity at home or in a club. This requires special conditions, a special repertoire, and special musicians. It is necessary to take into account the specifics of the perception and musical development of children. Therefore, we began the development of our project with serious consultations - with the neurophysiologist Tatyana Potekhina and the chairman Samara orff-club Irina Korneeva. They were based on their advice when forming the concept and structure of concerts, choosing and decorating the premises, and purchasing props.
We began the development of the project with consultations with a neurophysiologist and an orph teacher
During our concerts, children can move - at an early age they learn about the world and, in particular, music through movement. It is very important for us that parents are not embarrassed about the behavior of their children: they can freely approach the musicians, try to catch the bow from the cello, and steal the maracas from the percussionist. Against the whims, we have a whole arsenal of remedies from musical instruments to goodies.
We try to work with any listener, including families whose interests do not include music. Often, having visited our concert, people change their attitude to the classics, bring friends; grandparents join the kids, realizing that this is one of the few places in the city where you can relax with your children.
The geography of our audience was extensive from the very beginning - people came and are coming to us from Novokuibyshevsk, from Krasnaya Glinka, and Sukha Samarka. For kids, such a long trip is, of course, a kind of test, but, on the other hand, it never occurs to anyone to complain that the circus, for example, was not built at Mekhzavod.
About finance
The project has always been financed from the personal funds of its participants and sometimes survives exclusively thanks to our altruism. A ticket for a mom and a baby costs 1000 rubles, an additional ticket for a member of the same family - a brother or a dad - is only 100 rubles. That is, on average, about 330 rubles per person is obtained - a quite competitive figure - people spend more in entertainment centers or cafes.
The visit costs 300 rubles per person. Entertainment centers spend much more
Moreover, the events are chamber. We are expecting 15-20 families for the concerts. More than twenty little bees buzzing and flying around the hall is already a discomfort for all participants. But even with a full appointment, usually 5-7 families less come: babies may have a runny nose, a tummy ache. We value our listeners and rarely cancel concerts. In addition, we - the only ones in Samara - have a rule about the full transfer of the cost of a ticket to any other concert in the event of a baby's illness. We do this so that parents do not bring sick or ill-treated children, but many who do business in the children's field frankly do not understand us.
And finally, we still have subsidized concerts, which are possible at the expense of donor ones - everything rests on this balance. In any case, this is not a business, but rather a social project.
About the repertoire
Every week we have different groups perform - now there are more than 20 of them. Basically, artists from the Samara Philharmonic Society and the Opera and Ballet Theater - string quartets, guitar and flute duets, and so on. There are bands that play rock and roll, waltzes, tangos and cartoon melodies. There are interactive concerts of Russian folk music, where the best folklorists of Samara not only sing, but also play with children, show performances, and dance in circles. We appreciate the opportunity to work with musicians who were applauded by the whole world, with virtuosos, about whom it is clear that their work in Samara is temporary.
Many bands in our club already have fans from kids and parents who know songs, are waiting for concerts and have replenished the arsenal of toys with their favorite musical instruments.
We do not focus on children's melodies - it is important for us to give children the opportunity to hear music in all its diversity
All our musicians are professionals. Many have decent experience with children. They try to maintain a dialogue with the audience, select a repertoire to be on the wave with the audience. We do not focus on children's melodies - it is important for us to give children the opportunity to hear music in all its diversity. Melodies of the era of classicism and baroque give a feeling of peace and harmony, dance music promotes musical and motor development, folklore awakens memory and introduces a child to folk culture.
Many of our folk concerts are subsidized, but we do not lose hope to convince parents that folk can be attractive and fascinating, like a group
Today it is becoming fashionable to introduce children from an early age to musical culture and creativity. But, unfortunately, not all parents know exactly where to take a preschool child or almost a teenager, so as not to waste time. When can I buy a music subscription for my child? Which views will be most useful? MedAboutMe has prepared for you an overview of excellent music programs - now you can not only spend your leisure time efficiently, but also develop a special aesthetic taste in your child.
Modern music concerts contribute to the development of the child, they have a positive effect on speech, help to improve communication culture, memory, attention, imagination.
"Emotional hunger" for a growing organism is a big problem that can degenerate into mental deprivation. It is not surprising that many children, growing up a little, try to get emotional saturation in the virtual world of the Internet. After all, they sometimes have no other options.
Musical performances are powerful tools that directly affect child development. The impressions received through the auditory canal are among the most powerful. They are able to influence emotional development, change moods and even demonstrate certain familiar moments from a different perspective.
It is musical concerts and performances that give a child a huge amount of emotions and stimuli, give a powerful auditory experience.
Subscription system for children and its advantages
A music subscription is a whole cycle of concerts, which are united by one theme. These special programs are usually age-specific and designed with children's development in mind.
A subscription is a great opportunity to get complete and useful information, for example, about genres or individual performers.
Among the advantages of the subscription system for children, it is worth highlighting:
- A convenient way to plan your child's leisure time in advance and save time.
- The ticket prices are significantly lower than the nominal ticket price. The difference is significant and can be up to 50% savings. In addition, the listener himself chooses how much he plans to spend, because prices depend on the row and place in the hall.
- The little listener can attend the season's premiere performances and the most significant concerts of the philharmonic and theaters.
Today, a huge number of philharmonic societies, conservatories, theaters and museums of musical culture operate in Moscow. Almost all institutions offer their listeners different subscriptions, among which it is important to choose the one that is really suitable for the child.
Subscriptions for the little ones
- Moscow Virtuosi is a convenient subscription for children. The International House of Music of the capital invites its guests to start attending exciting concerts in the fall of 2016. The shows in this subscription are designed for children from 3 years old. All concerts are held in the Svetlanov Hall.
- “School of Vasilisa the Wise. Adventures of Ant ”- properly organized concerts for preschool children (from 4 years old). The duration of each performance is 1 hour. Museum of Culture. MI Glinka is already offering subscriptions for free sale.
- “Growing Together with Music” - a whole cycle of performances for kids. The subscription consists of four daytime concerts. The cost of a subscription in the Chamber Hall of the Moscow Philharmonic is 5 thousand rubles.
- International House of Music in Moscow - "Fairy Tales in Pictures with Ekaterina Guseva". The subscription for 2016-17 includes amazing concerts with music, poetry and animation. The subscription price ranges from 200 to 2200 rubles.
- International House of Music in Moscow - “Visiting a Fairy Tale”. The subscription is designed for a child between the ages of 5 and 10 years. Performances are held in the Theater Hall, and the ticket price can be different and starts from 900 rubles.
- Concert Hall "Philharmonic №2" - "Funny Professor". Children's subscription from 6 years old, designed for both children and parents. Concerts are held on Sunday afternoons. The subscription consists of three performances.
- Concert Hall of the Moscow Philharmonic - "What Does Music Talk About?" The subscription is designed for listeners from 7 years old and consists of three interesting programs. The price starts from 1800 rubles and depends on the place where the visitor will sit.
- House-Museum of F. I. Shalyapin - "Fairy Tales in the House of Chaliapin". It is thanks to this cycle of performances, which are united by a single theme, that children will be able to fully immerse themselves in the world of musical art, serenity and positive emotions. The performances are suitable for children 6-8 years old, in addition, the subscription includes an introduction to the ballet, orchestra and the most interesting Russian and foreign fairy tales.
- "Tales from different countries" - a series of concerts for children from 7 years old. The subscription includes three bright fairy tales, which will begin at 13 o'clock. The price of a children's subscription in the Gnesinsky Concert Hall can be different and it ranges from 1050 rubles.
- Museum of Musical Culture. MI Glinka - Around the Sound. The subscription to the interactive musical creative program is designed for children from 6 to 8 years old. The museum offers two parts of the subscription, each of which consists of four performances.
Subscriptions for children from 9-10 years old
- Great Hall of the Conservatory - "Music of the Soul". Subscription for children over 12 years old.
- Chamber Hall of the Moscow Philharmonic - "Guitar for Children". Subscription for older children, designed for listeners from 9 years old. The price ranges from 2100 rubles.
- Concert Hall. PI Tchaikovsky - "Music, Painting, Life". Subscription for children over 12 years old. Symphony concerts are held during the daytime (beginning at 2 pm). The cost should be clarified by phone. The subscription includes visits to five music programs.
- Concert Hall. PI Tchaikovsky - "Musical Guide by Artyom Vargaftik". The subscription is designed for listeners over 12 years old. The price for a cycle of symphony concerts starts from 1600 rubles. The subscription consists of four performances.
- Concert Hall. PI Tchaikovsky - "Live Screen Music". The subscription to the concerts is for listeners over 14 years old. Beginning at 19:00 (in October and November 2016, as well as February and May 2017).
It is important to note that at almost all music concerts a special inviting atmosphere is created for children. Choir artists and vocalists are involved in some performances. The lighting effects, video sequences, and decorations demonstrated during the concert help to relax and immerse oneself in the world of amazing music.
If a child has psychological problems and, for example, is registered with a psychiatrist, then before attending music concerts it is worth consulting a doctor.
A medical specialist will help you choose the optimal subscription that corresponds to the level of the baby's development according to the program, while taking into account his psychological difficulties and the state of the nervous system.
Expert commentary
Denis Zelikson, founder of the psychological portal PosPsy, consultant psychologist
Scientific studies have repeatedly shown the positive influence of classical music on the psyche of children and adults. The easiest way to instill in children a love of music is to listen to it with them from a very young age. If there is no such practice in the family, then it is possible to "lure" the child to the Philharmonic by letting him try to play a musical instrument himself. In order for a child to enjoy visiting musical institutions on a regular basis, his basic psychological needs must be met. For example, children should understand why they are doing this and have the freedom to choose, for example, musical compositions or styles. In addition, it is important for them to have the opportunity to develop their competence, that is, to gain new knowledge about music or develop their skills in playing instruments, as well as to feel support and interest in such activities from adults.
Satisfaction of needs will inevitably lead to the appearance of intrinsic motivation in the child, which manifests itself in the presence of interest in the process of attending the Philharmonic. In other words, the child will listen to music because he likes it, and not because of the chocolate that parents buy as a reward for visiting a musical institution. There are no special contraindications for children to visit the Philharmonic. The main thing is not to force children to go to musical institutions, so as not to discourage possible interest in music.
Today will be especially useful, of the format "where to go with a child on the weekend" and "concerts with children" and the like. Professionals of music subscriptions may not read the text for beginners, about children's subscriptions to the Moscow Philharmonic and Conservatory.
So that's it. Why now. Because it's been a week since the season for the sale of season tickets for adults and children has opened. You can choose. Two main directions of the format "children + classical music" (and not only).
Classics of the genre - subscription for children No. 4, Moscow Conservatory. Conductor and storyteller - Vyacheslav Valeev. Concerts on Sundays (only 4 per season), duration about an hour. Valeev does an excellent job with a children's audience, K. loves him very much. It is important to understand that baby passes do not mean that your child will sit in one place, stretching out in line. It’s not like that at all. For example, at one of the concerts of the subscription, the children sang songs with the orchestra with the whole audience, K. was very inspired, then for two days he told how he liked it, to sing like this in the conservatory. The cost of a subscription for the next season is 1200-8000 rubles.
In addition to the classic fourth subscription, there is also a "Travel Around the World" - each concert is dedicated to a country, for example, France. We listen to Debussy, Ravel, Poulenc. Etc. There is a subscription dedicated to great composers, there is a “fairytale subscription”.
The Moscow Philharmonic offers an even wider selection of different subscriptions for children. We went to listen to The Funny Professor this season. Each concert is thematic, Pavel Lyubimtsev talks wonderfully about a variety of things, Osipov's orchestra supports, slides are displayed on the screens, in a word, everything is done perfectly for children so that no one is bored. For example, yesterday K. went to the concert “From Moscow to the Pacific Ocean. Great Russian travelers-pioneers of the Far Eastern lands ”. I went out in absolute delight, talking about Bering, Kamchatka, geysers, Yakut music. In a word, this is not just an acquaintance with music, but also a conditionally "educational program", and Pavel Lyubimtsev talks about everything so excitingly, without lisping and flirting with the children's audience, but with a lot of interesting facts, beautiful intonations that both adults and children listen to. For example, I arrived early yesterday for K., decided to stop by, sit for a while in the lobby, listen for a little, and then run away on business. But in the end, I watched the whole concert on the screen - I just could not tear myself away.
In fact, the Philharmonic offers dozens of children's subscriptions, all of a wide variety of topics. If you like fairy tales and music, there are a lot of “fairytale subscriptions”. For example, “Fairy Tales with Orchestra. Saturday afternoon symphony concerts for children "with the participation of the beautiful Yulia Peresild and Chulpan Khamatova, a wonderful subscription of" regional music "conducted by Artem Vargaftik, there is a subscription" How the forester taught the music alphabet. " Daytime concerts for kids from 3 to 7 years old ”for the smallest, the only one that goes not 6+, but 0+ on the website of the Philharmonic. In general, for every taste.
By the way, with regard to age. I doubted for a long time when to start these going to concerts with the child, in the end I decided not to take him anywhere at three, we started going at four, in our case it was already the very age. He runs subscriptions 6+, no questions.
Finally, another story that sometimes stops people - like buying a subscription, then getting sick, skipping, and so on. In fact, as usual, there is no spoon. In our practice we missed only one concert out of eight due to illness. But, if you are still in doubt, you can buy tickets for some season tickets right before the concert in kachssa.
The most practical question. When to buy. Better to buy right now. Because some season tickets sell out quickly and quickly disappear from sale. It is also important, when choosing a subscription, to pay attention to the venue of the concerts, so as not to come to the Tchaikovsky Hall when the concert is taking place at the Philharmonic-2 in the Olympic Village. And yes, the subscription is valid for one person, and not for a combination of an adult + a child.
On this, it seems, the musical life hacks are over, I'm going to fry a duck for lunch.
One of the most important activities of the Children's Music School named after MM Ippolitova-Ivanov is the development of the project "Children's Philharmonic". The idea of \u200b\u200bthe project emerged in 2008 and was organized in the form of subscription concerts for schoolchildren at the music school. The essence of the project is to educate and familiarize schoolchildren with the great wealth of the world musical heritage through musical material accessible to children and performed by schoolchildren of the same age as listeners.
Today, this activity is gradually being reformatted. The boundaries of audience coverage are extremely expanding. The events organized by the students of the music school are held in large and modern assembly halls of secondary schools in Tagansky and other districts of Moscow. There is a real possibility of simultaneous attendance of up to 500 students at the event. The structure of communication with schoolchildren is also changing. Music and general education schools combine their efforts in the implementation of joint interactive projects using modern multimedia tools, coordinating the topic with the educational material that is relevant for schoolchildren of the general school.
In the 2015/16 academic year, events were held dedicated to the anniversaries of S. Yesenin and P. Tchaikovsky, poetry and music of the "Silver Age", as well as the music of composers of the last century. In the first half of the year, about 10 concerts were held, reaching an audience of more than 2000 people aged 7 to 17 years.
Every year the number of sponsored general education schools is expanding, with which productive cooperation is carried out. In this row are the general education complex 498 schools in Moscow, consisting of structural subdivisions №№: 622, 467, 465, 498, structural subdivision "Proletarka" gymnasium №1274 im. V.V. Mayakovsky, cadet corps of Tagansky district.
Teachers and students of the music school try to be creative in the selection of the repertoire, develop and improve its quality in order to maximize the interest and education of the school audience.
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- The Musical History of Taganka project
- Anniversary of the Children's Music School named after M.M. Ippolitova-Ivanova in the museum space
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- Children's Philharmonic
- 95 years of the Children's Music School named after M.M. Ippolitova-Ivanova - congratulations on the anniversary
- Collection "Touching Creativity"
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- Children's opera "Little Red Riding Hood", compositions by young Ippolitovites
