Inside the Artist’s Studio:
Playing Percussion with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Date: February 19, 2008 (reserve your space by February 15)
Time: 10:00 a.m. & 1:00 p.m CST
Grade Levels: Middle School & High School
What does it take to be a professional percussionist? Is playing percussion really as much fun as it looks? How do you create a “percussion ensemble?” What does it take in terms of cooperation, teamwork and musical talent? Get your answers to these questions and more as you interact with percussion musicians of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and Youth Orchestra. Join us live on the Symphony’s home stage at Powell Hall as musicians speak about what it’s like to play in the percussion section, to work both separately and as an ensemble, and to have a career as a musician. Hear the music. Ask your questions. Be part of the ensemble!!
To participate as a videoconference school, contact Rebecca Morrison of Cooperating School Districts of St. Louis at rmorrison@csd.org. MOREnet will bridge the videoconference; the reservation must be submitting to the bridge by Friday, February 15.
To watch the program live via the web or to watch archived programs via the web, surf your computer to www.hectv.org, click on “programs” and then the “interactive” link. To view via broadcast television on Charter Cable in St. Louis County or St. Louis City, tune in to HEC-TV, channel 26 at the program time. Those joining via web stream and broadcast TV can e-mail their questions during the programs to live@hectv.org. After its live presentation, each program is archived on www.hectv.org for on-demand viewing available at any time. You can also obtain a DVD copy of the program by contacting HEC-TV at 314-531-4455.
Inside the Artist’s Studio is a free, standards-based, distance-learning education project designed to connect artists from Missouri to students. Funded through support provide by Missouri Arts Council, the School District of Clayton, Missouri, and the St. Louis County Cable Commission, the project is structured to provide student learning across the artistic disciplines of dance, music, theatre and visual arts. Each program will be offered live during the school day via videoconferences, Internet web streaming and broadcast programming.