From the WCRB Instrument Petting Zoo to the WGBH Family Music Marketplace, and from demonstrations of modern instruments to a trip through time to historic keyboard instruments, interactive music activities are sure to delight and fascinate all the members of your family. A full afternoon of performances will bring together dancers, a youth orchestra, and star pianists of all ages, celebrating the work of J.S. Bach.
All events are free and open to the public.
A detailed schedule of activities follows. Dancers from the Boston Ballet School perform classic choreography to Concerto Barocco, with music performed by members of NEC's Youth Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by John Gibbons and Minuet in D Minor from Anna Magdalena's Notebook with music performed by prep pianist Annette Liao. NEC Preparatory School piano cochair Sylvia Chambless performs the Piano Partita in E Minor, BWV 830, with Boston Ballet Company II dancers choreographed by Robert Underwood. Sergey Schepkin of the NEC faculty has made his name as a leading Bach interpreter of the present day. No better playing has been heard this year.