WQXR’s Classical Kids Fair
October 8, 1:00-4:00 PM
Don't miss WQXR's FREE Classical Kids Fair! Join us for a fun-filled day of live performances, an instrument “petting zoo,” dance and songwriting workshops, arts & crafts, and more!
Participating partners include the Kupferberg Center for the Arts at Queens College, Louis Armstrong House Museum, Spanish-English music duo Musiquita, musicians from The Knights, The Aaron Copland School of Music, and Queens Theatre's very own teaching artists. The event is part of WQXR’s ongoing mission to celebrate classical music’s next generation of artists and audiences, and share pathways for kids to experience the joy, fun, and wonder of classical music.
Reservations are not required to attend - but early registrants will be entered into a drawing to win 4 tickets to a Queens Theatre 23-24 Family Series show!
Photos from the 2022 Classical Kids Fair
Photos by WQXR/Alfred Kan
Schedule
The Nebula Lobby
The Shulman Theatre
The Studio (lower level)
The Cabaret
1:00 - 2:00 PM
All Day
- Coloring Station
- WQXR Selfie Station
- Face Painting
1:00 PM
- Concert with Rohin Khemani, tabla
- Make Your Own Instrument
- Learn to play the ukelele and keyboard
1:45 PM
- Show and Tell with Violin & Cello
1:00 PM
- "On Wings of Song" with musicians from The Knights
1:30 PM
- Musiquita
1:00 PM
- Percussion Jam with Musiquita
1:30 PM
- Radiolab Storytime:
silly sounds and outerspace
1:00 PM
- "Carnival of the Animals"
with Queens College Balsam Trio
1:30 PM
- Queens Theatre Songwriting Workshop
2:00 - 3:00 PM
2:00 PM
- Concert with Rohin Khemani, tabla
- Make Your Own Instrument
2:30 PM
- Learn to play the ukelele and keyboard
2:45 PM
- Show and Tell with Violin & Cello
2:00 PM
- Concert with the Louis Armstrong House Museum
2:30 PM
- Percussion Jam with Musiquita
2:00 PM
- Queens Theatre Dance Evolution Workshop
2:30 PM
- "Carnival of the Animals"
with Queens College Balsam Trio
3:00 - 4:00 PM
3:00 PM
- Concert with Rohin Khemani, tabla
- Make Your Own Instrument
3:30 PM
- Learn to play the ukelele and keyboard
3:00 PM
- "On Wings of Song" with musicians from The Knights
3:30 PM
- Musiquita
3:30 PM
- Radiolab Storytime:
silly sounds and outerspace
3:00 PM
- Queens Theatre Songwriting Workshop
2:30 PM
- Queens Theatre Dance Evolution Workshop
Performers and Teaching Artists
Musiquita
- Blanca Cecilia González, violin
- Jesse Elder, piano
- Michael Karas, juggler
- Ellie Steingraeber, hula hoop artist and contortionist
Queens Theatre
- Edison Hong
- Lorena Marin Ortiz
- Mackie Saylor
Queens College Balsam Trio
- Chloë Dickens, violin
- Sara Strozzo, cello
- Ricky Moreira, piano
Louis Armstrong House
- Alphonso Horne, trumpet/bandleader
- Addison Frei, piano
- Raul Reyes, bass
- Dave Berger, drums
Musicians from The Knights
- Colin Jacobsen. artistic director & violin
- Caitlin Sullivan, education coordinator & cello
- Alex Sopp, flute & vocals
- Kristi Shade, harp
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