Fort Worth Symphony at Bass Hall

Bass Performance Hall

Today we ventured out to Fort Worth for the Fort Worth Symphony’s Young Persons’ concert.  This year’s program featured Aaron Copland’s Suite from Appalachian Spring.  Today’s program focused on the process of collaboration between the composer, Aaron Copland; choreographer, Martha Graham; and set designer, Isamu Noguchi to make this performance come alive. 

There was a narrator who told the story of the ballet along with the full symphony orchestra.   Before the performance the kids learned the folk song “Simple Gifts”.  To perform along with the orchestra.  As the narrator told the story, image s from the book Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring were shown on the screen above the orchestra. 

One of the great benefits of field trips as homeschoolers is we are not seated on the floor with the masses.  Since we are usually smaller groups we get the benefit of great box seats!  Today’s performance was at Bass Hall and the  box seats had a coat room attached to each box, very posh!   The kids were quite impressed!

That each of them may eat and drink,

and find satisfaction in all their toil

—this is the gift of God.

Ecclesiastes 3:13