Welcome to the
Endless Mountain Music Festival Orchestra
Kids Music Room:
Meet the Maestro:
Stephen Gunzenhauser
Internationally recognized conductor, Grammy nominee and artistic director and conductor of the Endless Mountain Music Festival (EMMF), Maestro Stephen Gunzenhauser is equally at home as the revered music director of the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra and as a citizen of the world. For 25 years he has created magical musical synergies with the Lancaster Symphony. He also continues to circle the globe, conducting orchestras in Europe, Canada, the British Isles, Korea, Hong Kong, Israel and South America.
One of the few conductors active in the United States, Eastern Europe and South America, Gunzenhauser not only serves as EMMF artistic director and conductor, but music director and conductor of the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra, as well. In 2004, he served as artistic advisor and principle conductor for the Bogotá Philharmonic Orchestra in Bogotá, Colombia.
Born in New York and a graduate of the city's High School of Music and Art, Gunzenhauser received a Bachelor of Music degree from Oberlin College and a Master of Music degree from the New England Conservancy. He also holds an honorary doctorate degree from Widener University, has been awarded three Fulbright grants and has an artist's diploma from the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria. Gunzenhauser served both Igor Markevich in Monte Carlo and Leopold Stokowski in New York as assistant conductor before becoming executive and artistic director of the Wilmington Music School in 1974.
In 1979, Gunzenhauser was named music director and conductor of the Delaware Symphony Orchestra, where he served until 2002. Through his leadership of that orchestra, he was honored in 1990 by being named the state's first Cultural Ambassador.
In 1999, he received Delaware's Order of the First State, the highest accolade they confer. The same year he joined the Delaware Symphony Orchestra, Gunzenhauser was appointed music director and conductor of the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra. In his 25 years with the Lancaster Symphony, he has taken it to new levels of excellence and guided its maturation into one of the country's finest regional, professional orchestras.
In addition to his duties with EMMF and the Lancaster Symphony, Maestro Gunzenhauser will conduct in Budapest, Bogotá and in Israel during the 2007 season. Gunzenhauser has two grown daughters and lives in Avondale, Pennsylvania, with his wife Shelly.
Please enjoy this video: A Presentation of Musical Ideas presented by Maestro Gunzenhauser
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sH6DZ-gMoY
Kids Lounge Area
Peter and the Wolf
The story of "Peter and the Wolf" is a musical piece that uses instruments of the orchestra to tell a story about a young boy who is adventurous. This story will be accessible to you using various methods. Have fun learning about the Orchestra and how music can create a picture in our minds.
Let's listen to the different instruments of the orchestra that represent each character in the story "Peter and the Wolf"
| The Bird |
Each character has their own theme/instrument that plays when they are active on stage; here The Bird is represented by the flute. |
| The Duck |
The Duck is represented by the oboe. |
| The Cat |
The Cat is represented by the clarinet. |
| Grandpa |
Grandpa is represented by the bassoon. |
| Peter |
Peter is represented by the strings. |
| The Wolf |
The Wolf is represented by the french horns. |
| The Hunters |
The hunters have a theme, played by the entire orchestra; our sample has the them played by the trumpet. |
| Guns |
The Hunters' Guns are represented by the kettle drums (also called timpani). |
Click on this link to view the story of Peter and the Wolf:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILI3s7Wonvg&feature=PlayList&p=0884481F50592B3D&index=0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCgJXD3J9Wc&feature=PlayList&p=0884481F50592B3D&index=1
Another way to hear the story of Peter and the Wolf:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6K8CBcDgnB8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OngKvahH3c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOB2XinaHeg
CHECK OUT THESE LINKS:
2008 performance at the Endless Mountain Music Festival:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfwwr-volBA
Music Games, Quizzes, Puzzles and Help with Music Theory
http://www.musictechteacher.com/musicquizzes.htm
Beethoven's Biography:
http://www.classicsforkids.com/composers/bio.asp?id=4
OTHER RESOURCES:
http://www.endlessmountain.net/
http://www.lancastersymphony.org/
http://www.sfskids.org/templates/splash.asp
http://www.dsokids.com/
http://www.classicsforkids.com/music/orchestra.asp
http://www.nyphilkids.org/studio/main.phtml?
Bonus materials!
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