Tall Tales & Long Tails

$6.00 per ticket
One free chaperone ticket for every 15 purchased

Pre-K - 2nd grade

Explore the art of storytelling through music with Prokofiev’s famous Peter and the Wolf. How are the choices that composers make when writing music similar to the choices a storyteller makes when creating a tall tale? Students will also get a chance to sing along with the orchestra in some fun pieces like Copland’s American folksong Bought Me a Cat. This program is in alignment with New York State Education Standards.

Wednesday, February 15, 2012 — 10:15 AMSign In OR Register

Tuesday, May 22, 2012 — 10:15 AMSign In OR Register

Let’s Go Buffalo!

$6.00 per ticket
One free chaperone ticket for every 15 purchased

3rd - 6th grades

This program looks at some of the most interesting history of our region, including the Iroquois Nation’s Native American presence in Western New York, and the creation of the Erie Canal, connecting the East with the West, right through Buffalo. Students will hear how composers can illuminate history through writing music inspired by people, places and events. This year is the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, so we will hear spirituals that may have been sung by former slaves escaping to Buffalo through the Underground Railroad. Finally, to mark the 200^th anniversary of the War of 1812 and the battles at Fort Niagara, the orchestra will play Tchaikovsky’s fantastic 1812 Overture. This program is in alignment with New York State Education Standards.

*Limited Availability November 9th and 15th, March 14th

Tuesday, March 13, 2012 — 10:15 AMSign In OR Register

Wednesday, March 14, 2012 — 10:15 AMCall (716) 885-0331 for availability

Thursday, March 15, 2012 — 10:15 AMSign In OR Register

West Side Stories

$6.00 per ticket
One free chaperone ticket for every 15 purchased

6th-12th Grades

You are invited to this exciting concert which features the BPO in collaboration with the African American Cultural Center’s Dance and Drum Performance Company. The BPO is also proud to feature16-year-old Alexandra Alvarado Switala, violin soloist, this year’s winner of the Sphinx Competition, a national competition for Black and Latino string players. The West Side of Buffalo is haven to our newest immigrant populations, and has become an internationally diverse community. The BPO celebrates and connects with its neighbors through this concert experience. Come be a part of it!

Wednesday, March 21, 2012 — 10:15 AMSign In OR Register

Friday Morning Concerts

$6.00 per ticket
One free chaperone ticket for every 15 purchased

Perfect for Middle School and High School students,

these concerts on Friday mornings allow students the chance to experience a BPO performance in a casual atmosphere at a fantastic price.

Kreiger Plays Beethoveen, Oct. 7 - Norman Krieger, one of the most acclaimed pianists of his generation, joins the BPO as soloist in Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4. One of the central pieces in the piano repertoire, the concerto was hailed upon its 1808 debut as “the most admirable, singular, artistic and complex Beethoven concerto ever composed." 

Brahms’ Third, Nov. 4 - Built around the tonal theme of F-A-flat-F, Brahms’ Third Symphony celebrates Frei aber froh (“freedom with happiness”) and is one of the composer’s most popular. This performance also features Concertmaster Michael Ludwig in Wienawski’s Violin Concerto No. 2.

Holiday Pops, Dec. 9 – Western New York’s #1 Holiday Tradition – your BPO and Pops Conductor Matthew Kraemer are joined by the Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus in a program of timeless holiday songs from stage and screen! 

Classical Christmas, Dec. 16 – The Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus joins the BPO for this seasonal delight, traditionally featuring music from The Nutcracker and Messiah alongside JoAnn Falletta’s personal selection of holiday classics.

Mozart’s Birthday, Jan. 27 – The BPO celebrates Mozart’s 256th Birthday with this coffee concert. The program features an all-Mozart repertoire: Serenata Notturna, No. 6; Violin Concerto No. 3; Don Giovanni Overture; and the “Linz” Symphony No. 36. 

Glenn Miller Orchestra, Mar. 2 – With its unique jazz sound, the Glenn Miller Orchestra is considered to be one of the greatest bands of all time. The present Glenn Miller Orchestra was formed in 1956 and has been touring consistently since, playing an average of 300 live dates a year all around the world.

Prokofiev’s Fifth, Mar. 9 – This program features the BPO’s own principal cello, Roman Mekinulov, as soloist in a world premiere by Buffalo’s own Paul Moravec – Montserrat Concerto. Beethoven’s Lenore Overture No. 3, frequently heard in performances of Fidelio, opens the program and Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5, which he described as "a hymn to free and happy Man, to his mighty powers, his pure and noble spirit," closes the concert.

New World Rediscovered, Apr. 27 - JoAnn Falletta conducts another of the classical repertoire’s most popular pieces, Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9, “From The New World.” The beloved Symphony, written during the composer’s 1892-1895 trip to the United States, blends a combination of African-American, Indian and traditional European rhythms and melodies in a fascinating tribute to an expanding world.

Ellington Festival, May 4 – JoAnn Falletta takes up the baton at our annual two-week festival, this year dedicated to the incomparable Duke Ellington. Vocalist Freda Payne is featured in this special event. 

Friday, March 2, 2012 — 10:30 AMSign In OR Register

Friday, March 9, 2012 — 10:30 AMSign In OR Register

Friday, April 27, 2012 — 10:30 AMSign In OR Register

Friday, May 4, 2012 — 10:30 AMSign In OR Register