Young People's Concerts Continue with SUPER SONIC MUSIC BOX, 1/24

The New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts (YPCs) continue Saturday, January 24, 2015, at 2:00 p.m. with the program "New York Transformed," the second in this season's series, SUPER SONIC MUSIC BOX, exploring the variety of symphonic music and its interpretation. The concert celebrates the Orchestra's hometown through a wide range of music: Bernstein's Three Dance Episodes from On the Town; Karen LeFrak's A Bite of the Apple, featuring video from NYC & Company; It Don't Mean a Thing by Duke Ellington; and music by Very Young Composers of New York City and Shanghai. Associate Conductor Case Scaglione will lead the performance, and Vice President, Education, Theodore Wiprud will host the event, directed and scripted by Kevin Del Aguila.

UNIQLO, the global clothing retailer, is sponsoring the Philharmonic's 2014-15 season of YPCs, dressing the Orchestra for all YPC concerts this season in UNIQLO clothing with colors identifying each orchestral section. Children are invited to come to the concerts dressed in the color of their favorite section: strings will be clad in red or pink, woodwinds in green, brass in blue, percussion in orange, and harp and keyboards in light blue. In addition, UNIQLO and the New York Philharmonic will be conducting a clothing drive during all of this season's YPCs, at which attendees can leave gently used clothes in bins placed around Avery Fisher Hall; the clothing will be distributed directly to people in need living in New York City Homeless Shelters by UNIQLO volunteers.

Attendees are invited to come early to meet Philharmonic musicians and take part in YPC Overtures, pre-concert activities inside the hall, such as live performances by ensembles of Philharmonic musicians of works by Very Young Composers inspired by the YPC's thematic content, and videos projected on screen above the stage, including a tutorial on folding origami while audience members fold origami from their seats. The youngest audience members are invited to the Helen Huntington Hull Room to hear stories read by members of the New York Philharmonic Volunteer Council.

Beginning one week before each YPC a special podcast for children is made available, at nyphil.org/ypc, as is TuneUp, the children's concert program, complete with activities related to the event.