Remember last year’s Mozart & the Mind Event? Music at OTA
It’s on again tomorrow! with Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead…
6:00 PM – FREE OPEN-AIR PERFORMANCE
MICKEY HART with DR. ADAM GAZZALEY
Rhythm and the Brain
Category Archives: Music: Piano | Orchestra
OTA Spectacular Third Grade Choir performed for New US Citizens
OTA Students performed at the swearing in ceremony for new citizens today. Thank you Mr. Anthony for setting up this community service opportunity and rehearsing with the students.
OTA choirs will also be visiting Retirement communities this spring.
OTA Lunchtime Concert: Isabel and Asia on the Violin
We had our third lunchtime concert last Thursday — and the first with student performers, Asia Major and Isabel Stout, from the fifth grade. The girls chose their playlist, taught themselves new songs, practiced, and found an accompanist (Mr Misha Borisovsky). The results speak for themselves, enjoy!
Free Tickets to Mainly Mozart Concert: Saturday, June 15 @ Balboa Theater. Please reply by Noon Saturday to reserve tickets!
Dear OTA Families,
Tomorrow night the legendary violin soloist Najda Salerno-Sonnenberg performs at the Mainly Mozart Festival.
Salerno-Sonnenberg is recognized for her electrifying performances, fearless interpretations and musical depth that have established her as one of the leading violinists of our time. After a triumphant first season as Music Director of the NEW CENTURY Chamber Orchestra … Read more
- Free tickets are available for OTA families. If you want to introduce your children to classical music, you could not find a better concert. It will be exciting. Sonnenberg is a rock star, Ann-Marie McDermott (the curator of the Mainly Mozart Winter Festival), is an amazing pianist.
- Send email to music@otacharter.org with the number of tickets you would like to reserve, by Noon on Saturday, June 15. Thank You Tyler Hewes and Mark Burgess of Mainly Mozart, for providing OTA families this chance to hear world-class music!
SATURDAY’s CONCERT: June 15 (Balboa Theater-Horton Plaza)
Mainly Mozart Festival Orchestra: David Atherton, conductor
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, director & violin; Anthony McGill, clarinet; Anne-Marie McDermott, piano.
- Lutoslawski: Dance Preludes
- Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A, K. 622
- Mozart: Concert Rondo in D, K. 382
- Piazzolla: Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
Thursday’s Concert, June 20
Music News from OTA • Why We Teach Music: Music Education Makes Kids Smarter and Keeps Their Brains Young!
- OTA Music Lab Teaching Intern & Choir Director Anthony Kaneaster is on his way to an International Choir Competition in Korea with his UC Irvine based choir group Men in Blacque. The group took home 3 gold medals at the 2010 world games. Good luck Mr. Anthony! Listen to sample from their repertoire: Shenandoah.
- In the OTA Piano Lab students in Grades K-8 learn to read music, play piano, and train the ear using Solfege (Do-Re-Mi).
- OTA orchestra builds on the ear training and music reading work that students do in Piano Lab. Watch and Listen to some selections from the OTA Orchestra repertoire.
Why 9 Years of Music Education at Old Town Academy?
OTA Student Simone’s brain-on-music at the “Mainly Mozart and the Mind” festival!
At the “Mainly Mozart and the Mind” concert last month we learned from Northwestern university professor Nina Krauss that 6-12 years of music education (playing an instrument) not only makes you smarter, it actually prevents the brain from aging!
More confirmation that we are on the right track at OTA with our focus on early learning advantage courses in the Kiwanis Club of San Diego Piano Lab and our schoolwide focus on Music, Math, & Science.
ST Math program (the innovative visual learning software that Continue reading
OTA Summer Camp 2013: Music Camp • Art Camp • Sports Camp • Language Immersion Camp!
8 Free Tickets Left for a “Mozart & the Mind” Evening, Tonight • Saturday, May 18 – Reply by 12 Noon to Reserve Tickets
New series: Mozart & the Mind: “… a fascinating, hands-on experience that I think many of the students’ parents (and the students themselves) would really enjoy.” — Tyler Hewes, Assoc Director, Mainly Mozart
- Our Friends at the Mainly Mozart Festival have again made (20) free tickets available for OTA students, families, and teachers to TONIGHT’s Mozart & the Mind Evening.
- To reserve a ticket please email us at Music@otacharter.org. We will give them away to first 20 takers. 8 Tickets Left, please reply by 12 Noon Saturday.
- There are no age limits but please do not bring younger children who cannot sit quietly through 90 minutes of music. Thank you!
The event on Saturday, May 18 starts with
- the Mozart & the Mind performance (Music and Aging – Exercise for the Well-Tempered Mind by Dr. Adam Gazzaley) at 5:30 pm,
- the Music-Brain Expo (with available gourmet food trucks!) at 6:30 pm, and
- St Lawrence String Quartet concert (Bach, Haydn, Mendelssohn) at 7:30 pm.
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- The St. Lawrence String Quartet
The St. Lawrence String Quartet (SLSQ) is established as among the world-class chamber ensembles of its generation. Its mission: bring every piece of music to the audience in vivid color, with pronounced communication and teamwork, and great respect to the composer. Since winning both the Banff International String Quartet Competition and Young Concert Artists International Auditions in 1992, the quartet has delighted audiences with its spontaneous, passionate, and dynamic performances. Read More
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Free Tickets to Mainly Mozart Chamber Music – Friday, April 5 • Violins, Cello, Viola, Piano!
This will be a great evening of music for all OTA Piano and Orchestra students.
Steven Copes & Arnaud Sussmann , Violins; Richard O’Neill, Viola; Efe Baltacigil, Cello; Alessio Bax, Piano.
- Our Friends at the Mainly Mozart Festival have again made (20) free tickets available for OTA students, families, and teachers to Friday’s concert.
- To reserve a ticket please email us at Music@otacharter.org. We will give them away to first twenty takers. There are no age limits but please do not bring younger children who cannot sit quietly through 90 minutes of music. Thank you!
Apr 5 2013
Auditorium at TSRI, La Jolla
6:30 PM Included Pre-Concert Wine Reception
7:30 PM Steven Copes Quintet Concert
| Mendelssohn | Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66 |
| Taneyev | Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 30 |
More concert tickets will be available throughout the spring: see Mainly Mozart Upcoming Concerts. We hope all OTA families will try to attend a concert. Thanks to Mark Burgess and Tyler Hewes for giving OTA students the opportunity to hear the world’s best musicians live.
OTA Orchestra – Jan 30th Concert (Video)
The OTA Orchestra, led by OTA Music Director Misha Borisovsky, gave it’s third concert yesterday. 15 students played an eclectic (look it up, kids!) repertoire (ditto) that covered everything from Beethoven to AC/DC (on the Core Knowledge list!?). More videos coming soon, on a new OTA Music Blog, but below are two video/slideshow previews from the concert….
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Free Tickets Feb 1 to Mainly Mozart – Szymanowski Quartet- Standing Room Only
- Our Friends at the Mainly Mozart Festival have again made (20) free tickets available for OTA students, families, and teachers to this sold out concert.
“This Friday, Feb 1, the award-winning, internationally-renowned Szymanowski Quartet kicks off our February with two tour-de-force programs featuring masterpieces of the string quartet repertoire, including Ravel’s fiery String Quartet in F (on Friday).”
Feb 1 2013 – 7:30PM
Auditorium at TSRI, La Jolla
Auditorium at TSRI, La Jolla
| Mozart | Divertimento in D, K. 136 |
| Beethoven | String Quartet in F minor, Op. 95 |
| Ravel | String Quartet in F |
- More concert tickets will be available throughout the winter: see Mainly Mozart Upcoming Concerts. We hope all OTA families will try to attend a concert. Thanks to Mark Burgess and Tyler Hewes for giving OTA students the opportunity to hear the world’s best musicians live.