Upcoming Concerts

Tulsa Children's Museum Family Concert Series
2010-2011 Season

The goal of Tulsa Children’s Museum’s Family Concert Series is to provide Tulsa families with high quality, meaningful, educational and interactive performances in a wide variety of musical genres. In 2010 -2011 Tulsa Children’s Museum’s Family Concert Series will present a Classical Concert, a Hip Hop / Rap Show and a Zydeco Concert. Each 45-60 minute program will feature musicians skilled in their genre, performing in a child friendly format using humor, audience participation and movement to engage families. Before and after each show children will have the opportunity to continue their exploration of the musical concepts introduced in the concert through an interactive, hands-on activity.

The Composer is Dead performed by Tulsa Symphony Orchestra
Sunday, October 24, 2010, 3 p.m.
Tulsa Performing Arts Center - Chapman Music Hall

For the opening of our third season Tulsa Children’s Museum’s Family Music Series is excited to present The Composer Is Dead performed by Tulsa Symphony Orchestra. The Composer is Dead is similar to Benjamin Britten’s Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra but with a modern twist. In this musical “Who done it?” children and families are introduced to the instruments of the orchestra as each instrument is questioned as a suspect in the suspicious death of the composer. Did the viola commit the murder as revenge for being forced to play second fiddle to the violin? Where was the tuba on the night in question? What is the oboe’s alibi? Through musical cross examination, the audience has the opportunity to learn more about the instruments in the orchestra and how they work together to create a symphony.

The narration for The Composer Is Dead was written by the award winning children’s author Lemony Snicket (best known for his “A Series of Unfortunate Events” books). The music was composed by Nathaniel Stookey. Since its debut by the San Francisco Symphony in 2006, The Composer is Dead has been played by many well respected Symphonies including the Chicago Symphony, The Philadelphia Orchestra and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Tulsa Children’s Museum and Tulsa Symphony Orchestra look forward to sharing this startlingly clever and fresh introduction to the Orchestra with Tulsa families.

Secret Agent 23 Skidoo
Saturday, January 29, 2011 at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.
Tulsa Performing Arts Center - John H. Williams Theatre

Secret Agent 23 Skidoo, the phenomenal and influential founder of the “Kid Hop” movement will bring his unique blend of storytelling, rhythm and rhyme to Tulsa Children’s Museum’s Winter Family Concert. In Secret Agent 23 Skidoo’s concerts full respect is paid to both the vibrant tradition of hip hop and the magic of childhood, without compromising the integrity of either. Secret Agent 23 Skidoo’s music features a rollicking gumbo of sounds; bringing funk, hip hop, bluegrass and reggae together and populating this musical landscape with robots aliens, dragons and mermaids. The resulting rhymes inspire dancing, self confidence and positivity.

Terrance Simien and the Zydeco Experience
Saturday, March 26, 2011 at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.
Tulsa Performing Arts Center- John H. Williams Theatre

Tulsa Children’s Museum’s Family Music Series will close its 2010-2011 season at the PAC with a performance by Terrance Simien and the Zydeco Experience. Creole for Kidz introduces families to the rich history and multi layered sound of Zydeco, the music of the French speaking creoles of southern Louisiana. Zydeco is an important part of America’s musical heritage. It informs Blues and Jazz and can itself be traced back to Native American, African and Caribbean sources. Terrance Simien is a respected musician in this genre and an accomplished educator. His 6 person band has played for over 250,000 students all over Louisiana and as far away as Mali and Paraguay. Terrance Simien's music and voice were recently featured in Disney's new movie The Princess and the Frog.