Start Up with Showstoppers!


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Aug 15, 1997


Radio City Music Hall is a first rate site and every bit as polished as the shows for which it is famous.

Technical experts will agree, it is the most elaborate and best equipped stage in the world. A variety of special effects can be created on it, including dense fog and rain, but perhaps the most impressive element is its elevator system. The elevator's hydraulic system was once so "Top Secret", the government felt it necessary to have a special agent watch over their basement during the war years.

The music hall, which includes thirty rooms, was decorated in 1932 in the style of Art Deco, with glass, aluminum, chrome and geometric ornamentation.

How does all of this meet needs in the music classroom? Read on and see if you don't find the answer to that question within these links.

The students should find the Wurlitzer Organ housed at the Radio City Music Hall, "Awesome!" Tell them these facts and see if their expressions don't lighten.

  • The organ has two independently working consoles, one on each side of the stage.

  • The pipes are housed in 11 different rooms on both sides of the building.

  • In additional chambers, attached to the pipes, is a full set of percussion instruments...chimes, drums, woodblocks and even a concert piano.

  • The organist, from his console, can play these instruments and actually create the sound of a full orchestra.

Kennedy Center

While visiting this site, don't miss Learning Through the Arts and Beethoven Lives!

Carnegie Hall

The Carnegie Hall Learning Center offers a great program for kids grades 4 through 6, called "Link Up". It utilizes varying approaches to teaching kids how the value and beauty of music and the arts can enrich their lives. "These highly participatory workshops encourage each student and teacher to discover a new way to listen to and create music through the exploration of musical concepts as found in other subject areas and in daily life."

Other Interesting Links

Radio City Music Hall - History
UK Theatre Web
Lincoln Center
Sydney Opera House
Did you know this about these musicals?

Next week will feature some of the best loved and well known (and not so well known) musicians of children's music. I think you will be pleasantly surprised. :-)

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2.   Aug 16, 1997 6:20 PM
David, It so good to hear from you. I really appreciate the valuable contribution that you provided through first hand experience about the "Link Up" program.

Also, as far as the "kiddie" musician ...

-- posted by Deborah_Jeter
1.   Aug 16, 1997 5:54 AM
Dear Deborah,

Thanks for including The Carnegie Hall Learning Center's great "Link Up" program in your article. It's one of my favorites, as it's enabled large blocks of classes from my school in ...

-- posted by DavidS_9



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