Coming Up: Very First Concerts (for kids) - FREE

San Francisco Chamber Concerts presents Very First Concerts - a 20 minute (free) concert designed with little ones in mind. Plus, you don't have to sit still. They want you get get up and dance. They're geared toward ages 0-7. Two concerts coming up at Crowden Music Center in Berkeley (1475 Rose Street):

“What Does a Conductor Do?”

Community Music Day, October 23, 2011
Repeat performances at 11:00 a.m., 11:40 a.m., and 12:20 p.m.

Unravel the mystery of the maestro in this 20-minute concert. What’s the magic in that little wooden stick, and why is that guy standing in front of all those musicians in the first place? Come find out!

“The Rhythms of Life”

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, January 16, 2012
Repeat performances at 11:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m.

Clocks, footsteps, cadences of speech, the rhythms of daily life are all around us. Come explore these and more in a special musical presentation featuring the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra’s own amazing rhythm section, the percussionists.