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Featuring a woodwind quintet of ASO musicians
Featuring a string quartet of ASO musicians
Featuring a brass quintet of ASO musicians
Featuring a string quintet of ASO musicians
Featuring a woodwind quintet of ASO musicians
Children and adults can experience the magic of the performing arts at ASO Tuneful Tales, held June – August at Austin Public Libraries. This series of free concerts and engaging arts experiences for families of young children (ages 3-10) extended beyond the Central Library to 16 branch locations in 2024! Presentations feature ASO chamber music ensembles in collaboration with local storytellers to bring original children’s tales to life through music and narration. Performances are accompanied by arts activities led by certified Orff Schulwerk music educators (Branches) or an interactive percussion center and Instrument Petting Zoo presented by Strait Music (Central library).
The Jackson H. Fenner Foundation
For more information about ASO Tuneful Tales and/or other ASO Education programs, please contact:
JEREMY BRIMHALL | Director of Education and Community Engagement
Austin Symphony Orchestra | 1113 Red River St., Austin, TX 78701
512.617.0489 | jbrimhall@austinsymphony.org
Please find below a set of videos from our pandemic-era virtual ASO Tuneful Tales. There is a “Welcome” video for each story by local storyteller Bernadette Nason. The next two videos in each set are narrated in English by Bernadette Nason and in Spanish by Jacob Rivera. The last video is “Creativity Corner.” In this video, Allison Liu will recite a short poem and compose a soundscape to go with it.
Enjoy also this ASO Tuneful Tales video from June 26, 2019, featuring selections from the opera Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck and arranged by David Crowe recorded at Austin Public Library, Central Library. ASO Musicians: Rachel Lopez, flute; Julianne Webner, oboe; Kurt Moede, French horn; Steve Girko, clarinet; Amanda Pierce, bassoon; Jonathan Rouse, bass. Narration by: Bernadette Nason. Illustrations by: Jen Corace.
