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Frogs and Friends wins a Parents' Choice Approved Award!!
"Good albums of classically inspired music for children are rarer than one might think...
This album is a lovely and exciting way to introduce children to the joys of classical music."
Parents' Choice Award Review
Established in 1978, Parents' Choice is the nation's oldest non-profit guide to children's media and toys.
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Performances
January through May 2013 |
October 24, 2012 |
July 31, 2012 |
March 6, 2012 at 12:30pm Guest Artist PROGRAM
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Monday November 28, 2011 |
Monday November 28, 2011 |
Halloween Night, Monday October 31, 2011 |
The Story of Bellavente
Bellavente is known throughout the San Francisco Bay Area for their wonderfully imaginative concerts for children. In 2013, they are performing their 5th season with the nationally-acclaimed San Francisco Symphony’s Adventures in Music program, having performed over 125 children’s concerts each season. Our repertoire illuminates the concert stage with music that captures both the lushness and vitality of the woodwind quintet as well as the poignancy of each instrument’s voice, joining familiar classical music with the excitement of contemporary music. Bellavente’s members are among the finest classical musicians in the Bay Area. Individually, they have performed with all the region’s top orchestras and with some of the greatest stars and popular musical groups of our time. |
The musicians of Bellavente have a rich history of entertaining children and families. Our goal is to share the magic of music and to perform exciting and engaging concerts for our audiences. Our "Frogs and Friends" show is geared for families and highlights music from our CD. From classical to traditional folk song, ragtime to Gershwin, marches to contemporary, audiences will be entertained with chamber music and the classical woodwind quintet through music, story and song. We also perform our 2013 show with the San Francisco Symphony AIM titled "Four Elements of Music: Composer, Conductor, Musician and Audience". Bellavente's programs are full of wit, energy and enthusiasm and are presented to reflect the goals of the sponsoring organization. |
Jewels of the Night |
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Parlor music of Mozart and salon music of French composers Maurice Ravel and Francis Poulenc was chosen as well as two beautiful movements from a Quintet written by Marie Louise Simon under the pen name of Claude Arrieu. The lovely music of French-American composer Darius Milhaud and two classics from American composer George Gershwin complete the musical ambience. |
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