SCHOOL CONCERTS                   

With his unique and innovative approach to “hands-on” concerts and demonstrations, pianist Tal Zilber has received praise from students and faculty alike for his educational approach to music making.  With a firm belief that the first step to a successful music education is to teach students how to listen to music, Tal’s program introduces students to the emotional impact of music through the use of varied musical styles from Bach to the Blues. Basing his approach on the 18th century concept of the Doctrine of the Affections, Tal presents students with a musical narrative using simple tunes and integrating beginning to intermediate musical concepts such as major and minor keys, sustained and articulated phrasing, and musical styles including Baroque, Classical, Impressionist, Ragtime, Jazz, and Blues.


Tal Zilber offers programs that vary in length from 30-90 minutes and can be tailored to fit students of all levels from kindergarten through high school. Currently, he has three programs prepared:


    1. Music and Feelings Through Popular Children’s Songs


The emphasis of this program is the connection between music and emotional responses. Taking a simple children’s song, and playing it in a variety of styles, children learn how music can reflect basic human emotions: happy, sad, scary, spooky, etc. This presentation involves audience participation and responses from the students.


    2. Improvisation and Arrangement


How does one create new music with existent material? In this program, students are introduced to the process of composition and improvisation through the “theme and variations” genre of composition. Part of the program features prepared repertoire by Mr. Zilber, while the second half of the program features audience interaction and allows students to suggest a theme upon which variations will be improvised.  

   

    3. An Introduction to Classical Music


This program introduces students to specific composers and discusses the innovative techniques unique to each composer as well as the historical context for each composer. While less interactive than the previous two programs, this one features tie-ins with historical events that teachers can use in the classroom.  


Studies have shown that an early exposure to music in the school system provides students with tools to succeed in the academic world and beyond. A 2003 Gallup Poll shows that most Americans support education in music in the schools, and that most professional musicians picked up a musical instrument for the first time in school.  

  1. •Schools that have music programs have 90.2% graduation rates compared to those without music programs, which have a 72.9% graduation rate (Harris poll, 2006)

  2. •Schools that have music programs have 93.3% attendance rates compared to those with no programs, which have 84.9% attendance rates. (Harris poll, 2006)

  3. •80% agree that learning a musical instrument helps students succeed in other subjects, like math and science. (Gallup, 2006)

  4. •73% agree that teenagers who play an instrument are less likely to have discipline problems. (Gallup, 2006)

  5. •89% agree learning to play a musical instrument teaches children discipline (Gallup, 2006)

  6. •85% agree that participating in school music corresponds with better grades/test scores (Gallup, 2006)

  7. •94% agree that music is part of a well-rounded education. (Gallup 2006)

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I still remember your performance at my school and how it inspired me to go back to piano lessons. I had taken for 6 1/2 years then dropped, thinking that piano was not useful. Then after watching you perform I realized how much I love the piano. I hope you come back to my school next year. We'd all love to see another performance.


-Kaelyn

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