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princetonuniversityconcerts.org Wednesday, October 5, 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE INFO: 609-258-2800 TICKETS: 609-258-9220 CONTACT: Dasha Koltunyuk, [email protected], 609-258-6024 “BABY GOT BACH: WONDERFUL WINDS” CONCERT FOR KIDS AND THEIR FAMILIES AT PRINCETON, BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND With Baby Got Bach: Wonderful Winds, Princeton University Concerts (PUC) presents the first of its two All in the Family series concerts this year, held in Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall. An interactive concert specially created for kids ages 3-6, pianist Orli Shaham’s Baby Got Bach program will return to Princeton on Saturday, November 5, 2016 at 1pm featuring the internationally celebrated young quintet WindSync, making their Princeton debut. The audience will get to meet all of the instruments in the woodwind quintet, and discover the joy of making music just by breathing. Everyone is invited to stay afterward to meet the performers and their instruments in a woodwind petting zoo! The music featured on the Baby Got Bach: Wonderful Winds program relays music’s ability to tell stories, inspire dance, and uncover beauty in the everyday, including Aaron Copland's toe-tapping Hoedown, Sergei Prokofiev’s classic musical tale Peter and the Wolf, and timeless music by Johann Sebastian Bach, and more. Tickets are just $5 kids, $10 adults. Last year’s concert was sold out; families are urged to buy their tickets soon. PUC’s Meet the Music: Albert & Wolfgang concert for older kids ages 6-12, celebrating the legacies of Albert Einstein and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, will take place on Saturday, March 11, 2017 at 1PM. ABOUT BABY GOT BACH The interactive concert series Baby Got Bach was founded by concert pianist Orli Shaham in 2010. As Artistic Director, she draws on both her background as an internationally renowned musician and her experience as the mother of young children. Baby Got Bach's interactive concerts introduce young children to musical instruments,

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princetonuniversityconcerts.org Wednesday, October 5, 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE INFO: 609-258-2800 TICKETS: 609-258-9220 CONTACT: Dasha Koltunyuk, [email protected], 609-258-6024

“BABY GOT BACH: WONDERFUL WINDS” CONCERT FOR KIDS AND THEIR

FAMILIES AT PRINCETON, BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND

With Baby Got Bach: Wonderful Winds, Princeton University Concerts (PUC) presents the first of its two All in

the Family series concerts this year, held in Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall. An interactive concert

specially created for kids ages 3-6, pianist Orli Shaham’s Baby Got Bach program will return to Princeton on

Saturday, November 5, 2016 at 1pm featuring the internationally celebrated young quintet WindSync, making

their Princeton debut. The audience will get to meet all of the instruments in the woodwind quintet, and discover

the joy of making music just by breathing. Everyone is invited to stay afterward to meet the performers and their

instruments in a woodwind petting zoo!

The music featured on the Baby Got Bach: Wonderful Winds program relays music’s ability to tell stories, inspire

dance, and uncover beauty in the everyday, including Aaron Copland's toe-tapping Hoedown, Sergei Prokofiev’s

classic musical tale Peter and the Wolf, and timeless music by Johann Sebastian Bach, and more.

Tickets are just $5 kids, $10 adults. Last year’s concert was sold out; families are urged to buy their tickets soon.

PUC’s Meet the Music: Albert & Wolfgang concert for older kids ages 6-12, celebrating the legacies of Albert

Einstein and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, will take place on Saturday, March 11, 2017 at 1PM.

ABOUT BABY GOT BACH

The interactive concert series Baby Got Bach was founded by concert pianist Orli Shaham in 2010. As Artistic

Director, she draws on both her background as an internationally renowned musician and her experience as the

mother of young children. Baby Got Bach's interactive concerts introduce young children to musical instruments,

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concepts, and the experience of concert-going. The concerts feature hands-on activities followed by performances

that encourage audience participation and develop listening skills. The wildly popular series, presented in New

York City by the 92nd Street Y, is included in New York Magazine's "Best of New York" list, and has been cited as

"magical" and "a terrific family event" in the press, praised in the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, New

York Magazine, among others. Baby Got Bach made its Princeton University Concerts debut in the spring of 2016.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Host and pianist Orli Shaham, winner of the Gilmore Young Artist Award and the Avery Fisher Career Grant,

has established an impressive international reputation as one of today's most gifted pianists. Hailed by critics on

four continents, she has performed with nearly all of the major symphony orchestras in North America, as well as

some of the most important orchestras in Europe, Asia and Australia including the BBC Symphony Orchestra,

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, Sydney Symphony Orchestra and many more. Her

recital schedule takes her to well-known venues around the world, from Carnegie Hall in New York City to

Amsterdam's Concertgebouw. Driven by a passion to bring classical music to new audiences, Ms. Shaham has

maintained an active parallel career as a respected broadcaster, music writer and lecturer. Ms. Shaham has taught

music literature at Columbia University, and was artist-in-residence on National Public Radio’s Performance

Today.

Hailed by the Houston Chronicle as “revolutionary chamber musicians,” WindSync is internationally recognized

for dramatic and engaging interpretations of classical music. The young, adventurous group plays exclusively

from memory, including elements of staging and choreography, and focuses on building a connection with

audiences through dynamic concert programming and charismatic stage presence. Gold Medalist in the National

Fischoff Chamber Music Competition and winner of the Concert Artists Guild Victor International Competition,

the group received the Sylvia Ann Hewlett Adventurous Artist Prize. They made their New York City debut at

Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, and have appeared at the Chautauqua Institution, Washington Performing

Arts Society, and the The Schubert Club in St. Paul, Minnesota. Recent performance engagements include the

Library of Congress in Washington DC, Shanghai Oriental Arts Center in China, and the Met Museum’s Grace

Rainey Rogers Auditorium, as well as radio broadcasts by New York Public Radio’s McGraw Hill Financial Young

Artists Showcase and Minnesota Public Radio/American Public Media’s Performance Today.

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LISTING INFORMATION

BABY GOT BACH: WONDERFUL WINDS

ORLI SHAHAM, piano with WINDSYNC wind ensemble

WHEN:

Saturday, November 5, 2016 at 1PM

WHAT: Baby Got Bach: Wonderful Winds – Classical music for children ages 3-6

WHERE: Princeton University Concerts, Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall, Princeton

University

TICKETS: $10 Adults, $5 Children. Tickets are available online at princetonuniversityconcerts.org, by

phone at 609-258-9220, or in person two hours prior to the concert at the Richardson

Auditorium Box Office.

PHOTOS: Please contact Dasha Koltunyuk at [email protected] or 609-258-6024.

WindSync Ensemble

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Orli Shaham, Pianist and Host

For further information please contact Dasha Koltunyuk at [email protected] or 609-258-6024

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