Overview
Share the joy of music with all your loved ones in captivating performances created with your entire family in mind. Recommended for ages 5–12.
Music for Families
January 18, 2025
Concert Extras
1:00pm: Preconcert activities including a coloring station, instrument petting zoo, and more!
Program
Alexander
Courage
Theme from Star Trek
Jessie
Montgomery
Starburst
John
Williams
Flying Theme from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Claude
Debussy
(orch. Carmen Dragon)
Clair de lune
James
Horner
Theme from Apollo 13
John
Williams
Main Title from Star Wars
James
Horner
Main Title and Ripley’s Rescue from Aliens Suite
Jonathan
Ring
Fanfare for Greta
John
Williams
Theme from Jurassic Park
Sponsors
Music for Families is supported by
Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser
Conductor
A passionate communicator, Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser brings clarity and meaning to the concert hall, fostering deep connections between audiences and performers. He is concurrently the Resident Conductor of Engagement and Education of the San Francisco Symphony, Barrett Principal Education Conductor and Community Ambassador of the Toronto Symphony, Artist in Residence and Community Ambassador of Symphony Nova Scotia, and Principal Youth Conductor and Artistic Partner of Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra. He previously served as assistant conductor of the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony and associate conductor of the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra. Host of Canadian Broadcasting Company’s (CBC) nationally broadcast weekly radio show Centre Stage, he is also the subject of a multi award-winning CBC documentary Disruptor Conductor, focusing on his efforts to extend the boundaries of the orchestral music world through concerts for neurodiverse, incarcerated, African diaspora, and LGBTQ2S+ populations.
