NY Phil Young People's Concert: Fantasy & Imagination

• Jerry Hou, conductor
• Justin Jay Hines, host

Modest Mussorgsky / Maurice Ravel — Pictures at an Exhibition
Tristan Hu — Odyssey (world premiere; Very Young Composer)
Ijeoma Ah-Byn Kené — The Story of Smoke and Fire (world premiere; Very Young Composer)

Music, both old and new, has the power to reinvigorate our imagination. Join this concert, filled with storytelling, music, and fun.

Arrive early for YPC Overtures, on the Leon and Norma Hess Grand Promenade and Hearst Tier 1, where children can try out orchestral instruments and families can engage in crafting and interactive workshops. Activities begin at 1pm.

About New York Philharmonic

https://nyphil.org/

About Jerry Hou, conductor

https://www.jerryhou.com/

About Justin Jay Hines, host

Percussionist, composer, and educator Justin Jay Hines has performed with the New York Philharmonic, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Moab Music Festival, Alarm Will Sound, and the Chamber Music Society of Detroit. He has served as a New York Philharmonic Lead Teaching Artist in New York City and Japan since 1997, and has been invited to host several Young People's Concerts. He has collaborated with The Juilliard School, St. Louis Symphony, New World Symphony, 92nd Street NY, Lincoln Center's Education programs, Carnegie Hall, and the Caramoor Center for the Arts as a leader of aesthetic education experiences. Hines’s classical compositions have been performed by his group, Classical Jam, at venues throughout the United States and Asia. He is a composition mentor for the New York Philharmonic Very Young Composers Program and is the artistic director of Living Arts Collaborative, Inc. He is a recipient of Manhattan School of Music's Pablo Casals Award for Community Outreach, and joined Manhattan School of Music's faculty in the fall of 2022.

https://nyphil.org/about-us/artists/justin-jay-hines