[ROULETTEKIDS] Face the Music: New Works by New Folks II

About

The teens and tweens of Face the Music perform Steve Reich’s masterful “Eight Lines,” along with seven new works by Face the Music player/composers.

Praised for “stunning performances” by The New York Times, Kaufman Music Center’s Face the Music is the only youth ensemble in the country solely devoted to the music of living composers. Advancing Kaufman Music Center’s commitment to modern music, Face the Music draws over 200 students from all over the New York region.  Face the Music performs music for large groups (orchestra, jazz band, improvisation ensemble), cultivates, workshops, and performs music by its own member-composers, and partners with the Kronos Quartet for a one-of-a-kind string quartet program devoted to contemporary music.

Under the direction of conductor and founder Dr. Jenny Undercofler, Face the Music has played at venues such as Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall, BAM Café, Lincoln Center, and the Bang On A Can Marathon and has worked with professional musicians such as JACK Quartet, Alarm Will Sound, David Robertson, and Vijay Iyer. Now in its eleventh season, Face the Music has been featured on WQXR’s Young Artist Showcase abd NPR’s All Things Considered, and has been the subject of feature stories in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.

About [ROULETTEKIDS]:
Presenting artists who push the imagination and revel in the wonderful world of sound and vision, [ROULETTEKIDS] is a family-friendly, kid-approved educational programming series that fosters enrichment, curiosity, and wonder through music and the free-play of the imagination, experimentation, and creative interaction.