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Seattle Historical Arts for Kids is proud to present our second season of family concerts at Empty Sea Studios, offering a truly unique, up-close musical experience.

The KidsAcoustic series offers real music for grownups, enchanting tunes for kids, and a chance for all the children to try the instruments afterwards! For each concert, teacher and early string performer Shulamit Kleinerman joins forces with a duo partner from a folk or early music tradition.

For the season’s first program, Seattle’s own Kathryn Smith-Derksen brings out her bass viola da gamba for an all-string multi-genre romp with Shula’s violin and a bit of tenor viola da gamba too. It’s sixteen strings in all: hear the many ways they work together, from sparkly Baroque sonatas to toe-tapping country dances. Viola da gamba is always a major favorite when the kids get to try our instruments at the end.

Shulamit Kleinerman first added family house concerts to her offerings for children in 2007, and the audience quickly outgrew her teaching studio. The new space at Empty Sea is still welcoming, relaxed, and intimate enough for kids to scootch right upto the musicians’ feet… but now there’s also room to dance! Shula is passionate about bringing the arts of earlier ages alive for kids. From Mozart operas to baroque minuets to Shakespeare skits to medieval songs, her historical arts workshops connect kids with the sparkle of the past. More information about her performances and classes for kids and adults can be found at shulamitk.net.

To keep from crowding the venue, we offer two separate seatings.

11.00 AM: All kids welcome up to age 11. Infants (not yet walking) are welcome for free.

1.00 PM: For kids aged 5-12. Younger siblings are welcome to come too; we just want to make sure that the big kids have a chance to engage with this music in a comfortable peer group!

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Some kinds of music are inherently age-inclusive. KidsAcoustic presents real music that parents can enjoy for its own sake, while the lively tunes and wonderful instruments draw kids in naturally.

For each concert, teacher and early string performer Shulamit Kleinerman joins forces with a duo partner from a folk or early music tradition. A personable forty-five minute program is followed by a hands-on opportunity for all the kids to try out our menagerie of instruments.

For the season’s second program, Shula invites Bill McJohn to share his harp and voice on a collection of musical stories that stand the test of seven or eight centuries. A performer of everything from chant to baroque continuo, Bill sings about the changing of the seasons, a man who eats too much, and a rustic dance party gone comically wrong. Shula plays medieval fiddle and percussion. Tap your toes to some lively instrumental dances and set your imagination alight. Learn what itinerant medieval musicians thought about when autumn came! If you’ve never heard a buzzing medieval bray harp, come check it out here.

Shulamit Kleinerman first added family house concerts to her offerings for children in 2007, and the audience quickly outgrew her teaching studio. The new space at Empty Sea is still welcoming, relaxed, and intimate enough for kids to scootch right upto the musicians’ feet… but now there’s also room to dance! Shula is passionate about bringing the arts of earlier ages alive for kids. From Mozart operas to baroque minuets to Shakespeare skits to medieval songs, her historical arts workshops connect kids with the sparkle of the past. More information about her performances and classes for kids and adults can be found at shulamitk.net.