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Playing For Young Children (Infants, Young and Older Toddlers, 4 Year Olds)

Playing For Young Children (Infants, Young and Older Toddlers, 4 Year Olds)

Mar 31 2006
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Paul Silver
Paul Silver

A native of Cleveland, Ohio, violist Paul Silver holds a Bachelor of Music degree and a Performer's Certificate from the Eastman School of Music. He also holds a Master of Music degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music. His teachers include Robert Vernon, Francis Tursi, Heidi Castleman and Edward Ormond.

Mr. Silver has been a participant in the Aspen and Casals Music Festivals, performing in numerous chamber music and orchestral concerts. Locally he plays chamber music with friends and colleagues from the orchestra and also has performed in Beijing, Hong Kong, Moscow and throughout the United States.

Paul was a member of the Rochester Philharmonic and the Detroit Symphony prior to joining the Pittsburgh Symphony in 1981. Along with other PSO members, he works with pre-school
children at the Cyert Center for Early Education in Pittsburgh.

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Have you ever stood in front of a room full of very young children, wondering how on earth to engage them with your instrument? Well, help is here!!

Paul Silver, violist with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, works with pre-school children at the Cyert Center for Early Education in Pittsburgh. Paul offers tips and suggestions for how to prepare a session for very young children. He lists some of the tunes he has found to be effective, describes some of the interactive techniques he uses (such as call-and-response), and even includes examples of some of his interactive tools (thanks to Ron Krentzman, Harford Symphony’s librarian, for setting these examples). After reading Paul’s article, you’ll feel much better prepared, and hopefully more comfortable, when performing for young kids.

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