Getting Children Interested in Learning about Classical Music
Ted Wiprud
Ted Wiprud is Director of Education for the New York Philharmonic. Among his duties are staging the Young People's Concert series originally made famous by Leonard Bernstein. Prior to this, he worked for several years doing music education and community outreach work for the Brooklyn Philharmonic, partnering with the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Public Library and places of worship around Brooklyn to bring music into these unconventional spaces. He is also a composer.
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Ted Wiprud, Director of Education for the New York Philharmonic, discusses the institution’s initiatives for children’s music education (such as the “Very Young People’s Concerts”), and the pedagogical techniques used to capture and retain the interest of young children.
