Children and Jazz
WEDNESDAY, 5 OCTOBER 2022 5:00 PM
Children and Jazz
Tsar Simeon's Garden, Singing Fountains
"Children and Jazz" is the name of a fun, musical event that is being realized for the first time in Plovdiv on October 5, 2022 at 5 pm at the Fountains in the Tsar Simeon's Garden. Its main goal is to support the development and promotion of young talents. "Children and Jazz is a unique event in that it gives young and old the opportunity to improvise alongside established jazz musicians, learn about musical instruments, the elements of jazz and directly participate in the performances. The concert is an open stage that is inclusive to all who wish to participate. It has not only a listening but also an educational purpose, introducing the audience to jazz music in a fun, accessible and attractive way.
The music project is for the kids as well as for the residents of Plovdiv and the visiting tourists in the city. It is also aimed at audiences without age restrictions, providing an opportunity for integration in the musicians' performances - singing, dancing, making music, playing, having fun, learning.
Kids will be given musical instruments with which to perform alongside the presenters. The best and most attractive performers in the concert "Children and Jazz" will receive prizes: a voucher for music lessons at Music Space; a sound recording of a song at the Music Space recording studio; participation in a concert at the Music Space Music Center. The subject prizes - musical instruments are provided by the Music Shop "Koychev".
In the concert "Children and Jazz" will participate children and young people, performers from Music Space Music Center, Plovdiv.
They will perform their songs accompanied by professional musicians Veselin Koychev, Ventsy Blagoev, Petar Koychev, Dimitar Blagoev, Christian Zhelev, Hristo Minchev and vocalists and teachers Svetlina Hristova and Ivelina Sabeva. The singing talents from Music Space Music Center,. Plovdiv will stand side by side with the professional musicians. The youngest performers and spectators will be introduced to melody and rhythm through educational children's music games. The organizers aim to help the small but great talents to become music lovers.
"One of the distinctive features of the Children and Jazz project is that it combines the concert format with an interactive module - the idea is not only to introduce attendees to different jazz styles, but also to actively participate in what is happening themselves - having fun, dancing, singing and making music. The most cherished goal, the mission of the Music Space Music Center, is for a wide range of people to get acquainted with the talent of the youngest and older young performers and to appreciate the enormous creative potential that the children of Bulgaria bring," said Veselin Koychev.
"Children and Jazz" is realized for the first time. It adopts, follows and builds on the line of projects such as "Jazz for Children" with Ventsy Blagoev, "In the Wonderful World of Jazz" by Dimitar Rusev, giving a new own look to the already established projects. The concert will include performances of jazz pieces in different styles of jazz by live musicians, together with graduates of different ages - instrumentalists and singers from the Music Space School, Plovdiv. The main group of musicians, one of them - a solo narrator, will introduce the audience to the characteristic features of jazz and show musical instruments in an interesting and attractive way. During the concert, children in the audience will have the opportunity to join the musicians on stage. Various musical instruments will be given to those who wish and they will have the opportunity to make music with the musicians on stage and get up close and personal with jazz music.
The event will be supported by the Municipality of Plovdiv and is part of the 2022 Cultural Calendar.
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