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October concert 2019 !!!!

October 12, 2019, 8:00 PM

Concert New Amsterdam Children's Choir
Sailing away A musical journey around the world

On Saturday 12 October, 28 talented singers from the Nieuw Amsterdams Kinderkoor (9-11 years) invite you to take a musical journey around the world. Under the leadership of Anaïs de la Morandais, the top choir performs a number of well-known songs, such as America from West Side Story and a vocal version of Bach's famous Air. You will also hear some rarely performed songs in Europe, such as Order-e from the Philippines or Hana Wa Saku from Japan. The choir is accompanied by pianist Kimball Huigens and an instrumental ensemble.

The Nieuw Amsterdam Children's Choir is part of Nieuw Vocaal Amsterdam. This is the largest extracurricular classical singing course in the Netherlands. With 350 enthusiastic students from the age of 4, this is the largest extracurricular classical singing course in the Netherlands. The NVA choirs are among the best in the Netherlands. Nieuw Vocaal Amsterdam is the permanent children's choir partner of the National Opera & Ballet and the Conservatory of Amsterdam.
More information: www.nieuwvocaalamsterdam.nl

Tickets: € 19.50 (adults) / € 10 (children)
Snack & drink included.

Order a ticket via the button above and pay immediately with iDEAL. Or book your ticket in advance by emailing to reservations@thomasopen.nl (please state the desired number of tickets) and pay cash at the door.

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Music for youth development

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Music for youth development

Although playing music is not considered a basic need, it is a great wrap-around tool for youth development, serving to increase education, academic success, family well-being, social skills, and confidence. 

Enrolling your child in a choir has many benefits for his/her development:

Under 5 years old, singing songs bring kindergarten readiness to your child through rhythm structures, develop musical expressions using movement, kinesthetic awareness, and speech.

Music is a a positive way to bond with each other and bridge gaps. A musical community enables interaction with students of all backgrounds in order to achieve a common artistic goal. Besides being a wonderful art, music convey a message of peace and brotherhood.

In an orchestra or choir, every individual is responsible to know his part which encourages him/her to become autonomous and self-sufficient and simultaneously they have to cooperate with their peers and play together. Hence, teaching them the skill of multi-tasking.

Choir is a social and educational activity that develops very positive life benefits like civic involvement and philanthropy, memory skills and academic success, confidence and better emotional management, self-discipline and punctuality. It is also a way to learn about different cultures. When your child sing in another language it also stimulates his/her brain and eases the process of learning other languages later.

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Benefit of music for your brain

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Benefit of music for your brain

According to neuroscientist  PhD Anita Collins, Music education and the brain what does it take to make a change? (2014): “Playing a musical instrument engages practically every area of the brain at once, especially the visual, auditory, and motor cortices. <...> a large number of benefits from music education including improvements in memory, language acquisition, executive function, and brain plasticity. ”

A short video on TED summorize her research demonstrating how making music affect the brain and why it is so efficient for brain development. 

More about her work and publications on: http://www.anitacollinsmusic.com/neuroandmused/

 

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