As part of the sixth season of the program adored by toddlers (and many parents), which will be devoted to musical awakening, the concert Symphonic Master Key will be presented on December 2.
For two performances, at 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., Passe-Partout, Passe-Carreau and Passe-Montagne will join the Orchester Métropolitain (OM) and conductor Mélanie Léonard on the stage of the Maison symphonique de Montréal. In addition to classics such The vegetables, Bedon bedondaine et The housesnew nursery rhymes created for the new version of Master key will be arranged for orchestra by François Vallières. Simon Boulerice, one of the authors of the series which will begin its sixth season in September, is directing which will be punctuated by games and stories. Les Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal, prepared by Andrew Gray, will also perform.
Symphonic Master Key will also be presented on November 30 to a few groups of preschool children who attend early childhood centers and daycare centres.
The OM and the musical awakening teacher Noémie Caron-Marcotte collaborated with the team of Master key as to the themes to be addressed and how to instil certain musical notions in children in the 40 new episodes of the next season.
The tickets for Symphonic Master Key will go on sale from April 3, at noon, on the Place des Arts website.