My parents and I took to the boys to the final children's concert of the season, "Symphony in Space," yesterday morning at Jones Hall. 
We got there an hour before the concert started to enjoy all the pre-concert activities. 
The boys really enjoyed the instrument petting zoo and tried playing all sorts of instruments. 
They ate doughnuts and got to make a rocket craft. 
And then we settled in for the hour long concert. The best part was that we had second-row seats, so we were right up at the front and part of the action! I wish I could have taken a picture of the conductor, Robert Franz, who was dressed as a silver space alien, but they said absolutely no photos! The conductor really engaged his young audience in the program and asked all kinds of questions (Will even answered some, like the order of the planets!). The songs ranged from Holst's Jupiter (during which they showed NASA images of the planet) to The Flinstones Meet the Jetsons and the Star Wars theme. My favorite was when astronaut Chris Hadfield came out and sang a song that his brother wrote. 
This was Henry's first-ever concert, and he did pretty well. He was absolutely entranced for the first 15 minutes, but then he got a little squirmy. Will, on the other hand, could have stayed at Jones Hall all day. He was absolutely taken with the entire experience and now wants to be a musician when he grows up! The first song they played was Beethoven's Symphony No. 5, which was aboard the first space shuttle! Will leaned over to me and whispered that he loved the concert and that these were his new favorite songs, and that they are even better than pirate songs! For the rest of the day, Will was entranced with music and playing his instruments. 
Both boys are already asking when they can go back to the concert, so I'm looking forward to taking my little music-lovers to all four performances next season!
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