On Saturday and Sunday, October 17-18, Carnegie Hall celebrates families with an interactive Fall Family Weekend in the Resnick Education Wing. During this free musical extravaganza, with activities ongoing from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. each day, kids and grownups alike can participate in songwriting workshops, create and play their own instruments, join in sing-alongs, listen to musical stories, and explore a digital music playground. Both days will also feature performances in the Weill Music Room by Carnegie Kids performers Sbongiseni Duma at 11:00 a.m., Elizabeth Mitchell and You Are My Flower at 12:30 p.m., and Shine and the Moonbeams at 2:00 p.m. Please note: reservations for the Fall Family Weekend are currently full, but additional guests will be admitted as capacity allows via a standby line.
Carnegie Hall hosted its first-ever Family Weekend event on Sunday, September 21, 2014. This historic occasion marked the public opening of the Resnick Education Wing, the inspirational home for Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute (WMI), with 24 state-of-the-art spaces dedicated to music education atop Carnegie Hall. A Spring Family Weekend will be offered on Saturday and Sunday, May 21-22, 2016, with details to be announced. In addition to the Family Weekend events, WMI presents free, interactive Carnegie Kids concerts in the Resnick Education Wing throughout the year for children ages 3-6, beginning on November 15. Entering its 20th anniversary season, Carnegie Kids performances will give young music lovers the opportunity to sing and dance along with Songs for Unusual Creatures, Little Big Tiny featuring Emily Eagen and Spiff Wiegand, Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem, Falu and Shine and the Moonbeams, as well as learn about New York City's diverse musical and cultural traditions through My City, My Song concerts featuring Magda Giannikou, Falu, Yacouba Sissoko, Bobby Sanabria, Brianna Thomas, and Jen Shyu.Videos