Put on your PJs, grab your favorite stuffed animal, and join the New Haven Symphony Orchestra (NHSO) for this year’s Family Concert Series: “Once Upon A Time…” This concert series celebrates the magic of fairy tales and each concert concludes with a beautiful lullaby that families share at home.

This year’s series will conclude this weekend with Peter and the Wolf on Saturday, March 5  at 2:00pm at Davis Street School in New Haven and Sunday, March 6 at 2:00pm at Shelton Intermediate School. This program will highlight the woodwinds with an arrangement of Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf for woodwind quintet acted out with the help of Professional storyteller Michael Boudewyns from Really Inventive Stuff.

Really Inventive Stuff is a troupe of classically-trained performers committed to sharing inspiring, memorable experiences with audiences of all ages. Their productions are created with a core commitment to imaginative, playful, entertaining storytelling. With a sprinkling of child-like enthusiasm, they create skillful, delightful performances that combine vaudeville and classic theatre, while keeping the music in the spotlight.

Starting at 1:30pm before the concert, the NHSO will offer an Instrument Discovery Zone where children can tap, tickle, and toot real orchestral instruments before the 2:00 pm performance. Following the concert, families are invited to stay for a healthy snack. New Haven Reads will partner with the NHSO once again to provide free children’s books for everyone who attends the concert.

Featuring: Rebecca Povodator, flute; Andrew Grenci, clarinet; Olav van Hezewijk, oboe; Jaime Thorne, horn; Sue Zoellner-Cross, bassoon; Michael Boudewyns from Really Inventive Stuff, actor and storyteller

Tickets: Free Admission

The Family Concert Series is sponsored by the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development, Pitney Bowes, and WMNR Fine Arts Radio.