New York City
If you "practice, practice, practice" you'll get to play here someday.
Carnegie Hall
This 1970s genre born in the Bronx blended DJing, MCing, breakdancing, and graffiti
Hip Hop
This mellow, tenor sounding instrument in F was likely invented in now southern Poland around 1718. It has a bulb shaped bell.
English Horn
Women were granted the right to vote in the United States in this year. There were only male performers in the New York Philharmonic at the time.
1920 (19th Amendment)
That’s not a Hashtag, it’s a....(what?)
sharp
This NYC orchestra is older than the country of Italy
New York Philharmonic
A predecessor to the piano, the harpsichord is most associated with this musical era.
Baroque Era (1600-1750)
This instrument was invented in 1846, the last instrument invented before the synthesizer.
Saxophone (invented by Adolph Sax)
The woman is the first documented female composer who was also an abbess, writer, philosopher, and visionary.
Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179)
Although you can’t have sharps AND flats in one of these, people still think they are very scary.
Key Signatures
This 1957 Leonard Bernstein musical reimagines Romeo and Juliet on the streets of New York
West Side Story
This era saw the inventions of the string quartet, symphony, and sonata form. Composers include Schubert and Handel.
Classical Period (1750-1820)
This composer was the first to use piccolo, contrabassoon, and trombone in a symphony (in 1808)
Ludwig van Beethoven (Symphony No.5, Finale)
(POSSIBLE DOUBLE POINTS) The Academy Award-winning documentary "The Only Girl in the Orchestra" is about the first female, full-time member on the NY Philharmonic. What instrument does she play?
Double Bass
Why couldn’t the string quartet find their composer? He was... (what?)
Haydn
Carnegie Hall
A musical genre and dance that fuses Afro-Cuban, Puerto Rican, and New York jazz traditions. Musicians include Celia Cruz and Willie Colón.
Salsa
This instrument uses a hidden single reed, a double reed, and an air reservoir.
Bagpipe
In 1933, the first symphony composed by an African American woman was performed by the Chicago Symphony. She was also a pianist, organist, and music teacher. What's the composer's name?
Florence Price (1887 – 1953)
What common time signature is mathematically equivalent to 3/4?
6/8
This performing arts complex was created on what was once San Juan Hill, a community where African-American, Afro-Caribbean, and Puerto Rican cultures once flourished.
Lincoln Center
This dance-music genre, born in New York City’s underground clubs like The Loft and Paradise Garage, rose from DJ-driven parties before going mainstream in the 1970s.
Disco
This instrument was brought to Europe in 1300 by soldiers returning home from the Crusades in the Middle East
Timpani (it was first used in an orchestra in 1675)
In 1892, the New York Philharmonic became the first American orchestra to perform a piece by an American, female composer and pianist. What's the composer's name?
Amy Beach (1867 – 1944)
Some people think he looks like Harry Potter, but this composer has more symphonies than Harry Potter has books.
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 – 1975)