KIDS offers a unique entry point into the world of music through creativity, play, and emotional connection. These workshops are free to all and designed to bring musical discovery to life for younger audiences during the festival.
Designed as a playful yet thoughtful introduction to music, KIDS offers a series of immersive workshops that encourage children to explore the expressive power of sound through the body, voice, and narrative. Led by experienced teaching artists, each session invites participants to engage deeply with music — not just by listening, but by moving, feeling, and creating.
These workshops lay the foundation for a lifelong connection to music by sparking curiosity, joy, and emotional awareness in a safe, dynamic, and artistically rich environment.
Workshops
STEPS INTO SOUND
Children internalize pulse and rhythm through full-body movement, imitation games, and playful interaction, fostering rhythmic awareness and an understanding of the link between rhythm and emotion.
Children connect deeply with musical expression by exploring how emotions are embedded in harmony and melody—and how they can be reflected, shared, and transformed through storytelling and improvisatory play.
Evgenia Rabinovich is a Vancouver-based pianist, teacher, performer, and researcher. She is the co-founder and Artistic Director of RR Academy and a doctoral researcher at the University of British Columbia
Franz Schubert [transcr. Franz Liszt] (1797 - 1828)
Der Müller und der Bach S. 565 No. 2
Aufenthalt S. 560 No. 3
Auf dem Wasser zu singen S. 558 No. 2
Die Stadt S. 558 No. 11
Gretchen am Spinnrade S. 558 No. 8
Ständchen „Horch! Horch!“ S. 558 No. 9
Erlkönig S. 558 No. 4
Robert Schumann [transcr. Franz Liszt] (1810 - 1856)
Liebeslied (Widmung) S. 566
Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886)
Hymne de la nuit S. 173a/1
"Romance" in E Minor S. 169 "O pourquoi donc"
Manuel María Ponce (1882 - 1948)
Intermezzo No. 1
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 - 1943)
"Where beauty dwells" from Twelve Songs, Op. 21 No. 7
[transcr. Arcadi Volodos]
"Melody" from Twelve Songs Op. 21
[transcr. Arcadi Volodos]
"Dream" from Six Songs Op. 38
[transcr. Earl Wild]
Fritz Kreisler (1875 - 1962)
"Liebesleid"
[transcr. Sergei Rachmaninoff]
INTERMISSION
Frederic Mompou (1893 - 1987)
Canción No. 6
Canción No. 8
Canción No. 7
from “Cançons i Danses”
Komitas (1869 - 1935)
Chinar es
[transcr. Villy Sargsyan]
Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957)
V Kuusi “The Spruce”
from Five pieces for piano, Op. 75
Harold Arlen (1905 - 1986)
"Over the Rainbow"
[transcr. Keith Jarrett]
Leonid Desyatnikov (1955 - present)
"Red arrowwood, green leaves"
from Songs of Bukovina No. 18
Jesús Guridi (1886 - 1961)
"La carrasquilla"
from Danzas viejas
Paul Hindemith (1895 - 1963)
"Einleitung und Lied"
from Klaviermusik, Op. 37 Pt. 2 "Reihe kleiner Stücke"