a cushion concert with the Portland Youth Philharmonic

On Sunday afternoon we tried something a bit different - a cushion concert (i.e. you sit on the floor), intended for young children, with the Portland Youth Philharmonic. It was a string orchestra, with cellos, violins, violas, and the double bass, in which they played five short pieces - Mozart, Grieg, Handel, a selection from "Peter and the Wolf". The members of the orchestra ranged from 7-13 years of age, which very much impressed Sebastian and Liesl. Best of all, before the concert began there was an instrument "petting zoo", where the audience children were allowed to touch and experimentally play all of the different instruments.  Seb loved the violin in particular and asked if we could please buy or borrow one for him and see about lessons.  That was cool, and unexpected. :)