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Special Children's Concert

MCCE will be presenting three special children's concerts for ages 4-10: Molly's Bird Adventures Beyond the Big Oak Tree, Mother's Day at the Big Oak Tree and Molly's Rock Opera at local Staten Island libraries this year! Join us and experience original stories narrated with live music and a live illustrator - a three dimensional story that comes to life right before your eyes! (Free coloring book at each performance for all children in attendance.) The MCCE Children's Series focuses on making listening and learning about music a fun adventure for all!

CALENDAR

Molly's Rock Opera

Tuesday, May 20th
Richmond Town Library
200 Clarke Avenue
4:00pm

There's music in the air at the Big Oak Tree but what to do with a bird that sings off -key? Molly's written a great song but it's her singing that's gone flat. Now everyone has their own ideas of what it will take to help her. Maybe all she needs is better clothes or a new look. Fireworks and a three-ring circus or maybe a pared down acoustic version? Violet thinks she has all the answers but it's someone else that saves the day. Join us for art, music and more as the featherbirds try to solve Molly's dilemma.

Mother’s Day at the Big Oak Tree

Thursday, May 22nd
Great Kills Library
56 Giffords Lane
4:00pm

It's Mother’s Day at the Big Oak Tree and Molly and her family are on the hunt for the perfect gift for her. Violet has big ideas while Tess tries to keep things simple and David is baking up a treat that is sure to please everyone! But poor Molly is still searching for her gift. Will she find one in time for the big party? It all seems hopeless until Molly meets a friendly woodpecker who lends a helping hand. Read along and discover this delightful story that's truly straight from the heart.

Molly’s Bird Adventure Beyond the Big Oak Tree

Tuesday, June 10th
Todt Hill Library
2550 Victory Boulevard
4:00pm

When life feels too routine and boring for Molly, a ‘feather bird’ at the Big Oak Tree, she wonders what life would be like as a goose or maybe a peacock. What do other birds do? Seeking an adventure, Molly sets off on a journey that has her flying aerials with geese, standing tall with flamingos and parading about with peacocks. Will she find happiness hanging upside down with bats in the zoo or lazily swimming the day away with the local swans? It’s all for Molly to decide in this high flying tale of spreading one’s wings.

All Molly concerts are free and open to the public!

MCCE's concert series and programs are supported in part by public funds from NYC Department of Cultural Affairs and through grants received from Con Edison and Independence Community Foundation as well as the Staten Island Museum and the Dorothy Delsun Kuhn Music Institute of the Staten Island Jewish Community Center. MCCE's children's concert series is supported (in part) by an Encore grant from the Council on the Arts and Humanities for Staten Island (COAHSI) with public funding from the New York State Council on the Arts. Additional funding was provided by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. Funded in part through Meet the Composer's MetLife Creative Connections program.