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Bal des enfants – An OSM Carnival 2024-2025

Fundraising Event

Join us for a unique concert with Rafael Payare, exploring the orchestra and the captivating world of insects in a fun and fearless way!

A festive event for children aged 5 and up, featuring animations at the Maison symphonique. Don’t miss this fun and musical adventure for a good cause!

The OSM is delighted to present the world premiere of The Carnaval des insectes, a musical work by Quebec composer Maxime Goulet. Designed as a series of short movements, each one highlights an insect and a corresponding orchestra instrument, allowing it to shine as a soloist. Ants, bees, beetles, and many other insects will be brought to life through the timbres of the four orchestral families.

And to complete the festivities, other critters might just join in!

For this Children’s Ball, themed around the Carnival, there’s no need for butterfly nets or fly traps—just open your eyes and ears wide!

Artists

Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal 

Rafael Payare, conductor

Jean-Willy Kunz, OSM organist-in-residence

Martin Gougeon, author and director

Programme

Maxime Goulet, The Carnival of the Insects, world creation

Total duration55minutes

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