Do You Want to Build a Snowman?

Every year, The New York Pops invites 22 New York City students to participate in Kids on Stage, a comprehensive program that provides middle school students access to the professional performance process from the first audition to the final note. The experience culminates onstage at Carnegie Hall alongside The New York Pops musicians at the annual Birthday Gala.

When our 37th Birthday Gala Into the Unknown! The Songs of Kristen and Bobby Lopez was postponed due to COVID-19, we asked this year's Kids on Stage students to join our Music Director Steven Reineke, our fabulous New York Pops musicians and musicians from the Broadway production of Disney's Frozen: The Musical to perform Kristen and Bobby Lopez's "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?" 

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Thank you to Michael Markowski for Video and Audio Editing.

Kids on Stage 2020

Brian Worsdale, Director

Violin 1: Jonah Kwon, Leo Oiwa

Violin 2: Gabriel Hawkins

Viola: Kenji Golden, Jesse Schopflocher 

Cello: Andrew Cantor

Bass: Ryan Hau

Flute: Sawa Akita, Adam Bueno

Oboe: Tawi McCoy 

Clarinet: Ely Katz, Andrew Wu

Alto Saxophone: Julianna Javier

Tenor Saxophone: Sebastian Acre

Horn: Maria Portillo-Collell, Millie Tomppert

Trumpet: Christopher LeDoux, Benjamin Tyner

Trombone: Maya Estevez

Euphonium: Aleksander Koziel

Percussion: Chester Borrok, Demiah Pink

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. 

Thank you to generous support from The Leir Foundation, in memory of Henry J. and Erna D. Leir.

Thank you also to the East Hill Foundation / E & W G Foundation for their generous support of this program.