Kids in Concert sponsored by Volksbank Schladming
Kids in Concert 2025
The children’s concert at Mid EUROPE, a highlight for the youngest visitors, is back again this year – this time with the exciting theme: Kids & Cops in Concert – When the Police Lead the Beat!
On Wednesday, July 9, 2025, the congress center in Schladming will become the stage for an unforgettable morning full of music and adventure.
The day kicks off at 09:30 AM with an engaging pre-concert show all about the police. Children and parents will get a close-up look at the diverse work of the police force. Police cars, equipment, and fascinating insights into the daily tasks of law enforcement await visitors. Through playful demonstrations, the importance of the emergency number 133 will be explained, along with instructions on how to act correctly in emergency situations.
At 10:00 AM, the children’s concert takes center stage. The World Youth Wind Orchestra Project (WYWOP), accompanied by experienced music educators Philipp Haas and Katharina Eckerstorfer, will take young listeners on a musical journey around the theme of the police. With engaging and interactive elements, children will learn about the connection between music and emergency services and even get to be part of the musical experience themselves.
This unique performance showcases how music and everyday heroes like the police create an unforgettable combination. Come and be engulfed in blue lights, sirens, and memorable melodies!
Philip Haas isn’t only a trumpeter and voice of the renowned “Federspiel” brass ensemble, he is also constantly searching for creative ways to expose people to music. Numerous productions for our youngest and young-at-heat concertgoers led him from Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg to the Luxembourg Philharmonic and the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg. At this year’s Mid Europe in Schladming, the music educator will be standing on the stage for the third time – on this occasion accompanied by fellow music educator Katharina Eckerstorfer.
Katharina Eckerstorfer has been teaching for the Upper Austrian Provincial Music School since 2003. After pursuing her bachelor’s studies in musical pedagogy and clarinet, she went on to complete her master’s in clarinet with distinction at Anton Bruckner Private University Linz. She has given expression to her artistic talents in various orchestras and chamber music ensembles. In organizational and conceptual capacities as well as a music educator, she has led projects at Akzente Salzburg, L` Aura Ensemble, readings for children at the Zoom, the Mozarteum Foundation, the Hausruck Chamber Orchestra, Jeunesse Österreich, the Haydn Festival in Eisenstadt, the Wind Music Association, “Young Bruckner Days” in St. Florian, and at the Mid Europe Festival. Since 2015, she has also been in charge of Anton’s Kids Club at Brucknerhaus Linz. Katharina Eckerstorfer lives with her husband and daughter in Gaspoltshofen, Upper Austria. “It has been a great joy and honor for me, as a long-standing member of the Mid Europe team, to work together with Philip Haas, developing the idea behind this year’s children’s concert and getting to share the stage with him”, says Katharina Eckerstorfer.
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