Education
Family concerts, student workshops, and program partnerships form the basis of The Knights’ robust educational offerings
FAMILY CONCERTS
Music lovers of all ages delight in The Knights’ family-friendly performances that celebrate world-class music in an engaging, interactive setting. The Knights perform excerpts from well-known works and contemporary compositions alongside audience participation activities that highlight musical details and showcase the way instruments can tell a story. In these accessible performances, children and their parents discover the limitless imaginative possibilities that exist in classical music.
Click the link below to read a full summary of recent family concerts, including musical selections and themes, and to inquire about partnering with The Knights on family programming.
meet artist leader for education Caitlin Sullivan
One of the earliest recipients of Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble Connect Fellowship, cellist Caitlin Sullivan discovered her passion for arts advocacy, and has been nurturing her skill for developing interactive concert experiences ever since.
For the last two decades, Caitlin has been facilitating performance environments that encourage personal connections to classical music and beyond. She has been a visitor to schools, universities, hospitals, retirement homes, correctional facilities, museums, and concert spaces as a performer and teaching artist for numerous ensembles, including the New York Philharmonic, IRIS Orchestra in Memphis, and the Affiliate Ensemble of Carnegie Hall, Decoda.
Caitlin has reached many corners of the globe designing and co-leading interactive performances and workshops across the US and UK, as well as in Japan and South Africa. Sharing her love of chamber music and audience engagement, Caitlin has been on faculty at the Lawrence Chamber Music Festival since 2024.
Maintaining a busy concert schedule, Caitlin has performed often with the New York Philharmonic, The Knights, among other ensembles. She also records on the film scores of her husband, composer Nicholas Britell. Photo by Whitney Browne
