In collaboration with Carnegie Hall, the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra is participating in the Link Up program The Orchestra Rocks, a music education program provided by Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute (WMI), during the 2020-21 season. The nearly 5,500 students participating in Link Up will participate in a virtual culminating concert in May 2021 where they will sing and play the recorder or the violin with the orchestra from home. This performance often serves as students' first concert experience and provides them with the opportunity to apply the musical concepts they have studied.
For more than 30 years, Link Up has paired orchestras with students in grades three through five at schools in their local communities to explore orchestral repertoire and fundamental musical skills, including creative work and composition, through a hands-on music curriculum. Link Up provides a free, yearlong curriculum that teachers can implement, along with classroom materials, online video and audio resources, and the professional development and support necessary to make the program an engaging experience for students.
The Lancaster Symphony Orchestra is one of 120 national and international organizations chosen for this program. Since 2003, Carnegie Hall has partnered with professional, community, and university orchestras across the U.S. and around the world to support their existing education programs and strengthen their partnerships with local schools. In the 2020-21 season, Link Up will partner with sites in the U.S., as well as in China, Canada, Colombia, Spain, Kenya, New Zealand, and Japan, to serve approximately 450,000 students and teachers globally. Readers may visit http://www.carnegiehall.org/LinkUp for a complete list of participants and further details.
To register a school or student to participate in Link Up, readers may visit http://www.lancastersymphony.org/education/music-discovery-experience/. The deadline for registration is Wednesday, Oct. 14. Additional information is available by visiting http://www.lancastersymphony.org, searching for Lancaster Symphony Orchestra on social media, or calling the organization's offices at 717-291-6440, ext. 303.
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