Symphony Day
Apr 13, 2010
Symphony Day 2010
is an important component of the Quad City Symphony Orchestra
Association's nationally recognized music education program. As one of
11 outreach projects, Symphony Day
will celebrate its 27th season in 2010; collectively more than 135,000
children have attended this event. The QCSO is the largest provider of
free music education outreach programs in the Quad City region, with
free concerts and events designed for preschool through high
school-aged children that reach 30,000 children and their families each
year.
On Tuesday, April 13, 2010, more than 7,000 fourth and fifth grade students will travel to the Adler Theatre for Symphony Day 2010.
These children represent 32 different school districts and 195 public,
private and home-study classrooms within a 45-mile radius of the Quad
Cities. Two significant Association goals are fulfilled by Symphony Day.
Young audience members -- future musicians and patrons -- experience a
live concert performed by a full Orchestra of accomplished student
musicians. And the Quad City Youth Symphony Orchestra players,
conducted by Kevin Price, have the opportunity to perform a large-scale
concert in a distinctive concert hall.
Symphony Day 2010,
featuring the Quad City Youth Symphony Orchestra, introduces elementary
school students to the Symphony Orchestra and classical music.
Programming is designed to highlight the families of music instruments
through short and varied works. Instruments and Orchestra sections are
featured throughout the performance with narration and comments from
the conductor to draw the listener's focus to the music and the
musicians. Additionally, the Youth Orchestra members, themselves only a
few years older than the audience, serve as positive role models for
the elementary school students. The narrated performances are carefully
designed to expand on the general school music experience for ten and
eleven-year-old students. Prior to Symphony Day,
each school is provided with a comprehensive study guide, prepared by
Quad City Symphony Orchestra Association music educators, which can be
integrated into the music curriculum by individual classroom teachers.
This guide contains information about the Orchestra, the theatre, the
program, the composers, and offers suggested learning activities. Music
highlights are included to facilitate the pre-concert preparation
experience.
Music
Also Sprach Zarathustra (purchase)
The Planets: Mars (purchase)
The Planets: Jupiter (purchase)
The Imerpial March (purchase)
All
programs are offered at no cost to participants. Funding for the Quad
City Symphony Orchestra's music education programs is provided by Volunteers for Symphony (VfS) and the organizations listed below:
- Alcoa
- Adler Theatre Foundation
- Rauch Foundation
- Volunteers for Symphony
For more information please contact Melinda Hubbell at the QCSO Office at 563-322-0931 x13 or click here to e-mail.
