Symphony In The Schools On Tuesday

The Utah Symphony will present a program to the Rich Elementary School at  1:05 p.m. in Laketown on Tuesday October 17. 

They will play at the Rich High School Gym at 2:35.  This is a wonderful opportunity for our students to hear a world class symphonic orchestra.

SYMPHONY FOR THE SCHOOLS

The Utah Symphony was formed in 1940. Now one of only 17 full-time professional orchestras in the country, the Symphony stands as the cultural flagship of the state, employing 85 musicians for 52 weeks, and presenting over 175 concerts each year. The Symphony's home in Salt Lake City is the acoustically-acclaimed Maurice Abravanel Hall, where most of its public and many of its educational programs are performed. In July 2002, the Utah Symphony and Utah Opera merged to form Utah Symphony & Opera. We provide Utah students with an introduction to orchestral music, along with training in listening skills and tools for understanding musical concepts in ways that support the state core curriculum.  We provide teacher in-service opportunities in conjunction with orchestra performances that help develop their listening vocabulary and give guidance in taking their learning back to their students in the classroom. Utah Symphony in-depth, performance and lecture/demonstration events combine to remind Utah students and teachers that they have many great opportunities from which to choose to have music in their lives, whether as performers or audience members.

Symphony in the School Programs

The Utah Symphony programs a full orchestra or a chamber orchestra (45 to 50 musicians) education program each year to allow us to travel great distances and play in schools with large or small auditoriums.  These concerts are made possible in part because of generous funding from the Elizabeth Brown Dee Fund for Music in the Schools and the Professional Outreach Program to Schools which is funded by the Utah State Legislature and administered by the Utah State Office of Education. Separate programs are created for elementary (grades 4-8) and secondary audiences. The concerts are approximately 50 minutes long. When school and district schedules make it necessary to have students in grades 4-12 at the same concert, we will perform the elementary concert program. Teachers receive materials that help them prepare students for their attendance as well as activity suggestions to help support their teaching of the music core curriculum.