Education and Community Engagement
The Colorado Symphony’s commitment to support the development of young musicians. Programs are designed to enhance a student’s education while stimulating creativity and imagination. The Colorado Symphony continues its commitment to provide exceptional music education opportunities for students throughout metropolitan Denver and along the Front Range. Students, teachers and other adults may experience the Colorado Symphony through a variety of programs.
Music Exposure Programs
COST
$600 for two back-to-back programs
CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS
Music, Math, Life Science
TARGETED GRADES
3 – 7
MATHNOTES is an innovative and popular program showing the relationships between music and mathematics, and how each can help explain the other.
MUSIC OF LIFE is an imaginative program about how music and living things are created. This program offers a fascinating way to review music curriculum standards and enhance the life science curriculum.
TOUCH OF SYMPHONY is a highly flexible program offering chamber music performances that include the entire school, or provide a performance and master mentor coaching session for large or small groups of students. Available ensembles include: Colorado Symphony Brass Quintet (reserve early, this is our most popular ensemble), Colorado Symphony String Quartet – explore the string family with a performance featuring duets, trios and quartets.
To register for this program, use the Music Exposure Form.
Programs for Young Children & Families
IN-SCHOOL PROGRAMS COST
$600 for two back-to-back programs
GRADES
PRE-K-2
CURRICULUM CONNECTION
Music / Language Arts
ONCE UPON A TIME is a delightful program of music and storytelling that stimulates a child’s imagination by using music as a prominent element of the story.
AVAILABLE PROGRAMS
Aesop Times Two: The Tortoise and the Hare and The Boy Who Cried Wolf
The Emperor and the Nightingale
Jack and the Beanstalk
Tungi and the Giant(African Folktale)
Paul Bunyan(A Tall Tale with Music)
The Steadfast Tin Soldier [*]
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This program is presented with the Mathnotes program
for schools that need an accompanying program for lower
elementary grades.
Master Mentors
COST
$100 (Per Session / Per Musician)
TARGETED GRADES
6 – 12
CURRICULUM CONNECTION
Music
This program is designed to provide an opportunity for instrumental music students to expand their technical knowledge and artistic expression through coaching sessions led by Colorado Symphony musicians. These sessions have proven to be invaluable to teachers and students.
To request scholarship or transportation assistance for Music Exposure Programs, use the Financial Assistance Form.
If you do not have access to the internet, call 303.308.2466 or 303.308.2467 and request a financial assistance form to be mailed or faxed to you. Please include the financial assistance request form with your reservation form. You will be notified within 10 business days of the status of your request.
For information about these programs please contact Nora Robinson, Director of Education, at 303-308-2466