Musician Visits

Grades 6 – 12

Our 6^th – 12^th grade In-School Program offers teachers the chance to bring Colorado Symphony Musicians into classrooms to work with students in a collaborative and inclusive way. This unique program allows teachers to choose a technical or musical focus area for musicians to teach during sectionals and coinciding repertoire the musicians will perform for the students.

Visits will be 1 hour and include the following:

• Performance of a selected piece
• Class Q&A
• Sectional coaching on a specific focus area such as bowing, shifting, vibrato, or intonation.

Possible performance pieces include:

• String Quartet No. 12 “American” 2nd Mvmt – Antonin Dvorak
• Por Una Cabeza – Carlos Gardel
• String Quartet No. 19 “Dissonance” K. 465 3rd Mvmt – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• String Quartet No. 1 in G Major 2nd Mvmt – Florence Price
• String Quartet Op. 18 No. 1 in F-Major 1st Mvmt – Ludwig van Beethoven
• String Quartet No. 2 in D-Major – Alexander Borodin
• Teachers may also request musicians play a piece the class is performing

*In-School programs will be a string quartet by default but we recognize that may not work for you. Please let us know if you prefer a trio and/or a bass player.

Cost: $380

*Financial assistance available based on school’s FRL%

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Pre-K – Grade 5

Meet the Instruments

Bring the Colorado Symphony musicians to your school for a fun, engaging demonstration of the different instrument families. Musicians will perform, talk about the instruments and what it’s like to be a musician and finish with a Q & A for students to ask their own questions.

Schools can customize the number of musicians they would like and what instrument families they prefer!

Cost: $95 per musician per hour

*Financial assistance available based on school’s FRL%

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