Each year we see thousand of students in Windsor, Essex County and Sarnia during our Educational Concert season. This year they will be educated and entertained with WSO concerts that have been geared for three age levels.

Wild and Wacky Woodwinds for students in grades K through 3 will feature the fabulous sounds of the entire woodwind family along with the musical story of Peter and the Wolf. Students will delight as the various instrument voices tell Prokofiev’s classic tale.

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Canadian Music, Eh? will aquaint students in grades 4 through 6 with their own country’s music. Its aim is to stimulate students to become better acquainted with Canadian composers and to participate fully in the concert as listeners as well as musicians when they join the orchestra with their recorders, and play during a section titled a Simple Melody.

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A new program has been designed for students in grades 7 through 12 called, The Music of Freedom. This program will be a tribute to the vital role of Windsor and Essex County in the Underground Railroad and the beacon that our area has been in attracting people who wish to create a new life for themselves and their families. Featured at this concert will be the music of great composers like Aaron Copeland, R. Nathaniel Dett, Shelton Brooks and Antonín Dvorák. This concert will premiere a new work by pianist and composer, Stewart Goodyear. This exciting new work, a fusion of classical, jazz, hip hop and Caribbean styles will include the use of a turntablist with the orchestra.

Would you like to send your child’s class or school with a musical gift? Whether you are an alumni, parent or grandparent, you can send the children to a Windsor Symphony Orchestra Educational Concert. Email or call Vonnie Prime, 519-973-1238 extension 18, for more information about this unique and educational gift of a performance.