WSO Education Programs
Elementary School
To better serve our community, the WSO is committed to spreaking its music beyond the walls of the concert hall. With the generous support of some of our sponsors, we've created programs and events to help touch the lives of those eager to learn more and those who not yet have had an opportunity to experience the power and energy of live orchestral music.
Intact Insurance Education Concert Series
- Concerts for grades 1-7
Each year the Windsor Symphony Orchestra creates an education concert specifically geared towards older children and tied in to the Ontario curriculum. This very special concert is often tied to one of our main performances, featuring compositions and sometimes soloists that will be performing with the Windsor Symphony Orchestra on its Pops or Masterworks series concerts.
Click here to download PDFs of the resouce guides.
Click here for a schedule of education concerts
Music Alive
Did you know that you can invite a professional Windsor Symphony Orchestra ensemble to visit your school and that WSO musicians will play two forty-five minute concerts, one designed for students in grades K-3 and one for students in grades 4-8? Did you know that the cost is the same for schools of any size?
Advantages these concerts offer:
• Professional musicians with a proven program
• A concert in up-close and familiar surroundings
• No field-trip permission forms required
• Audience members have the opportunity to
interact with musicians
• Minimal disruption to the school day
Conductors in the Schools
An exciting opportunity for aspiring musicians ages 12-20 to take their musicianship to the next level!
To learn more about any of these programs, or for booking information, please contact Faith Scholfield by email or call 519-973-1238 ex. 18.
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The WSO to perform 20 education concerts in nine locations throughout Windsor-Essex
Second collaboration for Orchestra and Learning Through The Arts
brings art and music to children in imaginative ways
The Windsor Symphony Orchestra will perform 20 concerts with a full orchestra for elementary schools from February 28 to April 13. These concerts, including two performances in French, will take place in churches, schools and concert halls throughout Windsor-Essex in an effort to bring down costs incurred by individual schools for bussing students to a central location.
The WSO Intact Insurance Education Concert series consists of ten performances each of two programs created specifically for targeted grade ranges and feature an education guide with background information and activities tied to the Ontario curriculum:
- Wild & Wacky Woodwinds, for Grades K-3, is part of a four-year cycle that features a different family of instruments each year. Students attending these performances will hear music that features a variety of woodwind instruments, including Prokofiev’s classic Peter and the Wolf.
- Canadian Music, Eh?, for grades 4-6, highlights Canadian music from the drumming traditions of the First Nations to a piece of orchestral music written by a student from Walkerville Collegiate Institute.
For the second year in a row, the WSO is working with Learning Through The Arts (LTTA) in a collaboration sponsored by the Royal Conservatory of Music. Award-winning LTTA puppeteer Matthew Romain has been working with Grades 3 & 4 classes from McGregor Public School, Princess Elizabeth, St. Christopher Catholic Elementary, John Campbell Elementary, Tecumseh Vista Academy, and Ruthven Public School since November, 2011, to create a puppet show for Peter and the Wolf that will be performed for selected Wild & Wacky Woodwinds concert dates. Special guest narrators for Peter & the Wolf include Walkerville student Shane Nelson, CTV news anchor Jim Crichton and CBC-Radio Canada host Lisette Leboeuf.
Featured on Canadian Music, Eh? is Adam Iannetta, a bass-baritone singer at the University of Windsor School of Music with choirs from Conseil scolaire de district des ecoles catholiques du Sud-Ouest schools run by Corinne Veronneau. Iannetta and the choirs will be singing a Windsor-Essex folk medley featuring songs celebrating the history of Windsor/Essex County. Native drummer Theresa Sims will join the WSO with a demonstration of First Nations drumming traditions. Also on this concert is a composition by Eric Swiatoschik (swa-toss-chick), a student at Walkerville Collegiate Institute and a member of the Windsor Symphony Youth Orchestra.
2011-2012 WSO Education Concert Series (Wild & Wacky is always the earliest show with the exception of Wednesday, March 28th, 2012)
| Date | Location | Times |
| February 28th, 2012 | Heritage Park Alliance Church | 10am & 11:15am |
| February 29th, 2012 | Migration Hall | 9:30am & 10:45am |
| March 1st, 2012 | École L’Essor (en français) | 10 h et 11 h 15 |
| March 2nd, 2012 | Chrysler Theatre | 9:30am & 10:45am |
| March 28th, 2012 | Holy Name of Mary Church, Windsor | 10:30am & 11:45am |
| March 29th, 2012 | Walkerville Collegiate | 10am & 11:15am |
| March 30th, 2012 | Massey High School | 10am & 11:15am |
| April 11th, 2012 | Essex High School, Essex | 10am & 11:15am |
| April 12th, 2012 | Dr. David Suzuki Public School | 9:30am & 10:45am |
| April 13th, 2012 | Tecumseh Vista Academy | 9:30am & 10:45am |
