Intac Insurance Education Concert Series - Concerts for grades 7-12
“We continue to be impressed with the quality of musicianship and dedication to arts education in our city.” –Lakeshore Discovery School
Each year the WSO brings music to over 22,000 students in Windsor, Essex County and Sarnia with its award-winning Education Concerts and Music Alive ensemble performances. The concerts take place in April and in May, and are an unforgettable experience for many students.
These concerts are held at venues in Windsor, Essex County, and Chatham. Students travel to these concert halls to hear a full orchestra of 40-50 professional musicians. Resources packages are provided to classroom teachers with lesson plans designed for preconcert and post-concert learning in compliance with the Ontario Curriculum. For some programs, students practice songs or recorder pieces so they can perform with the Windsor Symphony from the audience.
The material we cover in the course of these concerts can connect many of the other subjects students tackle. From the instruments of the orchestra to their construction materials, from hearing the notes to studying sound-waves, from listening to a melody to discovering its shape, our resources can help every teacher bring more imagination into the classroom. Music is a lot more than melody and rhythm.
What you need to know about WSO Education Concerts:
- Each concert helps teach the Ontario music curriculum with cross-curricular connections to other subjects.
- Students experience the excitement of a full-scale symphony orchestra.
- Students are taught audience etiquette as well as listening skills.
- There are three different programs: one designed for grades K-3, one for 4-6, and one for 7-12. Programming rotates in a four-year cycle, so no student hears the same concert twice.
- The concerts are field trips so permission forms and busses are required.
- The resource guide provides teachers with a CD, lesson plans, materials, online resources and curriculum ideas and connections.
- The cost is $6.50 per student. Schools receiving LOG grants through the school board have a lower rate per student. Contact us for more information.
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