Youth Concerts
Oregon Symphony youth concerts provide high quality artistic experiences in music for students from Kindergarten through 6th grade. Our developmentally appropriate family of Youth Concerts offers comprehensive, sequential learning experiences that encourage active participation by students and teachers alike. We believe that music is an essential and equal part of the total school curriculum and, while our concerts cannot replace sequential arts education curriculum in the school, they are designed to help schools meet and exceed the Oregon Department of Education's Arts Content Standards curriculum objectives and deepen your work in the classroom.
- Kinderkonzerts — suggested for grades K-2
- Young People's Concert — suggested for grades 3-6
- Take advantage of our free curricular resources to help shape your Youth Concert experience
- How to schedule your symphony visit
Kinderkonzerts, Grades K-2
What are Kinderkonzerts?
Small ensembles of Oregon Symphony musicians, with help from our narrator, bring the orchestra off the stage and into schools for an up-close musical experience where children are active listeners. This series of four 30-minute performances is designed to introduce the four instrument families of the orchestra to students K-2. Kinderkonzerts are held at three Portland-Metro Area host locations.
2008/09 Kinderkonzerts
Classical Capers!
Strings: Opposites
A sunny day after weeks of rain, making noise after being quiet, or a restful night after an action-packed day… opposites are what make life interesting and fun. Join our string players as they explore musical opposites and see how they work together to create an exciting spectrum of sound
Woodwinds: Song Soup
Not only are our woodwind players good musicians, but they’re good cooks, too. Join them as they throw together their secret recipe, Song Soup, by mixing the special ingredients of melody, tempo, and harmony to serve up a very tasty and fun concert—the perfect beginning for a rainy day!
Brass: Brought to you by the letter B!
A good friend has been kind enough to help us with this concert… the letter B! What words begin with B? Balloon, Barn, Bug… BRASS! Hear our brass instruments buzz like bees and bounce like bears in this boisterously entertaining concert.
Percussion: Comedian’s Gallop
From the galloping sound of woodblocks to the magical chime of a triangle, hear how percussion instruments can create exhilarating sound effects that make an ordinary story come alive.
Kinderkonzert dates, times and locations:
| Lent School Southeast Portland |
Peninsula Elementary North Portland |
Lincoln St. School Hillsboro |
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| Strings | October 20 9:30 AM 10:30 AM 12:30 AM |
October 21 8:30 AM 9:30 AM 10:30 PM |
October 22 9:30 AM 10:30 AM 11:30 AM |
| Woodwinds | January 21 9:30 AM 10:30 AM 12:30 AM |
January 20 8:30 AM 9:30 AM 10:30 PM |
January 28 9:30 AM 10:30 AM 11:30 AM |
| Brass | February 23 9:30 AM 10:30 AM 12:30 AM |
February 24 8:30 AM 9:30 AM 10:30 PM |
February 25 9:30 AM 10:30 AM 11:30 AM |
| Percussion | April 6 9:30 AM 10:30 AM 12:30 AM |
April 7 8:30 AM 9:30 AM 10:30 PM |
April 8 9:30 AM 10:30 AM 11:30 AM |
Times shown in RED are Sold Out.
Tickets: $2, free to students in federal free and reduced lunch program & free to chaperones.
Purchase tickets for the 2008/09 Kinderkonzerts and Young People's Concerts performed at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall online, or with our downloadable order form to fill out and mail or fax with your order.
For 2008/09 Young People's Concerts held at Smith Auditorium in Salem, you must use our downloadable order form.
Our complimentary teacher’s guide and companion CD will be a great resource to educators, as they introduce their students to classical music and the instrument families in the orchestra this school year!
Young People's Concert, Grades 3-6
What is a Young People's Concert?
Students and teachers arrive at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall eager to experience the full Oregon Symphony playing just for them! The conductor, narrator and orchestra give young listeners a memorable concert experience by combining the expansive emotions of classical music with historical and social concepts that relate to their lives today. Young People's concerts last 50 minutes and are designed especially for grades 3-6.
2008/09 Young People’s Concert
Happy Birthday Oregon - 150!
Gregory Vajda, conductor
Our beautiful state of Oregon is turning 150 years old on February 14, 2009!
Join the full Oregon Symphony in a Young People’s Concert that will celebrate this grand occasion with orchestral selections generously reflecting our State’s rich cultural heritage, bountiful natural resources, and that pioneer spirit, past and present, which makes us so unique.
Concert Program:
BIRTHDAY—John Williams: Happy Birthday Variations
WATER—Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture
FOREST—Wagner: Forest Murmurs (Hutschenruyter, arr)
MOUNTAINS—Carl Ruggles: Marching Mountains from Men Mountains
IMMIGRATION—Dvorak: Symphony No. 9/II
PIONEERS—Copland: Rodeo- Hoe-Down
CELEBRATION—Tchaikovsky: Overture 1812
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
April 23 & 24, 2009
9:30 & 11 AM
Smith Auditorium, Willamette University, Salem
April 27, 2009
9:30 & 11 AM
Tickets: $3, free for students in federal free and reduced lunch program, and free to chaperones. Our complimentary teacher’s guide and companion CD will be a great resource to educators, as they lead their students in this celebratory journey this school year!
Purchase tickets for the 2008/09 Kinderkonzerts and Young People's Concerts performed at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall online, or with our downloadable order form to fill out and mail or fax with your order.
For 2008/09 Young People's Concerts held at Smith Auditorium in Salem, you must use our downloadable order form.
2008/09 Music Education Brochure (500 kb PDF) »
Oregon Symphony
Education & Community Engagement
503-228-4294
educate@orsymphony.org