Explore the Orchestra!

Explore the Orchestra! is a fun and informative educational concert created and performed by the Western Piedmont Symphony. Partnering with local regional school districts and music teachers, this concert reinforces essential standards from the K-8 NC Essential Standards in Music and will help enable students to recognize the different instrument families of the orchestra and how they produce sound. Students will have an opportunity to hear the individual instruments, the instrument families, and how they work together to create the magic of a full symphony orchestra.
If you would like more information or are interested in attending one of these performances, please contact [email protected]
Concert Program
Symphony No. 5 (excerpt)
Romanian Folk Dances (excerpt)
Nimbus 2000 (from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone)
Fanfare from La Peri
Comedian’s Galop
Little Fugue in G minor
“Hoe-Down” from Rodeo
Main Title (from Star Wars)
Ludwig van Beethoven
Belá Bartók
John Williams
Paul Dukas
Dmitry Kabalevsky
Johann Sebastian Bach / Lucien Cailliet
Aaron Copland
John Williams
SHOWTIMES:
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
10:00 - 10:50 am
11:30 am - 12:20 pm
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
10:00 - 10:50 am
11:30 am - 12:20 pm
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