Young People’s
Concerts

Link Up

Madison Symphony Orchestra, Link Up 2021

The Orchestra Sings!

PROGRAM

Randal Swiggum, host
Featuring: The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra
Vincent Hardaker, Conductor
Greg Zelek, Principal Organist of the Madison Symphony Orchestra

Come To Play
Thomas Cabaniss

Simple Gifts
Joseph Brackett

Largo from the “New World” Symphony
Antonín Dvořák

Toccata from Organ Symphony No. 5
Charles-Marie Widor

Ode To Joy
Ludwig van Beethoven

Oye
Jim Papoulis

Bonus:
Variations on a Shaker Melody
Aaron Copland

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Link Up is a music education program created by Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute that gives students in grades 3-5 the opportunity to explore music through a yearlong curriculum of classroom activities during which they learn to play the soprano recorder. A culminating concert brings the students into Overture’s Capitol Theater to perform with the MSO! Link Up 2022 is scheduled to take place on Thursday, May 19, 2022.

Would you like to participate?

If you have any questions, please contact MSO Education Assistant Lisa Kjentvet at lkjentvet@madisonsymphony.org.

The Curriculum

This year, the MSO is presenting The Orchestra Sings, which is all about melody. Classroom activities will guide students through the exploration of popular orchestra repertoire, and students will learn to play popular classical melodies such as Dvořák’s “New World” Symphony and Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” on recorder. The lessons will also develop students’ skills in listening, note-reading, rhythm, improvisation, composition, and ensemble and rehearsal skills.

General information for Link Up

Curriculum information for Orchestra Sings

I enjoyed performing with you and it sounded very nice. I hope I see you again. I had a lot of fun!

4th Grade Student

A principal from [another school] was there and said it was the best educational field trip he had ever been to!!

Webster and Lebanon Teacher