
Introducing
Children to Live Orchestral Music
Every
year The Pioneer Valley Symphony presents educational
concerts for grade school students in Greenfield and
Northampton. Fully enrolled every year, with waiting lists
of more than two hundred children, the concert brings 1000
third and fourth-grade students to a performance by the
full orchestra at Greenfield High School. Hundreds more
attend the concert at JFK Middle School. The morning
concert follows a six-week curriculum in the schools, with
materials developed and distributed by PVS. These
instructional materials include a 16-page student
workbook, a supplementary teacher’s guide, and a compact
disc recording of the works to be heard at the concert. An
important part of classroom preparation brings musicians
into the classroom to demonstrate their instruments,
giving children a chance to see the instruments at close
proximity. The school program is an essential part of our
work in the community. In fulfilling our stated mission
and goals, the PVS is proud to play a role in introducing
young children to live symphonic music through our music
education programs. We are particularly grateful to the
Mary Stuart Rogers Foundation for their generous support
of this vital program.
All
season long, the Pioneer Valley Symphony offers parents an
unusually affordable vehicle for introducing their
children to fine symphonic music. Tickets for children 18
and under are always $5.00. The importance of music and
its ability to transform a young life cannot be
underestimated. Music education can and does make a
difference!

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