Education Concerts

Introduce your students to their SLSO! Perfect for elementary and middle school students, these 45-minute concerts align with both Missouri and Illinois learning standards and are designed to spark student imagination and inspire a lifelong love of music. Free companion Teacher Guides are available for each concert.

Elementary age students play recorders as part of Link Up concert

Link Up: The Orchestra Moves

Wed, May 8, 9:30am & 11:00am
Thur, May 9, 9:30am & 11:00am

These performances take place at Touhill Performing Arts Center at UMSL.

Discover all the ways that the orchestra moves! Through engaging repertoire and hands-on activities, Link Up prepares students in grades 3-5 to sing, dance, and play recorders or string instruments culminating in a celebratory concert with the SLSO.

This is a national program of Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute.

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Ticketing Information

All Education Concert tickets are $5 each. Teachers will receive one complimentary chaperone ticket per ten student tickets. Invoices are mailed after online orders have been received and processed. Payment is due 30 days prior to the concert(s) and can be made by credit card, check, or cash. No purchase orders, please. Your ticket will be emailed after payment is received. Cancellations or exchanges can be made in advance of payment.

Subsidized Tickets and Transportation Assistance

Subsidized tickets and transportation are available for qualifying schools on a first-come, first-served basis. When completing the ticket order form, please complete the financial assistance section. Schools must have a free and reduced lunch rate of 50% or greater to qualify.

Behind the Scenes of an SLSO Education Concert

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Need Assistance?

For ticketing assistance, please call 314-534-1700 or email educationtickets@slso.org.

For questions regarding the program or curriculum, please call 314-286-4407 or email education@slso.org.

Young students standing and holding recorders in auditorium as part of Link Up program

Planning Your Field Trip

We want to make your Education Concert experience hassle-free. Find more information that will give an overview of your field trip to the SLSO.

SLSO education programs are presented by:

World Wide Technology

And sponsored by

Emerson
The Dana Brown Charitable Trust, U.S. Bank, Trustee