California Symphony's Music-in-the-Schools Program
The California Symphony's Music-in-the-Schools (MIS) program is a comprehensive and interactive music education program. Each participating school receives:
| 3 different Assembly days (performing 3-4 presentations on each assembly day) for Kindergarten and first grade classes between October and April. Two musicians will present the families of the orchestra: strings, woodwinds/brass and percussion. More Information |
| 4 different Assembly days (performing 2-3 presentations eon ach assembly day) for second through fifth grade classes between October and April. The presentations include a string quartet, a brass quintet, a woodwind quintet and Supercussion. More Information |
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Study guides for both the Kindergarten and first grade level (also available in English/Spanish) and the second through 5th grade levels to help prepare or follow-up each assembly.
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| Guides for teachers: an outline of each presentation, how the MIS program can tie in to other areas of curriculum and other resources. |
The California Symphony is serving more than 3,500 Contra Costa County school children through Music-in-the-Schools in 2008-2009. There will be 70 site visits with up to 170 presentations. Since it began in 1992, the program has introduced the orchestra to nearly 55,000 students in 75 schools.
For more information, contact Elaina Birnbaum, Director of Operations & Education.