Welcome, teachers!

Join us for Storytellers of the Symphony!

We are excited about the upcoming 2024 Education Concerts on Tuesday, May 7th. We are looking forward to seeing you and your students there.

To reserve your school’s place in this year’s concerts, call the DSO Office at 217-443-5300, hours 1-5 pm weekdays.

This year we are presenting music that tells a story. The following repertoire will be sure to spark the visual imagination of students young and old. Each of the titles below links to YouTube examples of the music. (Teachers, please be advised that YouTube has advertisements. Do review these before showing to students.)

 

Download the Teacher’s Guide flip books:


Users Guide

Guide to Instruments of the Orchestra

Guide to the Composers and their Music

Student Guide to Concert Day!

Click on the links below to listen to the pieces we will be playing for this year’s concert.


John Williams, Star Wars:

Imperial March

Leia’s Theme

The Force

Fighter Attack


Puccini:

Intermezzo from Manon Lescaut


William Grant Still:

Autochthonous Symphony

(Extra listening—Duke Ellington: Take the A Train, Cotton Tail


Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky:

Symphony No. 4, 1st movement

Symphony No. 4, 3rd movement


Click the links to instrument demos below:

Violin

Viola

Cello

Bass

Flute

Oboe

Clarinet

Bassoon

French horn

Trumpet

Trombone

Tuba

Bass drum

Triangle

Cymbals

Snare drum