2024-2025 Season Education Program

The Orchestra Rocks

One universal element of music is rhythm. Composers and musicians play with elements of musical time, creating patterns of sound and silence that are expressive and exciting. A consistent groove can unite musicians, singers, and audiences in an experience of listening and performing together. Through the Link Up repertoire, hands-on activities, and a culminating interactive performance with a professional orchestra, we will discover how the orchestra rocks.

Concert Dates & Times - March 2025

All Link Up concerts will be held at McCaskey eAST High School in downtown Lancaster.

Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - identical performances at 9:30 AM and 11:00 AM

Wednesday, March 26, 2025 - identical performances at 9:30 AM and 11:00 AM

Become a Link Up Teacher

Complete the registration form by filling out the appropriate form to reserve your school’s/homeschool child’s Link Up participation.
Watch the virtual Link Up Teacher Professional Development video (available mid-October.)
Use the materials provided by Carnegie Hall to prepare your students for the Link Up concert.
Participate in the ultimate cumulative assessment of student learning, the Link Up concert, where your students will perform in the audience LIVE with a professional Symphony Orchestra!

**Students will need to provide their own soprano recorders.

Register Your Class

All classrooms, schools, and families must register to attend the live concert.

Registrations for the School District of Lancaster are open now. Registrations for other area public and private school districts and homeschool families open on September 16. Please download the registration form below and email the completed forms to Melinda Myers: mmyers@lancastersymphony.org or print and mail via USPS Attn: Melinda Myers to Lancaster Symphony Orchestra - 48 North Christian Street, Suite #200, Lancaster, PA 17602.

McCaskey has individual chair seating, not pew seating, like our previous concert venue. Accurate counts on your registration form are critical for having enough seats for your school or homeschool family.

Public and Private Schools Registration Form

Homeschool Family Registration Form

All About Link Up

Introduce your students to the orchestra by helping them get ready to become a part of it!

In collaboration with Carnegie Hall, The Lancaster Symphony Orchestra is participating in Link Up – The Orchestra Rocks, a music education program provided by Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute, during the 2024-2025 season. Link Up is a hands-on music program for students in grades 3–5 that explores orchestral repertoire in the classroom while preparing students to sing and play recorders or string instruments from home in a culminating live LSO Link Up concert. If you teach recorder, singing, or beginning violin, this program is a must!