Welcome to 2017!

Our year began with 40 primary teachers in our immersive TunED-Up!^TM  training program hosted by AIM. Watch our paper bag orchestra video that went viral! You can also look at the photo gallery and read a teacher's story!

Start your 2017 with professional development. Prepare for the year ahead with a range of resources and activities for the classroom.

Check the SSO YouTube channel for the 2017 Meet The Music seminar vodcasts!

K-8 Teacher Professional Learning 
14 February 9am‒2pm | Victoria Avenue Public School*, Concord West

Music for Sport Professional Learning
15 Feb 4pm‒6pm | Our Lady of Mercy College, Parramatta

Regional Tour Professional Learning
16 Feb 4pm‒6pm | Orange Regional Conservatorium
17 Feb 4pm‒6pm | Dubbo School of Distance Education

Designed for teachers with little music training through to specialist teachers looking for new ideas. The workshops combine theory with practical classroom ideas for engaging children of all ages with orchestral music in the classroom. Learn more. For bookings contact us or call (02) 8215 4603.

*Please note the change of venue. The workshop is not at the Seymour Centre as listed in the 2017 brochure.

Music for Sport
7‒10 March | Riverside Theatres, Parramatta

Suitable: Years 3‒10

This program presents orchestral music that has been used for major sporting events, from the Paris Olympics of 1924 to Ravel's Bolero and Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man. These concerts will unpack the elements of music and identify the features of music that connect with different sports. Learn more. For bookings contact us or call (02) 8215 4603.

Playerlink ‒ APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN!
Fri 5‒Sun 7 May | Orange Regional Conservatorium

This annual pop-up music camp is a special orchestral immersion experience for talented young musicians based in regional NSW.

What is Playerlink?
A 3-day orchestral experience for music students in Years 5-12 hosted by the Orange Regional Conservatorium.
13 SSO musicians and a conductor will travel to Orange to work with and mentor the young musicians in sectionals and orchestral rehearsals.
The weekend culminates in a free family presentation-workshop! Learn more.

Apply online or call (02) 8215 4603.

Regional Tour - Bathurst, Orange and Dubbo!
24‒26 May | Bathurst Entertainment Centre, Orange Civic Theatre, and Dubbo Convention Centre

Suitable: Years K‒12

In 2017 the SSO heads to Bathurst, Orange and Dubbo. Our concerts will explore the evolution of the orchestra from the first fanfares and early Baroque to the orchestra in the 21st century. Students will discover the growth of instrumental families and the development of orchestral sound. Learn more. For bookings contact us or call (02) 8215 4603.

Machine Music
30 May‒2 Jun | Seymour Centre, Chippendale

Suitable: Years 3‒10

The sounds of machines can be their own kind of music. Some composers have written music for machines and discovered ways to replicate the sounds of machinery through the instruments in the orchestra. Students will be enthralled as a typewriter joins the percussion section, we hear Elgar's interpretation of a wagon passing and Mussorgsky's crazy hut on chicken legs. Learn more. For bookings contact us or call (02) 8215 4603.

The Bush Concert
31 Oct‒3 Nov | Seymour Centre, Chippendale

Suitable: Years K‒6

Helga Visser's picture book is brought to life by Mark Simeon Ferguson's score for the orchestra with storyteller, Barry Conrad. What do the animals do when the drought will not end? Students will discover the instruments of the orchestra and the sounds of the Australian Bush as they take part in a very unusual concert. The resource kit includes the picture book! Learn more. For bookings contact us or call (02) 8215 4603.

Teacher's Lounge

In 2017, we introduce the Teachers' Lounge, providing exclusive invitations for teachers to relax and enjoy SSO concerts!

Access to the lounge, is automatically yours when you finalise your school's concert subscription package. 

In Term 1, we are offering a double pass giveaway to see Asher Fisch conduct music of Brahms and Strauss on Friday 31 March 8pm.

To go in the draw, email education@sydneysymphony.com with your name and "Songs & Vistas" in the subject line by Friday 24 March 5pm.