Symphony & Curriculum

To see what students in all grades learn, visit DPI's website here: K-5 Music Curriculum

Below you will find the pieces that are being featured on the 2025-2026 NC Symphony Education Concert. Our 4th graders will attend this concert on a field trip on Tuesday, January 6th, 2025.

At the concert, we will perform "Ode to Joy" featured in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. Below, you will find the sheet music for the arrangement that we will sing at the concert and a video of an arrangement of the song.

"Ode to Joy" Sheet Music

Read about Beethoven here: Beethoven's Biography

A copy of the North Carolina Symphony's program for the 2025-2026 education concert can be found here: NC Symphony Program. Listen to the pieces that are featured on the program by clicking on the videos below. There are links to composer biographies under the videos.

"The Star-Spangled Banner"

Learn about John Stafford Smith here: John Stafford Smith

Learn about Francis Scott Key here: Francis Scott Key

"In the Hall of the Mountain King"

Learn about Edvard Grieg here: Edvard Grieg

Symphony No. 8 in b minor, D 759, "Unfinished", Mvt. 1

Learn about Franz Schubert here: Schubert

Starburst

Learn about Jessie Montgomery here: Jessie Montgomery

"Ballet Music" from Act II of Aida

Learn about Giuseppe Verdi here: Verdi

Themes and Fanfares of Unity

Learn about Anthony Kelley here: Kelley

Symphony No. 9 in d minor, "Ode to Joy", Op. 125

Learn about Beethoven here: Beethoven

“Farandole” from L’Arlésienne Suite No. 2

Learn about Georges Bizet here: Georges Bizet