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 we will be featured on the 2023-2024 NC Symphony Education Concert all throughout this school year. The 4th graders at Barton Pond attended the symphony field trip on Tuesday, November 14th, 2023 at 10:45 a.m. and had a phenomenal time!

At the concert, we sang "Simple Gifts" by Joseph Brackett, Jr. (1797-1882). Here is an arrangement of the song performed by the Tudor Choir.


Read about Joseph Brackett, Jr. here: Joseph Brackett, Jr.

Log into Quaver to read music for the arrangement of "Simple Gifts" that we sang at the NC Symphony's 2023-2024 Education Concert.

We will learn more about the pieces that will be featured on the concert during the school year.

Here you can find the program for the 2023-2024 NC Symphony Education Concert: 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.

Bacchanale from Samson and Delilah-Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)


Learn about Camille Saint-Saëns here: Camille Saint-Saëns

Overture to The Magic Flute-Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)


Learn about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart here: Mozart

Bal masque, Op. 22-Amy Beach, (1867-1944)


Learn about Amy Beach here: Amy Beach

The Entertainer, Scott Joplin (1868-1917)


Learn about Scott Joplin here: Scott Joplin

"Can Can" from Orpheus in the Underworld, Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)


Learn about Jacques Offenbach here: Jacques Offenbach

The Sea and Sinbad's Ship from Scheherazade, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, (1844-1908)


Learn about Rimsky-Korsakov here: Rimsky-Korsakov

Tico-Tico no fuba, Zequinha de Abreu (1880-1935)


Learn about Zequinha de Abreu here: Zequinha de Abreu





























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