Teacher Materials
2024-2025 IN SCHOOL SYMPHONY CONCERTS
2025 5TH GRADE CONCERTS
2024-2025 IN SCHOOL SYMPHONY CONCERTS
FULL ORCHESTRA CONCERT: ELEMENTARY & SECONDARY
Come discover the many sounds an orchestra creates! Compare and contrast how different music can sound when it is written by composers from different time periods and countries. While listening to pieces from Russia, Germany, China, Spain, and Mexico we explore musical elements such as melody, harmony, timbre, dynamics, and tempo that are created by the 20 different instruments that make up an orchestra.
Concert Program
Click on the names of the composers to access brief biographies. Click on the titles of the musical works to listen to recordings of the music.
- Mikhail Glinka: Ruslan and Ludmila Overture
- An-lun Huang: Saibei Suite No. 2, Saibei Dance
- Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 3, Movement 3
- Jose Pablo Moncayo: Huapango
- Gerónimo Giménez: La Boda de Luis Alonso, Intermezzo
- Alexander Borodin: Symphony No. 2, Movement 4
Corresponding Teacher Materials
Learn more about what an orchestra is with the following presentation. Click on links to hear what each instrument sounds like and learn about some of the musicians in the Utah Symphony that play these instruments.
The Instruments of the Orchestra PresentationCHAMBER ORCHESTRA: ELEMENTARY & SECONDARY
Listen to music from all around the world! This concert features music by composers from England, India, Austria, United Sates of America, and Argentina.
Come discover the many sounds an orchestra creates! Compare and contrast how different music can sound when it is written by composers from different time periods and countries. While listening to pieces from Russia, China, Spain, and Mexico we explore musical elements such as melody, harmony, timbre, dynamics, and tempo that are created by the 20 different instruments that make up an orchestra.
Concert Program
Click on the names of the composers to access brief biographies. Click on the titles of the musical works to listen to recordings of the music.
- Sir Edward Elgar: Minuet for Orchestra, Op. 21
- Reena Esmail: Ram Tori Maya (will not have vocals)
- Felix Mendelssohn: Sinfonia No. 10 in B minor for String Orchestra Allegro
- György Ligeti: Old Hungarian Ballroom Dances
- Astor Piazzolla: Libertango for Strings arr. James Kazik
- Stephen Montague: Snakebite
- Mozart: Symphony No. 15 in G Major, Presto
Corresponding Teacher Materials
Learn more about what an orchestra is with the following presentation. Click on links to hear what each instrument sounds like and learn about some of the musicians in the Utah Symphony that play these instruments.
The Instruments of the Orchestra PresentationMUSIC CORE CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS
The Utah Symphony’s In School Symphony Concerts provide students with the opportunity to respond to quality musical works and quality performances as well as studying the musical influences that come from living in different countries and at different times.
Attending the concert and assessing it afterwards allows students to experience elements of Standards 1-4 in the Respond Strand of the Secondary Instrumental Music Core Curriculum:
- Respond to a musical performance by identifying the musical elements within a piece and in a given context, discus their effect on both listener and performers, and exhibit appropriate performance demeanor and audience concert etiquette.
- Consider, with guidance, how the use of musical elements helps predict the composer’s possible intent.
- Identify and describe, with guidance, the musical and structural elements that contribute to a quality musical work.
- Identify and describe, with guidance, the technical and musical skills evident in a quality performance.
2025 5TH GRADE CONCERTS
“HEY, BRAVI!”
This year’s Utah Symphony 5th Grade Concerts feature “Bravi,” a voice-assistant character that personifies Abravanel Hall, who will guide students through an exploration of a variety of classical works. “Bravi,” along with a pair of hosts will narrate a concert of music by composers from all around the world, many who are living. This concert is conducted by Assistant Conductor, Jessica Rivero Altarriba.
Concert Program
Click on the names of the composers to access brief biographies. Click on the titles of the musical works to listen to recordings of the music.
BORODIN: Symphony No. 2, Movement 4
FRANK: “Mestizo Waltz” from Three Latin American Dances
WATKINS: “Soul of Remembrance” from Five Movements in Color
HISAISHI: “The Legend of Ashitaka” from Princess Mononoke & “Merry Go Round of Life” from Howl’s Moving Castle
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6, Movement 3
DEBUSSY: Clare de lune
STRAVINSKY: Finale from The Firebird Suite
Corresponding Teacher Materials
Get your students familiar with the different instruments found in an orchestra with our instrumental presentation below. Furthermore, help your students prepare for their trip to Abravanel Hall with this short presentation that covers basic etiquette, facts about Abravanel Hall, and what to expect at a Utah Symphony concert.
The Instruments of the Orchestra PresentationThis presentation can be supplemented with a video tour of Abravanel Hall, provided by Salt Lake County Arts.