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Education

Link Up Concerts

Bring Students to the Orchestra...

Link Up, a program of Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute, guides students and teachers through a semester-long exploration of orchestral repertoire.  Students sing and play soprano recorder or string instruments while learning basic musical concepts and composing their own music.  This program provides extensive standards-based teacher and student materials and culminates in an interactive orchestral concert in which students sing or play along with the SC Philharmonic.

Sponsored by SC Arts Commission, Lipscomb Family Foundation and Symphony League

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2025 THE ORCHESTRA SWINGS

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The Orchestra Swings! curriculum engages students by singing and playing the soprano recorder or string instruments with the orchestra; analyzing and interpreting the essential structures of rhythm and groove; connecting with the orchestra and exploring instruments, families and orchestration; composing and notating new music using the concert melodies as models; and developing their imaginative capacities while making personal connections to music.
The Link Up curriculum is designed to supplement your curriculum and includes activities and warm-ups that can be used for introducing recorder and vocal techniques, as well as introductory lessons on rhythm and melody. The Link Up program addresses National Core Arts Standards for Music, Common Core State Standard and the South Carolina College- and Career-Ready Standards for General and Instrumental Music Proficiency. The Link Up experience also supports Social and Emotional Learning for students returning to school after two years of Covid disruptions.
Link Up 2025 Performance Schedule:
Monday, February 3:  12:15-1:00 PM
Tuesday, February 4:  10:30-11:15 AM & 12:15-1:00 PM
Wednesday, February 5:  10:30-11:15 AM 
Student tickets are $6.  Teachers and chaperones attend at no cost.

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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

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DIGITAL TEACHER GUIDE

TESTMONIALS

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"Link-Up is absolutely a great resource for my classroom. Each year, I include composer studies from the Link-Up repertoire in my yearlong plans to teach my students at various grade levels and not just to those who attend the performances. I use the orchestral listening examples for students to describe and analyze various musical elements like instrumentation, mood, music theory, part-singing and part-playing, historical events and more. With my younger grades, we use the instrumental listening examples to play "4 Corners: Instrumental Families". The students choose a corner (Strings, Woodwinds, Brass, Percussion, Keyboard) based on the instrument sound(s) that they hear. My kids love this!" 

"Thanks very much Susan for all your prep and execution of one of the highlights of my year! I personally love coming to these concerts. It's probably the most important musical field trip my kids have during their entire time in elementary school. Thank you!!"

CONCERT DAY: ARRIVAL INFO

Plan to arrive early as there is no seating while the orchestra is playing. If you do miss the downbeat, you can watch the first piece on the television monitors in the lobby.

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Did You Know?

Student Rush Tickets

Students (with valid ID) may get 1/2 price student rush tickets to Capital Concerts in select sections. Student Rush tickets must be purchased at the circular kiosk in the lobby 30 minutes prior to the concert.

Adopt-a-Musician

Our Adopt-a-Musician program brings South Carolina’s finest musicians into schools in order to talk about their musical lives, engage in musical discussions, share a live performance, and collaborate with teachers and students.

Healing Harmonies

This long-running program brings South Carolina Philharmonic musicians to area healthcare facilities to aid in healing the heart, mind, and body.