RSO Box Office
Monday to Friday | 9 to 4:30
Closed on stat holidays and Friday afternoons in the summer
Phone 306-586-9555
The RSO is proud to present Link Up: The Orchestra Moves during the 2026–2027 season, a celebrated music education program developed by Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute.
This engaging program is designed for students in grades 3, 4, and 5, and connects classroom music learning with the experience of a live symphony orchestra.
Throughout the school year, students from Regina and surrounding areas will explore an interactive curriculum where they learn to sing and play recorder, guided by their classroom teacher and supported by a teaching artist from the RSO.
The program culminates in a live concert at the Conexus Arts Centre, where the participating students all attend a full orchestral performance featuring the RSO, Conductor Karl Hirzer, and special guests. During the concert, students will perform from their seats, singing and playing along with the orchestra — a truly immersive and inspiring musical experience.
WE LIKE TO MOVE IT!
By any definition, music moves. As organized sound, music moves through time and space from high to low, creating patterns and motifs. Composers and performers use expressive qualities to move us emotionally. Music also compels us to move physically and is embodied in many kinds of dance. Using Orff Schulwerk strategies and complementary creative movement activities, we will discover all the interwoven ways in which the orchestra moves.
THEMES THAT WILL BE EXPLORED
Meter
Meter defines the way music moves through time. Explore how meter embodied in music and movement?
Patterns and Motifs
How can the development of patterns and motifs create movement in music and dance?
Expressive Qualities
How can we use expressive qualities in music and movement to communicate feelings and emotions?
Explore Dance Forms
Discover how movement is embodied in dance forms from different cultures and traditions.
LINK UP INFO FOR EDUCATORS
Your school receives:
- Link Up curriculum resources for each teacher (featuring repertoire for singing, playing the soprano recorder, and program-related lesson plans and activities) with accompanying audio and video resources.
- Link Up Resources for students.
- Professional Development sessions for teachers presented by the RSO.
- 15-minute phone call with an RSO teaching artist.
- 30-45 minutes classroom visit with an RSO teaching artist
- Teaching Guides.
- Access to the Link Up Web Sources and Recordings.
- Attendance at the Link Up culminating concert schedule for May, 2027 at the Conexus Arts Centre. (Details to be confirmed)
- Baroque soprano recorder – one per student.
If you have any questions or need any additional information, please contact our office. Thank you for your support of the Regina Symphony and we look forward to sharing a season of music with you!
IMPORTANT DATES
- 2 June 2026 – Registration Opens
- 1 October 2026 – Registration Closes
- November 2026 – Professional Development (PD) Days will take place in November. Specific dates will be confirmed by the end of September 2026.
- February–April 2027 – Classroom visits by RSO Teaching Artists
- May 2027 – Final Event at the Conexus Arts Centre
For more information about this program contact:
Mart-Mari Swanevelder, RSO Education
mswanevelder@reginasymphony.com
General admission seating is located in the Second and Third Balconies.
All attendees require a ticket to this event. For a free babes in arms ticket please contact Mart-Mari at the Box Office.
Need help?
Call 306-586-9555 or email mswanevelder@reginasymphony.com
Note: Link Up is designed as an interactive concert experience. Students participate from their seats in the audience by singing and playing along with the orchestra. Students will not be seated or performing on stage and cannot sit with their families.