Education & Outreach
The Symphony strives to create outreach opportunities and educational programming within the community and around the region, bringing musicians and visiting composers to schools and other venues. The current Five-Year 2022-27 Strategic Plan envisions a major increase in the range, size, and depth of the Children’s Concert program, expanding through meaningful partnerships with funders and collaborative organizations to bring music into the Warren and Washington County regions, and the Southeastern regions of the Adirondack Park. The Children’s Concerts came to life on November 17, 2023, at Warrensburg's beautiful new Jr/Sr High School Auditorium for nearly 1,500 students from Warrensburg, Queensbury, Lake George, Indian Lake, Boquet, Ticonderoga, and Corinth. This series of three performances marks an inspiring expansion of the Children's Concerts and includes school visits to regional elementary music programs.
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Glens Falls Symphony Children’s Concert 2023
The Glens Falls Symphony Presented Lucinda y Las Flores de la Nochebuena to 1500 School Children in the Adirondack Park, Lucinda y Las Flores de la Nochebuena by Evan Mack and Josh McGuire, American composers, librettists, pianists and friends. The opera stars of Seagle Festival, in Schroon Lake, NY along with our fully professional symphony musicians will present this coming-of-age, Christmas opera based on the Mexican folktale of the poinsettia. Students from Queensbury, Lake George, Warrensburg, Ticonderoga, and more attended this school-day concert at the Warrensburg Middle School/ High School Auditorium on Friday, November 17 with three 48-minute performances.
Each character in Lucinda was represented in a brilliant fusion of the opera with a traditional children’s Mexican story regarding the birth of the poinsettia flowers! This beautiful opera educates children, touches their hearts, and illuminates the understanding, and true meaning behind the power of gift-giving.
The concert is supported by a grant from the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. The Charles R. Wood Foundation, and the JM MacDonald Foundation.
Glens Falls Symphony Children’s Concert 2019
School children from Hudson Falls, Fort Ann, Hartford, and Glens Falls enjoyed the sounds of the orchestra at Hudson Falls High School. Maestro Charles Peltz and the orchestra, along with narrator Evania Osepa from WMHT, brought the classic symphonic fairy tale Peter and the Wolf to life in an engaging and delightful performance.
The Children’s Concert was made possible with a grant from the Glens Falls Foundation and from the American Federation of Musicians’ Music Performance Trust Fund.
