OTHER INFORMATION

Docents

In conjunction with Forte, the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra’s Volunteer League, the MSO offers free docent visits leading up to Youth and Music for Me! concerts. Our docents are passionate about the orchestra and trained by the area’s finest music educators. Docents arrange a time to visit your school, bringing fun activities and lessons corresponding to the performance. For more information, email edu@mso.org.

Chaperones

One complimentary chaperone ticket is offered for every ten paid student tickets.

Educational Materials

Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Teacher Resource Guides provide background information on the music and composers, as well as lesson plans in a full-color digital format. Lesson plans support Common Core and Wisconsin State Standards in music, English language arts, and other subject areas. Spotify playlists are created for each concert.

Contact Information

Education Department

Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

212 West Wisconsin Avenue

Milwaukee, WI 53203

Educators’ Discount

Phone: 414.226.7812

Email: edu@mso.org

Get 50% off regular subscription prices for any 2023.24 Classics Series concert, including Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5, Orff’s Carmina Burana, Gershwin’s An American in Paris, and more! Call Luther Gray at 414.226.7840 or email at grayl@mso.org today.

Offer applies to Friday evening performances only.

The MSO thanks the following funders for their generous annual support that makes Concerts for Schools programming possible: the United Performing Arts Fund (UPAF), the Herzfeld Foundation, and the Eleanor N. Wilson and Irene Edelstein Memorial Funds as administered by the Greater Milwaukee Foundation.

Concerts for Schools is also supported in part by grants from the Wisconsin Arts Board, with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts, the Milwaukee Arts Board, and Milwaukee County CAMPAC.