Symphony Education Partnership
Increasing access to music education in our region is an important part of our mission. The Symphony Education Partnership, a unique collaboration between the Kingston Symphony, Queen’s University, and our local school boards, is one of our core educational programs. For over 30 years, Grade 4 students from Kingston and the surrounding region have attended a Kingston Symphony performance for a morning of music, learning, and fun. To prepare students for their trip to the orchestra, a curriculum is written by a member of the Queen’s University music faculty. Music education students at the DAN School of Drama and Music then teach the curriculum to participating classes in advance of the concerts. In recent seasons, over 2,000 children have benefitted from this program each year.
Symphony Education Partnership concerts blend educational content with entertainment for our young audience members. During our 2024-2025 season, students had the opportunity to enjoy a performance themed around the great outdoors, featuring Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf. In 2025-2026, we will be premiering an exciting orchestral adaptation of the classic Canadian children’s story, Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang.
Program Partners
We gratefully acknowledge the support of the following program partners:
- Queen’s University Dan School of Drama & Music
- Limestone District School Board
- Algonquin and Lakeshore Catholic District School Board
Our 2025-2026 Symphony Education Partnership is made possible thanks to the generosity of the following organizations and corporate partners:
