Link Up: The Orchestra Sings

Estimated Concert Duration: 50 minutes

Students will discover how musicians play their instruments to create a feeling that the whole orchestra is singing. Together we’ll discover the wonders of melody by uncovering melodic shapes, patterns, and storytelling.

The Link Up program addresses National Core Arts Standards for Music.

Link Up with your New Jersey Symphony!

1. Complete the online registration form to reserve your Link Up concert tickets (all tickets $8). 
2. Participate in the virtual Link Up teacher professional development workshop (detailed info provided upon registration).
3. Use the materials provided by Carnegie Hall to prepare your students for The Orchestra Sings.
4. Participate in the Link Up concert, where you and your students make music with the New Jersey Symphony right from your seats in the audience!

Link Up Materials

Link Up materials, including student workbooks and teacher guides, are available free for download from Carnegie Hall’s webpage for The Orchestra Sings.

What is Link Up?

For more than 30 years, Link Up—a program of Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute (WMI)—has paired orchestras with students in their local communities to explore orchestral repertoire and fundamental musical skills, including creative work and composition, through a hands-on music curriculum. Students participating in Link Up attend a culminating concert where they sing or play the recorder or violin with the orchestra from their seats.

Link Up provides a free, high-quality, yearlong curriculum that teachers can implement, along with classroom materials, online video and audio resources, and the professional development and support necessary to make the program an engaging experience for students.

This is a national program of Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute.