MARGRE DURHAM CONCERTS FOR YOUTH

The fourth grade students at Washington Intermediate will be attending the Concerts for Youth on Friday, February 22nd, at the Holland Performaning Arts Center in Omaha. The students will join the Omaha Symphony as they explore “The Composer’s Craft.” Through interactive and directed listening, students will explore how composers put all of the notes together. Whether it’s joining the orchestra on stage, answering questions from a seat in the audience, or working together to compose a piece of original music, the Omaha Symphony’s Concerts for Youth acknowledges that students learn by doing.

Thank you to PTO for helping provide this opportunity by paying for the cost of the transportation and a portion of each student's ticket.



From the Omaha Performing Arts website...


Omaha, Neb – Join the Omaha Symphony and 10,000 area elementary students as they
participate in Concerts for Youth, February 21, 22, and 23 at the Holland Performing Arts Center. The Omaha Symphony Concerts for Youth performances feature an exciting repertoire and interactive student activities throughout the concert created to engage the students and follow this year’s theme of “rhythm.”



“With each performance, students gets to explore and experience the sounds of a full
symphony orchestra – some for the first time,” said Jennifer Boomgaarden, director of education and community partnerships with the Omaha Symphony. Students will get to be a part of the final song as the Symphony will have the students use an unusual instrument for the first time in history!

This year’s Concerts for Youth are supported by First Comp and the Omaha Symphony Guild.
Performances will be held each day, February 21-23, at 9:45 a.m. and 11:10 a.m. at the Holland
Performing Arts Center, 1200 Douglas Street.