North Carolina Symphony Launches Online Classroom for Music Educators

By: Sep. 09, 2011
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The North Carolina Symphony announced today the launch of an online classroom available to any and all music educators in the state. For the first time, teachers and administrators who could not attend the Symphony's workshops in person will be able to view presentations from this year's Education Concert Workshop. Needing only Internet access, they can peruse presentation materials, download the Symphony's teacher and student workbooks, get answers and converse with other North Carolina music educators via an online forum and more.

"With this exciting new initiative, we're exploring new opportunities in educational outreach and professional development," says North Carolina Symphony Director of Education Jessica Nalbone.

"Teachers, especially those in rural areas, will have access to tools that were previously out of reach. This helps them meet their professional requirements and, I hope, opens up new avenues for engaging North Carolina students in music at an early age."

Over 100 teachers attended the 2011 edition of the Symphony's Education Concert Workshop, held in Raleigh's Meymandi Concert Hall on Aug. 16. The annual workshop prepares teachers for the Symphony's upcoming season of free education concerts, presented at its home in Raleigh and in more than 25 North Carolina counties as the core of the most extensive education program of any U.S. orchestra; a UNC-TV segment by John Dancy on the Symphony's education concerts can be seen online.

The online classroom, supported by Moodle.org, expands the Education Concert Workshop statewide. Access is $30 per person and includes one hardcopy each of the student and teacher books, as well as a CD of the music to be performed at this year's education concerts. Workshop attendees may purchase access to the online workshop for $15, not including the additional materials.

Registration for username and password access to the Symphony's Moodle classroom can be found at the Workshops and Professional Development page, under Elementary Education, at www.ncsymphony.org/education. For additional information, call 919.789.5461.

About the North Carolina Symphony

Founded in 1932, the North Carolina Symphony performs over 175 concerts annually to adults and school children. The orchestra travels extensively throughout the state to venues in over 50 North Carolina counties. The orchestra employs 67 professional musicians under the artistic leadership of Music Director and Conductor Grant Llewellyn, Resident Conductor William Henry Curry and Associate Conductor Sarah Hicks.

Based in downtown Raleigh's spectacular Meymandi Concert Hall at the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts and an outdoor summer venue at Koka Booth Amphitheatre in Cary, N.C., the Symphony performs about 60 concerts annually in the Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill and Cary metropolitan area. It also holds regular concert series in Fayetteville, New Bern, Southern Pines and Wilmington and individual concerts in many other North Carolina communities throughout the year.

For tickets, program notes, podcasts, musician profiles, the Symphony blog and more, visit the North Carolina Symphony Web site at www.ncsymphony.org. Call North Carolina Symphony Audience Services at 919.733.2750 or toll free 877.627.6724.



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