Symphony School Shows

General Information

The OSO presents a Symphony School Show annually in Kelowna, Penticton, and Vernon, traditionally the week before Spring Break. Tailored to elementary school students, six performances, two in each venue, are scheduled and are typically based on an overall theme, which showcases the orchestra.

The Symphony School Show content is recommended for students grades 1-7. The concerts run approximately 50 minutes with no intermission.   

Classroom activities will also be made available to enhance your symphony experience through a published guide.  

School Show 2025 – Fiddle Adventures – Overview

The Okanagan Symphony Orchestra’s 2025 School Show, Fiddle Adventures with guest artist Daniel Lapp and guest conductor Jeff Farragher, promises a fun and engaging experience for students from grades K to 7. Built upon fiddle, folk and dance music from across North America, Ireland and Scotland, the show puts a spotlight on the fiddle, but students will be introduced to all the instruments of the orchestra in a toe-tapping musical journey.  

The program will include: 

• Slavonic Dance No. 8 by Dvorak
  
• Stars on the Hill (trad.)
  
• Petit Concerto Pour Carignan by Gagnon
• Fishers’ Hornpipe (trad.)
• Yesterdays by Bill Coon
• Selections from Carignan Suite by Dijon 

In Gagnon’s Petit Concerto Pour Carignan the fiddle and the violin have a “conversation,” demonstrating the difference between classical and fiddle styles of violin music.  

In the traditional song Fisher’s Hornpipe, students will follow the melody as it is passed around from one section of the orchestra to the other.  

Jazz music gets its turn, too, with Bill Coon’s Yesterdays providing Daniel Lapp a chance to show off his trumpet chops – he’s an accomplished trumpeter as well as a fiddler. 

Booking Procedure

Please complete the form which follows below with your preference of venue, concert time, number of attendees and contact information. Registration is on a first-come-first-serve basis. The deadline has been extended to Friday, January 24, 2025. 

Seating is reserved upon registration.  

Payment

Your invoice will be based on the registration and will be issued within four weeks of receipt of your registration form.  Full payment is due on or before Friday, January 31, 2025. If full payment is not received by this date, you risk losing your classroom or school reservation.      

Cancellations

A $75 administration fee will be charged in the event of a full cancellation. No refunds for full cancellations will be processed past Friday, February 14, 2025. No fee adjustments are made for minor changes in student/chaperone numbers.