Education and Outreach - Education Outreach Tours

The Quad City Symphony Orchestra Association presents music education programs in concert halls, in classrooms, and in the community. For the past 50 years School Outreach Tours have been the foundation of QCSO music education services and have annually provided essential music instruction to tens of thousands Quad City students. The tours travel to public and private schools January through May introducing children to music fundamentals and instruments through sequential presentations of orchestral repertoire using a variety of interactive techniques.

STRING TOUR reaches elementary as well as middle/junior high school children each season with an informative narrative performance, this string ensemble is the cornerstone of the QCSO's outreach efforts. The String Tour will be traveling to East Moline, Eagle Ridge, Hampton, Colona, and Cambridge schools during the 2007-2008 season. The current members are listed below:

Liz Gosma, Violin
Michele Nemmers, Violin
Edna Mae Nagel, Viola
James Ellis, Cello

BRASS TOUR is made up of The Iowa Brass Quintet, based at the University of Iowa. They are engaged to tour elementary as well as middle/junior high schools each season. The Brass Tour will be traveling to Bettendorf, Geneseo, and Pleasant Valley schools during the 2007-2008 season. The current members are listed below:

David Greenhoe, Trumpet
Brian Umlah , Trumpet
Jeffrey Agrell, French Horn
David Gier, Trombone
John Manning, Tuba

WOODWIND TOUR is offered for elementary as well as middle/junior high schools as an introduction to the orchestra's wind instrument family by the Augustana Woodwind Quintet. The Woodwind Tour will be traveling to outlying Illinois schools during the 2007-2008 season. The current members are listed below:

Janet Stodd, Flute & Piccolo
Susan Bawden, Bassoon
Sue Schwaegler, Clarinet
Denise Morton, Oboe
Lee Kessinger, French Horn

Download Brass Curriculum (462k)
Download Woodwind Curriculum (466k)

All programs are offered at no cost to participants. Funding for the Quad City Symphony Orchestra's music education programs is provided by Volunteers for Symphony (VfS) and the organizations listed below:

Riverboat Development Authority
ALCOA
John M.D. Burrows Music Education Endowment Fun
NEA

For more information please contact at the Symphony Office at 563-322-0931 ext. 13.


	Education & Outreach Tours The Quad City Symphony Orchestra Association presents music education programs in concert halls, in classrooms, and in the community. For the past 50 years School Outreach Tours have been the foundation of QCSO music education services and have annually provided essential music instruction to tens of thousands Quad City students. The tours travel to public and private schools January through May introducing children to music fundamentals and instruments through sequential presentations of orchestral repertoire using a variety of interactive techniques. STRING TOUR reaches elementary as well as middle/junior high school children each season with an informative narrative performance, this string ensemble is the cornerstone of the QCSO's outreach efforts. The String Tour will be traveling to East Moline, Eagle Ridge, Hampton, Colona, and Cambridge schools during the 2007-2008 season. The current members are listed below: Liz Gosma, Violin Michele Nemmers, Violin Edna Mae Nagel, Viola James Ellis, Cello BRASS TOUR is made up of The Iowa Brass Quintet, based at the University of Iowa. They are engaged to tour elementary as well as middle/junior high schools each season. The Brass Tour will be traveling to Bettendorf, Geneseo, and Pleasant Valley schools during the 2007-2008 season. The current members are listed below: David Greenhoe, Trumpet Brian Umlah , Trumpet Jeffrey Agrell, French Horn David Gier, Trombone John Manning, Tuba WOODWIND TOUR is offered for elementary as well as middle/junior high schools as an introduction to the orchestra's wind instrument family by the Augustana Woodwind Quintet. The Woodwind Tour will be traveling to outlying Illinois schools during the 2007-2008 season. The current members are listed below: Janet Stodd, Flute & Piccolo Susan Bawden, Bassoon Sue Schwaegler, Clarinet Denise Morton, Oboe Lee Kessinger, French Horn Download Brass Curriculum (462k) Download Woodwind Curriculum (466k) All programs are offered at no cost to participants. Funding for the Quad City Symphony Orchestra's music education programs is provided by Volunteers for Symphony (VfS) and the organizations listed below: Riverboat Development Authority ALCOA John M.D. Burrows Music Education Endowment Fun NEA For more information please contact at the Symphony Office at 563-322-0931 ext. 13.

Education & Outreach Tours