Link Up: The Orchestra Swings

[Recommended for Grades 3-5]

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Carnegie Hall's Link Up program pairs orchestras with students in grades 3-5 at schools in their local communities, giving students the opportunity to learn about, listen to, and perform great music. Students participating in Link Up explore an interactive curriculum in which they learn to sing and play an instrument in the classroom before performing with the orchestra from their seats at a culminating concerts.

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

The Orchestra Swings
“Swing” is many things. It’s a distinctive rhythmic feel; a musical era dominated by big band jazz; a style of dance that grew alongside the music; and that elusive but unmistakable feeling that results when musicians are deeply tuned into each other and playing in sync, or “in the pocket.” Though swing is characteristic of jazz, an orchestra can also swing. Through the Link Up repertoire, hands-on activities, and a culminating interactive performance with an orchestra and jazz ensemble, we will explore the elements that contribute to that magical moment when the orchestra starts to swing.

Learn more about Link Up and The Orchestra Swings, HERE.

Repertoire Highlights:
• Thomas Cabaniss: “Come to Play”
• George Gershwin: “I Got Rhythm”
• Duke Ellington: “Duke’s Place”
• Duke Ellington: “It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)”
• Traditional: “When the Saints Go Marching In”
• Florence Price: “Juba” from Symphony No. 1
• Leonard Bernstein: “Riffs” from Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs
• Courtney Bryan: “Do Your Thing”