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School Programs

Since 2013, Concerts at the Point has underwritten the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra’s exciting LEARNING IN CONCERT programs in Tiverton, Westport, and Fall River schools (grades 2-5), reaching about 1,000 students each year. These programs are built around a fundamental concept that is shared between classical music and other subject areas in the school curriculum. Concepts presented in the past include Symmetry, Contrast, Adaptation, Gravity and Balance. See the video below demonstrating the 2018-2019 program “Be Like Beethoven – Reuse, Repurpose, Recycle.” Also, see below one of the many thank you notes from participating students to Terry Wolkowicz, the superb educator who created these programs.

With the pandemic, NBSO developed an innovative and highly successful redesign to make their programs accessible virtually, directly to students at home. See NBSO’s website to view their latest new product – “Bird Flight Patterns and Music.”

Special thanks to the John Clarke Trust and the Rodgers Family Foundation, which have provided significant gifts in support of these school programs.