Peter and the Wolf
Each year, more than 6,000 first-grade students from Albuquerque Public Schools and Rio Rancho schools are introduced to instruments of the orchestra via an interactive, curriculum-based presentation of Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf.
The Guild provides worksheets to each participating student that support the schools' curriculum and reinforce the Guild's Peter and the Wolf presentation. Docents from the Guild are specially trained and supplied with materials for the presentation, including a narrative to use as a guide, posters, audio visual equipment, and a recorded version of the story narrated by Leonard Bernstein.
This program won the American League of Orchestras Gold Award for Education. Everyone involved in this program wins! The children gain knowledge and skills, and volunteer docents are rewarded through this unique interaction with the children.
This year, we have the capacity to reach over 8,000 students. The program is offered at no charge to schools. For more information, or to request the presentation for your classroom, email peterandthewolf@newmexicosymphonyguild.org.
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Concerts for Young People
Fourth graders are treated to curriculum-based concert programs present by the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra each autumn in conjunction with Albuquerque Public Schools. Fifth graders attend each spring.
Instruments are introduced and entertaining information is presented by a narrator. There is always an interactive component so students can participate with the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra. There are two concerts per day, and approximately 20,000 children from Albuquerque Public Schools and private schools in Albuquerque and surrounding areas are served. Guild volunteers direct the students to the concert hall from their busses.
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